In Praise Of Solitude...
From the original Analog Industries archive. Some links and images from that era no longer resolve.
Driving on the Y axis through Nevada is quite an experience. There are three possible North/South routes through that state, and all three are, for the majority of their routes, 2-lane highways for which the term “straight as an arrow” was coined. I often joke that on a road like that I could just bungee-cord the steering wheel to the brake pedal and take a nap.
On a drive like this, I usually don’t listen to the stereo unless I need a little pick-me-up. I generally just cruise in silence, and it’s good medicine. You can get in an extremely strange head-space driving in a perfectly straight line at high speeds for hours on end. Some of the odder AD products (like Replicant and our upcoming one) are the result of exactly this. And some of my weirder music, too.
I realize most people would go bat-shit crazy on the 9-or-so hour straight-line drive through Nevada, but I relish it for this very reason. What’s the thing that gets you in your Special Place?
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