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I’m leaving to Los Angeles in 72 hours, to meet my beloved girlfriend. It’s going to be a long trip - 6 hours from Mighty Manchester in the glorious north-west of England to busy and hollow London, plus a few hours checking in and an 11-hour direct flight - so any non-chemical suggestions on how to sleep on planes are very welcome, since I’m not used to doing it. Last year I took 17 planes - including 3 long distance - and I didn’t sleep at all.
I have to admit though that I don’t try hard enough. Sure, the seats are never comfortable - never - but even after having been on more than a hundred flights in my life I still get excited about the whole thing. I feel like I have a new office, and the stewardesses are my secretaries, responding to the touch of a button - can I have a glass of water please, cheers - the small screen displaying the route and all sorts of useless information, like altitude and speed, is my computer and I’m always excited to know what food they’ll serve - like discovering the new restaurants on this ‘new office’ vicinity. I seldom talk to the people around me, it makes my neck hurt, since the seats were not made for socializing. It doesn’t contribute much to my ‘new office’ fantasy either. I’m also very keen on trying to get the best of the in-flight programming - like the movies, radio stations and the 8-bit games they sometimes provide. I try to figure out a way to see all the films, even the ones I’m remotely interested - but sometimes I just can’t make it.
I always, always go to the restroom, even without having to. I like to close the door and see if people are reading the instructions written on the sink, like please leave it clean for the next passenger. I also love to depressurize the tiny W.C. by flushing the toilet - I love the whole thing, the noise, the strength, it mesmerises me.
So one of the things I’ll do to avoid all this excitement is to listen to the new program we have on our Radio LAtoNY section, Nebraskapism, a chill out mix produced by yours truly. It’s relaxing - for some - and it’s probably better than the radio channels. Plus I’ll be able to not think about movies or the efficiency of my secretaries - if only that were my real new office, I’d fire a few of those pretty faces!
So stay tuned, I shall publish this new mix within the next days (as I’m finishing a supercool cover art).
Peace
Fritz

There’s a bangar rally in the UK that makes the participants drive from England to Mongolia - it’s called the Mongol Rally - and that could be the ultimate road trip.

But we know that it isn’t.

It may be exotic, it may be exciting, and hey it’s transcontinental! But no trip can be compared to the iconic USA cross-country road trip. The mid-west Americana, the deserts of Nevada and Utah, the abandoned petrol stations… the classic scenery that everybody raised with a television set grew up with in so many movies. The hot babe in sunglasses - Gillian - and the underdog hero in denim and boots - well… me. From Sunset Boulevard to Wall Street, from Jane’s Addiction to Beastie Boys, from film land to tv city. Nothing… no Mongol Rally, no Paris Dakar, no Wall of China, nothing can be compared to the experience of crossing the USA by car.

Wanna make it more exciting? We’re on a mission!

We’ll rent a trailer and move all the things from Gillian’s condo in Las Vegas, infested by killing mold and take it all to New York. Also we’re very short on money and we’re going to CouchSurfing - not only to save money, but because we’re a cool couple who love to meet new people

So here’s the plan: February 9 I arrive in LA, I meet my beloved girlfriend and we spend the night in the city. Maybe the next day as well. Then we drive to Las Vegas and we pack all her things, we clean the house, try to get rid of the black mold and shut it down. That would take a couple of days. Then we’ll spend Valentine’s in Vegas and have a fabulous time together - alone. From that we’ll go to Utah, maybe see the Grand Canyon, then Denver, Omaha (or Kansas City in the event of a blizzard), Chicago (where we’ll spend a couple of days), Oklahoma Cleveland, and then splendid New York.

So if you wanna host us, those are the cities we’re looking for a couch: Denver, Omaha/Kansas City, Chicago, and Oklahoma Cleveland or anywhere in between! Check out our ROUGH map [anything can change ;)]

We’ll see you soon! x