theabortionatorI almost came out there and washington to repo that car and see phish. Almost gone a few times for phish or moe.
I want to get out there and do some hiking at some point as well. Pacific northwest looks beautiful. Been around northern california a bit but never even to the very top of the state.
I might come out for cutters camp in the spring if I can afford to pay for my whole thing and flight myself. If I do that I'll probably spend some extra time, maybe hike mt rainier and some other stuff and do a nice loop around parts of washington and oregon.
Would love to do a northern route cross country trip at some point as well. Definitely a few states I still haven't been to that I'd love to check out. Almost made it from chicago to the gorge in 2012 but I had multiple rides fall through. If some bands play on the way it'd be even more likely.
Maybe I'll line it up so that I stop at an nsers house with a backyard setup that I can hurt myself on in every state along the way.
YOLO and things and stuff.
Idk what I just said but it looks epic out there and I want to/ will experience it at some point.
Come hit WA, you won't regret it, it just keeps gettif prettier as you go farther north. Giking and camping is supreme in Washingon with plenty of mountains in the cascades it is hard to run into other hikers while out.
In regards to music, I am definately more of a mood music kind of guy and i for sure associate memories with music. For example, I associate the chilis with my brother, Miike Snow with 5th grade years, Wu-Tang with Heni, Savant, the who, collective soul, dave matthews band, and foo fighters all i can assosicate with skiing, there are so many more to add.
Playlists compile a lot of what i listen to, as well as cd's and hardcopy versions of albums. Nothing like listening to a sublime album on the boom box from 10 years ago. When i am with my girlfriend my music tastes also change, not neccesaarly for the worse like you may think, the chicks got good taste but i will switch over from my metal/ rock playlist which has metallica, iron maiden, ratt, quiet riot, tool, megadeth, and nirvana to my chill playlist.
With regards to rap, i can tolerate it and some i do really like Pac, Biggie, Dre, Wu-tang, Ice Cube, 50 cent, Kendrick, and others, but otherwise i am out of it or i am listening to make myself laugh or when i am driving. I think the rap industry has lost a lot of its soul that it used to have in the 90's and 2000's and the rappers today just aren't coming from anywhere and their rhymes don't say anything meaningful. Unless you call objectivfing women, drowning oneself in money and bitches, fantasizing about cars, and using the n word profusely meanignful then that genre suits you well.
Finally, i am a huge fan of ska reggae stuff like sublime, pepper, sublime with rome, 311, and others.