day 15 | ‘lovelock’

* journal excerpt, 06.10.87. on the road

nevada is just as i remembered it – unmemorable
thunder showers at elko. must be butterfly season – they’re everywhere
coolest thing about the barren desert and hills is the train tunnels, tracks and
bridges. they look exactly like what a model railroader would build.

richard is trying to tune-in something on his watchman… jeopardy i think
stopped in a little town with “two stiffs gas and minimart”
next door to “two stiffs hotel”. what a pleasant thought
already drained my walkman batteries. three tapes; one wilson pickett, one velvet
underground, one lloyd cole