The Gas Station Observatory is the brainchild of The Gentleman and The Scholar, an installation grounded on the pursuit of our best selves. We lost ourselves in the quicksand of fear and found safety in our inability to take responsibility for our lives. This is a place to share the rambling road we’re all on as we try to figure out how to use our maps.
I just wanted to jump in here and say that it’s Jerry Jeff Walker’s birthday, and he has been one of the primary dudes I jam since I was 14 or so, so he helped make me a pretty weird kid. He wrote his famous song Mr. Bojangles while in jail in New Orleans, and…
It was a dark, and blustery night as we wound our way through the hill country. We happened upon a gate, a community with their own airport and residents with an affinity for flying assuming with the various scattered hangars we passed. As we followed a vehicle who had been our entry into this stowed…
Song Recommend “Hangin Around The Observatory” By John Hiatt I feel it is only apt that our first weekly music recommendation is “Hangin Around The Observatory” by John Hiatt. This particular track played a part in the inspiration of this blog and future podcast. The song itself, from the album of the same name, which…