I took a cross-country train trip, from New York City to Tucson, Arizona, over the Christmas holiday, and song-blogged the entire trip -- wrote a new song every day, recorded it on the train, and made a video to go with it, using the photos I took from the train. Once you get on a train with a guitar and some harmonicas, you really can't resist the impulse. Especially if you're also carrying a digital recorder, a digital camera, and a laptop. These machines kill fascists, as long as you can keep the batteries charged. Anyway, here's the final result:

• A new version of the Northeast Corridor Blues, my song about the rail corridor from New York City to Washington;
  
• "Time Machine With a Broken Heart," a song about fading railroad towns (video above);
  
• "Sunset Limited," a song about the extreme contrasts in New Orleans and Louisiana;
  
• "Texas (Sun to Sun)," a minor-key song inspired by the all-day trip across Texas.

I'll be ringing in the New Year at the Living Room, with Doug Hatt and Fresh Baked and special guest Andrew T. Hunt. We go on at 10 -- come by and sing some Auld Lang Twyne!