A few more handfuls of internet profoundness: my favorite travel tools, concerts, and internet articles.

Travel Tools

  1. Free Campsites is the best way to find a free campsite in the USA.

  2. CoolWorks hooked me up with one of the coolest jobs in the world.

  3. Couchsurfing is like having a friend you can crash with everywhere.

  4. The 5 Million Frequent Flyer Mile Challenge

  5. Dig around the Outbound Collective for your next weekend sojourn.

  6. For food, shelter, friends and local living almost anywhere: HelpX.

  7. Perspective from Vagabond Ed Buryn on travel in the 1960s

  8. For inspiration: Himalayan Motorbike Adventure

  9. GO. A Ridiculously Useful Guide to Cheap, Unconventional Travel

Concerts

  1. Red Hot Chili Peppers — Live at Slane Castle 2003 Full Concert — my favorite recorded concert of all time. Nobody moves people like the RHCP move people.

  2. Incubus — Morning View Sessions Concert — I listen to this concert three or four times a year. Brandon Boyd can sing. Incredible.

  3. The Blaze at Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix, France for Cercle — Few things make me go “humans are amazing” more than this concert. The Blaze gets the people goin’ too.

  4. Mac Miller: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert — Simple, beautiful, and raw. What a vibe. I’ve listened twenty times through.

  5. Bruce Springsteen — Prove It All Night (Phoenix, 1978) — The raw energy of The Boss in his hayday is endlessly inspiring to me. “We’re coming to your town to shake you and wake you up” on display.

  6. John Mayer — Gravity (Live in Los Angeles) — Bartending the Range Rider, I once played this song at closing, just a father, son, and me left. They didn’t know who John Mayer was, but the father was digging it. I jacked the volume for the solo and the father was so moved he cried.

  7. Michael Kiwanuka — Cold Little Heart (Live Session) — The slow build, the “ahh ahh,” the brokenness of the chorus… haunting beauty.

  8. Bon Iver — “Heavenly Father” Live at Sydney Opera House — My mystic musician friend sent this to me with “gets me every time from 1:50 on.” Me too.

  9. Tame Impala — InnerSpeaker (Live From Wave House) — One of my favorite live performances to listen to while working on things. Groovy surf rock vibes with hard to distinguish lyrics put my in a gorgeous headspace.

  10. Paolo Nutini — Iron Sky [Abbey Road Live Session] — Paolo’s voice… the combined intent of so many people in a room making music… the climactic Charlie Chaplin speech… sounds like revolution.

Internet Articles

  1. The Short and Sweet Guide to Being Fucking Awesome — The simplest and best way to align with your unique and true north in life.

  2. Hunter S. Thompson’s Surprisingly Sage Advice on How to Find Your Purpose and Live a Meaningful Life — Some of the best life advice I believe I have ever received. I’ve returned to this post a dozen times.

  3. Between the Ends of America — The daily ride blog that inspired me to pedal a bicycle across the United States.

  4. A Brief Guide to World Domination — The guide that spurred me to launch this site. It’s dated, but still riddled with the sense of possibility.

  5. My Car is My Home, The Planet is My Backyard — Sometimes you need to see someone else doing something to realize it is possible. Years ago, this article was that for me.

  6. Don’t Forget How Strange This All Is — I experience this often. Everything is tremendously strange, we’re just used to it.

  7. At 31, I have just weeks to live. Here's what I want to pass on — Aging is not a problem, aging is a gift. Perspective from someone with terminal cancer that was exactly my age as I write this.

  8. The man who walked around the world — Tom took seven years to walk around the world with his dog. His story and life are beautiful.

  9. A Guide for Young People: What to Do With Your Life — Fantastic advice for young people in a world of rapid change.