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Pig Roast in Bali, Simple Life in Morocco, and Mardi Gras in Vermont

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap North America Travel, Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel, Travel books, Travel music | No Comments »

It's time for the March '10 issue of Perceptive Travel, where we bop around three continents, groove on some new world music, and talk about some travel books worth reading. (Or not.) The multi-talented Zora O'Neill---who is the only person I ...

Buy Some World Music, Help Out Haiti

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 Posted in Making a difference, Travel music | 1 Comment »

Want to provide some relief to Haiti by just buying some music? Putumayo is re-releasing its compilations French Caribbean and the children's CD Caribbean Playground and will be donating 100% of the proceeds from the sale of each CD to the ...

Christmas Music That Doesn’t Suck

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 Posted in General, Travel music | 3 Comments »

There's a lot to dislike about Christmas music. Let me count the ways: 1) Stores that hasten the continued rise of Internet shopping by bombarding us with Christmas music long before Thanksgiving. 2) Sappy elevator music versions. 3) Josh Groban. ...

Polar Bears, A Farmer’s Invisible Kite, and a Chain-smoking Deity

Thursday, October 1st, 2009 Posted in Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel, Travel books, Travel music, contests | No Comments »

Those three things go together like...a new issue of Perceptive Travel! Follow that link over to the new issue page or go to individual stories below. Meanwhile, we're giving away underwear this month. Not just any underwear, but three pairs of ...

Aliens, Spiritualists, and Motorbike Taxis

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel, Travel books, Travel music | No Comments »

How do these three things go together? In the latest issue of Perceptive Travel of course. Toss in acrobats, clairsentinents, and bossa nova singers and you've got something bearing no resemblance to Travel & Leisure. Saigon resident Richard Sterling returns with ...