Drive and Listen

Drive and Listen is a fantastic combination of video and music, affording those of us stuck at home the chance to explore the world just a little bit.

I was surprised at the high quality of the videos available, and pairing these clips with actual radio stations from the country you’re watching is a great concept. Though the weird thing for me now is that I’m in a car in Barcelona, Spain and I happen to be listening to Nickelback on the radio. Small world.

I’m reminded a bit of when Liz and I were in Amsterdam, and I took a long video of just street traffic. Because as a tourist, just watching the world go by is an amazing thing to behold. That’s true anywhere, honestly. Watching the world go by is an amazing experience anywhere. It’s just that we forget this fact until we travel, and remember it anew.

The concept of Drive and Listen is very similar to another site I really love, that I chanced across an eon ago in Internet time: You Are Listening to Los Angeles. These projects remind me of the web of old: combinations and mash-ups, transforming the mundane into the new.

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Related:
Amsterdam, Day 2