The River, The Woods

I interviewed Minneapolis rapper Astronautalis last month on the last show of his tour for “This is Our Science.” An enthusiastic story teller, he’s spent a vast amount of time touring and gathering experiences, good and bad.

“I’ve been to four continents, I’ve seen over 20 countries, I’ve seen almost every state in America except for Alaska and Hawaii.” He said, “But I don’t get to have traditional friendships and relationships with people and that sort of thing. So that’s certainly challenging but I also get to have an astounding amount of adventure and excitement in my life that most people don’t normally get to experience. You don’t sleep much. You eat terribly. You drink too much. You get sick. But on its absolute worst day it’s better than any other job I’ve ever had on its best day.”

When I sat down to write the feature (will probably be out later this week or next!) I couldn’t get one of his verses out of my head. 

Incredibly poignant, this verse is from “The River, The Woods” off of “This is Our Science.”

“Keep your acres, my home is where my hat is hung,
postcard printed paper, and love notes from the lattice strung
blessed are the vagrant, the lonely are the static ones,
It’s every drifter’s confirmation this world is just ravishing.”