Deviate with Rolf Potts

Travel Writer, Essayist, Adventurer, Teacher

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August 07, 2018 01:24:20
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Satanic backward masking changed 1980s rock (but not in the way you think)

“There are the actual facts of what was happening in popular culture in the 1980s — and then there was this tantalizing notion that...

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July 17, 2018 01:16:31
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Celebrating the best places to live (and the quest for home) in America

“We all have different priorities in life, and there is a place for each of us where we can live according to what those...

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July 11, 2018 00:33:28
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On American Highways II: A brief history of the Negro Motorist Green Book

“The traditional black experience is not the traditional white experience, so until we recognize that I don’t think it’s going change. But I think...

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July 10, 2018 00:57:23
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On American Highways I: A brief history of family road-trips in the USA

“Once again road trips are becoming more about the journey rather than the destination and I see that as a very encouraging sign that...

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July 03, 2018 00:45:44
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How to break up with your smartphone (and rediscover your real-world life)

“Travel should not be a checklist; it should be about having new experiences” – Catherine Price Catherine Price (@Catherine_Price) is a journalist and author...

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June 26, 2018 00:46:25
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Classic rock is not dead. Classic rock is undead. Long live classic rock.

“Compared to the pop music that I was listening to at the time, there just seemed to be something deep and mysterious and enigmatic...

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