I can't imagine I am the only Word reader who spent time during the late 1980s & early 1990's watching Channel 4's screenings of Road Dreams, a US travelogue made by British filmaker Elliot Bristow. This was (for me at least) a once seen, never forgotten series that has long since been worn out on my video copies. The films featured scenes recorded over the film-maker's extensive travels around the US, together with great music from Pat Metheney, The Band and Leo Kottke among others.

However, a recent search on the web threw up Elliot's blog http://www.retroroadtrips.com with anecdotes from the making of the films together with the good news is that there should be a DVD version for the films available from Elliot soon.

And there must be an article/interview/review of interest to "the demographic" in there somewhere...