Tim Dowling: Altered States

'You could probably drive across the US stopping only at places in famous songs,' I say. 'Cool,' says my eldest son, 'let's do that'It is a Friday evening, just before supper, and my wife is at the kitchen table making cryptic marks in her diary. "The thing is," she says, "I think we should buy the tickets to America now. That way it will definitely happen.""Hm," I say, but I'm thinking: what is she talking about? America? When?"Should we fly to New York or LA?" she says. "Which works better?""I...

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