And as he makes clear with the many songs about travel on an album that touches down in five named locations, Oberst expects his band to be on the road for a long time.

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He turned down requests to travel to the US and promote the album and his reluctance to make live appearances dampened record sales.

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My first trip overseas was that same year, and of course that album was in my CD travel case (1998, people: when you have 24 slots for music to listen to for a week, you choose carefully).

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He offered to help the girls with travel and accommodation to Mumbai and pay for their "studio recording, releasing and promotion of an album of your music".

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