If you go to the Web site of the rock band Living Things, you’ll find a player link in which you can watch its first video, “Bom Bom Bom.” In the video, you’ll see a few images from Route 66, including the Buckaroo Motel sign in Tucumcari, N.M., and an interstate exit sign for the Route 66 town of Texola, Okla., which isn’t a ghost town, but it’s close.
Oh … the Living Things album, “Ahead of the Lions,” is the best hard-rock album I’ve heard this year. Just think of AC/DC mixed with the MC5.