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I'm going to New York! I'm going to New York! Bring on the marching band! Pour me a chocolate malted and put a bagel in my face! But what in the name of Gunther do I wear?
I have never been to New York before. I've never been to America, in fact. I've only got as close as Canada, which as telly would have you believe is about as close as going to Luton airport and saying you've seen Big Ben. So because I've been waiting a full quarter century of my life to finally take a bite from the Big Apple (and by 'apple' I mean 'baked goods', and by 'big' I mean, "is that a doughnut or a dinghy? Oh well too late I ate it."), I'm putting a lot of pressure on my outfit choices.
Of course, all of my New York style fantasies until now involved tailored coats, snow, maybe an enormous fur hat or two – I didn't imagine I'd be schvitzing my way round the concrete jungle in 30 degree heat. But air con-willing, I'll still be able to reference some of my favourite New Yorkers from TV and film – and not a Manolo in sight.
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We will truly know that fashion, like childbirth, erases painful memories to allow for its perpetuation when the 90s revival makes us start wanting to dress like Elaine from Seinfeld.
I've already felt the first twinges – fancying a pair of black and white platform brogues, poofing up the front of my hair into curly brown halo, craving a Big Salad despite barely liking small ones – but maybe this holiday is the time to really let rip. I could buy a floral-sprigged skirt and enormo-shouldered suit jacket, or a suede waistcoat to wear with some stonewashed Mom jeans. But I'll beware the lying mirrors at Barney's, naturally.
The Working Girl
I recently watched Working Girl for the first time, and I'm not sure how I ever lived without it. I want to ride the Staten Island ferry across the Hudson with the wind in my perm while Carly Simon sings Let the River Run with a gospel choir. I want to apply purple eyeshadow up to my eyebrows and be best friends with Joan Cusack. And while none of those things are likely to happen, I can at least rock a pair of vaguely terrifying drop earrings like these, £2.50 from Primark.
The Hannah
As we're staying in Williamsburg and it's basically the only show in my arsenal that makes New York look fun in the height of summer, Girls will be my primary reference point. I'm aiming for a strategic blend of 50 per cent Jessa, 20 per cent Hannah, 15 per cent Marnie and 15 per cent Shoshannah (entirely hair doughnuts and croissant purses).
The biggest regret of my chaotic pre-holiday packing process is that I haven't had time to find a pair of shorteralls like Hannah Horvath's. After all, nothing says 'summer in the city' better than a confident crotch-to-leg fabric ratio, and I never could resist draping myself in a nice portmanteau. Ideally I'd want them to be flimsy cotton in one of those prints that look like flowers, then when you get close-up you realise it's actually tiny alligators, eating their young – but failing that, this Aztec playsuit by Goldie at Topshop will do the trick nicely.
The Diane
Diane as in Keaton, one of the finest actresses ever to grace a pair of wide-legged slacks (see also: Katherine Hepburn). Were I going in cooler climes, I'd be running round London right now trying to find tweedy Oxford bags and a tie to create a look I'd lovingly think of as 'Annie Hall: the busty years'. But as it is I'll have to be content with her tennis outfit, crisp white shorts, shirt with turned up collar, topknot, socks. That and hunting out Kate Spade's La Dee Da bangle on request of my co-editor Daisy.
I'll also state for the record now, when it comes to hair I will be channelling Meryl Streep in Manhattan for as long as I can… before it all sticks to my neck like a merkin in a steam room.
The Rachel/Phoebe/Monica
Friends was not a clothes show. It was a hair show. We all know that. Never has a feature on the caffeinated sixsome started with a breathless, "the outfits!" followed by a treatise on Monica's v-necked t-shirts, and it was probably all the better for it.
BUT, cast your mind way back to the early seasons and there are a few gems to be scavenged. Rachel's crisp white t-shirts, jeans and tennis shoes; Phoebe's penchant for crushed velvet smocks; Monica's leather jackets… ok, no. It was a hair show. I'll just shut up now and start packing.


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What started as a six-week project to get kids performing together in a band and learning three cover songs turned into a 10-month project that birthed the local music sensation known as Thirty-Three.
After playing only spiritual cover songs, the Christian rock band celebrated the release of its first original single, "Jesus Loves You and I Love You Too" last Tuesday.
The group is made up of 11- and 12-year-olds with a passion for music and a strong belief in their faith.
Vocalist Brianna Butler, guitarist Zack McFarland, bassist Cole Haddock and drummer Joel Bogaert were thrilled to release their first original song.
"I'm very excited," said Bogaert, who has played the drums for three years.
The St. Joe Music and Performance Program, founded in August 2012, was developed by Tom McEniry, operator of St. Joe Music and RSR Recording Studios, and area musician and choir director, Phil Densmore.
"Tom was looking for a vocal and bass coach," said Densmore. "It was a great opportunity that I've really enjoyed."
Added McEniry, "I'm constantly surprised by their professionalism."
McEniry thought that the students would come together, have some fun and then go their separate ways, but was proud when the group took shape and started playing shows in Port St. Joe and Panama City.
Prior to Haddock joining the group on bass guitar, Densmore filled in on the instrument.
"It was great when Cole joined on bass. I wasn't doing a very good 11-year-old impression," Densmore joked.
Since finalizing the lineup, the group has played numerous churches in the area and said that their favorite gig to-date was at the Port St. Joe Relay for Life event in April.
"I liked it because we played for a good cause," said McFarland.
As the group continued to get booking requests, McEniry viewed it as the perfect opportunity for the band members to learn the business side of the music world.
Joel's father, David Bogaert, who has a background in sales, became the group's agent, setting up the group's shows and coordinating practices.
David was surprised when his son first mentioned wanting to play the drums.
David took him to RSR Studio for an evaluation. After 10 minutes on the kit, McEniry, who was thoroughly impressed with what he heard, pulled David aside and asked how long his son had been playing.
Drum lessons started immediately.
"I have no idea where he got the talent," said David. "It's been fantastic and rewarding watching them grow."
When it was time for the band to learn some original tunes, local songwriter Doug Roberts was brought it to aid the band. He had written a few Christian-based songs that he taught to the group and was "pleasantly surprised" with how quick they picked up the structures and progressions.
Roberts only had vocals, rhythm guitar and bass written for the band's first single and encouraged Bogaert to get creative in adding drum parts.
"It was frustrating," said the drummer. "It took time to find what fit the song."
While creating music is a challenge for some, it came naturally for others.
McFarland said that his whole family is musical and noted local performer Buddy Hamm as an influence. Haddock knew he wanted to play the bass when his step-father played him the song "Higher Ground" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
When it came time to record the single, the band wasn't sure what to expect. They were used to playing as a group, but in the studio, songs are constructed differently with each musician recording their instrument separately.
"It was weird," said McFarland. "We felt really separated."
The members of Thirty-Three came to enjoy the recording process and are excited to do it again for their second single. Hearing the finished product made all the difference.
"It's awesome when you first record the song, but then hearing it mixed together makes it, like, whoa!" McFarland said.
The group members said the experience of being in a band together also brought them closer as friends. The members had attended school together but didn't run in the same social circles.
"It connected us," said Bogaert.
It turns out that the rock and roll lifestyle isn't always glamorous. The band admits that they've had their share of on-stage problems.
McFarland was once stung in the leg by a wasp mid-song, but kept his cool and turned the flinch into a cool rock pose.
Haddock has had his instrument go out of tune during songs and Bogaert has battled with his drum stool slowly lowering itself throughout the course of one of their sets.
The band's favorite part of playing live shows? Shattering the crowd's expectations of what 11 and 12-year-olds can do.
"People don't think we can actually play," said McFarland. "At the last church we played, I saw mouths drop."
Densmore, the vocal and bass coach added, "It's gratifying to watch them perform and seeing people's reactions. It makes you feel proud."
Haddock encouraged everyone in Gulf County to see the band perform live.
"It'll be a great experience," he said. "You might feel God touch your heart."
With the first single in the can, the group is focused on the future.
"I'm anxious to learn new original songs," said Haddock.
Within five years, McFarland and Haddock would like to see the band get big and play stadiums, while drummer Bogaert is content with where they are right now.
For McEniry and Densmore, they'll help the group get wherever they can and don't set lofty expectations for the youngsters.
"If you don't have fun, you won't be successful," said Densmore. "We give them our full support."
"Music is all teamwork and that's what we try to instill in them. It's about getting everyone in sync and into a groove." said McEniry. "I've never had a more rewarding experience."
Thirty-Threewill play the Panama City Shriner's Festival on July 20 and the Port St. Joe Scallop Festival on August 4. A concert to celebrate the release of their first single is also in the works.
Kids looking to be involved in the St. Joe Music and Performance program can contact Tom at St. Joe Music for more information. Visit the Thirty-Three band online at www.33band.com.


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And this is why getting out the new consoles will help the pc side also. When the next gen Xbox games are finally on dx11.1 then straight ports to the pc won't have the same outcome.
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Well when this is on steam sales for $5 earlier the better, I bought the first two only because they were cheap and I thought I shoulda spent more, but hearing this I'll gladly spend $5 this time to max.
It's an Origin exclusive so it won't be released on Steam. I wasn't too interested in this game before but with this news, I wouldn't buy it if it was on sale for $1.
Dead Space is a franchise that'll be super-cheap on Steam in a couple months after release. i bought DS2 for like $2
Posted 23 January 2013 - 20:57
I hear that.. brings "lazy console port" to a whole new level. Doesn't exactly scream "buy me." Shoot "pirate me" is just barely a whisper. DS2 ran ok for me though; only problems I had were chalked up to wonky (at the time) ATI drivers, long since fixed.
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So how long will it be before this whole "driving ourselves around in cars" thing is done with? Atrios predicts that "a whole lot of public money will be spent setting up a 'driverless car' system that will never actually work." Kevin Drum is much more optimistic — he predicts that "There will be a transition period that's likely to be messy—though probably no messier than today's all-human traffic nightmare—but eventually you won't even be allowed to drive a car. Every car on the road will be automated, and our grandchildren will be gobsmacked to learn that anything as unreliable as a human being was ever allowed to pilot a two-ton metal box traveling 60 miles an hour."
I'm with Kevin on this — technologically speaking, the ability for cars to drive themselves is coming really soon (see this recent article in Wired for a primer). Yes, it will be difficult to get to the fully automated system where the cars speak to the roads and to each other, but between here and there, there are many incremental steps that can and will be taken to get judgment out of human hands. The transition won't be because technology is inadequate, but because it'll take time for the old dumb cars to wear out and be taken off the road. High-end cars already park themselves and override you in tricky traffic situations, and they're getting better every year. But I'd like to emphasize Kevin's point: people suck at driving. Not you, of course—you're a great driver! But as a group, we're just not up to it. Let's look at some data from the Transportation Department.
In 2009, the last year for which they appear to have data, there were 30,797 fatal car accidents in the United States. These crashes killed 24,474 vehicle occupants, 4,462 motorcyclists, 4,092 pedestrians, 630 bicycle riders, and 150 "unknown" people, for a total of 33,808 vehicle crash deaths. In other words, that's about a September 11 every month or so on our roads.
The good news is that these numbers have declined in the last couple of years—total deaths were over 43,000 in 2005. But they're still incredibly high. And think about it: do you know anyone who was killed or seriously injured in a car accident? I'll bet you do. The autonomous cars can't get here soon enough.
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If there's one area where have heard a lot of complaints on it's the WiFi function on Windows Phone.
The problem is a bit niche but it has frustrated quite a few of you ever since 2010. That "problem" is when the phone goes to the Lock screen, WiFi automatically disconnects. Obviously Microsoft had good intentions in mind here with power-saving as the chief concern. But recently, evidence and personal anecdotes seem to betray the idea that turning off WiFi (when not in use) saves battery.
Luckily, Microsoft looks to finally be changing this behavior in a future update. Windows Phone Program Manager Joe Belfiore responded to a Tweet from Stephen Simpson about Data Sense (the forthcoming service that compresses data, records data usage) and there he noted that a fix is coming to alter how WiFi behaves:
Simpson: "I wish she would ask you why WiFi shuts off when you turn off the screen on every Windows Phone! Please fix this horrible bug!"
Belfiore: "Someone is gonna yell at me for saying this, but... fix is coming. Sshh. Just promise me a little patience though."
That's some pretty big news and we imagine this will rollout with whatever planned-package update Microsoft has in mind for Windows Phone 8. Seeing as that OS can receive over-the-air updates, presumably Microsoft could either push out just that update or a larger one, encompassing global bug fixes and new features. Of course Belfiore stresses "patience" meaning we should not expect this next week or even next month. There's also no word if this is coming to Windows Phone 7.x devices as well via the 7.8 update.


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This was the first time I had hiked a mountain since late July. I had been sidelined since then following knee surgery. In late July I was hit in the knee with a hockey puck. Despite wearing enough gear to make me resemble Robocop, it always seems to to be my luck that the three ounce piece of vulcanized rubber finds a chink in the armor. This time it was my right knee, one which I had surgery on before. I finished the game with the old "That's gonna hurt in the morning!" attitude, but by the time I had showered and had a couple of post game beers my knee had swelled enough to look like someone had transplanted a football where my knee should have been. Next morning I went to the orthopedist who ordered x-rays and was concerned that the amount of swelling could mean a fracture.
I had an MRI the next day and when I returned for the results he informed me that despite the swelling the puck had mostly only done soft-tissue damage, there was however significant previous damage of which I was quite aware. There were multiple "floating" pieces of torn cartilage swimming around in my knee, and lots of scar tissue on my ACL, along with obvious signs of arthritis. We decided then and there it was time to fix the knee, it was long overdue. After my first surgery in '01 I had rushed back to hiking and playing hockey and re-injured it, but refused to be side-lined again, so I basically have been hopping around on one good leg for the last twelve years, compensating for the injury by using my good leg to bear most of my weight, using hiking poles, and limping a lot. The leg had become all but useless over the last few years, though I had continued to hike and play hockey.
Within a day or two I went in for the surgery. Despite the nervous apprehension beforehand, the surgery itself was really a piece of cake, I was in and out in less than an hour. Probably the worst part was the poorly done intravenous in the back of my hand. A brief summary of the procedure sounded like this: 1) Right knee arthroscopy with extensive synovectomy. 2) Removal of multiple loose bodies. 3) Chondroplasty of medial femoral condyle, lateral femoral condyle, trochlea, and patella. 4) Debridement of acutely torn and chronically torn ACL fibers. Someday I may actually look these words up and see what they all mean. Within a week or so of agonizing physical therapy, (there is really nothing quite like laying face down while someone tries to make your heel touch your ass) my knee was feeling much better. What became a problem, and still is for the time being, was my leg, ass, and lower back above the repaired knee, which had been bearing the brunt of my abnormal walking for the last twelve years. We are still working on getting those back into place, but it is coming along nicely and has been improving. The leg actually feels much better after hiking both Saturday and Sunday of last weekend.
Enough about me. I had hoped to be back on the trail in time for this hike, and I was. The ortho gave me the OK on 9/11/13, fitting it seemed, as I was hoping to, and looking forward to making the annual Flags on the 48 hike. Mount Tecumseh seemed within my reach, and it turned out that it was. I made it to the top with a good number of other folks, some aware of the planned reminiscence at the top, others impressed by it as it unfolded. During the two hours the American Flag flew above the summit I would estimate between 40 and 50 people joined us for part or in whole. The sky never cleared so there were no views, but it didn't seem to make any difference to anyone, Tecumseh is not known for its views anyway. We did hear the Blackhawk make a flyby at a distance, but never saw it. I was asked to raise the flag, and then lead those at the summit in the Pledge of Allegiance. As a Disabled American Veteran I found this a great honor, and thank those who allowed me to do this.
We passed the time on the summit sharing memories of where and when as that awful day in our history unfolded twelve years before. We were joined on the summit by a couple of Boy Scout Troops, one of whom carried their own flag and pole. A friend had also carried a fireman's helmet to the summit which was worn during the search through the rubble in the horrible aftermath of that day. One could not help but feel humbled by the experience as thankfulness welled in our hearts remembering that we were blessed to be born in a country where freedom is a gift and not a dream. I could not help but to shed some tears as I gazed at Old Glory fluttering in the light breeze above the fog-drenched spruce. At this point in my life I am considerably more thankful for what I have than I had been when younger. I guess when you reach a certain age and you don't see as much of a struggle to get by as you once did you begin to realize just how lucky you have been to get to that point.
At 2pm we lowered the flag and disassembled the poles which had held it aloft. With pride and care Judy and I folded it again to hand to a fellow hiker who was equally as proud to carry it back down the mountain. To descend we followed the Sosman Trail to the top of the ski area and followed various ski trails until we hooked up with the access road. I had been more worried about the descent than I was about the hike up. Wet stones, wet leaves and lots of mud was a recipe for disaster for my new knee, and they were the cause of me reinjuring the knee shortly after the first surgery way back when. I was thankful we descended by overgrown fields and a relatively dry road. In the parking lot we were greeted by a fellow hiker who had joined us on the summit, but had left early to descend at his own pace. I imagine it will give away his identity to say that he had cold PBR and Diet Coke, along with empty Diet Coke bottles refilled with beautiful water filled from the spring at Boise Rock. He threatened to rescind a couple of Red-line and Grid Awards to some all-star hikers among us who did not know the legend of Boise Rock. Consider this if you aspire to be a Redliner or Gridiot.
That night we met at a friends nearby to celebrate the day with other hikers who had a similar day as ours on different mountains. A much appreciated supper and hot fire was had, and many stories of the day and past and present hikes was shared. Judy and I were camped nearby and spent a cool and quiet night as the moon shone bright behind passing clouds. The morning brought a bright new day which we spent the first part of visiting some property we might be interested in, then visiting some friends. After lunch we hiked out Livermore Road and revisited The Scaur, The Kettles and Big Pines, all worthy destinations despite the relative ease of reaching each of them. To me The Scaur was actually harder to reach than the summit of Tecumseh as there was a difficult water crossing where the trail left the Greeley Ponds Trail, then a steady, steep climb of close to a mile before topping out on the rock escarpment which offers a great view to the west/southwest encompassing Sandwich Dome and the Waterville Valley ski area of Mount Tecumseh. That evening we got subs and salad in Waterville and brought them back to the now deserted campground where we were the only campers left. Towards dawn there was some light rain which mercifully let up before we climbed out of our sleeping bags to break down camp. There were tremendous cloud and sky scenes as we made or way back south and home.
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Gnarly Adventurer
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I love your free spirit. Can't wait to tag along on your adventure.
We will be in Hell's Canyon on July 21st, 2012. will keep my eye out for your DR
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Bus and Ride Phoenix to Slab City (April 21st)
On Saturday I got an early start to a very productive day and... hahaha, who am I kidding?
The solution is always MORE TARP STRAPS!After playing Tetris with trying to fit all of my crap on the bike with tarp straps and no real luggage for several hours, I finally got on the road. I was a bit hurried - I had gotten a very late start and I wanted to make sure that I made it to East Jesus before sunset, as the proprietor's website warned that anybody arriving after dark without prior notice would likely be met with the business end of a shotgun. Specifically:
"1) **UNLESS** THERE IS A SCHEDULED EVENT, if you plan to camp out here or even just visit, DO NOT ARRIVE AFTER DARK. Either show up before dark or spend the night elsewhere. No discussion, no exceptions. Also, even if you have been here before, DO NOT SHOW UP AFTER DARK WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE AND APPROVAL. No discussion, no exceptions. Accept it and deal with it and plan accordingly. Given the nature of Slab City and some of its inhabitants, unexpected visitors after dark are presumed to be trespassing with ill intent and risk staring down the barrel of my 12GA."- from here
Wait, wait. East Jesus? Hold on a second, is that some kind of crazy cult?
I suppose some history may be in order.
Once upon a time in a land far far away, down by the Salton Sea in southern California, there was a military base which closed up shop and demolished all the buildings, leaving nothing but the concrete foundations behind. Boondockers - RVers who dry camp for free (usually because of a fixed income), found this an ideal place to while away the chilly winters further north, and thus Slab City was born. Slab city is home to dozens, if not hundreds, of what are essentially squatters in a giant dump site with no real infrastructure (no power, no water), next to a military bombing range, at the ass-end of nowhere. It's become a mecca for traveller kids in the winter, and is one of those places you'll hear rumors and legends about. One of the last places you can live free and not be hassled.
Also it has this:
Yes, it really is that huge.You've probably at least encountered a reference to Salvation Mountain somewhere along the way, there's really nothing quite like it. I think it was featured in that movie "Into the Wild" as a place where they stop along the way.
I'd heard a few tales of Slab City, and I decided that since I was going west anyways, now was as good a time as any to check it out. What can I say? I love weird things! I have nothing to lose! And Saturday was supposed to be Live Music night!
While doing some internet research about the place, I kept coming across references to East Jesus, which seemed to be a Burningman-styled libertarian setup - East Jesus was not a reference to religion so much as a descriptor for "middle of nowhere". The proprietor seemed to be a bit of a gun nut, but that should prevent his camp from being fucked with. Also, they seemed to have the only toilets. There were rumors of the vast stretches of human waste baking in the sun near Poverty Flats, and I wanted none of it. If I'm going to stay in a squatter town in the middle of the desert, I'm doing it in style, damnit!
I sent the owner an email, but I got no reply. Strange... Oh well, better hurry up anyways, maybe his wifi went out or he just didn't feel like answering emails today.
So off I went. Slab again. Yawn.
Total distance: 260 miles.Somehow, even though I've lived in Phoenix for a good 8 years or so combined, I always manage to forget how hot it gets when I haven't been there in a while. I was baking all day. Some road rash on my knee from when I lowsided the Rebel (Monsoon season in Phoenix, I hit one of the stupid Median Trees that fell into the road and went sideways doing 30) convinced me that the ATGATT mantra had some validity. But boy, when it's almost 100, not even the vented gear and mesh helps all that much.
I was pretty dehydrated when I rolled into Blythe, CA. I stopped at a Starbucks for some air conditioning, wifi (I wanted to see if there was a reply to my email yet), power, etc. I did my duty and bought the cheapest drink I could to excuse my presence.
While I was cooling down, one of the employees mentioned that they have free water. I indicated that I already had a drink, and he said, "Well, that's tasty too, but the water is free..." I told him that I was raised to think it rude to hang out, enjoying the facilities and comfy chairs and not pay for anything, and he told me that they basically don't care and expect that kind of thing. "And anyways, it's not like we have to climb a ladder to get the water or anything." Hmm. Good to keep in mind I suppose...
From Blythe I headed south on CA-78. As the road wound from desert into irrigated farmland the humidity dramatically increased. It struck me that growing crops in the middle of the desert was a bit ludicrous. I would have gotten some photos of desert scrubland right up against green crops, but the shotgun threat bore more heavily on my mind than an interest in landscape photography.
There were a couple of oddities I did stop to take photos of. One was a strangely lumpy set of hills behind a barbed-wire fence, some kind of military thing? I don't know. There were these large divots carved out of the hillside at varying intervals:
The other was, I came up over a hill and suddenly, DUNES! Tons of dunes as far as the eye can see! They were having some kind of race, too, I saw dirtbikes and dune buggies with flags tearing the place up, vendors selling gas out of pickup trucks with "RACE GAS" signs. Oh man, it looked like fun. Someday I should try to get in on something like that. I snapped a few quick pics and was off.
I arrived at East Jesus just before dusk, after picking up a can of soup and some fruit from the store in Niland. I was proud that I managed to not drop the bike in some of the loose dirt on the road to get there! I came close!
After chatting with the local ringleader, Frank (Sorry for getting your name wrong!), I found out that the website I'd found was defunct, the original owner, Charlie, had passed away last May and his friends were taking care of the place in his stead. Well, makes sense why he wasn't answering his email...
Their actual website was http://eastjesus.org/
East Jesus was an oasis in the desert - ice cold water, electricity, shower, wifi, composting toilets, refrigeration, all of the comforts of home in a squatter town in the middle of the desert, far from utilities. There were solar panels, wind turbines and a generator, as well as deep-cycle batteries to provide the juice to power everything. Every available nook and cranny was absolutely stuffed full of assemblage art, most of which was created from recycled/found materials as Slab City is for the most part a junkyard. There were various pieces that had been dragged here from elsewhere - the art cars, a few of the donated larger sculptures were refugees from art galleries in LA or elsewhere. From what Frank had said, the place had a bit of a reputation among artsy types, and he'd regularly get people bringing by a truckload of doll parts or other random odds and ends for the people who frequent East Jesus to build things with. It was surreal to be browsing the internet 20 miles from nowhere surrounded by random artifacts of civilization.
I was given the tour of the sculpture garden and the facilities, then led to a camp with a very large, 8-person tent already set up. He called the camp "Hogwarts", because, as he said, "a wizard used to live there". Cloak and pointy hat and everything. Somehow this did not surprise me in the least. I moved my bike into the camp, took my gear off (ahhhh, much cooler) and set up my sleeping bag in the gigantic tent.
After securing a free meal and a jug full of ice cold water (luxuries!), we wandered over to The Range. There were a lot of dogs randomly roaming around as well as on the stage itself. The seating at The Range was all old couches, bus seats, and various car parts, left to wither in the desert sun. I wished I'd brought a blanket or something to sit on, but luckily I managed to avoid any exposed springs. The foam was scratchy, though. Lighting was bulbs placed inside of 5 gallon buckets. Ghetto, but highly functional.
Some of the entertainers were not very good - Bob, the organizer, admitted that he was not very good, yet insisted on playing the first and last 5 songs. He was terrible. A for effort though?
In case you wanted proof:
Chris played, and was actually really good:
Another band that I liked was called the Bible Brothers - I'm not religious, but they sure could play. A man from the audience with an accordion and a harmonica joined them, blurring the line between entertainer and audience, and added another layer entirely to the performance.
(Sorry about the video quality. I took these using my Droid X2. I don't really have a proper video camera, and my cheapy point n shoot takes worse video than this does. Also I was running out of disk space. And I'd never taken videos with it before. I've got a bunch of other videos from this evening, but these were the best without editing - that entire process is a bit of a mystery and I don't think I can do it on the Droid. Ahem.)
Eventually the quality of the music started to degrade and we headed back for East Jesus.
Frank took no shit from anyone. He'd been a chef professionally, and had hitchhiked all across the US. We had some good conversations, and then I wandered off to Hogwarts and settled down in my sleeping bag to the sounds of a drunken woman screaming into a microphone at the top of her lungs at 2 am. She was decent with the guitar, but her off-key half-remembered lyrics to popular songs (Stairway to Heaven, Hotel California) and random caterwauling made me grateful when the festivities came to a close.
Next: Fey explores Slab City and tries not to die of heat exhaustion!
Feyala screwed with this post 06-28-2012 at 11:47 AM Reason: Name is Frank, not Joe! *head-desk*
Gnarly Adventurer
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Thanks everybody!
Wow, I'm overwhelmed by the response so far! I didn't think anybody would be that interested!
Thanks for the support! It really encourages me to keep writing!
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: May 2009
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Thanks for sharing. This has been a great read so far. Subscribed.
Beastly Adventurer
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Location: Steamboat Springs, COLORADO
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tagging along
Alright Feyala,
I'm hooked and following along.
I've come to expect a high level of entertainment here on ADV and I've got the feeling that you won't disappoint.
It's a fine balance of witless banter, mental masturbation and just flat out lying that tend to make a good story. Oh yeah, and incriminating photos too.
Seriously, I think this will be fun. Thanks for posting.
Safe travels!
edit: Oh yeah, I saw from your pictures that you visited Steamboat Springs on your bus trip to OK. Did you find suitable vegetarian grub here? Near where you took the picture of the pedestrian bridge with Mt Werner in the background .... is a great little Bar-B-Q joint. I'm sure that you were salivating like a Pavlovian Dog because you were directly downwind!
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Ok, Feyala, I'm in for a good read as well. Keep on riding and have FUN!.
Never try to teach a pig to sing...
It wastes your time and annoys the pig!
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Thanks for the ride report! I'm in for the ride.
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Wishing I was a gpisy too!
I'm in too!
Great thread.
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2011
Location: Maine
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Great read, I'm in
Lucky Rider
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Location: Baja is good
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I'm a cheap traveler as well, maybe I can learn something here, Fyla. I'm subscribing as well.
I've camped at the slabs a couple times and wandered all over the Salvation Mtn....had no idea that there was a protocol there. Who knew?
Ratman.......Pete .... My Solo Continental Divide Ride
....and of course, Luck beats good...
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2006
Location: Kamloops, BC
Oddometer: 908
Welcome aboard ...there are rules here ....and you seem to abide by the primary ones:
1) Have a story to tell;
2) Have the ability to tell that story with some semblance of it being entertaining;
3) Have some pics....cuz some of the FF's here can't read but get the gist of a photo;
4) Adore your current ride;
5) Keep us in some anticipatory suspense so you get lots of readers (cuz the # of hits your story gets is part of the narcissistic payoff);
6) Pretend to be humble ....
And you are doing a great job of all these.
I like your writing style and appreciate that you have done some "hard time"....
Keep writing and riding....but you gotta do more pics....just for the Inmates that can't read
Ged Schwartz
Kamloops , BC
Baja '05 , Baja 06/07 , Baja 08/09 , BC Alpine Single Track
Gnarly Adventurer
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We didn't stay too long at Steamboat Springs, they just had to switch drivers. I used to work there though, back in 06! I did housekeeping one summer at the Grand. I think I was one of three folks there who spoke english, haha. I think that was before I went veg though, I seem to remember eating at the kfc on my lunch break more than once.
There isn't much of a protocol at Slab City proper, East Jesus is just a small corner of it, with their own rules. I want to go back there this fall, maybe spend a month there... they've invited me to spend a whole winter there, if I want to, but I think Mexico is calling my name.
Thanks for the compliments!
I do have more pics, I swear! I got a bit better at taking them when I gave up on the point and shoot completely... I've also got a TON of Slab City, but I don't want to spam with too many pics either...
dreaming adventurer
Joined: Nov 2005
Location: right here on my thermarest
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No reason to hold back on the pictures, that's what the place is for.
Chopper Rider
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Location: On a set of 50,000 mile tires.
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Ahhh, there you are and with pictures to back up your wild tales.
Be sure the safest rule is that we should not dare to live in any scene in which we dare not die. ~Lewis Carroll~
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CHIPLEY — Resident Holland Kent presented the idea of building a clock tower on the site where the historic Chipley water tower once stood to the city council on Tuesday.
"I understand there are plans to put a park at the site where the water tower once stood," Kent said. "The water tower was seen as a landmark for Chipley, and I think what replaces it needs to be a landmark as well."
Kent presented the council with photos of clock towers, including the Cairo, Ga., town clock bell, as a potential landmark for the proposed park.
Councilman Kevin Russell was appointed by Mayor Linda Cain to head up a committee charged with developing a park on the site where the city's water tower once stood. The tower was taken down due to safety concerns on May 21.
"Years back, Louis Valencia worked hard with the city to place a clock at the corner of 77 and Railroad," Kent said. "I think we should consider the same concept on a larger scale."
He said cost of the Cairo clock tower was about $100,000. He also submitted photos of the Westfield, Mass., clock tower which cost about $500,000, as an example.
"This is great," Russell said. "This is what I want, I definitely want input from the residents. We don't want this to just be a committee of five people deciding what goes in the park."
Russell said he would be in touch with Kent when the park committee next met so he could discuss the clock tower idea with the full committee.
"I also would like to see us put a flag there, like the one down by the interstate," the mayor said.
Holland said there were grants available to fund a clock tower, adding that of the $500,000 spent for the Massachusetts clock tower, 80 percent of the project was funded by the federal government, and 20 percent was funded by the state.
In other business, the council tabled private property standards ordinance until the next workshop.
The council discussed the need for an ordinance at the workshop on June 6 to allow the city to clean up overgrown lots. The workshop discussion also included whether or not artificial flowers should be displayed in a lawn.
"The real intent is to have an ordinance so we can clean up some of the overgrown lots," City Administrator Dan Miner said. Ultimately, for properties that have been abandoned, it often falls to the city to clean up the property, and the ordinance would allow the city to recoup the expense of the cleanup.
The council also tabled discussion of a solicitation ordinance, which is being considered in response to the Lyndon LaRouche Political Action Committee were in Chipley on April 8 in front of the Post Office, calling for the impeachment of President Barack Obama, the passage HR 129, and selling memberships to the PAC.
The ordinance would require that groups collecting money be registered with the state and following state ordinances.
"This ordinance makes it a violation of city law if a group violates the state requirements," City Attorney Michelle Taggart said on June 6.
"If they come back talking about the President can we run them out of here?" the mayor asked.
"Not necessarily," Taggart said.
"What this will do is make our code match what the state ordinance says," Miner said.
The council also approved on Tuesday the purchase a 5.25 acre parcel of industrial park property back from Chipola Timber Harvesting Inc. for the price of $23,500.
Miner said the purchase price was "an excellent deal" for the city.
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The book was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels (1923 to 2005), was number 31 on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels and won a Retrospective Hugo in 1996.
The dogs are also important characters in this novel that enabled Orwell to discover and express more of what had happened in Russia. The other characters have their parallels in the real world, but care should be taken with these comparisons, as Orwell's intent was not always explicit and they often simply represent generalised concepts.
Old Major is presented positively. According to the interpretation that Old Major represents Marx and Lenin, the satire in Animal Farm is not of Marxism, or of Lenin's revolution, but of the corruption that occurred later. Hitchens, while disagreeing with the interpretation that Old Major represents Lenin, agrees that Orwell presents Marxism sympathetically, stating that in the book "the aims and principles of the Russian Revolution are given face-value credit throughout; this is a revolution betrayed, not a revolution that is monstrous from its inception." Old Major introduces the animals to the song Beasts of England.
Napoleon, a Berkshire boar, is the main tyrant and villain of Animal Farm and is based upon Joseph Stalin.
Orwell made this allusion clear in his 17 March 1945 letter to his publisher:
Napoleon begins to gradually build up his power, using puppies he took from mother dogs Jessie and Bluebell, which he raises to be vicious dogs as his secret police. After driving Snowball off the farm, Napoleon usurps full power, using false propaganda from Squealer and threats and intimidation from the dogs to keep the other animals in line. Among other things, he gradually changes the Commandments to allow himself privileges such as eating at a table and to justify his dictatorial rule. By the end of the book, Napoleon and his fellow pigs have learned to walk upright and started to behave similarly to the humans against whom they originally revolted. (In the French version of Animal Farm, Napoleon is called César, the French spelling of Caesar.)
Snowball is Napoleon's rival. He is an allusion to Leon Trotsky. He wins over most animals, but is driven out of the farm in the end by Napoleon. Snowball genuinely works for the good of the farm and devises plans to help the animals achieve their vision of an egalitarian utopia, but Napoleon and his dogs chase him from the farm, and Napoleon spreads rumours to make him seem evil and corrupt and that he had secretly sabotaged the animals' efforts to improve the farm. In his biography of Orwell, Bernard Crick suggests that Snowball was as much inspired by POUM leader Andrés Nin as by Trotsky. Nin was a similarly adept orator and also fell victim to the Communist purges of the Left during the Spanish Civil War.
Squealer, a small fat porker, serves as Napoleon's right hand pig and minister of propaganda. Inspired by Vyacheslav Molotov and the Soviet paper Pravda, Squealer manipulates the language to excuse, justify, and extol all of Napoleon's actions. He represents all the propaganda Stalin used to justify his own heinous acts. In all of his work, George Orwell made it a point to show how politicians used language. Squealer limits debate by complicating it and he confuses and disorients, making claims that the pigs need the extra luxury they are taking in order to function properly, for example. However, when questions persist, he usually uses the threat of the return of Mr Jones, the former owner of the farm, to justify the pigs' privileges. Squealer uses statistics to convince the animals that life is getting better and better. Most of the animals have only dim memories of life before the revolution; therefore, they are convinced.
Minimus is a poetic pig who writes the second and third national anthems of Animal Farm after the singing of "Beasts of England" is banned. He represents admirers of Stalin both inside and outside the USSR such as Maxim Gorky. As Minimus composed the replacement of "Beasts of England", he may equate to the three main composers of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union which replaced The Internationale – Gabriel El-Registan, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, and Sergey Mikhalkov.
The Piglets are hinted to be the children of Napoleon (albeit not truly noted in the novel) and are the first generation of animals actually subjugated to his idea of animal inequality.
The Rebel Pigs are four pigs who complain about Napoleon's takeover of the farm but are quickly silenced and later executed. This is based on the Great Purge during Stalin's regime. The closest parallels to the Rebel Pigs may be Nikolai Bukharin, Alexei Rykov, Grigory Zinoviev, and Lev Kamenev.
Mr Frederick is the tough owner of Pinchfield, a well-kept neighbouring farm. He represents Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in general. He tricks them into selling wood to him for forged money and later attacks them, destroying the windmill but being finally beaten in the resulting Battle of the Windmill (World War II). There are also stories of him mistreating his own animals.
Mr Pilkington is the easy-going but crafty owner of Foxwood, a neighbouring farm overgrown with weeds, as described in the book. He represents the western powers, such as the United Kingdom and the United States. The card game at the very end of the novel is a metaphor for the Tehran Conference, where the parties flatter each other, all the while cheating at the game. This last scene is ironic because all the Pigs are civil and kind to the humans, defying all for which they had fought. This happened at the Tehran Conference: the Soviet Union formed an alliance with the United States and the United Kingdom, capitalist countries that the Soviet Union had fought in the early years of the revolution. At the end of the novel, both Napoleon and Pilkington draw the Ace of Spades (which in most games, is the highest-ranking card) at the same time and begin fighting loudly, symbolising the beginning of tension between the U.S. and Soviet superpowers.
'Mr Whymper' is a man hired by Napoleon to represent Animal Farm in human society. He is loosely based on Western intellectuals such as George Bernard Shaw and, especially, Lincoln Steffens, who visited the U.S.S.R. in 1919.
Boxer is one of the main characters. He is the tragic avatar of the working class, or proletariat: loyal, kind, dedicated, and physically the strongest animal on the farm, but naïve and slow. His ignorance and blind trust towards his leaders leads to his death and their profit. In particular, his heroic physical work represents the Stakhanovite movement. His maxim of "I will work harder" is reminiscent of Jurgis Rudkus from the Upton Sinclair novel The Jungle. His second maxim, "Napoleon is always right" is an example of the propaganda used by Squealer to control the animals. It was not adopted until later in the book. Boxer's work ethic is often praised by the pigs, and he is set as a prime example to the other animals. When Boxer is injured, and can no longer work, Napoleon sends him off to the knacker's and deceives the other animals, saying that Boxer died peacefully in the hospital. When the animals cannot work, Napoleon tosses them aside, for they mean nothing to him.
Clover is Boxer's companion and a fellow draft horse. She helps and cares for Boxer when he splits his hoof. She blames herself for forgetting the original Seven Commandments when Squealer had actually revised them. Clover is compassionate, as is shown when she protects the baby ducklings during Major's speech; albeit made out to be somewhat vain in the opening of the novel by the narrator, who remarks that she never "recovered" her figure after giving birth to her fourth foal. She is also upset when animals are executed by the dogs, and is held in great respect by three younger horses who ultimately replace Boxer.
Mollie is a self-centred and vain white mare who likes wearing ribbons in her mane, eating sugar cubes (which represent luxury) and being pampered and groomed by humans. She represents upper-class people, the bourgeoisie and nobility who fled to the West after the Russian Revolution and effectively dominated the Russian diaspora. Accordingly, she quickly leaves for another farm and is only once mentioned again.
Muriel is a wise, old goat who is friends with all the animals on the farm. She, like Benjamin and Snowball, is one of the few animals on the farm who can read (with some difficulty, she has to spell the words out first) which helps Clover know that the Seven Commandments have been surreptitiously changed throughout the story. She possibly represents the same category as Benjamin. The only difference is that she dies at the end of the book due to age.
The Puppies, who were raised by Napoleon to be his security force may be a reference to the fact that a major factor in Stalin's rise to power was his appointment as General Secretary of the Communist Party by Lenin in 1922, in which role he used his powers of appointment, promotion and demotion to pack the party quietly with his own supporters. He did this so effectively that Lenin's Testament eventually called for Stalin's removal from this post. Lenin's request was ignored by the leading members of the Politburo - most notably Trotsky, represented in the novel by Snowball. The puppies represent Stalin's secret police.
Moses the raven is an old bird that occasionally visits the farm with tales of Sugarcandy Mountain, where he says animals go when they die, but only if they work hard. He represents religion, specifically the Russian Orthodox Church, which is banned when the pigs come to power. His religious persona is exacerbated by the fact that he is named after a biblical character. He leaves after the rebellion, for all animals are supposed to be equal, and religion is not part of equality, but returns later in the novel because he convinces the animals to work harder. Nobody does anything to harm Moses, due to the fact that all animals (and Moses being an animal) are equal. In the end, he is one of few animals to remember the rebellion, along with Clover, Benjamin, and the pigs.
The Sheep represented the masses, manipulated to support Stalin in spite of his treachery. They show limited intelligence and understanding of the situations but support Napoleon and regularly chant "Four legs good, Two legs bad" and distract people.
The Rats may have represented some of the nomadic people in the far north of the USSR.
The Hens may have represented the Kulaks as they destroy their eggs rather than hand them over to Napoleon, just as during collectivisation some Kulaks destroyed machinery or killed their livestock.
The Cat represents laziness (for she, along with Mollie, did not do any work on the farm)
George Orwell wrote the book following his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, which are described in another of his books, Homage to Catalonia. He intended it to be a strong condemnation of what he saw as the Stalinist corruption of the original socialist ideals. For the preface of a Ukrainian edition he prepared in 1947, Orwell described what gave him the idea of setting the book on a farm:
This Ukrainian edition was an early propaganda use of the book. It was printed to be distributed among the Soviet citizens of Ukraine who were some of the many millions of displaced persons throughout Europe at the end of the Second World War. The American occupation forces considered the edition to be propaganda printed on illegal presses, and handed 1,500 confiscated copies of Animal Farm over to the Soviet authorities. The politics in the book also affected the UK, with Orwell reporting that Ernest Bevin was "terrified". that it may cause embarrassment if published before the 1945 general election.
In recent years, the book has been used to compare new movements that overthrow heads of a corrupt and undemocratic government or organisation, only eventually to become corrupt and oppressive themselves as they succumb to the trappings of power and begin using violent and dictatorial methods to keep it. Such analogies have been used for many former African colonies such as Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whose succeeding African-born rulers were accused of being as corrupt as, or worse than, the European colonists they supplanted.
The book also clearly ponders whether a focus of power in one person is healthy for a society. The book leaves the ending slightly ambiguous in this regard.
Orwell originally wrote a preface which complains about British government suppression of his book, self-imposed British self-censorship and how the British people were suppressing criticism of the USSR, their World War II ally. "The sinister fact about literary censorship in England is that it is largely voluntary. ... [Things are] kept right out of the British press, not because the Government intervened but because of a general tacit agreement that 'it wouldn't do' to mention that particular fact." Somewhat ironically, the preface itself was censored and is not published with most editions of the book.
References to the novella are frequent in other works of popular culture, particularly in popular music and television series.
Animal farm has been adapted to film twice. The first was an animated feature and the second was a TV live action version.


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