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Red Bay, Newfoundland
Harbourview RV Park
[ 4/10 ]
If you are in Labrador to visit Red Bay and beyond, this may be a place to consider. This small RV park has 4 full service but very narrow waterfront RV sites ($24 + tx). When we were there the water was not potable. There are washrooms and laundry as well as a convenience store and gas (with diesel) on site. However, there is no access to the washrooms overnight as they are located inside the convenience store which closes in the evening. Additionally, there is a $5 fee for using the shower.
Pinware, Newfoundland
Pinware Provincial Park
[ 5/10 ]
Most interior sites are best suited for tents, pop-ups and class B & C RVs. Sites 16, 17, and 19-21 can accommodate rigs up to 35 feet, are a pull-through semi circle, and are waterfront. All sites are unserviced but there are washroom facilities with hot showers and a dump station. No cell phone or Wi-Fi.
L'Anse au Clair, Newfoundland
Northern Light Inn RV Park
[ 3/10 ]
Talk about an RV park that looks like a parking lot - this is it. The 14 full service sites appear occupied primarily by workers with a few tourists thrown in for good measure. Sites for overnighters are not level. There are clean washrooms with free hot showers and laundry facilities on site, a restaurant attached to the Inn, and Wi-Fi is available inside the Inn. No recycling is available. Next door is a Robins (that sells partridgeberry muffins), a small convenience store, and a gas station that sells diesel. There is a beautiful sandy beach in L'Anse au Claire, but mid-August in Labrador is not the warmest time to be lying out on a beach. The nearby town of Blanc-Sablon in Québec, has two proper grocery stores. This is the closest RV park to the Newfoundland-Labrador ferry and approximately 80 km from the Red Bay National Historic Site of Canada, which just last year was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Given the road conditions, if you are here to visit Red Bay, I would suggest staying here and doing day trips. Between the ferry and NLI, there are a few pull-offs which, if you are here for only a couple of days and can boondock, you may wish to consider. Also, the Provincial Park in Pinware (unserviced sites but with washrooms & dump station) has some waterside sites that can accommodate rigs up to about 40 ft. In Red Bay the Harbour View RV Park has 4 very narrow full-service waterfront sites.
St. Barbe, Newfoundland
St. Barbe RV Park
[ 2/10 ]
This is a fenced in parking lot with electric hookups for RVs. Water is not available at your site, rather you need to fill up your fresh water tank when entering the compound. Inquire if the water is potable. A dump station, laundromat, hot showers, gas bar, and convenience store are on site. Across the road is a restaurant and Inn. Likely the only people who would make use of this place are those who don't want to take their RV when they go to Labrador for a few days, or those who are catching an 8am ferry.
St Anthony, Newfoundland
Triple Falls RV Park
[ 4/10 ]
This campground caters primarily to seasonal RVers, where the sites are spacious and private. The section for overnighters is simply an open field with 2 rows of RVs lined up facing each other, on very unlevel sites. There is no cell phone coverage by any carrier so it is necessary to drive closer to St Anthony, specifically at least to the Municipal dump 6 km away, to get a signal. There is a pay phone outside the office. Wi-Fi is ridiculous - we have 4 devices (2 laptops, a tablet, and a phone) and only one device could connect and then at only 1 bar when in the same room as the router. I am so fed up with campgrounds that advertise having Wi-Fi when the service they provide is not adequate to even check emails. During our stay, the electricity cut out frequently. No TV stations are available via antenna, but satellite reception works. On weekends they have a chip truck that sells fried fast foods. Their convenience store only stocks bottled water and beer. Washrooms are clean with free hot water and there is a laundry (wash & dry = $2 each). No recycling is available. If you are in this area to visit L'Anse au Meadows and see the icebergs as we were, your camping options are limited. I did not view the private RV park in Quipon, which is closer to L'Anse au Meadows, so cannot comment. Pistolet Bay Provincial Park has only unserviced sites. The town of St Anthony, 10 km from the campground, has 2 grocery stores, gas & diesel, several restaurants, and a couple of hardware stores.
Albert Bridge, Nova Scotia
Mira River Provincial Park
[ 8/10 ]
This is a lovely large provincial campground which will be even nicer in 2015 with 45 more sites being converted to E/W sites. Sites are generally large and with a reasonable amount of privacy. There are two clean washrooms with flush toilets, and free hot showers. Laundry and dish washing facilities are available. There are vault toilets and potable water faucets throughout the campground. While this campground offers full recycling, the garbage and recycling stations are few and far between. There is a boat launch and 2 beach areas; one is located in the day use area and the second is for campers only. Kayaking along the Mira River is wonderful. Unfortunately neither canoe nor kayak rentals are available. Firewood and ice are available ($) and there is free WiFi outside the registration office. Book as early as possible, especially on weekends, as this campground is frequented by locals.
Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia
Whycocomagh Provincial Park
[ 5/10 ]
This is a small campground with 40 sites, including 3 yurts. The 9 water-electric sites are open and spacious. The non-serviced sites are located hillside and are quite picturesque and more private, but more suited for tents, pop-ups, and smaller class B & C RVs. The washrooms are very clean and there are free hot showers with laundry facilities ($3 cold water wash, $2 for 40 min dryer). There are 3 short uphill trails within the park. In this park is the resting place of the only totem pole in Nova Scotia - a gift from BC. There are gas stations, a co-op, Home Hardware, and a few restaurants nearby, with the picturesque town of Baddeck a 30 min drive.
Caribou, Nova Scotia
Caribou/Munroes Island Provincial Park
[ 8/10 ]
Caribou-Munroes is a lovely provincial park campground situated on a stretch of beautiful sandy beach on the Northumberland Shore - I think the beach is about 3 km long. All sites are unserviced; i.e., no water or electric, and generator hours are 10am to 8pm. There is a single dump station with a hose for doing a black tank flush. Loop A is open and has the best views of the water. The other loops are wooded or partially wooded. Most, if not all, sites have fire pits. Wood and ice are available ($). The washrooms are very clean and there are free hot showers but no laundry facilities. There is free Wi-Fi available in a covered area with electric outlets next to the office. The campground is easily accessible from the PEI ferry and the town of Pictou, complete with a Sobeys, Home Hardware, and Tims, etc. There is a gas station with diesel a few km from the park entrance. If you like relaxing on one of the nicest beaches in Nova Scotia, this is the park for you.
Spencers Island, Nova Scotia
Old Shipyard Beach Campground
[ 8/10 ]
If the thought of camping directly on the ocean, this campground is for you. All sites are literally feet from the Atlantic ocean. The picture on their website accurately depicts the campground. The washrooms are shared with an on-site restaurant and nearby in Advocate Harbour is a small grocery store and gas station (including diesel). This campground makes an excellent base for exploring Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, as there is no RV camping at the latter. It is also possible to do day trips to the UNESCO World Heritage site at Joggins.
Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia
Porters Lake Provincial Park
[ 7/10 ]
Most of the paved entry road is in need of re-surfacing, though the gravel roads throughout the campground are in good condition. Firewood and ice are available ($) and there is free Wi-fi at the check-in kiosk. Cell phone coverage is excellent throughout the campground. The campground is located 10 km from the Porters Lake Shopping centre where there are gas stations (including diesel), bank, hardware, grocery store, liquor outlet, etc. Since hurricane Juan, this has become an open campground, though fast growing spruce trees generally provide decent privacy between sites. The 10 EW sites in Loop C resemble a parking lot. The rest of the sites are more typical of what you would expect to find in a provincial park. With the exception of the 10 EW sites (one of which is permanently occupied by the campground host), the rest of the sites are unserviced. Generator hours are from 10am to 8pm. There are clean washrooms with sinks, electricity, and free hot showers in each loop, as well as several potable water faucets and vault toilets in each loop, but no dishwashing station. This campground only recycles refundables. There are no hiking trails within the campground, though it is about a 7 km walk through the loops of the campground and the picnic park. There is a boat launch, and canoe and kayak opportunities are numerous, though rentals are not available.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Carlsbad RV Park and Campground
[ 4/10 ]
This desert campground is about 5 miles outside of Carlsbad, on the way to the UNESCO designated Carlsbad Caverns, which are only 22 miles away. There is a heated indoor pool that has not been open since fall of 2011, laundry ($1.25 wash, $1 dry), decent Wi-Fi, free cable TV (60 channels), but recycling is not available. Nearby, propane is available by the gallon. At $38 for a 30 amp EWS (electricity, water and sewer) back-in site (with Good Sam discount), this campground is overpriced. However, it is convenient to the Caverns and Carlsbad. There are other RV Parks nearby, but I do not know their rates. AAA White City RV park is much closer to the Caverns but 25 miles from the amenities of Carlsbad.
Roswell, New Mexico
Bottomless Lakes State Park
[ 5/10 ]
Located 12 miles from Roswell. Do not listen to the shortcut directions from the campground host unless you want to waste an hour driving through backroads: trust your GPS. If you are here for the sole purpose of visiting Roswell, stay at one of the campgrounds on the outskirts of Roswell. The park roads are in poor condition and the drive to Roswell takes >30 minutes. Half of the sites can be reserved on-line. Six sites have EWS (electricity, water and sewer), 25 have EW (electricity and water), and three are unserviced. While the campground fee is only $14 (EW), this does not include the $10.60 reservation fee. Sites are level and a decent size, and offer a fair degree of privacy from your neighbors. If you come here to experience the park, I suspect that you will have an enjoyable time, however, we were here only for an overnight and found it inconvenient for visiting Roswell.
Gallup, New Mexico
USA RV Park
[ 5/10 ]
RV's are packed in like sardines into a tin. All sites are pull-through, 30 & 50 amp, EW (electricity and water) or EWS (electricity, water and sewer), extremely slow Wi-Fi, free cable TV, only a picnic table at the site, level gravel sites, clean washrooms & showers, laundry ($1.5 wash, $0.75 dry). Propane ($), heated outdoor pool (seasonal), convenient to I-40, but with no traffic noise. If coming from the east, consider taking exit 26 and experience the mother road (Route 66) for a few miles as you drive through Gallup. The camp store has a good selection of Route 66 memorabilia.
Holbrook, Arizona
OK RV Park
[ 5/10 ]
Easy access off I-40 at Exit 286. Across the road from a McDonalds and a Mexican restaurant. The small town of Holbrook (on historic Rte 66) is 2 miles away and has a Safeway grocery store. This is an open campground with EWS (electricity, water, sewer) sites that are level and on a gravel surface. The $27.50 fee is for 30A with Good Sam discount. If you are in Holbrook to visit the Petrified Forest National Park. I would suggest using the south entrance to the park along Hwy 180 and exiting at the north entrance on I-40 so as to experience the effects of the afternoon sun in the painted desert. The campground gives free coupons for a piece of petrified wood from a local retailer.
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Trailer Village (NPS Campground)
[ 5/10 ]
All sites are pull through and on a fairly level gravel surface, and have electricity (30 & 50 amp), water, sewer, picnic table, BBQ grill, but no wood fires are permitted. Full recycling is available. The name Trailer Village is appropriate as this is a typical privately owned campground with RV's lined up side by side in rows. If you can boondock, consider staying at the Mather Campground, a very beautiful federally operated campground with no utilities, ¼ mile from Trailer Village. Laundry and showers are not available at Trailer Village but campers can use those located at Mather campground. At the nearby Market Plaza, there is a bank, and a grocery store with a surprisingly good selection food including fresh vegetables, fruit, and meats. If you want the convenience of full hookups situated in the center of this beautiful UNESCO world heritage site, this is the campground for you.
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Mather Campground (NPS Campground)
[ 9/10 ]
This is a National Park operated campground and has no hookups. It is a beautiful park with paved sites and about half are pull-through. All sites have a combo BBQ-fire ring and picnic table. If you can boondock, consider staying here. Generator hours are from 8-10 am and 6-8pm. There is a laundry, $1.75 wash and $1 for dry (8am-4pm), and showers (8am-6pm). Obviously these hours are for the benefit of the government employees who supervise these facilities and are not intended to meet the needs of campers), dump station and potable water. At the nearby Market Plaza, there is a bank, and a grocery store with a surprisingly good selection food including fresh vegetables, fruit, and meats. Diesel is available at Tusayan and Desert View at inflated prices. There is a convenient free shuttles that operates throughout most of the park, however, not to the far east end of the park. Full recycling is available. The $18 campsite fee does not include the $10 reservation fee.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Enchanted Trails RV Park & Trading Post
[ 4/10 ]
This is a sandy desert campground, west of Albuquerque off I-40 and about 10 miles from I-25. It is convenient to the National Petroglyph Monument, which has literally hundreds of petroglyphs. It is next-door to Camping World, but it is not close to restaurants or other amenities. There is a small selection of Route 66 memorabilia for sale at the office. We did not use the showers, but the laundry room was adequate. The free Wi-Fi is painstakingly slow, propane is available ($), there is a pool (closed in the winter), a TV and billiards room, but recycling is not available. At $25 (with Good Sam discount), it is a decent choice if you plan to visit Albuquerque.
Balmorhea, Texas
Balmorhea State Park
[ 5/10 ]
Conveniently located just 7 miles off I-10. This is a small park but made a lovely overnight respite after a 7 hour drive from New Mexico. Sites have electricity (30&50 amp), and water. Some are pull-through, and some have cable TV. There is a pool and dump station, but no laundry. As is so often the case with state park Wi-Fi, it was exasperatingly slow. In addition to the $14 campsite fee, there is a $7 per person park access fee.
Memphis, Tennessee
Graceland RV Park & Campground
[ 5/10 ]
Located behind Heartbreak Hotel and across the street from Graceland, you could not be closer to Graceland unless you were the ghost of Elvis. If you are in Memphis for the Elvis experience, this is THE place to be. In addition to the convenience of Graceland, there is a free hourly Sun Studio shuttle that departs from the hotel and takes you to Sun Studios (duh) and to the Smithsonian Rock & Soul Museum; the latter being a couple of blocks from the famous Beale Street. The campground offers all pull-through sites, EWS (electricity, water, sewer), a small pool (seasonal), propane ($), free slow Wi-Fi, and recycling of tin and glass only. As is typical of privately operated RV parks, sites are narrow and require the truck hauling a 5th wheel to park diagonally in front of your RV. That being said the sites are level, have grass and a picnic table, but no BBQ or fire pit. Elvis music can be heard emanating from most RV's: so you are amongst friends.
Delta, Alabama
Cheaha State Park
[ 5/10 ]
It is a slow 14 mile drive off I-20 as you ascend to the park, which is situated atop the highest mountain in Alabama. Free Wi-Fi that according to the campground host, is difficult to connect to when raining or windy. It was neither the day we were here, but there was still no Wi-Fi. All sites are gravel and have electricity (30&50 amp), water and sewer. Bathhouses are not just rustic, they were not clean. There is no laundry and recycling is not available. There is a lake for fishing and swimming. Unfortunately this was just an overnight stopover for us, and while this review has pointed out some of the negatives, I suspect that it would be enjoyable to spend a number of days at this state park.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach State Park
[ 3/10 ]
There is only one lane for all vehicles (registered and non-registered) to enter the park, so be prepared for ridiculously long wait times to enter the park. And at the campground registration building, with only one staff handling both reservations and the concessions, expect long waits to register as well. There is free Wi-Fi however, as with most state parks, it is exasperatingly slow and only works near the office. This is a large campground with about 350 sites, which generally are quite close together. Sites have electric and water, 54 have sewer and there are 7 pull-through sites. Most sites are shaded. There are a few short walking trails and fishing is available on the pier (permit = $5/day). The beach is truly wonderful (the nicest beach, north of Florida, that I have been to) and only a short walk from the campground. However, during the time that we were here, the campground was filled with screaming kids, dogs that bark loudly anytime someone walked past their site, adults and children who drive their bikes through your site, and campers who do not pick up after their dogs. I have never encountered a more ignorant group of redneck campers than those at Myrtle Beach.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Liberty Harbor RV Park
[ 4/10 ]
This campground is basically a parking lot situated next to a marina with water and electric hookups. At $80 a night it would be considered outrageously overpriced anywhere else. It is an easy 7 block walk to the Path train which whisks you to 33St and Broadway in NYC, so the campground couldn't be more convenient. The area is semi-residential and I felt safe walking from the train back to the campground at 1130pm after a Broadway play. There is a dump station and all sites have electricity and water, but no picnic table, BBQ or fire pit. When making a reservation make sure that you indicate the total length of your vehicles. Otherwise, if they do not fit on your assigned site, you may be assessed an additional $20/day parking fee. And don't forget to check out as you are leaving, otherwise your CC will be charged an additional $40. Wi-Fi is available at $5 per day but only reaches sites close to the office. No recycling is available. My rating of 4 is an average of 10 for location and 2 for campground appeal, amenities, etc.
Petersburg, Virginia
South Forty Campground
[ 5/10 ]
Mostly open campground conveniently located less than 2 miles off I-95, with seasonal pool & restaurant, propane ($), free cable TV and fast Wi-Fi, clean washrooms, showers, and laundry ($1.5 & 1.25). Sites are a good length, but as this is a private campground, they tend to be narrow with RV's lined up side-by-side-by-side. Each site has picnic table and fire pit.
Bear, Delaware
Lums Pond State Park
[ 5/10 ]
Lovely medium sized state park with 72 sites, including 2 yurts and 4 horse camp sites. Five sites have electricity, with the remainder being primitive (no electric, water, sewer) and mostly open, though there are trees throughout the campground. Within the park is the largest freshwater pond in Delaware (boat rentals available), and several hiking and biking trails. (See the Nov 3, 2009 review by daisyferret1) for an in depth description of the park. Generator hours: 7am-10pm. Recycling is available.
Alpine, Texas
Lost Alaskan RV Park
[ 5/10 ]
This campground has over 90 E/W/S RV sites plus tent camping on a desert gravel lot. There is a pool (only open in summer), laundry ($1.25 & 1.50), adult game room, free slow Wi-Fi (with a ½ page list of "do not do" rules), 12 free cable channels (coax cables on sale at office), no open fires permitted. The campground hosts are most pleasant and helpful. In a binder they have compiled a list of menus from many of the restaurants in town (the guacamole at Casitas is divine!). It is an easy 2 hour drive from Alpine to Big Bend National Park. Consider stocking up on food and especially diesel, as the latter is grossly overpriced in the Big Bend area.
San Antonio, Texas
Travelers World RV Resort
[ 5/10 ]
This is the first Carefree resort that we have stayed at because any of the others that we viewed (in Florida), looked terrible. This is a lovely clean RV park with 165 E/W/S sites. As with most privately owned campgrounds, the sites are lined up in rows, however sites are a decent width, giving you some semblance of privacy. There is a heated pool, laundry, free cable TV and free slow Wi-Fi. The campground is located a 5-minute drive from a large HEB grocery and is on the #42 bus line which takes you to the Riverwalk and nearby Alamo. Good Sam member.
Mathis, Texas
Lake Corpus Christi State Park
[ 5/10 ]
All RV sites are pull-through, no internet, showers in the full hook-up loop but no showers in the E/W loop, 1 dump station, tent camping. Sites are not necessarily level even though they all have concrete slabs. All sites have a picnic table (most covered) and ground level BBQ/fire pit combo. Interior roads are paved and in excellent condition. $16/N for E/W, $20/N for E/W/S, plus $4/day/person park access fee. As the campground surrounds a lake, fishing (no license), biking, swimming and canoe/kayaking (no rentals) are possible. In the village of Mathis (5 miles) there is a small HEB grocery store as well as gas stations that sell diesel; Corpus Christi is a 45 min drive.
Westwego, Louisiana
Bayou Segnette State Park
[ 5/10 ]
The sites are generally large, however, the narrow 12 ft wide paved driveways (most of which are elevated), can make backing-in tow ables difficult. All sites have both a BBQ and fire pit. RV sites have water and electric (20, 30 & 50 amp). In my opinion, the nicest sites are those with elevated wood decks (3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23, 24, 29, 33, 34, 39, 41, 42, 47, 48, 54, 58, 64, 81, 94) in addition to a picnic table that is attached to a concrete slab. The campground offers free internet, free laundry, and clean washrooms, however, there is no recycling for plastic, tin or glass. There is only one dump station so lines can be long. There is a wave pool ($) and free swimming pool. Other than the roads through the campground and park, there are no designated bike trails and only 3 very short (<.5 miles) walking trails. There is a small pond that is not suitable for swimming because of alligators. There are daily ranger led activities. The campground is next door to a fish market and close to major grocery stores, fast food outlets, and a 20 minute drive from the free Algiers ferry to the French Quarter in New Orleans. Guests are provided a handout of directions to nearby points of interest, however some of the directions are inaccurate. The address for the Algiers ferry is 100 not 1 Morgan St, the post office is 6 not 4 traffic lights from the campground, and the closest Wal-Mart is not on LaPalco Blvd but on Manhattan Blvd.
Savannah, Georgia
Red Gate Campground & RV Resort
[ 5/10 ]
An open campground with E/W/S sites situated in a semi circle. There is a lovely large clubhouse. Wi-Fi is available at sites closest to the clubhouse. At $45 a night it is overpriced, but it is close to downtown Savannah which is only an 8 minute drive.
Key Largo, Florida
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
[ 4/10 ]
All sites have E/W/S, a BBQ grill and picnic table. Sites are extremely narrow (average width = 16 feet) and not very deep. Laundry (wash and dry = $1.50 each), free Wi-Fi at the rear of concession store. There is a small beach, canoe and kayak rentals are available and there is an on-site dive shop and snorkeling tours are available. This is a small park so the biking and walking opportunities are limited.
Tierra Verde, Florida
Fort De Soto Campground
[ 5/10 ]
Mostly shaded E/W sites. Waterfront sites are well worth the extra few dollars. Because of low hanging branches, some of the back-in sites are difficult to maneuver. There are no fire pits, but large wash basins can be rented for $3/day from the camp store. Very slow internet at the office, laundry ($1 wash, $0.75 dry). Extensive cycling and walking trails, kayak and canoe rentals available, fishing, swimming at North and South beach. Camping fee includes admission to the park, which for non-campers is $5 per day as of Jan 1st 2012.
Richmond, Texas
Riverbend RV Park & Resort
[ 2/10 ]
This campground has mostly pull-through sites on a gravel surface. It offers free cable (bring your own coax cable), laundry (wash & dry $1.25 each), and very poor Wi-Fi. Sites have E/W/S but do not have picnic table, BBQ, or fire pit. The campground appears geared for longer-term workers and permanent residents as opposed to overnight vacationers.
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Sam Houston Jones State Park
[ 1/10 ]
Loop A is over-crowded with sites being very close together and generally not very deep. It appears that the most popular communal activity is watching, and sometimes assisting, new arrivals attempting to back their rigs into these ridiculously small sites. The RV sites in loop B are slightly less crammed together, however, both loops are more typical of what you would find in a private campground rather than in a state park. The campground offers free slow Wi-Fi, free laundry in loop B, and hot showers in both loops. As evidenced by the number of RV's using leveling blocks and ramps, many sites are in serious need of resurfacing. Also, drainage from many sites is a major issue. If it rains overnight, do not be surprised if you wake in the morning to find your site completely submerged. Road surfaces in the park are excellent, however, the roads in the campground are in poor condition. Sites are $24 through Reserve America, which includes their $6 processing fee. There are five short easy hiking trails (< 1.5 miles) and one 4-mile trail. Fishing, kayaking/canoeing are possible in the park on the Calcasieu River. This is a lovely state park, however, the campground is the worst that I have stayed at in my 3 months of traveling through the Southern United States.
Springfield, Louisiana
Tickfaw State Park
[ 9/10 ]
The campground is located 32 miles east of Baton Rouge off I-12. It has newly paved driveways for all of its 30 large RV sites. However, the driveways are elevated and only 10 feet wide, making it difficult for backing in 5th wheels and trailers. All sites have an elevated wood deck, BBQ, fire ring, and lantern post. The RV sites have water and electric (20, 30, 50 amp). There are also 20 tent sites with water only. There is a laundry ($1 wash, $1 dry), free internet, and showers, but no recycling. There is a water park for children, several bike and hiking trails, a fishing pond, and canoeing opportunities (rentals available) along the Tickfaw River.
Theodore, Alabama
I-10 Kampground
[ 3/10 ]
This is a simple campground with a large number of long-term RV's. It is close to 1-10 and a short distance from Mobile. Basically I would rate it as being adequate for an overnight en route to elsewhere. Pull-through sites are long and narrow. They offer free cable, newly installed free Wi-Fi (not yet throughout the campground), water, electric, sewer, propane ($), pool.
Live Oak, Florida
Suwannee River State Park
[ 7/10 ]
There are 30 back-in sites, generally a decent width but not especially deep. All sites have EWS, a fire ring and clothesline. There is no internet, no cable, and laundry is $1 wash, $0.75 dry. There are several easy walking trails, plus a 12 mile trail for the more adventurous. Canoeing is possible along the famous Suwannee River. Non-ranger staff are most pleasant and helpful. There are no ranger-led activities.
Bradenton, Florida
Lake Manatee State Park
[ 8/10 ]
Generally the 60 EW sites are large and secluded. All have fire pits. Beware of the squirrels. They chewed holes in my 2 new freshwater hoses. The rangers are aware of the problem, but apparently do not wish to resolve it. Placing a bowl of water next to the hose, as the rangers suggest, does not satisfy the squirrels thirst for water. There is no internet, cable, or laundry. While the park extends along three miles of Lake Manatee, swimming is not advised because of alligators. There is a boat launch and fishing dock, canoe and kayak rentals are available. The walking trails are rather boring. There is only one ranger led activity; a weekly evening owl walk. Unfortunately there there is a noisy racetrack a few miles up the road, so you may wish to inquire about race dates. Two miles down the road is the O'Brien Family farm where you can purchase fresh produce. As well the farm has a strawberry u-pick. No bending necessary as the berries are hydroponically grown. Despite some of the drawbacks, we thoroughly enjoyed our two week stay, especially nightly campfires and walks around the campground.
Everglades National Park, Florida
Flamingo Campground (NPS Campground)
[ 8/10 ]
As of 2012 there are 41 pull-through sites with 50 amp electricity, however, electric sites are available only on a first come basis. So, you need to reserve a non-electric site ($16) and hope that an electric site is available upon arrival. Electric sites are an additional $14 per day. No sites have water or sewer. Reservations can be made at www.recreation.gov. Most of the washrooms do not have hot water showers and none have hot water sinks for shaving. There is no internet or laundry, and apparently only AT&T and Verizon cell phones and air cards work. The park and campground rangers are most friendly and helpful but the campground host needs a personality makeover. While many have complained about the bugs, we found them to be a problem only at dusk during our two week stay in late December and early January. The hiking, biking, canoeing/kayaking and fishing opportunities are endless. There are numerous daily ranger led activities both at Flamingo and the Coe visitor center. Try to avoid parking your car where vultures congregate as apparently they like to chew on rubber. The two hour drive from Flamingo to Shark Valley is a must, as is the guided trolley ride through Shark Valley. On your way to Flamingo, stop at Robert Island for all your fresh produce needs. They also have an excellent key lime pie.
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AbstractWhen heterodox economists talk of pluralism they generally are talking about pluralism within the economics professionÑthey are asking: how can we have a more pluralistic economics profession? This paper argues that another, perhaps more useful, way to think of pluralism and economics is from the perspective of all the social sciences. When looked in reference to the social science profession rather than in reference to the economics profession, the amount of pluralism increases significantly, since different social sciences follow quite different methodologies. But looking at pluralism from the social science perspective reveals a different type of pluralism problem in social science. While there may be plenty of pluralism within social science as a whole, there is a serious question about whether it is appropriately distributed. This paper argues that heterodox economistÕs agenda should be a greater blending of all the social science departments. It summarizes proposals to do so on both the undergraduate level and graduate level, and explains why supporting variations of these proposals would be a strategy that would further the objectives of most heterodox economists more so than would their current strategy of pushing for more pluralism in economics.
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Screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh ("Die Hard With A Vengeance," "Jumanji," "The Saint," "Armageddon," "The Punisher," "Next") is developing an AMC series based on Kim Stanley Robinson's 1992 sci-fi novel "Red Mars," about the first Earth colony on the solar system's fourth planet.
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The first installment in Robinson's ( Blind Geometer ) new trilogy is an action-packed and thoughtful tale of the exploration and settlement of Mars--riven by both personal and ideological conflicts--in the early 21st century. The official leaders of the "first hundred" (initial party of settlers) are American Frank Chalmers and Russian Maya Katarina Toitova, but subgroups break out under the informal guidance of popular favorites like the ebullient Arkady Nikoleyevich Bogdanov, who sets up a base on one of Mars's moons, and the enigmatic Hiroko, who establishes the planet's farm. As the group struggles to secure a foothold on the frigid, barren landscape, friction develops both on Mars and on Earth between those who advocate terraforming, or immediately altering Mars's natural environment to make it more habitable, and those who favor more study of the planet before changes are introduced. The success of the pioneers' venture brings additional settlers to Mars. All too soon, the first hundred find themselves outnumbered by newcomers and caught up in political problems as complex as any found on Earth.
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Oct. 3, 2008, 12:26 a.m. CST
Remember those couple of bad Mars movies a while back?
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One had Tim Robbins & Val Kilmer in it if I recall correctly. Surprised I hadn't blocked it from my memory - god they were awful.
Oct. 3, 2008, 12:33 a.m. CST
Wasn't Sci-Fi developing this ages ago?
by Paul T. Ryan
Anyway, it's a really tough proposition for any screen adaptation. These books are dense, heavily detailed and span a huge time frame. Having Hensleigh on board does not inspire confidence...
Oct. 3, 2008, 12:42 a.m. CST
Could be cool
by mmaddox3
i mean given the quality that AMC is clearly devoting to thier original programming, this could be very well made. heres hoping that is indeed the case. i mena with battlestar ending and atlantis also reaching its conclusion there is gonna be a rather large void in our weekly sci-fi fix's.
Oct. 3, 2008, 1:09 a.m. CST
Awesome books; good chance at some Galactica grittyness.
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Oct. 3, 2008, 1:16 a.m. CST
I never got through one of them
by TroutMaskReplicant
So long and boring. Some SF writers confuse long windedness with serious writing. Greg Bear, I'm thinking about you.
Oct. 3, 2008, 1:18 a.m. CST
by EvilElecBlanket
I love this series, and I hope AMC will do it justice.
Oct. 3, 2008, 1:34 a.m. CST
They should have adapted Benford's The Martian Race instead
by successor
Red Mars was so dull and exposition heavy that I couldn't get past the first hundred pages, and I love science fiction. Benford's book was much more entertaining and exciting.
Oct. 3, 2008, 1:35 a.m. CST
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being cancelled. are suits incapable of moving shows to new nights. knights of prosperity was murdered. in cold blood.
Oct. 3, 2008, 2:01 a.m. CST
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by Wolverine's Dad
I've never read the books but I know the song "Big Red" by Frank Black is about them. They should use it as the theme.
Oct. 3, 2008, 2:36 a.m. CST
by drturing
Red Mars is a fucking masterpiece that Cameron was toying with at one point. Given that he's actually done renders on ROV proposals that NASA were wowed by, he's the only man who should go near a Mars cinematic vision. And make no mistake, the Mars trilogy is the most commie pinko sci fi trilogy ever written.
Oct. 3, 2008, 2:39 a.m. CST
Fantastic books
by Kovac
I was rereading these books a few weeks ago and I was telling people that the first book would make for a fantastic television series if they could just get the right people to pick it up. Sure it needs a lot of work to get it into a state suitable for television, but there is a lot going on in one book alone that just needs to be built on and then you will have a fantastic episodic show.
Oct. 3, 2008, 2:50 a.m. CST
by drew mcweeny
... call me excited. GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT source material. It's enough that I'm willing to give Hensleigh and the AMC team the benefit of the doubt. It's that strong.
Oct. 3, 2008, 3 a.m. CST
The season arc possiblities for this show are awesome
by dogstardude
I remember reading this trilogy five years ago and then seeing how easily the multi-thread/multi-character narrative could be wedged into a 50 minute per episode show. It could be awesome. John Boone for the win, and God bless Arkady. AT LAST some good press for anarchists.
Oct. 3, 2008, 3:05 a.m. CST
hey AMC change your name fucking hypocrites
by Prossor
it's all well and good shows like Breaking Bad and Mad Men are groovy and they'll be expanding more series, but this is AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS if i'm not mistaken? Look i have no problem with you guys ditching being a movie channel since you've pretty much whored yourselves out with commercials and cut movies like a deli ham, regurgitate the same 10 movies over and over in your timeslot for months on end, but at least have the decency to man up and change it to AMERICAN GOOD MODERN SHOWS or some shit, cause pretending you're like TCM is not going to fool anyone.
Oct. 3, 2008, 3:31 a.m. CST
Excellent News!
by The Outlander
I was hoping HBO would do this, but AMC is a good alternative.
Oct. 3, 2008, 4:23 a.m. CST
Wow, they're going to do this on an AMC budget?
by geraldbeans
I'm starting to like AMC. But can they pull it off?
Oct. 3, 2008, 5:19 a.m. CST
My brother is
by emeraldboy
a huge fan of Kim Stanley Robinson. and has read all of these books. I think he even has read book one of the rice wars.
Oct. 3, 2008, 5:20 a.m. CST
by Cameron1
Outstanding trilogy. AMC could have the 3 best shows on TV if this project fulfils the potential of the source material. HBO and Showtime have nothing close to any of the previously mentioned series, only The Shield comes close imo. Still, if this is successful, I want to see HBO tackle sci-fi if only because seeing long-form narrative science fiction on a big budget is undeniably cool.
Oct. 3, 2008, 5:31 a.m. CST
This is exciting
by bellwether
The books are a masterpiece. And yes, the way the narrative shifts POV between chapters would adapt very well to a series. Hopefully there's enough budget to adequately portray Mars: the books are character based, but the planet itself is one of the characters. We need to see sweeping vistas down Marineris, the cable docking on Pavonis, tent cities and moholes and Phobos and Olympus Mons; we need to see Nadia walking on the ice at the south pole, and we need to believe it's Mars. Seeing Galactica's effects makes me hopeful.
Oct. 3, 2008, 5:50 a.m. CST
Like this!
by Gezoes
This can be great, if they don't fuck it up.
Oct. 3, 2008, 6:33 a.m. CST
by the power of GREYSKULL
and it's about bloody time too!
Oct. 3, 2008, 7:20 a.m. CST
So it will be about Mars?
by Dazzler69
I hate titles that have Mars in it and it's not about Mars. What's up with that?
Oct. 3, 2008, 7:39 a.m. CST
HELL YEAH! a scifi series that isnt
by palewook
from the shitty sci-fi channel. perhaps american sci-fi isnt dead.
 thank you amc
Oct. 3, 2008, 8:17 a.m. CST
Oh crikey (and regarding AMC's name)
by chrth
I see the appeal of these books, but I gave up halfway through the second one when I realized it was going to be Maya's POV for over a hundred pages. Maya needs to be bludgeoned with a fucking mars rock as soon as they land to improve it.
 I just hope they do Anne correctly. She was the best character.
 Regarding AMC's name: it no longer stands for American Movie Classics; they changed in 2003 to simply AMC (just like the AARP did). So there's no reason to change it.
Oct. 3, 2008, 8:47 a.m. CST
by veritasses
Oct. 3, 2008, 9:02 a.m. CST
AMC just means AMC now?
by L.H.Puttgrass
Is that like KFC just stands for KFC? 'cause nobody wants to think that they're eating Fried Chicken. Fried Chicken is bad for you.
 Is it also like those people (ARC of the United States) who had a problem with the movie Tropic Thunder, because they didn't like them using the word "Retard"? And then you look at their "new" name and think, "I guess the "R" doesn't stand for "Retarded" anymore.".
 Wait a minute. I'm just waking up. Did somebody say AMC doesn't mean American Movie Classics? What?
Oct. 3, 2008, 9:14 a.m. CST
Couldn't be happier to hear this
by Cr8z13
Let's hope they don't fuck it up.
Oct. 3, 2008, 9:27 a.m. CST
Obligatory RIP on Sci Fi channel
by snowpuff
I thought a couple of years ago Sci Fi was going to take this to mini-series???

 Oh wait, I forgot. Sci Fi channel sucks.
Oct. 3, 2008, 10:18 a.m. CST
by HoboCode
This may just wash away the pain of Mission to Mars.
Oct. 3, 2008, 10:39 a.m. CST
New Promo Tagline: "AMC: More sci-fi than Sci Fi"
by SpyGuy
AMC does need to change its name, though. Now, how about a TV movie or mini-series based on DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY?
Oct. 3, 2008, 12:21 p.m. CST
Howz about a series or miniseries...
by Kid Z
...based on Gibson's Sprawl-verse? That'd be cool, methinks.
Oct. 3, 2008, 1:43 p.m. CST
Re:Mission To Mars
by skimn
Still haunted by the eyeliner of Gary Sinese.
So will there be a lot of smoking and drinking and cute conical spacesuits for the gals?
Oct. 3, 2008, 4:14 p.m. CST
Best hard science fiction of the last 25 years
by Bunger!
I hope they do the entire series of books in the long run; it's kickass (though some of the plot will need to be punched up a little for action and sex appeal).
Oct. 3, 2008, 4:28 p.m. CST
whirling dervishes on Mars
by troutpencil
I read the first one. Massively overlong, anti-dramatic, boring. Some of the science stuff was interesting but the politics were extremely unconvincing. I remember some laughable "cynical" monologue about how the USA and Russia (yeah right) started up the colonization in order to stay ahead of the game against those "young tigers" like China and India. Little tigers, young tigers, something asinine. I seriously doubt that AMC will translate the science aspects properly. This will be shit.
Oct. 3, 2008, 5:15 p.m. CST
Very interesting...
by br1947
Had it been SciFi that was 'developing' this I probably would be having a fit of cussing about now, but I'll give AMC the benefit of the doubt, their original stuff has been pretty good.
Oct. 3, 2008, 6:32 p.m. CST
I'm sceptical, why adapt?
by Mike Connor
I love the books. They're full of great ideas, they taste like science, and have some great characters. But I don't see this as a good TV series. It'd be best broken up into even smaller segments than the book, tell it from 10 characters' points of view, like Lost. Focus on one melodrama a week, with one plot point taken from planetary science or space engineering, and end with a cliffhanger. Done like that, I think it could be a fun ride. But the story's already out there. If you retell this story, you lose the suspense. Do they/don't they? Who killed John Boone? (yeah, I know) With a project like this, they should buy the rights if they want, use an "inspired by Red Mars" tagline maybe, but make it original material. If they try to adapt the books, the series will be dead behind the eyes.
Oct. 3, 2008, 7:45 p.m. CST
Acronym Alert!
by zinc_chameleon
Heads up! 'R' no longer means 'Restricted' it means 'Retarded'. And 'PG' means '(Please) Pass Gas'. Finally, some sanity in the movie industry.
Oct. 3, 2008, 8:43 p.m. CST
Will they have the balls to change to...
by NEUR0M4NCER
... the more fantastical parts of the story in Green Mars (i.e. Nurgle's "abilities")? The first book would be an awesome political thriller, but it'd set a very solid tone, and might make it hard to progress with the rest of the story - not even sure if it's worth hoping for...
Oct. 3, 2008, 9:15 p.m. CST
by Mike Connor
Re: Nigal's "abilities", check out the extreme swimmer Lewis Gordan Pugh (http://www.lewispugh.com). He does something the doctors call anticipatory thermogenesis. (can't be too geeky on AICN can I?) Don't know if Kim Stanley Robinson based Nirgal's spooky human radiator skills on him but anyway it's not completely impossible.
Oct. 3, 2008, 11:17 p.m. CST
Trilogy was both good and bad
by KnightBorn
The science was great, the limited action was great, the scope of the story was great but all three books get incredibly bogged down in political drama for hundreds of pages at a time (these are long books). If it were political intrigue, I could stand it but we are talking about page after page of discussion over what to include in their constitution and the best way to build their government. I understand what Robinson was going for, he wanted to cover every single base he could think of in the colonization of a planet. Not just landing, building a base and so forth....he wanted us to see every nut and bolt from the fantastic to the mundane. But that's just it, who wants to read about the mundane for hours at a time? Now, with all that said, I DID enjoy the books over all. They were painful to get thru and the second book took me a full year to finish (pick it up, read a little, put the book down for a few weeks, repeat) but when completed, the good outweighs the bad. Like others have said, the books are perfect for tv. The scope is so big and there are so many characters that there will be plenty of rich ideas for a weekly show. Even the political junk can hopefully be punched up a bit and made (mildly) interesting. You can never have enough smart sci fi on tv. I am looking forward to seeing what they can accomplish.
Oct. 4, 2008, 12:21 a.m. CST
Back in the day, kids...
by SkiffyPup
When I was trudging through the snow (uphill - both ways) to class... I read and Recommended RED/GREEN/BLUE Mars series to my sister. But mBUT BUT BUTBUT!!! I really believe Kim Stanley Robinsons' best and most series-worthy books are his Orange County works. They're pre-cyberpunk DRUG-punk Gibson-ish.
Oct. 4, 2008, 12:24 a.m. CST
by Stunt Vocalist 709
American Moody Classics. Hope that helps. As for KFC, I remember reading a compelling chain email claiming that the name change allows them to use something other than actual chickens. Genetically modified boneless, beakless, featherless 'chickens' grown in test tubes that cost less since no money is spent de-boning, de-beaking, or de-feathering. The poignant thing is that they don't cluck, they kinda go "mup-mup" which sounds eerily haunting...
Oct. 4, 2008, 1:56 a.m. CST
by emvan
Stan Robinson does consider the "three novels" to be one novel entitled Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars, divided into three for obvious commercial reasons. So if this happens, they'll hopefully do the whole thing.
Oct. 4, 2008, 3:32 a.m. CST
There's only one Mars movie: Mars Attacks!
by MattInTheHat
Aaack aaaack! It is the definitive Martian documentary. All other Mars movies are just based on fiction and therefore will never live up to the sheer force of Mars Attacks documentary impact. BTW Mission to Mars is worth a watch for the score alone. Yeesh.
Oct. 4, 2008, 8:53 a.m. CST
It's really fucking annoying that AMC isn't a...
by Powers Boothe
HD station. I hope that's corrected before this series airs. Watching gems like Breaking Bad and Mad Men without a HD picture really blows.
Oct. 4, 2008, 10:54 a.m. CST
by ACE NY
Don't be so pissed at AMC. When they started out, they had a format that was classic films with no commercials. Ted Turner liked the format so much he started buying studio film libraries like MGM and Warner up to certain years and went on to form Turner Classic Movies. AMC no longer had access to most of the classic films and had to change their format and unfortunately add commercials. Adding original quality programming was very smart on their part. Powers: on my cable system (cablevision), we have AMCHD and yes, it makes a big difference when watching Mad Men.
Oct. 4, 2008, 10:55 a.m. CST
Amy Chasing
by ACE NY
You are thinking of Red Planet. It was a horrible movie (I worked on it and you should have heard everyone cracking up during dailies).
Oct. 4, 2008, 2:40 p.m. CST
by filmfanatic1
That was hilariously cruel!!! You know there's an opening for potentially great films or TV shows about Mars when the best of them are mediocre stuff like ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS or THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.
Oct. 4, 2008, 4:32 p.m. CST
by ACE NY
I agree, there could be lots of great Mars films. Martian Chronicles done right, would be a great start. Princess from Mars would as well. Red Planet was so bad that anyone with a grammar school understanding of science could point out the numerous flaws.
Oct. 6, 2008, 9:39 a.m. CST
Hensleigh's credits don't encourage me
by Drath
The Saint had to be one of the WORST movies of the 90s. Jumanji was okay but at best it was poor-man's Spielberg only decent now in light of worse efforts like Night at the Museum. The only good movie in there is Die Hard With A Vengeance, which up until Live Free Or... was probably the weakest Die Hard (particularly unsatisfying final confrontation with the villain). I'd like to see a smart science fiction piece come along with the prestige and craft of MAD MEN, but it wouldn't be the first time that great science fiction source material was turned into audio-visual garbage by filmmakers either. At least no one from the shit that was Red Planet is involved, right?
Oct. 6, 2008, 6:54 p.m. CST
That book sucks
by JackDonkey
It was recommended to me and I bought that and green or blue mars or whatever the hell one was the sequel. It got to the point where I could only read a couple pages at a time before I was glazing over so I stopped reading it.
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Tegan & Sara's Sara Quin
Talking about Sinéad O'Connor, Death Cab for Cutie, and the Replacements.
By Tom Breihan , October 23, 2009
Welcome to 5-10-15-20, in which we talk to artists about the music they loved at five-year interval points in their lives. Maybe we'll get a detailed roadmap of how their tastes and passions helped make them who they are. Maybe we'll just learn that they really liked hearing the "Mummies Alive" theme song over and over when they were kids. Either way, it'll be fun.
For this edition, we spoke with Tegan and Sara's Sara Quin, 29.
The Juicy Fruits: "Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye"
I know this from my mom and my dad telling me: Tegan and I were absolutely 100% addicted to this record that my parents had, the soundtrack to the film called Phantom of the Paradise. For shits and giggles, it's actually worth checking out on the internet. It was done in the 1970s, and it was in the same vein as The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The soundtrack was all done by the songwriter Paul Williams, who also starred in the film as this character Swan. It's a rock opera, and he's the devil. So there are ridiculous songs. It's out of hand.
Apparently, our favorite was this song called "Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye", which sort of starts the film. There's this band called the Juicy Fruits, and they're at the height of their fame. They sing the song, and it's all about a famous rock star who gets into heroin and dies. We never actually saw the film until… not really that much older, but not at five years old. Our parents were not that reckless with our lives, but they did let us dance to the record in our basement, and we apparently loved it.
It's still, to this day, in a very strange way, one of my favorite films. There's so much nostalgia associated with it when I watch it. Tegan and I still listen to that soundtrack and watch that film, and we feel like it's our childhood memories all wrapped up in a weird, creepy rock opera.
Actually, this is another really geeky thing that I know about Phantom of the Paradise: It was a Brian De Palma film, and it was not critically accepted or liked or anything. It became a cult classic, and apparently the soundtrack sold the most copies in Winnipeg. There's a fan club. I know this because we talked about the Phantom of the Paradise so much and we actually did a video where we paid homage to it and ripped off this scene from Phantom of the Paradise. The Phantom of the Paradise fan club picked up on it, and they made us members and gave us T-shirts.
Sinéad O'Connor: "Three Babies"
My dad and my mom were divorced at this point, but they both really loved Sinéad O'Connor. My dad would pick us up on the weekends, and we would go to his house and listen to full albums. Like, we would just sit in his apartment, and he would put on an album and play the whole thing. He specifically really loved "Three Babies". I can remember-- I mean, it's like it just happened-- sitting in his apartment and him playing this album. It was super intense, and my father had a really intense history with his family. His mother was British, and there was a lot of struggle in his life growing up. I don't remember exactly what he shared of his personal life with us, but I definitely would correlate and connect Sinéad O'Connor and anything to do with British people with my dad, and also this kind of intensity of sadness. It made a huge impression on us.
We were absolutely surrounded by music. Our parents were young, and they were huge music fans. Sinéad O'Connor was something that both my mom and my dad listened to, so if we weren't playing it ourselves, it was being played around both houses. I remember on a family trip, "Troy" being on a mixtape. I was begging my mom and my stepdad to rewind it and play it over and over and over again. And I remember stealing the tape from my mom's stereo cassette player and playing it in my room. Our favorite thing was our parents making mixtapes for us for our own private listening satisfaction in our rooms.
Violent Femmes: "Add It Up"
This was the hardest age for me. I still listened to what my parents listened to, but I also became 100% autonomous and started picking what I wanted to listen to, going to gigs and music stores and trying to find something new to listen to that wasn't my parents' music. Probably the most relevant discovery around that time was the Violent Femmes. Their debut record was particularly popular for Tegan and I. I memorized the lyrics to "Add It Up".
It was so popular at gigs and concerts to do the circle moshpit. Girls would do it because you would just walk. It was sort of a way to participate in the moshpit, but if you were five feet tall like I was, you didn't necessarily want to be all elbows and punching. I used to do that in my bedroom and sing the lyrics to "Add It Up" so loud. Like, no shame, either. I can't even begin to imagine what it would sound like from outside of my bedroom. Or probably even more embarrassingly, I had windows fully opened in my bedroom even through the winter; I loved it really cool in my room. I just think of what it sounded like on the street, me hollering hysterically to the song. I loved that song so much.
Nobody I knew was listening to the Violent Femmes. We grew up in a neighborhood where everybody was listening to hip-hop. The most alternative music would have been electronic music for raves and stuff. We were the only kids listening to punk rock and alternative music, so this was a big discovery. Pre-internet, these things weren't easy to find. I honestly don't remember how I came upon the Violent Femmes. I had no idea that it had been released when I was like three. I thought it was new. As far as I was concerned, the Violent Femmes were punk music. I had heard punk music, and I loved punk music and the traditional stereotype of what punk music was. As far as I was concerned, this was just as punk as anything I was listening to. In a way, it felt more punk because there wasn't this obscuring of the vocals. You could hear everything so clearly, and something really resonated about that.
I grew up in Calgary, and there was a huge punk rock scene, bands like NOFX and SNFU. There were all ages gigs on the weekend. The bands mattered less; it was more about the community. The gigs were usually done by Food Not Bombs. We'd be taking cans of mushroom soup, and my mom would be like, "Sure! Just give it out to the whole world!" And we'd be like, "But we need it to get in! That's admission! It's less than money!"
I remember feeling really like outsiders in that world. We weren't super punk rock in our dress. My mom had grown up in the 1970s and was really alternative, so she let us go to the army surplus store and buy big army military coats and boots. That was as close to punk rock as we got. We didn't have our clothes safety pinned or covered in Sex Pistols patches. The punk kids seemed so passionate and so intense, and I really liked their style, but I was nowhere near brave enough to ask my mom if I could have a mohawk-- although I had my own bad styles of haircuts back then that were worse than a mohawk. But I just remember loving the scene, the violence of those shows. Our mom would pick us up from the train station, and we would just be wrecked. Like, absolutely damaged, covered in bruises. Half of my clothes would be ripped off. We had a great time. [laughs] My mom must have thought we were crazy.
Death Cab for Cutie: "For What Reason"
At that point, I had not made the connection that there was an indie music scene. It sounds absurd now, but I was a Canadian kid who didn't go to university, so I didn't ever really fit into a college music/indie rock scene-- which would probably explain some of the difficulty Tegan and I have had as a band. We really do identify with that world and that scene, and yet we never really fit into it because we never really experienced it. We broke right out of high school and started touring, and it was around 2000 that I discovered Death Cab for Cutie and Pedro the Lion and college radio music. I realized that that was a world of music that I really wanted to explore and figure out.
This kid that I had grown up with had always been fairly advanced in his music knowledge because he had a way older brother. In elementary school, he talked about R.E.M., and then got really into hip-hop and scratching. After high school, we didn't speak for about a year or so, and then I ran into him and started talking about music. He had completely left behind this world of scratching, and he had discovered-- that's how he described it, that he had "discovered"-- this other type of music. He made me a mixtape, and it had like 50 songs on it; it was crazy. It was short little snippets of things, and he was really going to teach me or whatever. "For What Reason" was on that mixtape, and it was definitely one of the highlights for me. It became a mixtape staple for me for years. I would just put that song on like every mixtape.
It wasn't as tough as alternative music in the 1990s. It was less about production; it felt like a lo-fi production. It had something that wasn't as aggressive. Once I had graduated from high school and I was playing my own music and writing my own music, I was sort of leaving behind this angsty mentality. I wasn't listening to as much of the punk rock that I had been listening to in high school, and I was looking for something was maybe a little more mature and reserved. There was something about the kind of melancholy, the adult male melancholy, that really appealed to me.
Christopher Walla produced our last two records, and Jason McGerr played drums on them as well. And we've toured with them, so I know them pretty well. I think when I started hanging around with Chris a bit, I was like, "Oh my god, I'm such a big Death Cab fan" and kind of geeked out. But it's strange. I think this happens a lot when you start to make friends with people who make music or art. You almost start to think of them as two people. Like, I still think of Death Cab as a band I don't know. Like, I'm like, "Oh yeah, I love Death Cab for Cutie!" And then I'm like, "Have you met my friends Death Cab for Cutie?" There's no way I could connect those two things.
The Replacements: "Unsatisfied"
I sort of wore that song out. I almost can't even listen to Let It Be or that song anymore because I just listened to it so much. I would randomly discover these bands and not know when they had released their records. For whatever reason, I had completely missed the Replacements. But we did a tour with Ryan Adams in 2002, and we were geeking out talking about music one night. He started talking about the Replacements and Hüsker Dü and Minor Threat, all these bands, and I was like, "jeez, I don't know. It's a black hole, a space. I never really got into any of that." And the next day, he showed up with these stacks-- basically, the discographies of all of those bands for me and Tegan. Like, "Thanks Ryan!" He got us [Michael Azerrad's book] Our Band Could Be Your Life, about the underground independent scene in the 1980s.
So that was huge. That took up a couple of years for me. It wasn't just like one band; it was all of those bands, and I wanted to be able to know. I felt again like I was discovering something as it had just happened because I had missed it. I thought it was just so raw and so intense, super-tough for music that isn't that tough. I love that "Unsatisfied" was on an acoustic guitar, and I love how wild it was, that it didn't even feel like there was a tempo. I just loved it.
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I'm using for all my Level1 Pages the same template. In this template i have something like a header image which should be the same in its particular section. I did this with the "Level(1).URLSegment" and it worked great in one language! But as soon I change the language the URL changes aswell and my image src breaks.
What I need is a function which returns the Level1 URLSegment of my default Language. Which would be "en_US" in my case.
So for example: There is a "service" Section in which are pages like Contact, Imprint, Sitemap and so on. The function should return always "service" in this section regardless of the current selected Language. I need the "MasterTranslationID", or better: the URLSegment of the MasterPage.
I have rudimentary knowledge of PHP and OOP and I think the solution is somewhere around "Translatable::getTranslationGroupID" function. But i lack the deeper insight to connect all this into a working function. :S
I hope you understand my english and - more important: my problem
Thanks in advance.
You people here are doing an incredible job, i learned so much from this forum already =)
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Re: Multilanguage Level1 Template Problem...
28 May 2010 at 6:20am
Hey folks,
i finally managed to solve this specific problem
public function getEnglishMasterPage(){
$mypage = DataObject::get_by_id('SiteTree', Translatable::getTranslationGroup());
if($this->URLSegment != 'Security'){
return $mypage->Level(1)->URLSegment;
return 'service';
The if statement is in there because without the site breaks when accessing the login page. Not sure why though.
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