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What-If: American Railroads — Section 3: Named Passenger Trains and Streamliners
With the 20 American railroads still around and Amtrak not being a thing in my alternative history on American railroads, that means that the 20 railroads will still own and operate passenger services and streamliners, and some will operate some passenger trains and passenger train route legs from the smaller railroads absorbed by the bigger ones. And the names of the passenger trains and streamliners are below.
A. New York Central
20th Century Limited
Empire State Express
Pacemaker Express
The Mercury
Berkshire Hills Express
Southwestern Limited (NYCS train)
Twilight Limited
The Colonial
Bar Harbor Express
Cape Codder
Comet
East Wind
Dan’l Webster
Flying Yankee
Ohio State Limited
B. Pennsylvania Railroad
Broadway Limited
Liberty Limited
Trail Blazer Express
Federal Express
Congressional Limited
Maple Leaf
Black Diamond
Asa Packer
Crusader
The Admiral
Cincinnati Limited
The Keystone
Birmingham Special (PRR side)
Southland (PRR side)
Spirit of St. Louis
C. Chesapeake and Ohio
George Washington
Fast Flying Virginian
Sportsman
Pere Marquette
The Chessie
Atlantic Express
Pacific Express
Erie Limited
Lake Cities
Phoebe Snow
D. Baltimore and Ohio
Cincinnatian
Capitol Limited
National Limited
Blue Bird
Wabash Cannon Ball
City of St. Louis
Columbian
Royal Blue
E. Union Pacific
Challenger (UP side)
City of Denver
City of Portland
City of San Francisco
City of Los Angeles
Overland Limited (UP side)
Exposition Flyer (UP side)
Forty-Niner Express
Butte Special
City of Las Vegas
Los Angeles Limited
F. Chicago and Northwestern
The 400’s — Twin Cities 400, Dakota 400. Flambeau 400, Kate Shelley 400, Minnesota 400, Peninsula 400, Rochester 400, Shoreland 400 and Capital 400
City of San Francisco
City of Los Angeles
Overland Limited (CNW side)
G. Milwaukee Road
The Hiawathas — Twin Cities Hiawatha, Midwest Hiawatha, North Woods Hiawatha, Chippewa Hiawatha and Olympian Hiawatha
City of Denver
City of Portland
Pioneer limited
Challenger (MILW side)
Varity
H. Burlington Route
The Zephyrs — Twin Cities Zephyr, Pioneer Zephyr, Texas Zephyr, Nebraska Zephyr, Mark Twain Zephyr, Denver Zephyr, Kansas City Zephyr, Silver Streak Zephyr, American Royal Zephyr and General Pershing Zephyr
Zephyr Rocket (CB&Q side)
Sam Houston Zephyr (CB&Q side)
Black Hawk
California Zephyr (CB&Q side)
New Orleans Zephyr
I. Missouri Pacific
Colorado Eagle
Texas Eagle
Valley Eagle
Sunshine Special
Firefly
Meteor
J. Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Mainstreeter
Coast Pool Train
Great Western Limited
Omaha Express
Mills Cities Limited
K. Great Northern
Empire Builder
Cascadian
Oriental Limited
Red River Limited
Western Star
Winnipeg Limited
L. Norfolk and Western
Pocahontas
Powhatan Arrow
Tennessean (N&W side)
The Cavalier
Birmingham Special (N&W side)
M. Southern Pacific
Coast Daylight
City of San Francisco
Sacramento Daylight
Shasta Daylight
Sunbeam
Golden State (SP side)
Challenger (SP side)
Argonaut
Sunset Limited (SP side)
Overland Limited (SP side)
N. Santa Fe
Chief
Super Chief
San Francisco Chief
El Capitan
San Diegan
Texas Chief
West Texas Express
Chicagoan
Kansas Cityan
Grand Canyon Limited
O. Illinois Central
City of Miami (IC side)
Panama Limited
Green Diamond
Land O’Corn
Seminole Limited (IC side)
Southwestern Limited (IC train)
Lone Star
Morning Star
P. Gulf Mobile and Ohio
Gulf Coast Rebel
Gulf Coast Special
Alton Limited
Rebel
Midnight Special
Q. Rock Island
The Rockets — Choctaw Rocket, Des Moines Rocket, Quad Cities Rocket, Rock Island Rocket, Twin Star Rocket, Golden Rocket and Rocky Mountain Rocket
Sam Houston Zephyr (CRIP side)
Zephyr Rocket (CRIP side)
Golden State (CRIP side)
R. Southern Railway (USA)
Tennessean (SOU side)
Southener
City of Memphis
Birmingham Special (SOU side)
Carolina Special
Royal Palm
Piedmont Limited
Ponce de Leon
S. Seaboard Air Line
Silver Comet
Silver Meteor
Gulf Wind
Orange Blossom Special
Man O’War
Nancy Hanks (II)
City of Miami (SAL side)
Sunset Limited (SAL side)
T. Atlantic Coast Line
Champion
Florida Special
Palmetto (ACL side)
Dixie Flagler
South Wind (ACL side)
Southland (ACL side)
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TOP 2020
25/12/2020
A) Great movies made since 2015 seen for the first time in 2020:
Buoyancy(Freedom;Rodd Rathjen, 2019)
Les choses qu’on dit, les choses qu’on fait(Emmanuel Mouret, 2020)
L’Île au trésor(Guillaume Brac, 2018)
Le Sel des larmes(Philippe Garrel, 2019/20)
Ghawre Bairey Aaj(Home and the World;Aparna Sen, 2019)
Undine(Christian Petzold, 2020)
Happī awā(Happy Hour;Hamaguchi Ryūsuke, 2015)
Netemo Sametemo(Asako I & II;Hamaguchi Ryūsuke, 2018)
Adolescentes(Sébastien Lifshitz, 2013-9/20)
Family Romance, LLC.(Werner Herzog, 2019)
Demain et tous les autres jours(Noémie Lvovsky, 2017)
Gamak Ghar(Achal Mishra, 2019)
Lunana:A Yak in the Classroom(Pawo Choyning Dorji, 2019)
Semina il vento(Sow the Wind;Danilo Caputo, 2020)
Objector(Molly Stuart, 2019)
La France contre les robots(Jean-Marie Straub, 2020)
Paris Calligrammes(Ulrike Ottinger, 2019/20)
Un film dramatique(Éric Baudelaire, 2019)
B) Great movies made before 2015 seen for the first time in 2020:
Là-Haut, un Roi au-dessus des nuages(Pierre Schoendoerffer, 2003)
Pangarap ng Puso(Demons/Whispers of the Demon/Hope of the Heart;Mario O’Hara, 2000)
Les Films rêvés(Eric Pauwels, 2009)
La vida en rojo(Andrés Linares, 2007/8)
Come Next Spring(R.G. Springsteen, 1955/6)
Song of Surrender(Mitchell Leisen, 1948/9)
Adventure in Manhattan(Edward Ludwig, 1936)
Strannaia zhenshchina(A Strange Woman;Iuli Raízman, 1978)
Chastnaia zhízn(Private Life;Iuli Raízman, 1982)
Málva(Vladimir Braun, 1956/7)
Zhila-byla devochka(Once There Was a Girl;Viktor Eisimont, 1944)
The Unknown Man(Richard Thorpe, 1951)
Aisai Monogatari(Story of a Beloved Wife;Shindō Kaneto, 1951)
Practically Yours(Mitchell Leisen, 1944)
A Summer Storm(Robert Wise, 1999/2000)
Lettre d’un cinéaste à sa fille(Eric Pauwels, 2000)
Sombra verde(Untouched;Roberto Gavaldón, 1954)
Fantasma d’amore(Dino Risi, 1981)
Adieu, Mascotte(Das Modell vom Montparnasse;Wilhelm Thiele, 1929)
Mori no kajiya(The Blacksmith of the Forest;Shimizu Hiroshi, 1928/9;fragment)
Zwischen Gestern und Morgen(Between Yesterday and Tomorrow;Harald Braun, 1947)
Last Holiday(Henry Cass, 1950)
Dialogue d’ombres(Danièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub, 1954-2013)
Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man(Jonas Mekas, 2012)
Nice Time(Claude Goretta & Alain Tanner, 1957)
Aloma of the South Seas(Alfred Santell, 1941)
A Feather in Her Hat(Alfred Santell, 1935)
La Danseuse Orchidée(Léonce Perret, 1928)
Underground(Vincent Sherman, 1941)
Time Out(in Twilight Zone-The Movie)(John Landis, 1983)
Lackawanna Blues(George C. Wolfe, 2005)
Janie(Michael Curtiz, 1944)
Dernier Amour(Léonce Perret, 2016)
Jeunes Filles en détresse(Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1939)
Kisapmata(Blink of an Eye;Mike De Leon, 1981)
La Dernière Lettre(Frederick Wiseman, 2002)
The Lady of the Dig-Out(W.S. Van Dyke II, 1918)
Their Own Desire(E.Mason Hopper, 1929)
C) Very good movies made since 2015 seen for the first time in 2020:
Zumiriki(Oskar Alegria, 2019)
Atlantique(Mati Diop, 2019)
J’accuse(An Officier and A Spy;Roman Polanski, 2019)
Richard Jewell(Clint Eastwood, 2019)
Alice et le Maire(Nicolas Pariser, 2019)
Contes de Juillet(July Tales;Guillaume Brac, 2017)
Dark Waters(Todd Haynes, 2019)
Ofrenda a la tormenta(Fernando González Molina, 2020)
Nomad:In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin(Werner Herzog, 2019)
Into the Inferno(Werner Herzog, 2016)
The Zookeeper’s Wife(Niki Caro, 2017)
Journal de septembre(Eric Pauwels, 2019)
La Deuxième Nuit(Eric Pauwels, 2016)
Kaze no denwa(Voices in the Wind;Suwa Nobuhiro, 2019/20)
Da 5 Bloods(Spike Lee, 2020)
Izaokas(Isaac;Jurgis Matulevičius, 2019)
A Metamorfose dos Pássaros(Catarina Vasconcelos, 2020)
Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari(To the Ends of the Earth;Kurosawa Kiyoshi, 2019)
La Nuit d’avant(Pablo García Canga, 2019)
My Mexican Bretzel(Nuria Giménez, 2018-9)
Domangchin yeoja(The Woman Who Ran;Hong Sang-soo, 2019/20)
Öndög(Wang Quanan, 2019)
Hatsukoi(First Love;Miike Takashi, 1959)
Million raz pogivaet odin Cheloviek(One man dies a million times;Jessica Oreck, 2018/9)
The Two Popes(Fernando Meirelles, 2019)
Félicité(Alain Gomis, 2016/7)
Salt and Fire(Werner Herzog, 2016)
Ni de lian(Your Face;Tsai Ming-liang, 2018)
Qi qiu(Balloon;Pema Tseden, 2019)
River Silence(Rogério Soares, 2019)
Charlie’s Angels(Elizabeth Banks, 2019)
La boda de Rosa(Iciar Bollain, 2020)
Guerra(War;José Oliveira & Marta Ramos, 2020)
My Thoughts Are Silent/Moyi dumky tykhi(Antonio Lukich, 2019)
Namo(The Alien;Nader Saeivar;co-script-Jafar Panahi, 2020)
Los silencios(The Silences;Beatriz Seigner, 2018)
Terminal Sud(Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, 2019)
Tu mérites un amour(You Deserve a Lover;Hafsia Herzi, 2019)
Les Misérables(Ladj Ly, 2019)
Padre no hay más que uno(Santiago Segura, 2019)
Honeyland(Tamara Kotovska & Ljubomir Stefanov, 2019)
Izbrisana(Erased;Miha Mazzini & Dusan Joksimovic, 2018)
This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection(Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, 2019)
Primero Enero(Darío Mascambroni, 2016)
Lahi, Hayop(Pan, Genus/Genus Pan;Lav Diaz, 2020)
D) Very good movies made before 2015 seen for the first time in 2020:
Topaze(Marcel Pagnol, 1936)
The SIGN OF THE RAM(John Sturges, 1947/8)
Abandoned(Joseph M. Newman, 1949)
Bewitched(Arch Oboler, 1944/5)
La Femme du Bout du Monde((Jean Epstein, 1937)
The Outcast(William Witney, 1954)
Saadia(Albert Lewin, 1953)
Un monde sans femmes(Guillaume Brac, 2011)
Dishonored Lady(Robert Stevenson, 1947)
Always Goodbye(Signey Lanfield, 1938)
A Blueprint for Murder(Andrew L. Stone, 1953)
Bedevilled(Mitchell Leisen, 1955)
That Forsyte Woman(Compton Bennett, 1949)
The Miracle(Irving Rapper, 1959)
The Madonna’s Secret(Wilhelm Thiele, 1946)
The Town That Dreaded Sundown(Charles B. Pierce, 1976)
Grayeagle(Charles B. Pierce, 1977)
Barricade(Peter Godfrey, 1949/50)
Tomorrow is Forever(Irving Pichel, 1945/6)
David Harum(James Cruze, 1934)
The Vanquished(Edward Ludwig, 1953)
Keisatsukan(Uchida Tomu, 1933)
...Enfants des courants d’air(Édouard Luntz, 1959, short)
The Winds of Autumn(Charles B. Pierce, 1976)
Suddenly It’s Spring(Mitchell Leisen, 1946)
Uchūjin Tōkyō ni arawaru(Warning from Space;Shima Kōji, 1956)
Swiss Family Robinson(Edward Ludwig, 1940)
Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern(Wilhelm Dieterle, 1930)
Faithless(Harry Beaumont, 1932)
Botan-dorō(Peony Lanterns;Yamamoto Satsuo, 1968)
Ginza 24 chou(Tales of Ginza;Kawashima Yūzō, 1955)
Goodbye Again(Michael Curtiz, 1933)
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea(D.W. Griffith, 1909)
You Gotta Stay Happy(H.C. Potter, 1948)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams(Werner Herzog, 2010)
Riff-Raff(Ted Tetzlaff, 1947)
The Moon is Down(Irving Pichel, 1943)
The Bride Wore Boots(Irving Pichel, 1946)
Adventures in Silverado(Phil Karlson, 1948)
The Stolen Ranch(William Wyler, 1926)
Congo Maisie(H.C. Potter, 1940)
Marcides(Mercedes;Yousry Nasrallah, 1993)
Hell’s Five Hours(Jack L. Copeland, 1958)
Daniel(in Stimulantia;Ingmar Bergman, 1967)
Diên Biên Phú(Pierre Schoendoerffer, 1992)
Canyon River(Cattle King;Harmon Jones, 1956)
Dos Basuras(Kurt Land, 1958)
Smart Girls Don’t Talk(Richard L. Bare, 1948)
The Big Shakedown(John Francis Dillon, 1933/4)
Corvette K-225(Richard Rosson;p.,collab.Howard Hawks, 1943)
The Gay Deception(William Wyler, 1935)
The Invisible Woman(A.Edward Sutherland, 1940)
Rage in Heaven(W.S. Van Dyke II;collab.Robert B. Sinclair,Richard Thorpe, 1941)
Wild Side(Sébastien Lifshitz, 2004)
I bambini e noi(Luigi Comencini, 1970//7)
The House Across The Street(Richard L. Bare, 1948/9)
The Doughgirls(James V. Kern, 1944)
The Love Trap(William Wyler, 1929)
Torch Song(Charles Walters, 1953)
The Meanest Man in the World(Sidney Lanfield, 1942/3)
Cole Younger, Gunfighter(R.G. Springsteen, 1958)
Ballerine(Gustav Machatý, 1936)
Via Mala(Josef von Báky, 1945//8)
Sky Giant(Lew Landers, 1938)
Les Invisibles(Sébastien Lifshitz, 2012)
Promène toi donc tout nu(Emmanuel Mouret, 1998)
A Story for the Modlins(Una historia para los Modlin;Sergio Oksman, 2012)
Something in the Wind(Irving Pichel, 1947)
Spoveď(Confession;Pavol Skýkova, 1968)
Guilty Hands(W.S. Van Dyke II;collab.Lionel Barrymore, 1931)
Atto di accusa(Giacomo Gentilomo, 1950)
Suspense(Frank Tuttle, 1956)
This Is The Night(Frank Tuttle, 1932)
Escape in the Fog(Oscar ‘Budd’ Boetticher,Jr., 1945)
The Price of Fear(Abner Biberman, 1956)
Happy People:A Year in the Taiga(Werner Herzog, 2010)
Urok(The Lesson;Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov, 2014)
Le Naufragé(Guillaume Brac, 2009)
Lili Marlen(Peter Mihálik;script.Dušan Hanák, 1970;short)
Deseo(Antonio Zavala Kugler, 2013)
E) Great movies that improved by new watchings:
Shanghai Express(Josef von Sternberg, 1932)
The Best Years of Our Lives(William Wyler, 1946)
Till We Meet Again(Frank Borzage, 1944)
Man’s Favorite Sport?(Howard Hawks, 1963/4)
Along The Great Divide(Raoul Walsh, 1951)
Hondo(John V. Farrow, 1953)
Where The Sidewalk Ends(Otto Preminger, 1950)
Mrs. Miniver(William Wyler, 1942)
Driftwood(Allan Dwan, 1947)
‘Good-bye, My Lady’(William A. Wellman, 1956)
Touch of Evil(Preview version, 1975;not later ‘improvements’)(Orson Welles, 1958)
Le Crabe-Tambour(Pierre Schoendoerffer, 1977)
Unfinished Business(Gregory LaCava, 1941)
Madigan(Don Siegel, 1968)
Big Business(James Wesley Horne;s.Leo McCarey, 1929)
Putting Pants on Philip(Clyde A. Bruckman;s.Leo McCarey, 1927)
The Runner Stumbles(Stanley Kramer, 1979)
Yushima no Shiraume(Romance at Yushima;Kinugasa Teinosukē, 1955)
David Harum(Allan Dwan, 1915)
The Virginian(Cecil B. DeMille, 1914)
Island in the Sky(William A. Wellman, 1953)
All About Eve(Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)
L’Eclisse(Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)
The Roaring Twenties(Raoul Walsh, 1939)
The Plainsman(Cecil B. DeMille, 1936)
JLG/JLG-Autoportrait de décembre(Jean-Luc Godard, 1994)
‘Je vous salue, Marie’(Hail Mary;Jean-Luc Godard, 1984)
La Roue(Abel Gance, 1923)
They All Laughed(Peter Bogdanovich, 1981)
Innocent Blood(John Landis, 1992)
An American Werewolf in London(John Landis, 1981)
The Thing Called Love(Peter Bogdanovich, 1993)
Into the Night(John Landis, 1985)
The File On Thelma Jordon(Thelma Jordon;Robert Siodmak, 1949)
The Little American(Cecil B. DeMille, 1917)
In Our Time(Vincent Sherman, 1944)
The Hunters(Dick Powell, 1958)
Phase IV(Saul Bass, 1974)
L’Honneur d’un Capitaine(Pierre Schoendoerffer, 1982)
Backfire(Vincent Sherman, 1948//50)
Five(Arch Oboler, 1951)
Somewhere in the Night(Joseph L. Mankiewiz, 1946)
A Man Alone(Ray Milland, 1955)
Die Geiger von Florez(Paul Czinner, 1926)
Living on Velvet(Frank Borzage, 1934/5)
La Recta provincia(Raúl Ruiz, 2007//15)
La Noche de enfrente(Raúl Ruiz, 2012)
Carrie(Sister Carrie;William Wyler, 1951/2)
The Spiral Staircase(Robert Siodmak, 1945/6)
The Paradine Case(Alfred Hitchcock, 1947)
L’Amore(Una voce umana+Il Miracolo)(Roberto Rossellini, 1947/8)
The Heiress(William Wyler, 1949)
F) Very good movies watched again
Bluebeard’s 10 Honeymoons(W.Lee Wilder, 1960)
The Five Pennies(Melville Shavelson, 1958)
Take a Letter, Darling(Mitchell Leisen, 1942)
Escape(Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1948)
Appassionatamente(Giacomo Gentilomo, 1954)
Así como habían sido(Trío)(Andrés Linares, 1986/7)
San Antone(Joseph Kane, 1953)
The High and the Mighty(William A. Wellman, 1954)
Taki no Shiraito(The Water Magician;Mizoguchi Kenji, 1933)
The Web(Michael Gordon, 1947)
The Buccaneer(Anthony Quinn;s.Cecil B. DeMille, 1958)
The Buccaneer(Cecil B. DeMille, 1938)
Desire Me(uncredited:George Cukor/Jack Conway/Mervyn LeRoy/Victor Saville, 1946)
Flaxy Martin(Richard L. Bare, 1948/9)
Swing High, Swing Low(Mitchell Leien, 1937)
Death Takes A Holiday(Mitchell Leisen, 1934)
Irene(Herbert Wilcox, 1940)
Beloved Enemy(H.C. Potter, 1936)
The Cowboy and the Lady(H.C. Potter, 1938)
Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam(Paul Wegener, 1920)
Mia madre(Nanni Moretti, 2015)
Hell On Frisco Bay(Frank Tuttle, 1955)
Stormy Weather(Andrew L. Stone, 1943)
The Milky Way(Leo McCarey;w.Harold Lloyd, 1936)
Pietà per chi cade(Mario Costa, 1954)
Repeat Performance(Alfred L. Werker, 1947)
Das indische Grabmal:1.Die Sendung des Yoghi,2.Der Tiger von Eschnapur(Joe May, 1921)
Julie(Andrew L. Stone, 1956)
The Member of the Wedding(Fred Zinnemann, 1953)
Winterset(Alfred Santell, 1936)
The Right to Romance(Alfred Santell, 1933)
As Young as You Feel(Harmon Jones, 1951)
You’ll Never Get Rich(Sidney Lanfield, 1941)
The Woman Accused(Paul Sloane, 1933)
Foma Gordeiev(Mark Donskoí, 1959)
The Parent Trap(David Swift, 1961)
High Wall(Curtis Bernhardt, 1947)
Mr. Lucky(H.C. Potter, 1943)
Un Marido de Ida y Vuelta(Luis Lucia, 1957)
The Safecracker(Ray Milland, 1957/8)
She’s Funny That Way(Peter Bogdanovich, 2014)
Oh...Rosalinda!!(Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1955)
Caribbean(Edward Ludwig, 1952)
Harper(The Moving Target;Jack Smight, 1966)
For You I Die(John Reinhardt, 1947)
Crashing Hollywood(Lew Landers, 1937/8)
Le Souvenir d’un avenir(Chris. Marker & Yannick Bellon, 2001)
Susan Slept Here(Frank Tashlin, 1954)
Bishkanyar Deshot(In the Land of Poison Women;Manju Borah, 2019)
Pollyanna(David Swift, 1960)
A Tale of Two Cities(Jack Conway;collab.Val Lewton & Jacques Tourneur, 1935)
Café Society(Woody Allen, 2016)
Shadow on the Wall(Patrick Jackson, 1949/50)
Tonnerre(Guillaume Brac, 2013)
Le Jouet criminel(Adolfo G. Arrieta, 1969)
‘Once more, with feeling!’(Stanley Donen, 1959)
The Shopworn Angel(H.C. Potter, 1938)
The Absent Minded Professor(Robert Stevenson, 1961)
Gavaznha(The Deer;Masud Kimiai, 1974)
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La flauta nómada
de W. S. Merwin
Tú que cantaste alguna vez para mí canta ahora
déjame escuchar que la nota emitida durante tanto tiempo
sobrevive en mí
la estrella se apaga
puedo pensar más lejos pero lo olvido
¿me escuchas?
¿me escuchas todavía?
¿te recuerda
el aire?
oh aliento de la mañana
canción nocturna canción matutina
tengo
todo lo que no conozco
no he perdido nada
aunque ahora sé que no debo
preguntarte
en dónde aprendiste esa música
de dónde vino
alguna vez hubieron leones en China
escucharé hasta que la flauta se detenga
y la luz envejezca otra vez
W.S. Merwin. 2009. “The Nomad Flute”, en _The Shadow of Sirius_. Washington: Copper Canyon Press. p.5.
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Playlists For the Signs!
HELLO FRIENDS! @emotionally-imbruised have once again come together to dissect the zodiac signs because we are astrology hoes. This time, we’ve come up with a little mini-playlist of ten songs each for each sign! This took us a little over a full day to do. We had several categories that helped us narrow it down to the songs we picked, and we hope you enjoy our choices! BYEEEE!
ARIES
Songs Written by an Aries Artist:
Como La Flor- Selena
Despacito- Luis Fonsi and Justin Bieber
Songs That Could be Written ABOUT an Aries from someone else’s POV:
She’s A Genius- Jet
Livin On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
Songs That Could Be Written FROM an Aries’ POV:
Bad Guy- Billie Eilish
Pursuit of Happiness - Kid Cudi
Our Token Aries Friend’s Favorite Songs of All Time:
More Than A Feeling- Boston
Everglow- Coldplay
Songs That Mention Being An Aries:
Mad at Me- Kiana Ledé
Big Me - Foo Fighters
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TAURUS
Songs Written by a Taurus Artist:
Fuck You- Lily Allen
Hello- Adele
Songs That could be Written ABOUT a Taurus from someone else’s POV:
There She Goes- Leon Bridges
Eenie Meenie- Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber
Songs That Could Be Written FROM a Taurus POV:
Jealous- Nick Jonas
All Too Well- Taylor Swift
Our Token Taurus Friend’s Favorite Songs of All Time:
Young And Beautiful- Elvis Presley
One- Lewis Capaldi
Songs That Mention Being A Taurus:
Do Or Die- Grace Jones
Taurus- Olivia Knight
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GEMINI
Songs Written by a Gemini Artist:
California Love- 2Pac
Edge of Seventeen- Stevie Nicks
Songs That could be Written ABOUT a Gemini from someone else’s POV:
7 Things- Miley Cyrus
Blinding Lights- The Weeknd
Songs That Could Be Written FROM a Gemini POV:
Are You Satisfied?- Marina and the Diamonds
Singles You Up- Jordan Davis
Our Token Gemini Friend’s Favorite Songs of All Time:
Almost (Sweet Music)- Hozier
Forever Young- Rod Stewart
Songs That Mention Being A Gemini:
Gemini- Tyla Yaweh
Him & I- G-Eazy and Halsey
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CANCER
Songs Written by a Cancer Artist:
Bad Liar- Selena Gomez
No Tears Left to Cry- Ariana Grande
Songs That could be Written ABOUT a Cancer from someone else’s POV:
Like Gold- Vance Joy
A Thousand Bad Times- Post Malone
Songs That Could Be Written FROM a Cancer POV:
Hair- Lady Gaga
Guillotine- Jon Bellion
Our Token Cancer Friend’s Favorite Songs of All Time:
Treat People With Kindness- Harry Styles
Sunflower vol. 6- Harry Styles
Songs That Mention Being A Cancer:
Jupiter Rising- Emmylou Harris
Heart-Shaped Box- Nirvana
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LEO
Songs Written by a Leo Artist:
Boys- Charli XCX
There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back- Shawn Mendes
Songs That could be Written ABOUT a Leo from someone else’s POV:
Miracle Aligner- The Last Shadow Puppets
Don’t Start Now- Dua Lipa
Songs That Could Be Written FROM a Leo POV:
I Like It- Cardi B
Loyal- PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake and Bad Bunny
Our Token Leo Friend’s Favorite Songs of All Time:
Gravity- John Mayer
Headlines- Drake
Songs That Mention Being A Leo:
Young Leo- Marlon Orlando
Guilt Trip- Kanye West
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VIRGO
Songs Written by a Virgo Artist:
Back to Black- Amy Winehouse
Man! I Feel Like a Woman- Shania Twain
Songs That could be Written ABOUT a Virgo from someone else’s POV:
Rhiannon- Fleetwood Mac
Bobcaygeon- The Tragically Hip
Songs That Could Be Written FROM a Virgo POV:
Walking in the Wind- One Direction
Basement- Russ and Jessie Reyez
Our Token Virgo Friend’s Favorite Songs of All Time:
Read My Mind- The Killers
Everybody Wants To Rule The World- Tears for Fears
Songs That Mention Being A Virgo:
Virgo Tendencies- Keke Palmer
Gift From a Virgo- Beyonce
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LIBRA
Songs Written by a Libra Artist:
Bubblegum Bitch- Marina and the Diamonds
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room- John Mayer
Songs That could be Written ABOUT a Libra from someone else’s POV:
Gold Dust Woman- Fleetwood Mac
Gummy- Loud Luxury
Songs That Could Be Written FROM a Libra POV:
Glory Box- Portishead
Panini- Lil Nas X
Our Token Libra Friend’s Favorite Songs of All Time:
Fly Like an Eagle- Steve Miller Band
Leaving on a Jet Plane- The Macarons Project
Songs That Mention Being A Libra:
More-Alison Moyet
She Will- Lil Wayne
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SCORPIO
Songs Written by a Scorpio Artist:
Habits- Tove Lo
Ivy- Frank Ocean
Songs That could be Written ABOUT a Scorpio from someone else’s POV:
Heartbeat- Childish Gambino
Unforgettable- French Montana
Songs That Could Be Written FROM a Scorpio POV:
Liability- Lorde
God’s Plan- Drake
Our Token Scorpio Friend’s Favorite Songs of All Time:
In My Life- The Beatles
Hide- JUICEWRLD
Songs That Mention Being A Scorpio:
Momma’s Little Jewel- Mott the Hoople
Maryland, Massachusetts- Nelly
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SAGITTARIUS
Songs Written by a Sagittarius Artist:
Toxic- Brittney Spears
Shake It Off- Taylor Swift
Songs That could be Written ABOUT a Sagittarius from someone else’s POV:
All on My Mind (acoustic)- Anderson East
Keep You Mine (acoustic)- Shy Martin, NOTD
Songs That Could Be Written FROM a Sagittarius POV:
Kissing Strangers- DNCE
No Time To Die- Billie Eilish
Our Token Sagittarius Friend’s Favorite Songs of All Time:
Sign of the Times- Harry Styles
The Hell Song- Sum 41
Songs That Mention Being A Sagittarius:
Like I Do- Christina Aguilera
Barbie Tingz- Nicki Minaj
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CAPRICORN
Songs Written by a Capricorn Artist:
9 to 5- Dolly Parton
Margaritaville- Jimmy Buffett
Songs That could be Written ABOUT a Capricorn from someone else’s POV:
Apologize- OneRepublic
Super Far- LANY
Songs That Could Be Written FROM a Capricorn POV:
Sucker- Jonas Brothers
I’m The One- Dj Khaled
Our Token Capricorn Friend’s Favorite Songs of All Time:
Canyon Moon- Harry Styles
Helplessly Hoping- Crosby, Stills and Nash
Songs That Mention Being A Capricorn:
Black Capricorn Day- Jamiroquai
Capricorn- Elderbrook
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AQUARIUS
Songs Written by an Aquarius Artist:
Fine Line- Harry Styles
In The Air Tonight- Phil Collins
Songs That could be Written ABOUT an Aquarius from someone else’s POV:
Never Get You Right- Brandon Flowers
Patience- Shawn Mendes
Songs That Could Be Written FROM an Aquarius POV:
Starboy- The Weeknd
Riptide- Vance Joy
Our Token Aquarius Friend’s Favorite Songs of All Time:
Into The Mystic- Van Morrison
Suspicious Minds- Elvis
Songs That Mention Being an Aquarius:
Age of Aquarius- The Fifth Dimension
Aquarius- Tinashe
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PISCES
Songs Written by a Pisces Artist:
Boyfriend- Justin Bieber
Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana
Songs That could be Written ABOUT a Pisces from someone else’s POV:
Put It To Bed- James Abrahart
Fade- Lewis Capaldi
Songs That Could Be Written FROM a Pisces POV:
Here- Alessia Cara
Synesthesia - Andrew McMahon and the Wilderness
Our Token Pisces Friend’s Favorite Songs of All Time:
A Case of You- Joni Mitchell
Stay- Post Malone
Songs That Mention Being A Pisces:
Funky Pretty- The Beach Boys
Pisces Fish- George Harrison
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The Spanish colonial style castle called Castillo de Lago was built by oil baron Patrick Longden in Beachwood Canyon in 1926. It was designed by Architect John DeLario, the primary architect of the original Hollywoodland tract. At various times in its history, Castillo del Lago has been vacant, a white elephant during the Depression and beyond. Older adults who grew up in Beachwood tell stories of using it as a neighborhood clubhouse, entering through unlocked doors to play in the tower and on the stairs. *
More famously was later the home to mobster Bugsy Siegel who may have turned the castle into a speakeasy. When Madonna bought the place in the 1993, she undertook a renovation that cost $3 million and transformed the house from Spanish Colonial to Italianate.
In 1997, Madonna sold Castillo del Lago at a huge loss to Joe Pytka, the commercial director and restaurant owner. Now owned by fashion designer Leon Max, Madonna's cream-and-red striped color scheme is gone, but the “deep sense of foreboding” noticed by many visitors remains.
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2019
Hello,
Missed me?
No longer a monthly mailer – just another end of year round up.
On reflection, perhaps I’ve played it a bit safe this year, but I didn’t feel there was as much great music out there as in previous years.
Yes, I too use Google, so I have listened to all the end of year Best Of lists online, and so those artists not included just didn’t resonate with me this year.
I maintain ‘bad guy’ off Billie Eilish’s record sounds like a Super Mario bonus level (probably in a spooky dungeon)… which I suppose isn’t a bad thing. And I love Lana, but I just didn’t think the latest record was all that. And the same was true of Angel Olsen, Nick Cave, Kanye, Hot Chip… but don’t get me started on Bon Iver: avant-garde “Kum ba yah” at best (sorry Rob).
But then that’s part of the joy of music, variety and differing opinions… so please share yours! What have I overlooked? What should be revisited? Where in the depths of streaming services is that killer track from 2019?
For now, here is my list of songs, somewhat crowbarred into the monthly format (as mentioned, this email was once called New Music Monthly Mailer with five tracks a month, and surely we need some level of constancy and accountability this year).
Enjoy, or not – but please do share your own choice picks.
Merry Christmas.
R x
NEW MUSIC 2019
JANUARY
Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen
Just go and watch her performance from Glastonbury: https://youtu.be/BM6jn891seU
Seriously, from 2:45, just fucking brilliant.
J.S. Ondara - Saying Goodbye
Lovely acoustic number and a great voice that evokes Tracy Chapman.
Basekou Kouyate, Ngoni ba - Kanto kelena (feat. Habib Koite)
Malian ngoni master returns to acoustic roots.
Delicate Steve - Selfie of a Man
Synthy silly catchy instrumental pop-rock.
Steve Gunn - Vagabond
Guitar troubadour telling stories of solitude with unostentatious guitar tones.
FEBRUARY
Mara Balls - Ikävä ikävää
Driving Finnish Doom-lite.
Julie Jacklin - Body
A narrative masterclass, sombre and brooding, but also simmering and pulsating.
Strand of Oaks - Weird Ways
Big widescreen rock, which builds into a gorgeous swirl of sound, with Timothy on fine yet reflective form, backed by the band of My Morning Jacket.
Crows - Hang Me High
Long awaited debut from Idles approved band, loud fuzz Mary Chain / Dom Keller vibes.
Kel Assouf - Fransa
Desert blues, with all the best Tuareg styling, but added beefy production.
MARCH
Nick Waterhouse - Man Leaves Town
Mr Waterhouse and band well in the pocket.
Dave - Streatham
Heavy beats and piano lines soundtrack story of growing up in SW16.
Karen O, Danger Mouse - Turn The Light
Danger Mouse brings the gentle disco grooves underneath Karen’s swooning vocals.
Small Feet - The Lake
Down tempo reverb and echoes float throughout this woozy directionless jam.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Tombes Oubliées
BJM do what BJM do best... in French.
APRIL
The Comet Is Coming - Summon The Fire
How can you not move to this?!
W.H. Lung - Empty Room
Great new band (c.f. mailer 2017!), and as I already included ‘Inspiration!’ this is my second favourite cut from a top album.
Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation - Feel The Sun
Another great artist (championed back in 2016 I think you’ll find), spectral psych grooves.
Weyes Blood - Mirror Forever
Great opening line, there’s a coldness but also strangely comforting.
Foxygen - News
Now a lot people had fallen off the Foxygen wagon recently, including me, but this is catchy melody filled vibes, with a completely unexpected stonking T-Rex style groove that kicks in around the 3:30 minute mark
MAY
Lizzo – Juice
Speaking of good vibes… I mean, again, just go watch the Glastonbury set: https://youtu.be/R9CTs1NsZRI.
Tyler, The Creator - EARFQUAKE
Production values: A*, chances of not leaving… C-
The 100 Knights Orchestra - Soul Fugue
Celebrating Daptone Records 100th RPM single, this special features every horn player the label has ever worked with, and it is glorious.
Death and Vanilla - A Flaw In The Iris
Devendra Banhart vibes to begin, fazing in Mazzy Star style reverb and guitars.
Desert Sands - Are You There
The best psychedelic space rock released… ever!
JUNE
Rose City Band - Fog of Love
Warm tones and laid back ambles, which has producer Ripley Johnson’s stamp all over it.
Madonnatron - Goodnight Little Empire
Disco ditty extraordinaire.
The Black Keys - Lo/Hi
Have you heard of ZZ Top? You have?
The Amazons - Doubt It
Future rock heroes get dark.
Fat White Family, Parrot and Cocker Too - Feet - Parrot and Cocker Too Remix
Gone for the remix version of this great track: what isn’t improved by added shakers and throbbing techno?
JULY
Michael Kiwanuka, Tom Misch - Money (with Tom Misch)
The first of two Kiwanuka tracks in this list, but this was a standalone single, and has all the bubbly bass groove it was impossible not to include.
Drake, Rick Ross - Money In The Grave (Drake ft. Rock Ross)
Speaking of money… bounce!
DOPE LEMON - Salt & Pepper
Weird keys give way to J.J. Cale style guitar noodles, whilst Angus heaps on the druggy references adding to the meandering stoned atmosphere.
The Quiet Temple, Moon Duo - The Last Opium Den On Earth (Moon Duo Remix)
Speaking of druggy… 12 minutes of acid psych jazz in the last opium den on earth.
Nev Cottee - Hello Stranger
Cinematic and pastoral, but also searing
AUGUST
Palace - Running Wild
Top class indie pop nugget with great simple guitar solo to end.
Kandodo 3 - Everything Green's Gone
This definitely isn’t for everyone: think Nine Inch Nails soundtracks at their most impenetrable, if you can make it two thirds of the way through this 13 minute wig out, there are some great slide guitars.
Clairo – Bags
Breakout bedroom pop with one of the hookiest melodies all year.
Mini Mansions - Works Every Time
Behind the beat smooth grooves.
Death Hawks - Whisper
Squelchy over produced 80s style pop bananas,
SEPTEMBER
Native Harrow - Can't Go On Like This
Inevitable Laurel Canyon / Joni Mitchell comparisons on this retro analogue sound ballad.
Ty Segall - The Arms
Ty does a rare acoustic number, and even throws in a rather tasteful mandolin line.
Pixx - Funsize
Synth bleeps and beats disguise a Radiohead-esque creeping guitar line.
Sleater-Kinney - The Future Is Here
Love the motorik dirge vibes here, underpin lovely vocal lines and melodies which remind us: the future is here, and we can’t go back.
Marika Hackman - i'm not where you are
Great pop hooks and guitar lines.
OCTOBER
Dylan LeBlanc - Renegade
I’m a big fan of LeBlanc and his retro stylings, and this track is super lilting 80s driving rock.
TOOL - Pneuma
I struggled to get TOOL for a while, but this record and this track in particular is fucking phenomenal.
Lightning Dust - Devoted To
Amber Webber and Joshua Wells’ solo project (previously of Black Mountain), conjure spectral dreamscapes.
Sturgill Simpson - Remember To Breathe
Sturgill goes electronic rawk – and Tomoyasu Hotei wants his production back.
Michael Kiwanuka - Hero
Here he is again, with the standout track from a truly brilliant album.
NOVEMBER
Kelsey Waldon - White Noise, White Lines
Kentucky country groove rock.
WIVES - Waving Past Nirvana
Churning fuzz rock underpins laconic loose vocals, cool.
Pumarosa - I See You
Tense synth verses give way to soaring superb choruses.
Jaako Eine Kalevi - Dissolution
Finnish synth pop architect doing a very good Matthew Dear impersonation.
Warmduscher - Midnight Dipper
“The offspring of a match made in hell between Fat White Family and Paranoid London” – full-on sleazy glam.
DECEMBER
Pond - Don't Look at the Sun (Or You'll Go Blind) – Live
My favourite track the band perform live, now finally available on streaming.
Staff Benda Bilili - Jamais de la vie
The famous Congolese street band return with tight uplifting grooves.
Khruangbin, Leon Bridges - Texas Sun
Sit back, open a cold one, and enjoy (when summer comes back around).
Jimmy "Duck" Holmes - Catfish Blues
Mississippi delta blues from the 72 year old Holmes, produced by Dan Auerbach.
Mikal Cronin - Show Me
Long-time Ty Segall collaborator serves up some Tom Petty-esque soft rock.
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JAMBO KENYA!!
Eccomi di nuovo qui!!! Questa volta voliamo verso il meraviglioso Kenya! Partenza alle ore 22.00 da Milano Malpensa per arrivare a Mombasa il giorno successivo alle 7 del mattino, con volo Neos assolutamente perfetto!!
Appena usciti dall’aereoporto la prima sensazione è’ stata quella di non poter respirare dal caldo e dall’umidità a percentuali altissime,i miei capelli infatti, tutti belli piastrati, nel giro di 5 minuti sono diventati appunto africani...motivo per cui vi consiglio di risparmiare il peso di phon e piastra in valigia , perché non li userete MAI!!!
Partiamo in direzione Eden Village , nella meravigliosa Watamu, con un pulmino dotato di aria condizionata , e ci mettiamo comodi perché avremo circa 3 ore di viaggio! Già durante il trasferimento abbiamo modo di percepire l’aria che si respira qui ...un susseguirsi di villaggi costruiti con case di fango e tetti di paglia, brulincanti di bimbi scalzi , sempre felici, sempre sorridenti e pronti ad urlarti i loro meravigliosi “Ciaoooo” !!
Una volta arrivati al nostro Eden Village siamo stati accolti con un delizioso aperitivo rinfrescante , mentre i ragazzi dello staff ci prendono le valigie e si avviano verso le nostre camere. La nostra stanza e’ qualcosa di meraviglioso, letteralmente sulla sabbia , a 5 metri dall’ Oceano Indiano .
Siamo talmente vicini all’acqua che per tutta la vacanza , non ho mai indossato nemmeno i pantaloni : piedi nudi e costume , non avrete bisogno di altro!!
L’Eden Village si trova di fronte alla più famosa spiaggia del Kenya che viene chiamata “Sardegna 2”, e come potete capire dal nome , il motivo è’ facilmente intuibile !! Chiamarla “spiaggia” è’ forse sbagliato, in quanto è un vero e proprio atollo che si forma in mezzo al mare nelle ore di bassa marea...ma andiamo per ordine ....
ALTA E BASSA MAREA
Dopo una veloce rinfrescata , dopo pranzo ,decidiamo di andare a goderci la famosa bassa marea...vi dico la verità , pur documentandomi tantissimo prima della partenza non sono mai riuscita a capire bene cosa fosse questo fenomeno, e tanto meno se fosse una cosa positiva o negativa ...insomma STRA POSITIVA! Spesso sentirete persone dirvi : “Vai in Kenya?? Guarda che il mare non è’ un granché , e poi ci sono le maree....” Non fate caso a queste stupidaggini ...Il mare di Watamu è’ spettacolare , di un azzurro cristallino che non ha niente da invidiare alle Maldive !!
Ogni 6 ore cambia la marea , ciò significa che per 6 ore ci sarà l’acqua come siamo sempre abituati a vedere, e per 6 ore l’acqua si ritirerà lasciando che la sabbia bianca come farina sbuchi in mezzo al mare, creando dei veri e propri atolli paradisiaci pullulanti di stelle marine rosse , grandi come 2 palmi di mano!! Tra cui il più famoso atollo di cui parlavamo prima , detto Sardegna 2. Per poter raggiungere questi isolotti si può camminare (mi raccomando, portate le scarpine di gomma) sopra la sabbia che l’acqua ha lasciato scoperta!! Oppure potrete farvi accompagnare dai numerosi ragazzi sulla spiaggia , che per 5 euro vi caricheranno sui loro catamarani caserecci “navigando” verso le spiaggette!! Subito facciamo amicizia con 2 ragazzi che saranno protagonisti della nostra vacanza : Giorgio Napolitano e Sabato!
I BEACH BOYS
Giorgio e Sabato ci accompagnano verso il primo isolotto e ci spiegano come funziona qui: sulla spiaggia troverete una miriade di ragazzi , che vengono chiamati Beach Boys , e non vi nascondo che il primo impatto è “oh no!!! Ma questi ci staranno addosso per tutta la settimana?!”....in realtà alla fine, tutti vi chiameranno per nome e voi vi affezionerete a loro!! Ma torniamo a Giorgio e Sabato : ci propongono tutte le loro escursioni , ma purtroppo per alcune di queste ci eravamo già organizzati dall’Italia con il famoso Fragola, che incontreremo poche ore dopo per definire i dettagli...ci accordiamo quindi con i 2 ragazzi che ci saremmo rivisti 2 giorni dopo per parlarne meglio, al nostro ritorno dal Safari !
FRAGOLA
Apriamo quindi il capitolo “Fragola” : abbiamo appuntamento con lui alle 17 al di fuori della porta principale del villaggio! Appena uscirete da lì, tantissimi ragazzi vi assaliranno per vendervi le loro cose , MA NON SPAVENTATEVI , nessuno vi farà del male e nessuno vi ruberà i soldi!!! State tranquillissimi!! E soprattutto fidatevi ciecamente di Fragola !! Vorrà i soldi in anticipo , ma è’ serissimo, con alle spalle una moglie italiana che gli gestisce il lavoro!! Con lui decidiamo di fare il Blu Safari (70,00 euro) e l’escursione al canyon Hell’s Kitchen (30,00euro). I prezzi sono più convenienti rispetto a quelli del villaggio quindi vi consiglio di fare tutte le vostre escursioni con i ragazzi del posto!!! Oltre a Fragola ci sono tantissimi altri ragazzi che fanno il suo stesso lavoro, e su internet ne potrete trovare a decine ,già dall’Italia!! Per la maggior parte sono affidabili , ma mi raccomando, in ogni luogo potrete trovare dei truffatori , quindi state attenti e documentatevi bene ...anche se vi assicuro che noi italiani siamo decisamente più truffaldini dei kenyoti : a chi ruba tagliano le mani...e con questo ho detto tutto!
L’ACQUA NEL VILLAGGIO
E’ finalmente ora di una bella doccia...ricordate : siete in Africa ...l’acqua è’ poca e scenderà con un getto molto debole, sarà difficile dosare acqua calda e fredda, troverete un po’ di ruggine , i rubinetti non saranno luccicanti, e forse avrete un geco a farvi compagnia...ma questo è il bello, e se non volete accettare questi piccoli imprevisti, non è’ il posto per voi!!! Nonostante questo la pulizia e’ perfetta, e chi vi scrive è’ una super schizzinosa!!!
TSAVO EAST: IL SAFARI
Dopo cena, subito a dormire perché il giorno successivo si partirà alla volta dello Tsavo Est per il Safari!!!
Sveglia alle ore 6.00....ma quale sveglia??? Un ragazzo ci viene a bussare la porta ...questa è’ la nostra sveglia!!!! Fantastico!!!
Dopo una veloce colazione, dotati di zaino e scarponcini , saliamo sul van del mitico Evans, il signore che ci accompagnerà per tutto il nostro Safari!!!
Mettetevi comodi, il viaggio durerà circa 3 ore...le strade sono sterrate , e per fare anche solo un centinaio di km , ci vorrà tanto tempo!!! Dopo le dovute presentazioni, Evans ci chiede se abbiamo portato qualcosa da donare ai bimbi, ma non avendo nulla per loro, chiedo se è possibile comprare qualcosa ...ci fermiamo quindi in un “negozietto” dove acquistiamo per 30 euro circa 15 chili di polenta , altrettanti di fagioli e dei biscotti ...voi direte “30 euro e’ tanto!!!!” ...ok si , forse è’ tanto , ma qualsiasi cosa comprerete in Africa lo dovrete fare nell’ottica che vi stanno “fregando”!! Loro vivono di questi pochi spicci , quindi se anche dovrete spendere 5 euro in più rispetto alla media....chi se ne frega!!!!
Con il nostro bottino, ci dirigiamo in una scuola/orfanotrofio....e qui, per i deboli di cuore, fate un training autogeno perche vi si spezzerà il cuore a metà quando una miriade di bimbi sporchi e scalzi di tutte le età vi correranno incontro, vi salteranno in braccio e vi chiederanno di aprire il loro pacchetto di biscotti ....non mi sono sentita di fare foto qui...mi sembrava irrispettoso e di trattarli come “fenomeni da barraccone” ...non ho documenti, ma lo porto negli occhi e nel cuore ...
Con gli occhi lucidi risaliamo sul furgoncino e dopo circa un’ora eccoci arrivati alla porta d’entrata dello Tsavo Est , il parco naturale più grande del Kenya !! Appena varcata la soglia scorgiamo in lontananza una famiglia di elefanti , in fila indiana, dirigersi verso il fiume per abbeverarsi....questa scena non la scorderò mai....lo sto vedendo davvero??? DA BRIVIDI!!
Dopo circa un paio d’ora di perlustrazione della savana , Evans ci porta nel lodge che avevamo prenotato da casa : Ashnil Aruba Lodge (https://www.ashnilhotels.com/aruba/)
Se prenotate da casa o con l’organizzazione del vostro Villaggio, assicuratevi che il lodge in cui dormirete sia all’interno della savana, perché spesso vi fanno dormire fuori dalle mura dello tsavo, e come potete immaginare , non c’è niente di più bello di sentire un ruggito o un barrito mentre riposate nel vostro letto !
Il nostro lodge è’ recintato da un filo elettrico in modo che gli animali non possano entrare in questa area, ma dal terrazzo della nostra camera vediamo a circa una trentina di metri un laghetto dove gli animali vengono a bere e lavarsi ...che emozione!!!
Dopo un bagno in piscina, sempre a pochi metri da giraffe ed elefanti , Evans torna a prenderci e ripartiamo per il momento più bello del Safari : il tramonto ! Durante le ore meno calde gli animali usciranno dalle loro tane ed è’ proprio in queste ore che riuscirete a vederne tantissimi !! Noi siamo riusciti a vedere da vicinissimo, a un palmo di mano , una mandria di elefanti fermi a cenare con chili e chili di fieno, le bellissime giraffe mangiare le foglie dagli altissimi alberi , le zebre che spaventate dal rumore del furgone corrono a tutta velocità attraversando la strada con alle spalle il sole che sta per tramontare , ma soprattutto vediamo sbucare sulla cima della collina il maestoso leone con la sua criniera....sembra di essere catapultati dentro la tipica scena de “Il Re Leone” ...brividi e pelle d’oca...il tempo si ferma...una scena che difficilmente dimenticherò !!
Il sole è’ ormai tramontato , torniamo al lodge e ci diamo appuntamento la mattina successiva alle 6.30, per il secondo momento più spettacolare : l’alba!
Dopo una doccia e la cena , non dimenticatevi di alzare gli occhi verso il cielo, nel punto più buio che riuscite a trovare: la via lattea in tutta la sua bellezza esiste ancora, ed è’ proprio lì , sopra le vostre teste ....il tutto contornato dai ruggiti dei leoni!!!
E’ ora di andare a riposare...ricordate di chiudere la finestra della vostra camera , perché le scimmie dispettose verranno a rubarvi tutti i vostri prodotti !!! Questo significa che soffrirete un caldo infernale , solo il ventilatore potrà darvi un po’ di sollievo....ma non pensate di trovare l’aria condizionata dentro la savana 😉
Alle 6.00 suona la sveglia , e dopo una rapida colazione , risaliamo sul van...in queste ore meno calde riusciamo a scovare una famiglia di leoni che si riposa all’ombra di un grande albero...o meglio, il leone maschio se ne sta sdraiato sotto un albero , i cuccioli giocano saltandogli intorno, e la leonessa sempre sull’attenti per essere certa che non ci siano pericoli imminenti...e per fortuna non ci ha scambiato per un pericolo!!!!
Ma poco dopo , ecco che ci si presenta un’altra scena indimenticabile : la caccia!!! Tre leoni tentano di procurarsi il pranzo cercando di sbranare una mandria di bufali....ma i bufali sono riusciti a scacciarli!! Non me lo sarei mai aspettata!!!
E’ ora di uscire dalla Savana, e dopo aver visto anche i coccodrilli ed aver pranzato insieme alle scimmiette ladre di pane , torniamo verso il Villaggio.
ISOLA DELL’AMORE
Il Giorno successivo, in accordo con Giorgio e Sabato , per 50,00 euro, dopo aver sguazzato per circa mezzoretta, nella splendida Sardegna2 con l’acqua alta, con la loro barchetta a motore ci accompagnano verso un posto paradisiaco : l’Isola dell’Amore! Si chiama così perché la lingua di sabbia , scoperta dalla bassa marea, prende la forma di un gigantesco cuore.
Un Paradiso!!!! La Sabbia è’ bianca e l’acqua cristallina...non riuscirete a stare senza occhiali da sole, perché rimarrete accecati dalla troppa luce !! Dopo aver speso almeno 2 ore a mollo , e’ ora di pranzo, e compreso nel prezzo abbiamo una grigliata di pesce , compresa di aragosta, che nemmeno nei posti più chic della Sardegna!!! Per non parlare della frutta...non lasciatevi scappare mango e frutti della passione!!! Favolosi!!
Dopo pranzo ritorniamo a rilassarci in quel paradiso terrestre , camminando anche nella zona che si affaccia sull’Oceano , dietro agli “scogli” ....vedrete una quantità surreale di granchi sulle rocce !!
Ma intorno alle 17.00 e’ ora di ritornare alla base, perché Giorgio e Sabato ci aspettano con la macchina per portarci a vedere il tramonto in un posto più che spettacolare : il Crab Shab!
CRAB SHACK
E’ un ristorante costruito sopra le mangrovie , attraversabile solamente attraverso ponti tibetani che collegano le palafitte sopra il quale si può cenare o fare solamente un aperitivo , godendosi un tramonto indimenticabile.
BLU SAFARI
Il giorno successivo alla 9 in punto troviamo al di fuori della porta principale del villaggio il nostro “autista” che ci carica su di una moto , senza caschi, ed in 3....ma è bello così!!!!! Il modo migliore per attraversare le strade sterrate di watamu è’ sicuramente con la moto....noi eravamo un po’ impauriti , ma è’ stato divertentissimo e per niente pericoloso !!!
Arrivati a destinazione saliamo sulla nostra barca, con il fondo in vetro , attraverso il quale si possono vedere pesci e fondale....ma sinceramente di pesci ne vedrete pochissimi infatti lo snorkeling è’ stato molto deludente ! La barriera corallina è stata devastata dall’ultimo tsunami , di conseguenza tutti i meravigliosi pesci che prima la abitavano, non ci sono più .... ma quello che più vi emozionerà sarà sicuramente vedere decine e decine di delfini che nuotano accanto alla vostra barca !!!
Dopo una sosta alla spiaggia di Garoda , ripartiamo per il pranzo su di una isoletta detta Sudi Island , dove ci fanno sedere lungo un tavolone in pietra , al massimo della convivialita’, mangiando riso , gamberi ed aragoste!!!! Spettacolare!!!!
Dopo pranzo , il caldo di fa sentire , ma non ci abbattiamo e decidiamo per 5 euro , di fare un giro sulla canoa attraversando le mangrovie ...le vostre guide saranno dei ragazzi matti da legare, nel senso buono del termine, che vi faranno morire dal ridere, e vi faranno vedere tante specie tra granchi , scimmie, e fenicotteri, che popolano l’isola ...anche questa esperienza sarà indimenticabile !!!
HELL’S KITCHEN- MARAFA
Il penultimo giorno della nostra vacanza decidiamo di dedicarlo al relax durante la mattina, facendo un po’ di idromassaggio , ma alle 14.00 il mitico Zanzara, ci viene a prendere con la sua macchina per portarci in un posto a dir poco meraviglioso e suggestivo : il canyon Hell’s Kitchen, nella località di MARAFA!! Ad accoglierci , dopo un viaggio di circa 2 ore, ci sarà un altro ragazzo che si fa chiamare Zanzara , come il nostro accompagnatore, che ci portera’ all’interno del canyon!! Vi consiglio fortemente di visitare questo posto nelle ore meno calde, ed in particolare al tramonto ...prima di tutto perché i colori che vedrete in queste ore sono inspiegabili, e secondo perché quando il sole è’ ancora alto, la temperatura arriva fino si 50 gradi!!!!
Stremati, risaliamo in macchina e torniamo al villaggio dove ci aspetta una cena di pesce...ancora aragosta!!!!! Ma non ci lamentiamo!!!
L’ultimo giorno lo dedichiamo al relax e qualche bagno nella meravigliosa acqua di Watamu !!!
Mi sono dimenticata di dirvi una cosa fondamentale: mettete la sveglia ogni mattina alle 6 e fatevi un sacco di bagni in mare con la luce dell’alba...E’ impagabile!!!
Spero che l’articolo vi sia piaciuto , e che vi possa essere utile per il vostro futuro viaggio in Kenya!!!
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National Recording Registry has inducted music from several artists including Alicia Keys, Ricky Martin, and Journey in its 2022 class. Alicia Keys' debut album Songs in A Minor, Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" and Journey's "Don't Stop Believin" are some of the unforgettable sounds of the nation's history and culture joining the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The 2022 class also includes important inductions of hip-hop and Latin music, including recordings by Linda Ronstadt, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan and Buena Vista Social Club. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Wednesday named 25 recordings as audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation's recorded sound heritage.
The Black Crowes have announced that they will release a new collection of covers, titled 1972.
The EP will be available digitally on May 4 as an Amazon Music exclusive. Vinyl and CD editions will be out on May 6 via the Black Crowes' Silver Arrow label. The project will mark a celebration of the 50th anniversary of some of the best rock-and-roll songs, including The Temptations' "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone," which was released along with the announcement of the EP. The Black Crowes recorded the six-track 1972 EP at the iconic Sunset Sound studio in Los Angeles in January. "The year 1972 was a watershed moment, some of the greatest rock and roll songs ever made came out of that year. To get our band back together in the studio, it had to be a celebration of rock and roll," said The Black Crowes' Chris Robinson. "This record is about love and devotion to something that makes us feel good. We hope that it makes fans around the world feel the same."
Kentucky's Bourbon & Beyond has announced a star-studded lineup for this year's festival, scheduled to be held on the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center from September 15-18.The Danny Wimmer Presents event will feature headliners including Pearl Jam, Chris Stapleton, Kings of Leon, Jack White, Brandi Carlile, Alanis Morissette, Greta Van Fleet and many more. Pearl Jam are returning to the festival after 28 years, while White and Kings of Leon last played at the festival in 2014 and 2017, respectively.
"Bourbon and Beyond is definitely one we are looking forward to," KOL's Caleb Followill said in a statement. "It has amazing food and obviously the best stuff to drink, I love both of those things. And sharing the stage over the four days with friends like Pearl Jam and Chris Stapleton makes us even more excited about it. We can't wait!"
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AIAA LA-LV Celebrates the American History Month for Women, with Women Aerospace Professionals and a Featured Presentation “From Passenger to Pilot”
AIAA LA-LV Celebrates the American History Month for Women, w/ Women Aerospace Professionals & Presentation “From Passenger to Pilot"
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AIAA LA-LV Celebrates the American History Month for Women with Aerospace Women Professionals
Saturday, August 21, 2021, 10 AM PDT
Moderated by
Ms. Marilee Wheaton
The Aerospace Corporation, AIAA Fellow
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“From Passenger to Pilot”
by
Ms. Leslie Czechowski
Docent, Museum of Flight, Seattle
Volunteer, Kent Library
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Aerospace Women Professionals
Panel Disucssion
with
Ms. Marilee Wheaton (Moderator)
Aerospace Corp.| Fellow, AIAA
Ms. Claudine Phaire
Chair, AIAA Diversity & Inclusion Working Group;
Principal Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin
Ms. Leslie Czechowski (Event Speaker)
Docent, Museum of Flight, Seattle
Dr. Claire Leon
Owner, Claire Leon Consulting, LLC.
Atty. Jennifer Perdigao (Pilot)
Member, AIAA
Partner & Co-Chair, Tressler’s Transportation Practice Group
General Aviation Pilot
Dr. Anita Sengupta (Pilot)
CEO/Founder Hydroplane Ltd.
Research Professor of Astronautics USC
Former NASA JPL Aerospace Engineer
Captain Civil Air Patrol
Instrument Rated pilot
Dr. Swati Saxena
AIAA Lifetime Senior Member
Technical and Project Manager, ANSYS Inc.
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Early Career Panel for
Women Professionals
with
Ms. Janet Grondin (Moderator)
AIAA Senior Member
Vice President, Intelligence Programs, Stellar Solutions
Dr. Aki Roberge
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory
Ms. Janelle Wellons
Instrument Operations Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Appearance on the "Super Sensors" episode of PBS Scigirls
Ms. Marilyn L. McPoland
Treasurer, AIAA LA-LV Section
Director, Ceremonies & Events at California State University, Dominguez Hills
former: Sr. Director Operations, XPrize | Director, Museum of Flying | Air Show Producer
Ms. Kathleen Fredette (Glider Pilot)
AIAA Educator Member, Coach, Presenter, Glider Pilot,
Director of STEAM Initiatives for iLEAD CA Charter Schools,
SOFIA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador,
One of the first 6 educators to fly on SOFIA and have flown 4 missions altogether,
NASA Endeavor Fellow
Ms. Laura Duffy
Space Systems Engineer, Canyon Consulting, LLC
PhD Student, Colorado State University
Ms. Niyati Chokshi
Graduate Research Assistant at Bagley College of Engineering
Ph.D candidate- Aerospace Engineering
Mississippi State University
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“From Passenger to Pilot”
“The presentation focuses on the development of aviation in the 20th century through women who played significant roles. The first transcontinental passenger was a female reporter from Chicago, and the first stewardess flew on a noted Boeing bi-plane. In the 1920s and 30s Amelia Earhart was a popular pilot, famous for her attempt to fly around the world at the equator. Her friend, Jacqueline Cochran, was another famous pilot through the next two decades, setting speed records in military jet airplanes.”
Ms. Leslie Czechowski has a B.A. in Drama Theory, a M.S. in Library Science, and a M.S. in Liberal Studies (concentration in 19th century American history and literature). She has worked in a variety of library and archives positions at Grinnell College, The University of Minnesota, and The University of Pittsburgh. In addition, she taught graduate courses at The College of St. Catherine and The University of Pittsburgh. She has also authored many professional publications and presented on library and archival services.
Leslie has been a volunteer in numerous organizations and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Moldova in 2012. She currently volunteers at the Kent Library teaching Microsoft Office software, volunteers at the Museum’s archives, and joined the docent program at the Museum in 2016.
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"EnCorps and STEM Teachers Program"
Ms. Tanja Schroeder
Southern California Recruitment Coordinator for EnCorps STEM Teachers Program
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"Development of the Stella App"
Isis Ginyard
A rising junior at Windward School
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Howard’s quarter-century on the Copperstate
(Editor’s note: During the month of April, the Journal presents a series of stories about vintage rallies and vintage racing. Today, Howard Koby looks back at his years covering the Copperstate 1000 vintage sports car rally for this publication and others. If you have a story about your participation in a vintage rally or race that you’d like to share, please email us at [email protected].)
About 25 years ago, I happened to be in Phoenix and was heading to the Phoenix Art Museum when I stumbled upon a closed-off downtown street with an array of beautiful vintage and classic cars. They were lined up for what looked like the start of a road rally.
Being a full-blown “car geek” and automotive photojournalist, I had my trusty battery of Nikon (film!) cameras in my car. I hurried back to get the tools of my trade, then rushed back to the action.
“What’s going on?” I asked.
Copperstate cars rally through the tall pines near Flagstaff in northern Arizona
The answer was the Copperstate 1000 Road Rally. Instinctively, I started taking photographs.
The Copperstate 1000 takes place in April and puts a group of passionate car enthusiasts and their pre-1973 vintage sports and grand touring cars on a thousand-mile adventure through the Arizona desert and, at higher elevations, pine forests.
After making contact with the organizers, the Men’s Art Council of the Phoenix Art Museum, I hit the road on my first Mercedes-Benz (the title sponsor at the time) Copperstate 1000 in 1997, on assignment for the late Mike Cook, editor of the Jaguar Journal (club magazine).
I was pleased to learn that the rally served as a fundraiser for the Phoenix Art Museum and the 10-90 Copperstate Foundation, which provides emergency benefits to families and dependents of officers injured or killed in the line of duty.
Every year as a safety measure, a handpicked group of Arizona DPS motorcycle officers provides an escort, riding ahead of and behind the rally cars.
‘Field of Dreams’ at Tempe Diablo Stadium
Usually, there are about 80 to 90 rolling automotive works of art on the Copperstate that engage with the beautiful scenery after blasting off from the Phoenix area. In recent years, at least until the pandemic, the starting point has been Temple Diablo Stadium, spring training for the Los Angeles Angels baseball team, which is turned into a “Field of Dreams” car show.
Rallies need routes and as the Copperstate route book once noted, “Trust in Motherhood, Apple Pie and your Route Book.” The book not only guides the Copperstaters but each year introduces them to a different and challenging route.
One year it might lead them to the northern part of the state, starting up the Beeline Highway toward Payson and beyond, or it might take them through Prescott, or to historic Route 66 in Kingman and on to Oatman, where Clark Gable and Carole Lombard spent their “honeymoon” at the Oatman Hotel in 1939.
Sedona, The Grand Canyon and Monument Valley, even visits into Utah and Nevada, have provided spectacular scenic runs that left me breathless.
Southern routes take the cars through the grassy ranch lands of Patagonia, Nogales (at the Mexican border), into the unmatched beauty and serenity of the Saguaro National Park, and Tucson, known as the Old Pueblo.
Barry Meguiar fills the 1932 Duesenberg from the Imperial Palace collection
The late Leon Mandel, who was publisher of AutoWeek magazine, participated in many Copperstate rallies and referred to this “Orgy of automobility as the ‘Great American Car Revival,’ where participants share a belief that no time could be better spent than in an interesting car on a mean road in the company of like-minded people.”
For many years, the event honored a Grand Marshal, including the likes of Bobby Rahal, Brian Redman, Phil Hill, who drove his 1930 Pierce-Arrow Cab in 1996. Also, Lyn St. James, Stirling Moss, Bob Bondurant and Barry Meguiar, who arrived with Richie Clyne in a 1932 Judkins-bodied Duesenberg coupe from the Imperial Palace Auto Collection in Las Vegas.
Meguiar and Clyne had their hands full piloting the 6,000-pound machine, working its vintage brakes while descending from 9,000-foot elevations.
“We used everything… brakes, gears, parking brake to keep from losing it.” Meguiar said. “But we had a great time and a good workout!”
In 2003, I covered the Copperstate (Bondurant was Grand Marshal) for the old Car Collector Magazine and landed the cover with Randy Reiss’ fabulous fly-yellow 1962 Ferrari 250GT Berlinetta SWB. This late-series steel-bodied Prancing Horse with a booming V12 engine, Borrani wire wheels and outside Monza filler cap was one of my all-time favorites, although not for riding shotgun with Reiss, who drove it at unmentionable speeds.
The Leventhals’ 1953 Ferrari 340 MM
As I reminisce about wonderful memories of the Copperstate, I am reminded that it is not a competitive rally but a lifestyle event and celebratory exploration of the Arizona outback with the exquisite scenery of the American Southwest. It’s like a field trip for grownups, with catered lunches delivered in the middle of the desert.
Another favorite vintage machine that has been on many Copperstates is Rick and Nancy Rome’s exciting 1955 Kurtis 500 Swallow Coupe that was originally prepared for racing by Mickey Thompson to run the La Carrera Panamericana in 1955 (only to have that event canceled). The car still maintains its original Lincoln 317cid “Y” block engine with front disc/rear drum brakes and torsion-bar suspension.
And of course, there’s Michael and Katharina Leventhal’s stupendous 1953 Ferrari 340MM Le Mans Spyder that has run the Copperstate several times.
“It’s a beast with amazing torque and brute power,” Leventhal notes. “Visually, I just love to look at the car… it’s like moving art.”
Stephan Norman and his 1928 Bugatti in Las Vegas
In 2005, the tour stepped into Las Vegas, and I immediately thought of getting the provocative 1928 Bugatti Type 44 Roadster owned by Stephen Norman to downtown on Fremont Street for a photoshoot with all the glittering casino lights as a backdrop. Norman agreed and we roared off.
When we arrived downtown, the “one-off” Bugatti caused quite a stir with 100s of tourists that had never seen such a car. “What kind of car is that?” bellowed out from the crowd.
My favorite route was the 2007 journey that included two scenic wonders — the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and Zion National Park in Utah. I’ll never forget, as our wagon train traveled through six climate zones from the Sonoran Desert up past the San Francisco Peaks and through the solitude of Navajo reservations and reaching the geologic beauty of Zion National Park, the sight of Jess and Eddie Marker as they came whizzing by in their ultra-light 1969 Lotus Type 14 Elite.
After 25 years attending the Copperstate, there are too many favorites to mention, so hopefully the selection of photos will speak for themselves.
Jess and Eddie Marker and their 1960 Lotus Type 14 Elite at Zion National Park
Rick and Nancy Rome and their 1972 Ferrari 356 GTB-4 Daytona
Harley and Colette Cluxton in their 1967 Ferrari 330 GTC
1971 Ferrai 365 GTS4 Spyder
Brent and Debbie Berge in their 1960 Aston Martin
1941 Packard at the Wigwam Motel on old Route 66
Bud and Lauri Florkiewica and their 1949 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500
1968 Ford Escort
1956 Chrysler 300B
AZ DPS officers make sure Copperstate contingent is safe along the route
1955 Kurtis 500 Panamericana
1965 Shelby Cobra 289
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What is your favorite genre of music? Favorite bands/artists?
I don’t have a favourite, I just have a few favourite artists from many different genres. I suppose if I did pick a favourite it’d be some sort of (modern) irish folk with fiddles and female vocals but there’s not much of that sadly
current top favourites are bolded: paramore, lights, marina and the diamonds, pvris, lana del rey, the civil wars, meg myers, fleetwood mac, ben howard, wild rivers, daughter, la dispute, keaton henson, the 1975, darkhorse, alanis morissette, within temptation, twenty one pilots, of monsters & men, panic at the disco, kesha, hazel english, the paper kites, kings of leon, the lumineers, rising appalachia, evanescence, florence & the machine, billie eilish, connla, ed sheeran, hollow coves, carrie underwood, hands like houses, twin forks, ruelle, wildes, sara bareilles, adrian von ziegler, bryan adams, mayday parade, pierce the veil, (old) marianas trench, tegan & sara, tove lo, dodie, alt-j, miranda lambert, canyon city, little may, lucy rose, billie marten, ramin djawadi etc.
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Delegaciones (Boroughs)
Misc. Notes....
Álvaro Obregón (south-west)
named after Álvaro Obregón, a leader of the Mexican Revolution and an early-20th-century Mexican president, who was assassinated in this area
former name is San ��ngel, and the historic San Ángel neighborhood still retains this name, as does the Televisa San Angel motion picture and television studio, which is located in this municipality
borders Miguel Hidalgo to the North, Benito Juárez and Coyoacán to the East, Magdalena Contreras, Tlalpan and Jalatlacalco municipality (State of Mexico) to the South, and Cuajimalpa to the West
Azcapotzalco (northwestern)
consisted of neighborhoods from the pre-Hispanic period. Many of these neighborhoods exist to this day, called colonias, barrios or pueblos
process of rapid growth, with the modernization of infrastructure and the establishment of industry
Refinería de Marzo refinery was founded at the end of the 1930s and attracted even more industry
government also established a major rail station for cargo at Pantaco
Two exception were Colonia Clavería and Nueva Santa María which remained middle class in the mid 20th century, mostly descendants of those who had built country homes
One legend of the area is about the “Enchanted Pool of Xancopina” a fresh water spring that existed during the pre-Hispanic era and where Moctezuma is said to have submerged much of his treasure after being defeated by the Spanish
Benito Juárez (residential, historic) - research Benito Juárez
Coyoacán
Plaza Hidalgo, The Plaza del Centenario, Casa Municipal, Parish of San Juan Bautista, Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares,
bordered to the north by the boroughs of Benito Juárez, Iztapalapa, Xochimilco, Tlalpan and Álvaro Obregón
“place of coyotes,” when the Aztecs named a pre-Hispanic village on the southern shore of Lake Texcoco which was dominated by the Tepanec people
Cuajimalpa de Morelos
the west side of the Federal District in the Sierra de las Cruces mountains which separate Mexico City from the State of Mexico
Desierto de los Leones National Park
“de Morelos” was added in 1970 to honor José María Morelos, a hero of the Mexican War of Independence
Prior to the 1950s urbanization of the area was limited because of its terrain
Cuauhtémoc
entered on the Zócalo or main square which contains the Aztec ruins of the Templo Mayor, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the National Palace of Mexico
oldest parts of the city, extending over what was the entire city in the 1920s. This area is the historic and cultural center of the city, although it is not the geographical center
Zona Rosa is a neighborhood in Mexico City which is known for its shopping, nightlife, gay community, and its recently established Korean community. The area’s history as a community began when it was developed as a residential district for wealthy foreigners and Mexico City residents looking to move from the city center. The development of the area stalled during and after the Mexican Revolution, but the streets named after European capitals and remaining European style mansions are a testament to the area’s immigrant origins. The next phase in the area’s history was from the 1950s to 1980s, when it was revitalized by artists, intellectuals and the city’s elite who repopulated the area, gave it a bohemian reputation and attracted exclusive restaurants and clubs for visiting politicians and other notables. It was during this time that the area received the name of Zona Rosa, from José Luis Cuevas, who commented that it was too timid to be red but too frivolous to be white. The era ended in the 1980s, when many of the upscale businesses moved out and tourism, men’s clubs, prostitution and other crime moved in.
Mexican Stock Exchange - https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uPia9mAJ3Pc/Wn93U556WeI/AAAAAAAAKOw/oJtodkB_CuE9IR7l33UaXk2QtutTAZkXgCLcBGAs/s1600/bolsa%2Bvalores_1.jpg
Gustavo A. Madero
named after Gustavo A. Madero, the brother and fellow revolutionary of President Francisco I. Madero
Basílica de Guadalupe, the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the foot of Tepeyac Hill, where Roman Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared to the indigenous Mexican Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin in 1531
Iztacalco
center-east of the district and is the smallest of the city’s boroughs
The island community would remain small and isolated through the colonial period, but drainage projects in the Valley of Mexico dried up the lake around it. The area was transformed into a maze of small communities, artificial islands called chinampas and solid farmland divided by canals up until the first half of the 20th century. Politically, the area has been reorganized several times, with the modern borough coming into existence in 1929. Today, all of the canals and farmland are dried out and urbanized as the most densely populated borough and the second most industrialized.
Iztapalapa
located on the east side
La Magdalena Contreras
named after two historically important communities, La Magdalena Atlitic, one of four communities with pre Hispanic roots, and Colonia Contreras, an area noted for its textiles mills until the 20th century
The northern end of the borough is urbanized with the rest, with its mountains and ravines, designated as a conservation zone. However, urban sprawl is putting pressure on these areas, with the borough government promoting ecotourism as a way to preserve the area’s forests and other natural resources
Los Dinamos, canyons and ravines cut by streams and fresh water springs which eventually form the Río Magdalena, Mexico City’s only remaining free flowing river
Miguel Hidalgo
created in 1970
National Museum of Anthropology
Milpa Alta
southeast corner of the Distrito Federal, bordering the State of Mexico and Morelos
Tláhuac
Tlalpan
largest borough, with over eighty percent under conservation as forest and other ecologically sensitive area
The rest, almost all of it on the northern edge, has been urban since the mid-20th century. When it was created in 1928, it was named after the most important settlement of the area, Tlalpan, which is referred to as “Tlalpan center” (Tlalpan centro) to distinguish it from the borough
Venustiano Carranza
borough was formed in 1970 when the center of Mexico City was subdivided into four boroughs
Xochimilco
centered on the formerly independent city of Xochimilco, which was established on what was the southern shore of Lake Xochimilco in the pre-Hispanic period
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