Trains
Video: The last Lecture from a Dieing Professor
I was visiting a blog site of someone I admire earlier today and was reminded of this video again. I watched this video when it first came out, transfixed by someone who is dieing of pancreatic cancer give one of the most powerful and moving speeches of my life. He gave the speech for his [...]
Music: Can, 1974
This band was founded in 1968. A friend used to play me their records from his massive record collection, now he lives in another country. Now we share youtube links which isn’t quite the same.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_(band)
Snow Plow Trains (videos)
I have always had a fondness for trains. Traveling by train in far away lands can be fun and always seems to improve ones sense of adventure. All those adventure films like Indiana Jones, James Bond, etc usually involve trains. When I was a little younger I read all of Paul Theroux’s excellent travel writing [...]
