I stumbled across this site while looking for other things. It details a young woman’s motorcycle travels through “the dead zone” around Chernobyl. Incredible. Simply incredible. The images are so stark and her commentary is so matter-of-fact that it borders on surreal. It gave me the chills.
To quote Elena: “Perhaps future archeologists will compare this Ghost Town to Pompeii. The Soviet era is forever preserved here – in the deadly radiation that will last for many centuries.”
Long time no post. Too much life clouding my creativity, I guess.
This one is worth the wait. Glenbot has launched the Haiku Dojo. Very cool. My favorite so far:
my random thoughts knock
like pebbles on your windshield
tossed by a dump truck
Go Glenbot …
Picked up a the Dandy Warhols most recent CD, “Welcome to the Monkeyhouse.” I’ve listened to it a few times and it’s just not grabbing me the way “13 Tales from Urban Bohemia” did. The songs are sleepy, whispered, almost somnabulant. There’s nothing with the power of the Godless/Mohammed/Nietzsche opening of 13 Tales or the humor of “Bohemian Like You.” “Monkeyhouse” isn’t a total loss and it has its moments, but overall, it was a letdown.
I think the Dandy’s have been too long on the island of the lotus eaters. Get to a methadone clinic. Clean up. Try again.