Everybody Move Your Feet and Feel United (Whoa Oh Oh)

[snurri]

Do you remember "The Adventures of Pete and Pete"? It was the greatest show ever on Nickelodeon; they had Steve Buscemi, they had Iggy Pop, they had a weird neighborhood superhero named Artie, they had a guerilla storytelling sensibility. They had Luscious Jackson and Poi Dog Pondering; they had The Magnetic Fields before you ever heard of them

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[st_writes]

I have been on a salt mine tour somewhere in Austria, but 6 years ago, so I don't think I'll remember anything helpful. I can't even remember where we were. Only putting on the big blue canvas pants and smock to protect our clothing and riding down into the mine -- swooping on wooden sleds attached to rails (roller-coaster-like)and dropping down, down, down into the pitch dark with too many grade-schoolers shrieking around me and thinking what a mistake I had made.
So that tells you nothing whatsover about salt mining....

[snurri]

Sounds a bit scary!

I'm impressed by what little I've seen of the mines which are open to tours; the ballrooms and churches, the carved replicas of "The Last Supper" and similar stuff . . . ideally I'd go myself, but that's not an option right at the moment.

[scarypudding]

Ah, fill that in later -- when you come over here we'll go to someplace like Berchtesgarden, where "a working historical salt mine demonstrates the thrill of salt water extraction". (Funny that page doesn't mention that Berchtesgarden was the elite Nazi resort during the war, but anyway...)

[merylinabarrel]

My brother and I were huge fans of Pete and Pete when we were little and my father had quite a fondness for it as well. A few fathers days ago we got him the DVD of the first season. It's awesome. Our favorite is the one where Little Pete forms a band with Syd Straw.

[snurri]

Little Pete was the coolest. In that interview he talks about hanging out with people like Syd and Iggy Pop and Marshall Crenshaw without really knowing who they were. He seems pretty level-headed about the whole thing.

[dxmachina]

And the third photo down is of Glen Cook, whose "The Dragon Never Sleeps" I just finished reading.

[snurri]

Yup. You pretty much can't flip a coin at WFC without hitting a pro. Tim Powers was there, but I was too chicken to talk to him. And Michael Moorcock. Tons of people.

[tanaise]

Too chicken to talk with Tim? You should have hung out with me more. But hey--I was too chicken to tell Ted good things about his book, even while talking to him.

[snurri]

Yeah, I was kind of in a fugue state WRT Mr. Powers; I wasn't letting myself acknowledge that he was there, to the point where I forgot to pick up the new book. Stupid!

[squirrel_monkey]

I would recognize you hard-selling books anywhere!

[snurri]

Bwah ha ha ha! Yes. I like to foist the good readin', and then take the money afterwards.

[infanttyrone]

Wow, Pete and Pete. What a great show. Thanks for the reminder!
And think Robin Hood was more of a bandit, or possibly banditio.

[snurri]

I was glad for the reminder myself.

Maybe Robin was a freebooter?

[infanttyrone]

Hmm, my dashboard dictionary sez a freebooter is a "pirate or lawless adventurer", so sure. I think the whole 'giving to the poor' schtick kind of takes him out of the common robber loop, though. Although that's probably all just his press.

[snurri]

Sherwood always did employ the top spin doctors.