On his 50th birthday, BBC News offers an interactive timeline of the life of Prince. Highlight for me: In 1981, Prince opened for the Rolling Stones, “[b]ut the crowd [did] not appreciate the moustachioed musician’s sexually ambiguous look and boo[ed] him off stage.” I wonder what those fans say now. In Prince’s honor, I think I’ll listen to Sign O’ the Times today.
A law professor who posited that there was a 50-square-mile swath of Yellowstone National Park, the Idaho part of the park, where you could (literally) get away with murder writes about the difficulty he had (free registration) getting any legislators or judges to take him seriously. Happily enough, though, the National Enquirer did.
NPR’s Day to Day featured Teitur, the Faroese singer I blogged about a few weeks ago. There’s a piece to read, you can listen to critic Christian Bordal talk about and interview the singer, or you can just listen to Teitur singing live in the NPR studio. It’s a great way to spend a few minutes, I swear.
Dan Berry visits Butte County, South Dakota, for his NYT “This Land” column. Butte County contains the geographic center of the United States, but the true center isn’t all that well-visited. I love the, er, beautiful emptiness of the northern Great Plains….
Yesterday, a NYT piece covered the dispute in Juneau, Alaska, over whether the state’s remote capital should—finally—be accessible by road. I guess you know what I think: Beautiful emptiness is apparently what I’m after. Sadly, I’ve never been to Alaska….
2 thoughts on “Weekend Reading”
Hey I didn’t even know that Juneau is the capital of Alaska…
Anyway, I’ve never thought of the US as “the” place to visit simply because of visa restrictions. It’s kind of difficult for Filipinos in general to get a visa to the US compared to EU, Australia, etc. Anyway, if ever I do get a chance to visit the US, Alaska would be on the list.
There are so many places in the world that I want to visit, but time’s getting away from me: I’m already 41. But Alaska’s definitely on my list. If you make it there, Peter, let me know…and I’ll meet you there.
Hey I didn’t even know that Juneau is the capital of Alaska…
Anyway, I’ve never thought of the US as “the” place to visit simply because of visa restrictions. It’s kind of difficult for Filipinos in general to get a visa to the US compared to EU, Australia, etc. Anyway, if ever I do get a chance to visit the US, Alaska would be on the list.
There are so many places in the world that I want to visit, but time’s getting away from me: I’m already 41. But Alaska’s definitely on my list. If you make it there, Peter, let me know…and I’ll meet you there.