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Enjoying the View (without a camera)

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:59:02 +0000

When the shuttle flew into Dulles recently, I heard this topic come up on the radio. People were massed around… everyone holding up a cellphone or camera to take pictures. Quote from a Washington Post article: “I wanted everyone to put down their cellphones and cameras and just look at the thing with their own [...]

Roanoke Railfest Video

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:07:04 +0000

Train Tuesdays I didn’t make it down to Roanoke, but sure enough steam railroading returned to Roanoke, Virginia for the first time in a long time. Roanoke Rail Fest featured New Hope Valley #17 sporting a Norfolk & Western class A “hooter” whistle for a portion of the event. Little #17 sounds just like N&W [...]

Old Crow Medicine Show

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:12:44 +0000

Music Mondays Old Crow Medicine Show is a success story for Americana music. Starting off mainly playing raucous versions of classic old-time string band songs, they’ve evolved to writing quality original acoustic music. If you’re a new listener, I especially recommend the O.C.M.S. and Big Iron World CDs, but there is plenty of lively, fun, [...]