I was only a little let down when the pilot played Enya over the comm as we lifted off for this chopper pass of Juneau because, after all, i was in the cockpit of an AStar-B2 and we were batting the air over Southeastern Alaska. I was riding shotgun. Z was in the back with Lou, who was shooting.
If i’d had my druthers, i’d have chosen this section of live audio of Jerry and the boys from MSG in September of 1991 so i threw this together quick-like in QTPro as a meager, self-indulgent attempt at redemption – special thanks to
http://vimeo.com/tweeprise
While living in Alaska, I had a heavy habit of checking this every day: a groovily-nerdy resource provided by the University of Alaska’s Geophysical Institute:
Sycamore Review: Winter 2010 featuring Zach Falcon
ZACH FALCON was born and raised in Alaska. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, his stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Quiddity, the 2009 Bridport Prize Anthology, and the Bear Deluxe Magazine. He lives in Iowa City where he is working on a novel.
If we still lived in Juneau, this is where we’d still be parking our Subaru wagon.
Last week, the Soobi would have been buried under this:
Pollee and I are giddy to have scored tickets for us and some of our pals to attend the Dirty Projectors show @ The Cedar in November, tee-hee.
Their video for Stillness is the Move looks as if it was shot in AK among the muskeg:
Pollee and I lived in Alaska for five years, in Juneau, and have heard tales of this mysterious-ness deep within the interior of the state.
November will come fast and we’ll be excited to see this *new format* of film, The Fourth Kind:
Thanks, Nate, for turning me onto this.
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