Oh the MetroNorth. My Olivia Judson (the love my life) book is finished and I've learned indonesian spiders make little silk balloons that they inflate and then present to fine lady spiders as little floaty mating distractions But sitting here I've realized how much I love trains. Kind of romantic, kinda timeless (or at least my seat in the 1960's era bar car is), and just plain fantastic. Covering so much ground, seeing so much out the window without really experiencing it. If I ever made a movie it would mostly just be a very well scored litany of furtively longing shots out of the window of a train. Thank god I don't make movies. I'll just make the cross-country score instead.
Song for a midnight train:
Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, IL - Sufjan Stevens
Song for Southern California, awash in highways.
Song for crossing the dessert.
In an Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Song for climbing the Rockies
Song for a long trek across the plains.
The Fairest of the Seasons - Neco
Song for Grand Central, 11:20pm.
As always, right click, save-as.