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    Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    05/17/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
    In the bazillion times I've done this drive, I've always wanted to pick some random exit around Lerdo and just drive west on the farm roads.


    I figure I'll either:

    A) Wind my way into/over the hills to a secluded beach.

    B) End up on a dead-end road in some dude's pig farm

    C) End of on a dead-end road at a secret government installation*.


    *disguised as some dude's pig farm.

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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
    This one's straight outta Two Lane Blacktop. All you need is a James Taylor character as the Driver.


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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
    Those pics could be from "Scenes from a Monte Hellman film".


    UCI? I've always pictured you a Cal Arts man, Murilee.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/17/09

    @Uncle Bo, piston forger: UCI is the cradle of West Coast performance art. Chris Burden, baby!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
    Murilee, you should have been born in 40s, early 50s tops.

    Freak? Check.

    Motorhead? Check.

    Subversive? Definitely.

    Artistic? Of course.

    Crazy? Well, sure.


    And that's why we love you.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/16/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee:


    Motörhead? Check.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/16/09

    @FstrPssycw: FUCK A COW WHERE IS MY PICTURE


    OH HEY FUZZY YOU MEAN THIS PICTURE



    YES ANNOYING VOICE THANK YOU

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    Image of bygeorge bygeorge
    05/19/09

    @FstrPssycw:


    OK, I am trying this one more time...


    I was actually inspired enough - and procrastinating other things enough - to make a cool Photoshop of the above as Grant Wood's American Gothic... but instead I experienced epic fail...


    Why am I here again? Oh yeah, procrastination...

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    Image of bygeorge bygeorge
    05/19/09

    @bygeorge: Well, crap, crap, and triple crap!\


    I guess you can just go see it on Flickr:


    [www.flickr.com]

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/19/09

    @bygeorge: You need to leave off the final > symbol to make an image link work. Yeah, it's stupid.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s


    So what's the story here?

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/17/09

    @FstrPssycw: That's me at the wheel of an Econoline diesel van, delivering tropical fish for an importer. Welcome to the Bush I Recession, recent college grad!


    I'm working on an "I, Fish Driver" piece for murileemartin.com, which (I swear) will actually have some real content one of these days.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/17/09

    @Murilee Martin: Amazing. That photograph is ageless, timeless, and (with the exclusion of the English writing on the box and the sign outside the van) not terribly location-specific.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    05/17/09

    @Murilee Martin: Dude: Impala story. Bring it back.


    Also: Mad_Science Sr and I will be shooting at Reno LeMons again. I'll track ya down at the track.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
    Let's see, 56 Chrysler, 68 Chevy, Impala possibly...oh, wait.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
    I love the camera-out-the-window shot. "Yep, if I drop it, whatever."
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
    Really neat!!!! Thanks for sharing, Murilee. The commenters who thought you were a lady will be surprised!
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    Image of A strolling player got drunk and A strolling player got drunk and
    05/16/09

    @skaycog: We know the truth; we simply choose to disregard it.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    05/16/09

    @skaycog: Murilee has since laid off the East German "female" weightlifter steroid program.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    05/16/09

    @I'll take my German tank over a French croissant, any day: A little Brazilan waxing and fishnet stocking make her look fine again.
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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
    Also, you are the rare individual that is able to rock the styles of old-man cool without looking pretentious. What I'm saying is, there's nothing ironic about that beard and doo-rag combo.


    Also, you kind of look like Michael McDonald in one of those pics.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/16/09

    @eggwich del fiero: Only the fact that I grew up in a Navy town has saved me from being completely covered by homemade tattoos applied at age 20. Civilians in Navy towns don't want to look like sailors, hence most Alamedans my age are reasonably ink-free.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
    Those are some great pictures. Its strange, because my high tech digital camera can't take pictures while driving that well. Granted, its a cheap-o Olympus 8mp that I bought on a budget.


    I was hoping to see vintage Ford Tempo or Mercury Topaz goodness. I just love seeing videos or pictures of the 1980s with T/T's hanging around in the background.

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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
    I'm still rocking a Canon AE-1! And by rocking, I mean it sits on top of my closet, but still, that camera's capability still exceeds my limited skills.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/16/09

    @eggwich del fiero: My favorite camera still is my SLR, completely manual 35 mm Minolta. So much better than digital.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/17/09

    @eggwich del fiero: I still have the AE-1, but I haven't used it for a few years. You could hammer nails with that thing.


    Sold off my darkroom crap years ago, so not much film photography for me these days (other than stereo slide pairs, which don't work so well on a computer monitor)>

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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/17/09

    @Murilee Martin: You should totally try though. Can include the instructions: 1. Center images on your computer screen. 2. Hold face six inches away from screen. 3. Stare at the center dot. 4. Go all crosseyed to make the two side dots line up. 5. Make appointment with optometrist as your eyeballs get stuck in weird positions.


    Of course I'm one of those people that could actually make out the hidden image in those "magic eyes" thingies.


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    Image of poxpopulus poxpopulus
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
    "our band could be your life

    real names'd be proof

    me and mike watt played for years

    punk rock changed our lives


    we learned punk rock in hollywood

    drove up from pedro

    we were fucking corndogs

    we'd go drink and pogo


    mr. narrator

    this is bob dylan to me

    my story could be his songs

    i'm his soldier child


    our band is scientist rock

    but i was e. bloom and richard hell,

    joe strummer, and john doe

    me and mike watt, playing guitar"

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    Image of A strolling player got drunk and A strolling player got drunk and
    05/16/09

    @poxpopulus: Nice.
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    Image of A strolling player got drunk and A strolling player got drunk and
    05/16/09

    @A stʁolling playeʁ: Although, to be more accurate, this is probably more like three quarters on the nickel.


    I'm not gonna split hairs, though.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/17/09

    @poxpopulus: 100% chance that I was listening to that album on cassette when at least a couple of those photos were snapped.
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
    That driving shot is awesome.

    +1 billion
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/16/09

    In reply to Murilee's Interstate 5 Road Trip Photos Of The Late 1980s
    That highway sounds awesome. Alas, the closest I've ever been to that highway is the I-15, where I got some pretty decent speed.
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