Mark Schweickart
Jim – Thanks for sharing the link to your recent photo collection. Truly spectacular images! Great job, although I must admit that, aside from "Take Me Home, Country Roads," I could not associate the songs you hinted at with the various pictures. From some odd reason, I never paid much attention to John Denver. I have to ask how you did that movement effect shot (no,13, I think it was)?
Oh, and speaking of the one Denver song I do always recognize, "Take Me Home, Country Roads," it reminds me of a time I was in Munich, Germany on a business trip. It was the fall, so Octoberfest was in full swing. It was a fairgrounds-size spectacular, with amusement park rides and huge tents where one could listen to live music and, needless to say, drink beer voluminously. I was surprised to hear the music was not some sort of German beerhall oom-pa-pa, as I was expecting, but rather was almost exclusively live cover versions of Amierican music. I was standing next to a couple of people I didn't know, but who were conversing in English as "TakeMe Home, Country Roads" started up. After the opening line, "Almost heaven, West Virginia," was sung out, the girl standing next to me turned to her partner and asked, "Where is West Virginia?" Her partner replied, "I think it's next to Texas." I thought maybe I should butt in to offer that actually it is next to Ohio, but then figured that this info would not really clarify anything for them, so I just smiled and enjoyed the music... and my beer, of course. So what is the point of this ramble, you may ask? Just that for some (well, me in this case) John Denver's music doesn't actually conjur up images of the beautiful Colorado mountains, as it does for you, Jim, but rather, it brings to mind, of all places – German Octoberfest and Ohio. Sorry about that. Nevertheless, I loved your photos. Keep up the great work.
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