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Welcome to West Roanoke, a tumblr with pictures by Kaleb Horton (whose Twitter is here and whose writing about pop culture is here) and captions by Chris Barrus (whose Twitter as @quartzcity is here and whose blog Quartz City is here). Updates come every Saturday.
That blog stole its name from one of the better books about a city
City Of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
I expected pictures from beyond the Blue Ridge in Virginia, I got pictures to go with the Pavement lyrics in my head.
posted by C.A.S. at 6:06 PM on May 10, 2014
City Of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
I expected pictures from beyond the Blue Ridge in Virginia, I got pictures to go with the Pavement lyrics in my head.
posted by C.A.S. at 6:06 PM on May 10, 2014
From an entry on the poetry of police reports:
In the town itself, people are quiet, and generally afraid of rising crime rates. But out in the country, where there are houses not meant to ever be found, there’s a sense of lawlessness, where people have been too hardened by rain and fire to care if Johnny stole a beer from the convenience store. Anything illegal that can happen with a chainsaw happens in the country. Chainsaws and shotguns come up almost as often as people in the rural reports.
Ha, that line is so great. It sounds kind of like a bit of dialogue from this old comic strip called Achewood.
posted by clockzero at 6:24 PM on May 10, 2014
In the town itself, people are quiet, and generally afraid of rising crime rates. But out in the country, where there are houses not meant to ever be found, there’s a sense of lawlessness, where people have been too hardened by rain and fire to care if Johnny stole a beer from the convenience store. Anything illegal that can happen with a chainsaw happens in the country. Chainsaws and shotguns come up almost as often as people in the rural reports.
Ha, that line is so great. It sounds kind of like a bit of dialogue from this old comic strip called Achewood.
posted by clockzero at 6:24 PM on May 10, 2014
Are you saying it's lifted from Achewood, or are you genuinely just saying it's like a line from Achewood?
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 6:49 PM on May 10, 2014
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 6:49 PM on May 10, 2014
Oh god, Redding.
posted by The Bridge on the River Kai Ryssdal at 7:20 PM on May 10, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by The Bridge on the River Kai Ryssdal at 7:20 PM on May 10, 2014 [2 favorites]
Right there with you C.A.S., I expected pix from the Roanoke-Salem border.
posted by infinitewindow at 8:10 PM on May 10, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by infinitewindow at 8:10 PM on May 10, 2014 [3 favorites]
I was like this too
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:13 PM on May 10, 2014
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:13 PM on May 10, 2014
Chico and Shingletown were there, too, The Bridge.
But I'm with you. Redding is a great place to be from.
posted by notyou at 11:40 PM on May 10, 2014
But I'm with you. Redding is a great place to be from.
posted by notyou at 11:40 PM on May 10, 2014
I've been outed! And yeah... Redding.
posted by quartzcity at 10:56 PM on May 11, 2014
posted by quartzcity at 10:56 PM on May 11, 2014
Chris and I went to the same high school. I knew him when!
posted by jscalzi at 11:32 PM on May 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by jscalzi at 11:32 PM on May 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
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