tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post94673540911508684..comments2023-11-02T19:19:15.129+05:30Comments on Death Ends Fun: JunctionDilip D'Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-70672772080706620802010-01-22T08:39:57.945+05:302010-01-22T08:39:57.945+05:30[url=http://vioperdosas.net/][img]http://vioperdos...[url=http://vioperdosas.net/][img]http://vioperdosas.net/img-add/euro2.jpg[/img][/url]<br />[b]nero linux, [url=http://vioperdosas.net/]tips for selling software[/url]<br />[url=http://vioperdosas.net/]windows xp home[/url] buy photoshop license buy softwares<br />student software sale [url=http://vioperdosas.net/]free reseller software[/url] software for retail shop<br />[url=http://vioperdosas.net/]price checking software[/url] cheap language software<br />[url=http://sapresodas.net/]nero 9 serial keys[/url] pc software to buy<br />student discount software photoshop [url=http://vioperdosas.net/]downloadable music software[/url][/b]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-60781472225272185102007-03-13T17:34:00.000+05:302007-03-13T17:34:00.000+05:30For some weird reason thinking back on this Casey ...For some weird reason thinking back on this Casey Jones post brought to my mind the parliament attack in Dec 2001. I dont know why, there is no link.<BR/><BR/>It bothered me that many or most ppl reading this blog incl me, presumably Indian / NRI / PIO know abt Casey Jones but likely wouldnt be able to name the guards who died fighting to protect our parliament.<BR/><BR/>Many of us know which songs are based on Casey, where are the museums (there are multiple of them?) and I can recall the RD article with some image of this man in a locomotive but cannot recall, nay did not ever see the faces of the defenders.<BR/><BR/>It bothers me even more that a google search doesnt help me find who they were. There are no songs, no celebration of their bravery I know of in the public space and it looks like we couldnt care less.<BR/><BR/>Here is one link, on Kamlesh Kumari the lady CRPF constable who died that day.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamlesh_Kumari<BR/><BR/>I am not claiming that this is a competition or that our understanding is some finite fixed amount and we need to grudge Casey his recognition to be able to remember these heroes.<BR/><BR/>I am confident Dilip will forgive me this off-topic detour and I will be happy that anybody that reads this thread will at least be reminded of Kamlesh Kumari.<BR/><BR/>Thank you,<BR/>JaiJai_Choorakkothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11795629014937167288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-4005755992903893572007-03-06T22:37:00.000+05:302007-03-06T22:37:00.000+05:30There are two Casey Jones Museums, one in Jackson,...There are two Casey Jones Museums, one in Jackson, Tennessee and one in Water Valley, Mississippi. So there is a museum duality (lol). If the good citizens of Cayce need a museum they can create their own, they don't have to view the existing ones with envious eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-27785491596037939902007-03-01T05:59:00.000+05:302007-03-01T05:59:00.000+05:30All these posts from the trip are so dam inspiring...All these posts from the trip are so dam inspiring. Thats settles it.. not only am I going to the US next month for a visit.. Im making the trip down to NOLA to do some podcasts on the struggles.Bicyclemarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523524944263807244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-29462242528639436112007-02-28T18:51:00.000+05:302007-02-28T18:51:00.000+05:30Rahul, clearly I need to be better versed with GDe...Rahul, clearly I need to be better versed with GDead knowledge than I am. Thanks for that nugget about necessary dualities.<BR/><BR/>As for Robert johnson, I haven't seen the movie, but I did spend quite a while in Greenwood hearing about him (and later listening to the blues in a place in Indianola). Of that, more soon -- dammit, there's so much to write!Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-47511735591076619562007-02-28T11:43:00.000+05:302007-02-28T11:43:00.000+05:30Dilip -- Cassady seems to have been a favourite to...Dilip -- Cassady seems to have been a favourite topic of the Dead: they had another song about him, "Cassidy". Why "Cassidy" if he's "Cassidy"? Because -- according to lyricist John Perry Barlow -- the song is <I>also</I> about Cassidy Law -- "<A HREF="http://www.litkicks.com/Topics/BarlowOnNeal.html" REL="nofollow">necessary dualities</A>". <BR/><BR/>Perhaps Casey/Cassady were also a "necessary duality"... at least in the Dead's imagination.<BR/><BR/>Your road trip looks fun. Have you seen the movie "Crossroads", about a bluesman trying to find the place where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil? It would be fun to locate that too...Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-4822534564870035542007-02-28T04:15:00.000+05:302007-02-28T04:15:00.000+05:30Thanks for the info, Rahul! Though I still don't q...Thanks for the info, Rahul! Though I still don't quite follow why the song should refer to Casey Jones then, if it's about Cassady and Kesey's bus. That he was high on cocaine I have no problem believing!<BR/><BR/>km, did I mention how delighted I was to meet you a couple weeks ago?<BR/><BR/>Kartik, that spot where the tracks meet is another place I want to get to one day. Where exactly is it? Never been to Nebraska!<BR/><BR/>And AK my friend, check your email.Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-71136563940449795712007-02-27T22:35:00.000+05:302007-02-27T22:35:00.000+05:30why the hell don't you ever answer yr phone on the...why the hell don't you ever answer yr phone on the 706 number?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-34852187918760906702007-02-27T21:24:00.000+05:302007-02-27T21:24:00.000+05:30I thought you were at the spot where the Eastern a...I thought you were at the spot where the Eastern and Western parts of the transcontinental railway met when they were completed. But that's far further west; nearer Nebraska than Kentucky.<BR/><BR/>I'm impressed that you're finding time for the frequent updates despite all the travelling :)Kartikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721822677669963987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-77814250976447572642007-02-27T20:18:00.000+05:302007-02-27T20:18:00.000+05:30Rahul, you better watch your speed! You are turnin...Rahul, you better watch your speed! <BR/><BR/>You are turning one of my favoritest legends upside down, so I say, it WAS an engine driver riding down the tracks while he was high on cocaine :)<BR/><BR/>(Been enjoying your recent "spate" of posts, Dilip!)kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-35385239089952137142007-02-27T14:11:00.000+05:302007-02-27T14:11:00.000+05:30I always wondered about the Dead song. Jerry Garc...I always wondered about the Dead song. Jerry Garcia has recorded a different <A HREF="http://www.wowlyrics.com/read.php?wow=1728292" REL="nofollow">Casey Jones</A> (by Mississippi John Hurt) on his side projects. A letter on the annotated Dead site <A HREF="http://arts.ucsc.edu/GDead/aGDL/kcj.html" REL="nofollow">suggests</A> that the Dead song may really have been about Neal Cassady, who <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furthur" REL="nofollow">drove</A> Ken Kesey's famous bus and was indeed often "high on cocaine".Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-50280386392539727622007-02-27T11:00:00.000+05:302007-02-27T11:00:00.000+05:30Nice trip down memory lane reading this post. N-by...Nice trip down memory lane reading this post. <BR/><BR/>N-by-NW and also Casey Jones and his "six-eight wheeler" in the song and an old RD article that corrected that with the actual description.<BR/><BR/>regards,<BR/>JaiJai_Choorakkothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11795629014937167288noreply@blogger.com