Day Tripper Beatles Tribute: Abbey Road Era - Hommage aux Beatles Canada
Revolution, Penny Lane, With a little help from my friends, all you need is love, something, get back, hey jude, a day in the life Day Tripper Montreal, Canada's youngest and most authentic Beatles Tribute!! L'Hommage aux Beatles le plus authentique au Canada! All Clips live in Montreal, March '09. Help spread the word!
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Remembering America’s Lost Train Stations
The Infrastructurist has a terrific then-and-now photo essay of beautiful American train stations that fell to the wrecking ball. Write Yonah Freemark and Jebediah Reed: “One lesson of this legacy is that what replaces a well designed and centrally located rail depot can is rarely of equal worth to the city.” (via @frugaltraveler)
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In Thailand, Visit ‘Moscow in the Tropics’
Here’s another intriguing story about the rise of the Russian traveler, this one about luxury travelers descending on the “neon beacon of sleaze” that is Pattaya, Thailand.
Writes Patrick Winn in GlobalPost:
Russians have helped revitalize Pattaya, first transformed into raunchy nightspot decades ago by Vietnam War-era U.S. troops. The city has since seen its ups and downs, but now it has a new look. Pattaya abounds with Cyrillic signs advertising scuba shops, restaurants and bars. There’s even an all-Russian local TV station.
Last June, the New York Times put a piece about newly prosperous Russian travelers hitting the road on its front page.
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Non-Places and the End of Travel
Frank Bures on airports, Dubai and Marc Augé's "Non-Places: An Introduction to Supermodernity"
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T.G.I. Friday’s in Tokyo
In Slate, Daniel Gross goes to Tokyo and tackles the city’s “SPC ratio” (Starbucks per capita) and other oddities of the Japanese love affair with American chain food outlets.
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See This Now: ‘Give Peace a Chance’
Photo by Eva Holland
As we’ve noted, this spring marked the 40th anniversary of John and Yoko’s iconic “bed-ins” for peace, first at the Amsterdam Hilton and later (and more famously) at Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel. The commemorations in those two cities have passed, but a powerful exhibit about the Montreal bed-in has just opened at the Museum at Bethel Woods (aka the Woodstock museum), and it will remain open through the summer.
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Dancing Around the World
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Nope, nothing to do with Matt Harding this time. The Big Picture’s latest photo essay showcases an eclectic collection of dancers worldwide. I can’t even pick a favorite.
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