Taxi Flashbacks Towards Gatwick - Ephemeral Feasthouse Podcast
February 12, 2008 — Dave OIn a collection of transitory remincencies, Dave O rolls on from rainy North Van by taxi down venerable Granville St. down the spine of to YVR with indigenous dioramas. Then travels by plane to Gatwick Airport, continuing via train to Victoria Station, then by another taxi to Piccadilly Circus passing notable London sites along the way. And recapping visits to New York neighbourhoods, San Jose developments, importance of stimulating road literature, podcast faves, outstanding Vancouver activities, worthy podcasts, street music, thoughts on going with the flow, healthy breakfasts and provocative TV in London.
Come along for Taxi Flashbacks Towards Gatwick - Ephemeral Feasthouse Podcast (.mp3, 58:08, 47MB)
Topical Recap:
Literature for the road - James Joyce’s “The Dubliners,” Haruki Murakami, Samurai William
Podcasts with goodness - Dick n’ Jane’s, Radio Zoom, CBC Dispatches, Dopefiend, BBC In our Time
Vancouver Conundrums:
Civil City ordinances in Vancouver - ‘Progress’ report about the Civil City
From theTyee.ca
Mayor Sam Sullivan called former provincial attorney general Geoff Plant’s report “very impressive” and his fellow NPA councillors joined in the praise. The minority Vison/COPE faction continued to worry the project could criminalize poverty and called Plant’s work a waste of time and money.
The Civil City project passed last year calls for the elimination of homelessness, the open drug market and aggressive panhandling, starting with 50 per cent reductions in all three by 2010.
BC Province buys Vancouver SRO hotels
Miss 604’s Cheap and Fun Vancouver Activities
Commercial drive Car-free fest
More New York, San Jose and London podcasts:
Greenwich Village Rooftop NYC Diesel Smokedown - Choogle on #40
NYC Speakeasy Stroll with Bubble Bands and Falafel Bars - Choogle on #45
Stoney Streets of San Jose (with California Medicine) - Choogle on #41
Interrogating a Russian over Drinks - Choogle on #50
Hemp for Victory with Author Kenyon Gibson - Choogle on #52
London Town Wander Night - Choogle on #46
Anarchy and Fungi in the UK - Choogle on #42
Joints on Brighton Beach with Dopefiend and Freakout - Choogle on #38
Meandering Past Monuments of Remembrance - Postcards #49
The only evidence of Dave and Trauben as youthful lads in London, circa 1992
Music:
Clayton the Seabus Busker
+ other unidentified buskers and Larry Harper
