Roswell and New Mexico

[Craig Shipley]

>
> >On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Jon Browne wrote:
>
> >B) Guess where New Mexico is?... Right next to TEXAS!!! :) :) :)  If HW
> >manages to perform at the Roswell thing, there'll be NO EXCUSE WHATSOEVER
> >for them to skip Texas!  Yes!
>
Well, hell, some of the Olympic ticket sellers think New Mexico is a
different _country_ than the US! Is this the new eddicshun system at werk?
;-)

And another thing, the old _good_ Tangerine Dream used to take a lot of
inspiration from the American deserts (i.e. Mojave Plan). Mebbe an
inspirational trip is just what Brock & Co. need (perhaps Dave will find
a guitar out there, hidin' under a peyote plant...).

> You just discovered this?  They may be adjacent, but Roswell is farther from
> Dallas than New York is to Detroit.  By the same arguments they'd have to
> hit Colorado,
> Arizona, Oklahoma, and that hotbed of space rock, Utah.  I've driven it, there's
>  no straight shot through, even.  Best bet would be to take I-20 to Pecos, then
>  up along the Pecos river to Roswell on US 285.
>
Well, there are a number of NooWage musicians that call the American South-
West "home". Arizona has a number of 'em and El Paso has a great e-music
store (Minette Music). So, it ain't totally bleak. Again, that part of the
US might provide for some great inspiration (just as long as Capt. Brock
dosen't decide to turn the ship into a NooWage vehicle (shudder....)

>  (yes, Roswell is on the banks (well, just off the banks) of the
> legendary Pecos river. )
>
> Anyone flying in would best fly into El Paso or Lubbock, and negotiate
> highways through there.  I'd recommend El Paso, as the scenery coming
>  in from El Paso is much better (after the first 2 hours)  Or you could try
> Amarillo, which  is a bit farther but has a more direct route than either El
> Paso
> or Lubbock.  Or you could go via Albuqerque, if you just hafta meat Jean and
>  Manuel, but it would be longer still, though it has a pretty
> straightforward route.
> Even so, you're talking several hours driving  to get to Roswell, I'd say at
> least
> 3 (and that's if you push it).  None of these routes involve interstates (except
> a short hop from Albuqerque)....
>
> Overall, that's the main problem for something like this, access.  If you
> plan on
> going, do just that, plan.  Heaven help you if you break down in a foreign car
> somewhere in this area.  I did near Odessa to the southeast aways, in a friend's
> Volvo.  The mechanic's quote.  "Valvo.  We never seen one of them Valvos
> before..."
>
objGeorgia/Southern content: (To quote Jeff Foxworthy) "If y'all think a
Volvo is part of a woman's anatomy, you might be a redneck." (Sorry, ladies,
couldn't resist!)

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