THE SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK NOOS

Zephyr. The Movie.

26 12 2008

Ladies and gents, I bring you a short film by moi. It features:

Some shaky footage shot by me from a moving train (The California Zephyr) on a Sanyo Xacti

Some awesome Moby music, used with kind permission from mobygratis.com

My crappy voice, recorded in a bathroom and featuring a lot of background hum and occasional water pipe noise

An excerpt from “A Ramblin’ Mixtape - Side B“, which is a story about the trip.

TIP: If you have a slow computer, let the vid load before playing. Still probs? Roll over the vid and turn off HD.

29 12 2008: mike (02:21:20) :

Wow!

Loved the scenery. Loved the pace. Loved the words and the images they invoked. Poetry in motion.

Thanks for taking the time to put this together and share it with us.
30 12 2008: Noodle (10:52:09) :

Thanks, Mike. It makes me want to get back on a train actually. I can’t imagine what it must be like going through some of that high country in winter.
9 01 2009: Tom (02:25:33) :

“Romance of the Rails.”

“Life Pants.”

:)
14 06 2010: Sierracanon (23:56:24) :

I enjoyed that quite a lot. I’ve done some of that trip, from Sacramento to Denver, and it’s such a great ride. Thanks for sharing it!
19 10 2010: swtkaroline (09:47:14) :

it’s lovely to see the US from another perspective–so easy to take for granted what’s right there in my backyard, and yet long to go to exotic places like…Australia! ;)

Thanks!
K
10 09 2011: sina88 (02:13:34) :

and here we go: great!