"Wait a minute: does this change things, now that you have been into
Nevada? Has what was the 'Avoid Nevada' tour become the 'Dip into
Nevada Occasionally' tour? How can we, your viewers, be sure that it
won't end up the 'Moving to Nevada and Staying' tour, in which case,
it would hardly be a "tour" at all? If you don't know yet what kind of
trip it's going to end up being, how are you able to say what kind of
a trip you're on now? Who are you people, anyway?"
"In the spirit of Jack Kerouac and good old American linear goal-setting,
I recommend forgetting about meandering. Instead, perhaps you should
consider a headlong sprint from one end of the country to the other
until some predetermined time period expires, at which point you should
come to a screeching halt wherever you are when the buzzer sounds and
create art about that place..."
"...If you all are in trouble, I will drive out to where ever to pick you guys ( I mean Guy and Girl) up. I anxiously await word. I hope you both are still alive, and receive this message. Please respond. Call me at 213-XXX-XXXX, call collect. Hope to hear from you, please. I am concerned and canot (sic) sleep at night. What if something terrible has happened, I will never forgive myself for letting you both go on this dangerous mission."
"...are you going to visit Area 51 and the UFO highway?
Could you get me a pic of Wayne Newton? If Wayne's not available Tom
Conway would be okay too. "
Where To Perform Poetry & Paint. "In front of the shrunken head display at the Wilbur D. May museum in Reno's
San Rafael Park. The May who has the shrunken head collection is the son of
the May company May. Whether this has any meaning or relevance is open to
interpretation."
"As for suggestions for where to set up for a piece & performance, I
would have recommended the Circus Circus casino, on the strip in Reno,
which is the most disturbing icon to declining capitalism I have ever
seen. Nothing is more depressing than a run-down casino. I'm sure it
once had its day, back in the '60s or '70s, when live circus acts would
perform 24 hours a day under the faux "Big Top", but now the shows are
few and far in-between. The overwhelming odor of roast beef and B.O.
assults you from the moment you enter, made worse by the fact that the
casino no longer supports air conditioning on the floor. It would have
been worth house arrest for you to get a shot of the buffet."
"I am planning a trip to California in July with my wife and 3 children
(ages 7, 11, 13). I want to spend some time in LA and I want to anchor
our stay by a beach. My problem is I am not familiar with LA beaches and
I dont know which ones to aviod (sic) and/or visit. Do you have any
suggestions what beaches are clean/safe/fun?
What do you know about Radondo Beach (sic)?"
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We enjoyed all your messages and greatly appreciated the effort you made to
interact with us. Following are some letters we found particularly interesting:
"Well, sorry to hear that the uploading didn't go as planed (sic), but it was
well worth the wait. Days 5, 6, and 7 were terrific. I hate to say this,
but the worse the trip gets (i.e.: breakdowns, loss of paint supplies,
etc...) the better and more exciting the site gets!
So have a miserable time, I'm sure I'll enjoy it!"