Brent SleeperSep 1, 2024
Christine Mi’s lovely, illustrated impression of her transcontinental #rail journey across the U.S. aboard #Amtrak’s #CaliforniaZephyr and #LakeShoreLimited. https://wapo.st/3XolCKi
What it’s really like take a train across America, a visual diary

When you take Amtrak from California to New York, America’s beauty is just outside your observation car window.

The Washington Post
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The resonance and space in Mi’s style of visual storytelling reminds me vaguely of Chris Ware’s. @[email protected] https://www.christinemi.com
Christine Mi

Christine Mi, cartoonist and illustrator

Christine Mi
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Of course, she’s not alone in finding inspiration and America on the long #Amtrak #rail journey across the continent.
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A similar sojourn inspired Gabriel Kahane (@gabrielkahane)’s poignant “Book of Travelers” album. https://gabrielkahane.bandcamp.com/album/book-of-travelers
Book of Travelers, by Gabriel Kahane

10 track album

Gabriel Kahane
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#HankWilliams sang about the #CaliforniaZephyr on the radio for Mother’s Best Flour. https://music.apple.com/us/album/california-zephyr/1501917880?i=1501921114
California Zephyr by Hank Williams on Apple Music

Song · 1958 · Duration 1:55

Apple Music - Web Player
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And #JackKerouac recounted the journey west in his novel #BigSur. #JayFarrar and #BenGibbard’s interpretation is simply lovely. https://music.apple.com/us/album/california-zephyr/334816915?i=334816919
California Zephyr by Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard on Apple Music

Song · 2009 · Duration 2:23

Apple Music - Web Player
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Good time to queue up their live concert performance of “One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur” at the #930Club. https://www.npr.org/2009/10/27/114010246/benjamin-gibbard-jay-farrar-in-concert
Sep 1, 2024 at 7:37pmWeb