Comments on: Darkness Over the Land http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/11/darkness-over-the-land/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:28:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin Avery http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/11/darkness-over-the-land/#comment-395 Kevin Avery Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:56:06 +0000 http://www.enviroreporter.com/?p=6689#comment-395 I enjoyed your post. Regarding Marta Becket, she hasn't entirely quit performing--she just does it sitting down now. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting her on two occasions, and wrote about her over at my blog MERE WORDS: http://chidder.livejournal.com/4132.html http://chidder.livejournal.com/19300.html Enjoy! Kevin I enjoyed your post. Regarding Marta Becket, she hasn’t entirely quit performing–she just does it sitting down now.

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting her on two occasions, and wrote about her over at my blog MERE WORDS:

http://chidder.livejournal.com/4132.html

http://chidder.livejournal.com/19300.html

Enjoy!

Kevin

]]> By: Michael Collins http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/11/darkness-over-the-land/#comment-394 Michael Collins Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:03:41 +0000 http://www.enviroreporter.com/?p=6689#comment-394 <em>Makin' Tracks Max</em>, In 2008, Dawn Wilde and I eased into the Furnace Creek Garage needing to plug a tire and what did we hear? The chunky crunch of Angus Young's guitar on "Rock and Roll Train." We asked one of your successors what the racket was and, wild-eyed grinning ear to ear, he shouted "Black Ice - AC-DC's new album!" Of course we were thrilled as you can imagine after reading "<a href="http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/09/hells-belles/" rel="nofollow">Hell's Belles</a>." And we were thrilled that this gent opened the garage and plugged our tire. That surely ain't all the pluggin' going on in Death Valley, reading your witty and hilarious comments here. Your Death Valley tails have the reporter in me wondering what <em>exactly</em> did you do when you woke up with Death Valley Sally? And our imaginations are running away with us trying to conceive of who "The Wall People," Crazy Carl and the Bongo Sisters are. Don't leave us hangin', MTM... who are these folks who make up this wildlife? Inquiring minds want to know! Regarding your informative response to Marge Brown's sweet comment, we see that Marta Becket retired from performing at the Amargosa Opera House at the end of the season this year. We applaud her long loving run. Now that Denise Anne has created two dozen characters, with more to come, she could be the Bad Girls In Residence, performing a different girl nearly every night of the week with no repeats in an entire month! I wonder which gal of hers would be the most popular... I'd be tempted to say Dawn Wilde but then Darkness might curse me for eternity which is something I would try to avoid. Makin’ Tracks Max,

In 2008, Dawn Wilde and I eased into the Furnace Creek Garage needing to plug a tire and what did we hear? The chunky crunch of Angus Young’s guitar on “Rock and Roll Train.” We asked one of your successors what the racket was and, wild-eyed grinning ear to ear, he shouted “Black Ice – AC-DC’s new album!” Of course we were thrilled as you can imagine after reading “Hell’s Belles.” And we were thrilled that this gent opened the garage and plugged our tire.

That surely ain’t all the pluggin’ going on in Death Valley, reading your witty and hilarious comments here. Your Death Valley tails have the reporter in me wondering what exactly did you do when you woke up with Death Valley Sally? And our imaginations are running away with us trying to conceive of who “The Wall People,” Crazy Carl and the Bongo Sisters are. Don’t leave us hangin’, MTM… who are these folks who make up this wildlife? Inquiring minds want to know!

Regarding your informative response to Marge Brown’s sweet comment, we see that Marta Becket retired from performing at the Amargosa Opera House at the end of the season this year. We applaud her long loving run. Now that Denise Anne has created two dozen characters, with more to come, she could be the Bad Girls In Residence, performing a different girl nearly every night of the week with no repeats in an entire month! I wonder which gal of hers would be the most popular… I’d be tempted to say Dawn Wilde but then Darkness might curse me for eternity which is something I would try to avoid.

]]> By: Max Rosan http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/11/darkness-over-the-land/#comment-393 Max Rosan Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:22:02 +0000 http://www.enviroreporter.com/?p=6689#comment-393 Oh, one more thing... Regarding Marge Brown's comment, the opera house to which she is referring would be the Amargosa Opera House, which Marta Becket started in 1967. Because Marta would often perform without an audience, she painted balcony scenes on the walls complete with painted patrons to watch her. More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_Becket Oh, one more thing… Regarding Marge Brown’s comment, the opera house to which she is referring would be the Amargosa Opera House, which Marta Becket started in 1967. Because Marta would often perform without an audience, she painted balcony scenes on the walls complete with painted patrons to watch her. More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_Becket

]]> By: Max Rosan http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/11/darkness-over-the-land/#comment-392 Max Rosan Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:15:48 +0000 http://www.enviroreporter.com/?p=6689#comment-392 I enjoyed reading your Darkness Over the Land story, or vignettes... I lived in Death Valley from 1979 to 1981. I was a mechanic and tow truck driver at the Furnace Creek Garage. Met some interesting people that way. I also made friends with some of the employees. There were times when there was more wildlife IN camp than outside of it :-) I sometimes wonder what became of Death Valley Sally, the gal with whom I had evidently slept with in my trailer. I awoke to the sun's rays screaming through the trailer window early one morning, and there she was, lying naked beside me. Yes, Death Valley has a lot of wildlife. I could tell you stories about Crazy Carl, or "The Wall People", the Bongo Sisters, etc. One of these days, I'll get around to compiling my stories, maybe put them on my website (q.v.). I left Death Valley and moved to Lone Pine, where I lived from 1981 to 1987, then moved to Bishop where I lived until 1992. I have returned to the DV area, including Panamint, Saline, Eureka, and Deep Springs Valleys many times. I have loads of photographs, not to mention unwritten stories... I know the area well: I have backpacked, hiked, and driven my old IH Scout many places where others fear to tread. If you have any questions regarding "Death's Valleys", I may have answers. Appetite whetter: In an attempt to preserve Zabriskie Point, the Nat'l Park Circus in 1941 gouged out a diversion ditch to keep floodwaters away. This resulted in the man-made creation of Gower Gulch, which can be explored today from the Badwater Road. Ciao, Max. I enjoyed reading your Darkness Over the Land story, or vignettes… I lived in Death Valley from 1979 to 1981. I was a mechanic and tow truck driver at the Furnace Creek Garage. Met some interesting people that way. I also made friends with some of the employees. There were times when there was more wildlife IN camp than outside of it :-)

I sometimes wonder what became of Death Valley Sally, the gal with whom I had evidently slept with in my trailer. I awoke to the sun’s rays screaming through the trailer window early one morning, and there she was, lying naked beside me. Yes, Death Valley has a lot of wildlife. I could tell you stories about Crazy Carl, or “The Wall People”, the Bongo Sisters, etc. One of these days, I’ll get around to compiling my stories, maybe put them on my website (q.v.).

I left Death Valley and moved to Lone Pine, where I lived from 1981 to 1987, then moved to Bishop where I lived until 1992. I have returned to the DV area, including Panamint, Saline, Eureka, and Deep Springs Valleys many times. I have loads of photographs, not to mention unwritten stories… I know the area well: I have backpacked, hiked, and driven my old IH Scout many places where others fear to tread.

If you have any questions regarding “Death’s Valleys”, I may have answers. Appetite whetter: In an attempt to preserve Zabriskie Point, the Nat’l Park Circus in 1941 gouged out a diversion ditch to keep floodwaters away. This resulted in the man-made creation of Gower Gulch, which can be explored today from the Badwater Road.

Ciao, Max.

]]> By: Marge Brown http://www.enviroreporter.com/2009/11/darkness-over-the-land/#comment-391 Marge Brown Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:10:39 +0000 http://www.enviroreporter.com/?p=6689#comment-391 Michael, I have heard that there is an Opera house in Death Valley, where Denise could do a multi-woman show. Tickets should sell like HOTcakes. She certainly sounds (and looks) like an amazingly gorgeous and talented performer. No wonder that your descriptive prose is almost poetry. With so many different women, you will never become bored. You might get arrested for polygomy, but I am sure you can write or talk your way out of it. Would that you could also talk Boeing out of their unsurprising but disruptive law suit. Hopefully, by the time they are finished, they will have turned SB 990 into pure gold! Michael,

I have heard that there is an Opera house in Death Valley, where Denise could do a multi-woman show. Tickets should sell like HOTcakes.

She certainly sounds (and looks) like an amazingly gorgeous and talented performer. No wonder that your descriptive prose is almost poetry.

With so many different women, you will never become bored. You might get arrested for polygomy, but I am sure you can write or talk your way out of it.

Would that you could also talk Boeing out of their unsurprising but disruptive law suit. Hopefully, by the time they are finished, they will have turned SB 990 into pure gold!

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