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Agreed. That's an interesting set of photos.

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Speaking of Detroit... Yesterday I read a 2007 interview with "Mad" Mike Banks (about 45 today, I think), the frontman of UR, the influential Detroit-based techno collective and music label that I've briefly mentioned in one of my earlier posts in this thread. Some might find the following snippet interesting:

"With artwork, Abdul Haqq really added a great strength to what we were trying to do, a great spirit, and I always wish Abdul the best with his adventures.

With art, our early influences from Marvel comics, old progressive rock albums too, Rush, Yes, they always went on an adventure musically. Lenny White and the Astro Pirates, many people aren't hip to them, but if I could recommend some music for people to listen to. Jean-Luc Ponty, you know. Their records were kind of like in opera movements, there'd be the overture, and this and that, it was a journey, a journey of the turtle to the sea. These were great records, because they took you on a musical journey. Return to Forever always did that, the Romantic Warrior... these are fusion records I'm talking about, the Romantic Warrior was sweet, Chick Corea Return to Forever..."

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Military history for whoever is interested:

http://www.mil.hiiumaa.ee/2000_09_14_kurtna_T-34-36/

Salvaging an old T-34 tank from a lake in Estonia. A brief story and some interesting photos.

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Other new photos from the city of Tampere:

http://www.student.oulu.fi/~miputkon...008/index.html

The artistic and technical quality of some of the photos still leaves a lot to be desired, but a part of the shoots, on the other hand, look pretty nice.


-Methem

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Stumbled upon the following site:

http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/

Haven't taken a detailed look at it yet, but looks like it has plenty of old, interesting photos at least.

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Of related interest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...nited _States

There are some interesting old photos:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Co..._building).JPG

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNwrs-5Tuus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrsin07FSk

... :thumbsup:

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these are great! thanks for the link!

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Simon of Tinyfish linked to this one yesterday:
Soviet monuments

crazy stuff.

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Ya. I know what that's like. I've spent a few hours here:

http://opacity.us

or

http://www.opacity.us/locations/

Nice stuff.

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Thanks for the interesting links, people. Now I just need some time to fully browse them...

-Methem

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"Retired" vehicles:

http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/06...via-south.html

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..._210197968.jpg

http://cryptome.org/eyeball/boneyard1.jpg
http://cryptome.org/eyeball/boneyard2.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...ation_Ce nter

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..._scrapyard.jpg


-Methem

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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Overgrowth

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_Ruin.jpg

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For the railway lovers, a kickass locomotive photo from the US, 1960s:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NS%26W_80.jpg