CITY OF DUST

The lost and wondrous wreckage of America. The ceaseless road to nowhere. Yeah, that's my home.

Sunday, December 05, 2010

The Housecleaner

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It was almost 10 years that I worked for the county, up until I couldn’t really take it anymore. For all that time I cleaned-out houses tha...
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Saturday, October 09, 2010

The Sound of Young America

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I first heard of Willis Earl Beal through Found Magazine. Gracing the COVER OF ISSUE #7 was a flier Willis had made in an attempt to mee...
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Monday, August 09, 2010

Nobody Knows About the Palace Theater

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In addition to James Brown’s old neighborhood , my recent trip back to Augusta, Georgia yielded another forgotten treasure: the Palace Thea...
Monday, July 12, 2010

The Wickedest Town in the West

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Cleopatra Hill sits at about 5,000 feet above sea level in north-central Arizona. It was here that in 1883 a New York investor, Eugene Mu...
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Monday, June 07, 2010

The House of James Brown

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Back in April of 2005, when City of Dust posts were almost exclusively about the Central Savannah River Area, I wrote something regarding ...
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Saturday, May 01, 2010

Pie Town, New Mexico

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In the pinon-juniper woodland west of Socorro, New Mexico, just east of the Arizona line, is a very small town known for its pie. In fact...
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Sunday, April 11, 2010

The Heat of Dreams

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I’ve known Frank Turner for a long time now. Long enough, at least, to get to know some of his ways and habits. For example, I know that...
Thursday, April 01, 2010

Bucket of Blood Street, USA: Holbrook, Arizona

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The sun was slowly setting over the Petrified Forest, giant slabs of ancient wood and mountains of white bentonite alternately catching fi...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Train I Ride

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The Albuquerque Rail Yards are a massive complex sprawling over 27.3 acres and sitting (mostly) idle off 2nd St. in the old Barelas neighb...
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"If you can lose yourself in a crowd, can you find yourself in the empty arms of an abandoned ghost town?" Lydia Lunch
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