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Milano AC/DC mediolanum forum
URAGANO AC/DC - Quei ragazzotti venuti dalla provincia musicale australiana erano destinati a far tremare il pianeta con il loro hard rock. Lo hanno capito le tre generazioni che hanno riempito il Mediolanum Forum, godendosi uno show iperbolico tra memorie e fradicia sbronza visionaria. Un lungo video in apertura rimbalza tra cartoon e videogame, e poi una vecchia locomotiva è lì a dominare il mega palco. L'irrefrenabile chitarra di Angus non vuole darsi tregua: il carismatico leader degli AC/DC saltella col suo “passo d'oca” a ridosso della voce di Brian Johnson, ruvida come la carta vetrata per l'apertura in gran stile di Rock 'n roll Train. Sembrano schegge impazzite e se ne accorgono gli sbarbatelli sotto il palco che forse ciondolavano ancora nella culla quando gli Ac/DC hanno cantato l'ultima volta in Italia.
BLACK ON ICE - Lapilli di rock dall'ultimo album Black on Ice e, senza tregua, la feroce rincorsa a saccheggiare le radici con Back in Black e You Shook Me, tirando il fiato per qualche secondo prima dell'ultima discesa agli inferi. Una campana gigante rimbomba sul palco e il coro dei quindicimila canta Hells Bells, aspettando di risalire con Let there be rock, Tnt, Shoot to thrill. Il basso di Williams e la batteria Rudd ci danno dentro e, quando sparano i cannoni, l'apoteosi si rischiara con il finale di For Those About To Rock. Fuochi d'artificio, effetti speciali, grande lezione di musica, ma il tempo è passato troppo in fretta. Troppo presto per riflettere sui giganti della storia del rock, troppo veloce per evitare di tornare nelle nostre gabbie quotidiane, ancora più difficili da smantellare se non ci fosse stata la musica degli Ac/Dc, per una sera, ma anche per una vita intera.
FOTO: FRANCESCO PRANDONI
A scan from my personal slide collection gathered over the past 30 years
MSN 2239 Douglas DC-3 N139PB
PBA-Provincetown Boston Airlines
Miami, FL
The trip has just begun for the Amtrak Capitol Limited as it heads through Whiting, IN, bound ultimately for Washington, DC.
Milano AC/DC mediolanum forum
URAGANO AC/DC - Quei ragazzotti venuti dalla provincia musicale australiana erano destinati a far tremare il pianeta con il loro hard rock. Lo hanno capito le tre generazioni che hanno riempito il Mediolanum Forum, godendosi uno show iperbolico tra memorie e fradicia sbronza visionaria. Un lungo video in apertura rimbalza tra cartoon e videogame, e poi una vecchia locomotiva è lì a dominare il mega palco. L'irrefrenabile chitarra di Angus non vuole darsi tregua: il carismatico leader degli AC/DC saltella col suo “passo d'oca” a ridosso della voce di Brian Johnson, ruvida come la carta vetrata per l'apertura in gran stile di Rock 'n roll Train. Sembrano schegge impazzite e se ne accorgono gli sbarbatelli sotto il palco che forse ciondolavano ancora nella culla quando gli Ac/DC hanno cantato l'ultima volta in Italia.
BLACK ON ICE - Lapilli di rock dall'ultimo album Black on Ice e, senza tregua, la feroce rincorsa a saccheggiare le radici con Back in Black e You Shook Me, tirando il fiato per qualche secondo prima dell'ultima discesa agli inferi. Una campana gigante rimbomba sul palco e il coro dei quindicimila canta Hells Bells, aspettando di risalire con Let there be rock, Tnt, Shoot to thrill. Il basso di Williams e la batteria Rudd ci danno dentro e, quando sparano i cannoni, l'apoteosi si rischiara con il finale di For Those About To Rock. Fuochi d'artificio, effetti speciali, grande lezione di musica, ma il tempo è passato troppo in fretta. Troppo presto per riflettere sui giganti della storia del rock, troppo veloce per evitare di tornare nelle nostre gabbie quotidiane, ancora più difficili da smantellare se non ci fosse stata la musica degli Ac/Dc, per una sera, ma anche per una vita intera.
FOTO: FRANCESCO PRANDONI
In 1969, the Kimberly-Clark paper mill company created K-C Aviation, which took over a small fleet of aircraft that flew executives from the company’s headquarters to its various mill locations. The deregulation of the US airline industry in 1978 opened up new opportunities to diversify, so in 1984, with the backing of the paper company, K-C Aviation started its own airline, Midwest Express, with two Douglas DC-9s. Besides its scheduled flights, Midwest Express would also offer charter services to executives and sports teams. An early ambitious program to link Chicago to Atlanta was abandoned for a slower growth business model, concentrating on the Midwest from its hub in Milwaukee.
With competition only coming from smaller commuter airlines and Midway Airlines, which was increasingly moving east, Midwest Express was able to quietly build an extensive route network. Midwest also took advantage of a growing number of business travelers by offering better legroom than other airlines, leather seats, inflight meals (at a time when most airlines were reducing or eliminating inflight meals), and in what would become an icon of the airline, fresh cookies. With the demise of Midway Airlines in 1991, Midwest Express became the best known of the smaller airlines in its namesake region. It became independent of Kimberly-Clark in 1995 and added all-inclusive vacation packages around the same time.
Midwest Express changed its name to simply Midwest Airlines in 2002, as a response to passengers equating the word “express” to commuter airlines owned by larger carriers such as United. It also embarked on a modernization program, mainly to save fuel costs: Midwest had taken heavy financial losses in the post-9/11 airline downturn, and needed to cut costs somewhere. The old DC-9 fleet was retired for a combination of Boeing 717s and Dornier 328JETs; the former was the last model of the DC-9 series, and in fact Midwest took charge of the last 717 built (and therefore the penultimate DC-9). Meals were discontinued, but the fresh cookies remained.
By 2006, Midwest had entered a codesharing agreement with Northwest, but, to fight off a takeover bid from AirTran, Northwest also gained a controlling interest in Midwest. Confusingly, Midwest’s aircraft were owned by Republic Airways Holdings. When Republic announced a reorganization that would cut nearly half of Midwest’s aircrews, the pilots threatened to strike. With Midwest becoming a drag on Republic’s financings, the company announced that Midwest would cease to exist in 2010, merged with Frontier Airlines, Republic’s main holding. The cookie that had so long been Midwest Express’ most popular feature, outlasted the airline, being marketed as the Midwest Brand.
N9102 was sold by Hughes Airwest in 1976 to Texas International, and eventually made its way to Midwest Express in 1988. It was retired sometime in the 1990s and scrapped.
Shots from the 2022 SMASH! event at ICC Sydney Exhibition Centre, photographed by Drago Chanthachack.
The One Love Bus - see www.facebook.com/onelovebus
May 3, 2014 is Washington, DC's first Funk Parade: Funk Parade was begun by two people who love Washington, DC, live music, and the U Street neighborhood: Justin Rood, a lifelong DC resident, and Chris Naoum, whose organization Listen Local First has helped hundreds of musicians find audiences and gigs throughout the Washington area.
The project has since been embraced by dozens of local businesses, neighborhood groups, community leaders, musicians and artists, who have pledged their support to the event. They hope you will join them and the mighty Funk Parade!
see: funkparade.com
USA
Catalog #: 01_00090767
Title: Douglas, DC-9
Corporation Name: Douglas
Designation: DC-9
Additional Information: USA
Tags: Douglas, DC-9
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Five Hofstra students left for D.C. in January, excited to bear witness to the peaceful transfer of power. They came back with a greater appreciation for the transformative power of conversation with someone whose views differ from their own.
Amazingly beautiful art from the DC Style guide, used for licensing, advertising...
pencils: Jose Garcia Lopez
inks: DIck Giordano
Seen in this photo:
- Mon-El, Ultra Boy and Timber Wolf, three of my favorite characters from the Legion of Super-Heroes; yes, that's the same Timber Wolf whose chest symbol is tattooed on my left arm
- Alan Scott and Hal Jordan Green Lanterns
- Superman and Batman
- Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr
- Nightwing and the modern Huntress
- Doctor Fate (upper right)
- Jack Knight Starman (middle right)
- The Joker, lurking in the back
All from DC Direct
This DC-10 climbs steeply towards Mt. Hood on this lovely evening... (takin with my little sony point and shoot so excuse the grainyness!)
"The shadow of a bat wings across the face of a full moon as wind whips the cape of the masked presence precariously balanced on the rooftop's edge.
Watching...
Waiting...
As night falls the city's silent protector swoops down to the streets below cloaked to the cover of darkness.
BATMAN remains the dark crusader for justice, ever vigilant, ready to act against the sinister forces that seek to bring good to its knees."
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, opened in October 1961 as D.C. Stadium.
It was the home of the NFL's Washington Redskins for 36 seasons until they moved to FedExField following the 1996 season. The Redskins' first game in D.C. Stadium was a 24-21 loss to the New York Giants on October 1, 1961. The team's first win in the stadium was over the Dallas Cowboys on December 17, 1961--the only win in a 1-12-1 season. The Redskins' last win at RFK was a 37-10 victory over the Cowboys on December 22, 1996 capping a disappointing 9-7 season.
It also served as the home to MLB's Washington Senators from 1962 through 1971, when they moved to Arlington, Texas and became the Rangers.
The stadium was renamed for U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in January 1969, who was slain in Los Angeles the previous June. As Attorney General, Kennedy's Justice Department played a role in the racial integration of the Redskins, threatening not to let the team move into the federally-owned stadium until it promised to sign African American players.
The stadium underwent a $13M renovation to ready itself for baseball prior to the 2005 season. It has been home to MLB's Washington Nationals, since they moved from Montreal, where they were the Expos, in 2005; and MLS' DC United. Both teams are building their own stadiums, at which point RFK is expected to be demolished.
Rustico's Oktobeerfest (Click here for event info) is putting on a Raffle for DC Central Kitchen on October 10th, 2009. Raffle tickets are $10 each.
Grand Prize: 1997 Harley Davidson, Heritage SoftTail Classic
28388 miles, Totally Reconditioned, Pristine Condition
Other Prizes:
• 2 Day, 2 Night Ski Weekend Package for 2 at Canaan Valley Resort
Includes Lodging, Lift Tickets, Rentals, Snow Tubing Session, Ice Skating Session & Beech Club privileges.
• 2 Night Stay at Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center, with Dinner for 2 and Breakfast for 2
• 2 Gift Certificates to Top Golf Alexandria
The slow demolition of a downtown Washington DC office building by wrecking ball, jackhammer, and sweat, dust, and debris. Read more about life in DC here
An AC induction motor can be brought to a rapid standstill by injecting any two phases with a current-controlled DC supply until the motor stops. This one is off a pedestal drill. It was made in the UK by RDM. It uses GEC contactors and an IR thyristor for the DC. Judging by the state of the components, I think it's spent the last 30 years powered up continuously. A few capacitors, resistors and joints to attend to and it's working again.