ATDTDA (17): Fickle Creek (462.21)

[bekah]

The motorcycles on these pages,  this  little "Fickle Creek" section 
of are impressive.

Silent Grey Fellow:  (1911 Harley) 
<http://www.harley-memories.com/1911-harley-model-7-D.html>
or
<http://www.wholepop.com/features/motorcycles/harleydav.html>

Indian V-twin: 
<http://ulyssesnb.netfirms.com/classic_old/1914_indian_v_twin.htm>

Werner  (Zoltan's) 
<http://www.bikerenews.com/AntiqueBikes/1904WernerMotorcyle.html>

Excelsior (Vang's)  early model motorcycle - first made in England 
<http://www.chopperdaves.com/exhend/exhend.html>
<http://www.moah.org/exhibits/archives/motorcycles/index.html>

More from pages  462-4

Joe Hill's "Pie in the Sky"
First published in the Jul 6, 1911 edition of the Industrial Worker 
"Little Red Songbook" as "Long Haired Preachers,", credited to F. B. 
Brechler (subsequently credited to Joe Hill in Mar 6, 1913 fifth 
edition)

Pie in the Sky
Long-haired preachers come out every night,
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right;
But when asked how 'bout something to eat
They will answer with voices so sweet:
CHORUS:
You will eat, bye and bye,
In that glorious land above the sky;
Work and pray, live on hay,
You'll get pie in the sky when you die.
The starvation army they play,
They sing and they clap and they pray
'Till they get all your coin on the drum
Then they'll tell you when you're on the bum:
Holy Rollers and jumpers come out,
They holler, they jump and they shout.
Give your money to Jesus they say,
He will cure all diseases today.
If you fight hard for children and wife --
Try to get something good in this life --
You're a sinner and bad man, they tell,
When you die you will sure go to hell.
Workingmen of all countries, unite,
Side by side we for freedom will fight;
When the world and its wealth we have gained
To the grafters we'll sing this refrain:

FINAL CHORUS:
You will eat, bye and bye,
When you've learned how to cook and to fry.
Chop some wood, 'twill do you good,
And you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/pie.html>

(Happy Labor Day,  everybody!)


"Four Corners Gang"
This was the name given to Sloat and Deuce after what they did to 
Deuce's wife, Lake, at the Four Corners. Evidently, the gang has many 
more members now and they are motorized,  but probably not connected 
at this point.  (Pynchon Wiki)


"Taos Lightning"
In those hard scrabble days, the whiskey served in many of the 
saloons was some pretty wicked stuff made with raw alcohol, burnt 
sugar and a little chewing tobacco. No wonder it took on such names 
as Tanglefoot, Forty-Rod, Tarantula Juice, Taos Lightning, Red Eye, 
and Coffin Varnish.  <http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-Saloons.html>

Then Frank watches Stray and Vang leave town and heads off to Denver. 
That's all there is about "Fickle Creek."

Bekah



At 1:02 PM -0700 9/3/07, Mark Kohut wrote:
>Sometimes a cigar, etc......
>
>let's not overlook the word "fickle"!!...esp in this chapter.
>
>Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>Truth be told, this one gave me some difficulty. The Pynchon Wiki 
>doesn't offer any information on this, and I could not locate a 
>"Fickle Creek" in New Mexico. Anyone have better info on this?? Any 
>New Mexicans out there?
>
>Ne'ertheless, it's apparently known for its eggs (i.e., in North 
>Carolina, not New Mexico):
>
>
>"Standing in front of the Weaver Street Market egg case, I ruminated 
>on the varieties of eggs -- from the lowest-priced traditional white 
>eggs from conventionally raised, confined chickens at Latta's Egg 
>Ranch to the most costly speckled, variegated eggs from free-range 
>chickens raised outdoors on bugs and corn at Fickle Creek Farms.
>For the past 10 years I've mostly eaten from the middle of the road: 
>moderately expensive cage-free eggs from Latta's. That's my 
>compromise between price, cruelty and ostensibly gastronomic 
>quality." [...]
>
>http://www.chapelhillnews.com/108/story/6046.html
>
>http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/435306.html
>
>
>
>
>Be a better Globetrotter. 
><http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48254/*http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/_ylc=X3oDMTI5MGx2aThyBF9TAzIxMTU1MDAzNTIEX3MDMzk2NTQ1MTAzBHNlYwNCQUJwaWxsYXJfTklfMzYwBHNsawNQcm9kdWN0X3F1ZXN0aW9uX3BhZ2U-?link=list&sid=396545469>Get 
>better travel answers from someone who knows.
>Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.
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