#champaign

Commence the heavy drinking! My new years resolution is to get my life together, what are you lot gonna do?

Fifty Years Ago... When They Were New

Here we see a southbound Amtrak Illini, number 381, rolling by Champaign Tower, on the Illinois Central. I recall that the EMD F40PH, as a model, was brand new at the time.

We went back later that day, once it was turned around for the morning run north, and did some night shots. We even climbed inside the engine compartment for a photo (compare with the interior of the Milwaukee Road F found in my previous post).

8/3/26.

Fans of Arthur Russell take note. Nirosta Steel "represents 40 years or so of works, re-works and works-forever-in-progress of one Steven Hall, aka Nirosta Steel — son of Scotland; step-son of the United States of America; adopted Daddy of Taiwan; Five-Star General in the Buddhist Army; legendary horndog stickman (we have pics!); friend, neighbor, collaborator and co-conspirator of Arthur Russell." The co-conspirator release is called Foxy Pup.

Similar to the work of Arthur Russell, this can be experimental but there is always a sense of pop at its center. The album is being released by Ulyssa, a label based in Mexico. I love that right after they state the LP will ship in August, they state, "please be patient with us we're just a brokeass lil tape label <3". The first tape they released was a live set from John Mellencamp where he called one Lou Reed on stage. Wow.

In a frozen college town, a ghost finds you, telling your deepest secrets through the command line.

> Terminal is a technological horror game about isolation, anxiety, and nostalgia, bleeding off the screen into a young woman's life.

No jumpscares. Just you and the terminal window.

Literary horror. Influenced by Ellison, Joyce, and Marquez.

Prairie Futurism. Science fiction set in the atmosphere of deep winter in Central Illinois.

Meet Tera and the ghost that found her.

An enduring symbol of glamour, the Grand Suites are immutable, elegant and filled with history - truly grand in the best sense of the word.⁣

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#Belmond⁣