Filmmaker Ester Brym has put together a slide show of 366 photos when she was shooting footage on the Mother Road for her upcoming documentary, "Autumn of Route 66." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DHlSJ3hUzc More about the project can be found at Brym's blog here. A poster for the film can be found here. She plans to release the … Continue reading Kicks on 366
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‘I have a dream …’
(This was originally posted four years ago. It's appropriate to repost it for the holiday.) This is the full version of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963. https://vimeo.com/14517748 So what does King have to do with Route 66? Well, there's this passage: There are those who are asking the … Continue reading ‘I have a dream …’
What are Route 66’s most important attractions?
Filmmaker Ester Brym is producing a documentary about Route 66. The footage has been shot, but she's trying to edit the movie to a manageable length. She wants input from people who've actually traveled the Mother Road to provide opinions on what they think are the "most important" attractions. Instructions and an e-mail address are on the … Continue reading What are Route 66’s most important attractions?
Mother Road by way of Tokelau
This excellent video of sights along the Mother Road includes an equally good jazz performance of "Route 66" by All of Me, a band based in the New Zealand territory of Tokelau. (Yes, I had to look it up.)
British author sets novel in Tucumcari, Route 66
Brendan Yates, an BBC researcher based in Manchester, England, has written a novel that's set on Route 66 and the town of Tucumcari, N.M. Several retail websites are not carrying a street date for the book yet, but it is available for pre-order in the United Kingdom. According to an article in the Quay County … Continue reading British author sets novel in Tucumcari, Route 66
Exploring ruins
This video by Krzysztof Snazyk features decaying remains of Route 66 businesses east of Amarillo, Texas, although you can see the restored U-Drop Inn in Shamrock here.
It’s all gute
Globe Reisefilme, based in Germany, has been posting videos on YouTube from Route 66. Here's one about the town of Seligman, Ariz., and native son Angel Delgadillo. Even with the clip's language barrier, it's pretty cool: More Globe Reisefilme videos can be found here.
He’s no tenderfoot
The Quay County Sun in Tucumcari, N.M., caught up with a Ron Zaleski, who's walking barefoot across the country -- including much of Route 66 -- for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. Zaleski is walking across the United States without shoes to gather signatures for a petition calling for mandatory counseling for soldiers heading into … Continue reading He’s no tenderfoot
Holiday road
Here's a new slide-show video of Route 66 sights in Arizona and California. Appropriately enough with Christmas fast approaching, Lindsey Buckingham's 1981 hit song "Holiday Road" is part of the soundtrack. The song is best-known for being included in the movie, "National Lampoon's Vacation."
More from Rock the Route
Another video was posted today from the recently completed Red Bull Rock the Route tour for two unsigned rock bands. You'll see a number of Route 66 sights in this clip: