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Changing Power at Poughkeepsie While headed to NYC on the Lake Shore Limited, the train stopped at Poughkeepsie, New York, to change power; the rail line here was formerly the New York Central. Unfortunately, I don’t know what was on point of the train from Rochester (where I got on) to this spot, but from here on in to Grand Central Terminal, it would be an EMD FL9. This locomotive, truly a unique model, was designed for use on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, specifically with GCT in mind. The locomotive could run as a normal diesel-electric does, but also use the electricity of a third-rail (either over or under the shoe) so as to not spew exhaust in the tunnels under Park Avenue as well as in the station itself. There were sixty of these produced; they remarkable for their B-A1A wheel configuration. After the New Haven was folded into the Penn Central, the use of this engine type expanded to the Hudson Valley line, as we see here. Besides what was happening with my train, there is a Rail Diesel Car in the station; RDCs were built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia between 1949 and 1962. I believe these interesting self-propelled units were used for local service on the various Conrail commuter lines north of NYC; Metro North would take over these lines in 1983. Three images by Richard Koenig; taken in May of 1981.

Hudson, New York. January 2022.

Music from elsewhere and beyond for you to tune in, turn on, freak out, and go deep into the heart of creation at the center of the universe. Or something. 10pm tonight on WGXC, 90.7-FM in the Hudson Valley and streaming 24/7 at wgxc.org or UPDATE: download the podcast at the link below

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 136 - 2024.04.03 https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/asfrfb [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Alice Coltrane - “Journey in Satchidananda” from THE CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2024/03/21/alice-coltrane-the-carnegie-hall-concert/

(underbed throughout:) Pinchas Gurevich - “Whataboutism”

2) Gus Vali - “Telly” from CHIMERA - A FANTASY IN JAZZ ROCK MID-EAST SOUNDS https://www.discogs.com/release/2391349-Gus-Vali-Chimera

3) John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars - “I Talk to the Spirits” from FULL CIRCLE https://www.discogs.com/release/4433050-John-Sinclair-His-Blues-Scholars-Featuring-Wayne-Kramer-Full-Circle

4) Jesse Paul Miller - “Ancient Wave Travelers” from DREAM BOXES AND PSYCHIC MICROPHONES • RADIO AND OTHER SOUNDS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA 2008 - 2017 https://jessepaulmiller.bandcamp.com/album/dream-boxes-and-psychic-microphones-radio-and-other-sounds-from-southeast-asia-2008-2017

5) Ron English - “Bees” from JOHN SINCLAIR PRESENTS DETROIT ARTISTS WORKSHOP https://strut.bandcamp.com/album/john-sinclair-presents-detroit-artists-workshop

6) Dimi Mint Abba and Nema Mint Choueikh w/Luleide ould Dendenni, Mohamed ould Deddah ould Choueikh, and Mohamed ould Seymali - excerpt from MOROCCAN SAHRAOUI EVENT (A MYSTERY TAPE FROM MAURITANIA) https://hivemindrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-mystery-tape-from-mauritania

7) Khruangbin - “May Ninth” from A LA SALA https://khruangbin.bandcamp.com/album/a-la-sala

8) Street Musician of Yogyakarta - “Asoi” from STREET MUSICIANS OF YOGYAKARTA https://mississippirecords.bandcamp.com/album/street-musicians-of-yogyakarta

9) Kyle Tierce - “Interlocking Questions” from THE FIVE FINGERS OF A DOG (ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK) https://superspectrum.bandcamp.com/album/the-five-fingers-of-a-dog-original-soundtrack

10) Jesse Paul Miller - “Radio Cambodia” from DREAM BOXES AND PSYCHIC MICROPHONES • RADIO AND OTHER SOUNDS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA 2008 - 2017 https://jessepaulmiller.bandcamp.com/album/dream-boxes-and-psychic-microphones-radio-and-other-sounds-from-southeast-asia-2008-2017

11) Nadah El Shazly & Elvin Brandhi - CAIRO ???” from POLLUTION OPERA https://pollutionopera.bandcamp.com/album/pollution-opera

12) Ludwig Berger - “Apparent Heart” from SPECIES LONELINESS https://ludwigberger.bandcamp.com/album/species-loneliness

13) Faust - “Stay or Leave” from MOMENTAUFNAHME IV https://faust.bandcamp.com/album/momentaufnahme-iv-2

14) La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela - “31 VII 69 10:26 - 10:49 PM (a section of Map of 49's Dream the Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery)” from 31 VII 69 10:26-10:49 PM / 23 VIII 64 2:50:45-3:11 AM THE VOLGA DELTA (aka THE BLACK ALBUM) https://www.melafoundation.org/lmy.htm https://www.superiorviaduct.com/collections/la-monte-young-marian-zazeela

15) Ragnar Johnson & Jessica Mayer – “Mo-mo” from SPIRIT CRY FLUTES AND BAMBOO JEWS HARPS FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA : EASTERN HIGHLANDS & MADANG https://ideologicorgan.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-cry-flutes-and-bamboo-jews-harps-from-papua-new-guinea-eastern-highlands-and-madang

16) Lea Bertucci - “Of Shadow and Substance (excerpt)” from OF SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE https://leabertucci.bandcamp.com/album/of-shadow-and-substance

17) John Bence - Raphael, Archangel of Tiphareth” from ARCHANGELS https://johnbence.bandcamp.com/album/archangels

18) Jesse Paul Miller - “Radio Wat Thailand I&II” from DREAM BOXES AND PSYCHIC MICROPHONES • RADIO AND OTHER SOUNDS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA 2008 - 2017 https://jessepaulmiller.bandcamp.com/album/dream-boxes-and-psychic-microphones-radio-and-other-sounds-from-southeast-asia-2008-2017

I could not share all the images here….check the HVMOCA website or come see the exhibit at the opening reception on the 17th!!!

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SOS — can someone help me identify this creature? found in the hudson valley by a waterfall. it crawled from under a rock just before sunset. about 4 inches in length.

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It’s me!

Through the Hudson Highlands Here we see a New York City-bound train powering through a short tunnel and then rolling into the tiny village of Garrison, New York. The burg is located on the Hudson River directly across from West Point, in the Hudson Highlands. The two locomotives, EMD FL9s, that are powering the train—pushing, in this case—are unique, built specifically for operation in the Park Avenue Tunnel and bowels of Grand Central Station. This line is formerly the New York Central, which was four tracks wide for much of this stretch down to The City. Three images by Richard Koenig; taken in the fall of 1988.

Cold Spring. April 2024.

On the surface these two may look alike, but their differences run deep. For instance the individual on the left is a line cook who digs Chomsky, while the one on the right is a neurosurgeon with a taste for reality tv. Yet, they agree on one thing: Snackpoint Charlie. Our commitment to playing you new and challenging music from elsewhere and beyond on the radio airwaves continues unabated as we remind you once again, that everything seems foreign and alien and scary until you understand it. Let go of your fears once and for all tonight at 10PM EST live on WGXC, 90.7-FM or WGXC.org or the link below

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 128 - 2023.12.06 https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/fke3tz [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Max High - “Message Intergalactique / Alone Again” from RECORDINGS 3 https://alohagotsoul.bandcamp.com/album/recordings-3

2) Kink Gong - excerpt from TEUKAÏ MIX PHNOM PENH CAMBODIA https://kinkgong.bandcamp.com/album/teuka-mix-phnom-penh-cambodia

3) Anadol - “Görünmez Hava” from UZUN HAVALAR https://anadol.bandcamp.com/album/uzun-havalar

(underbed throughout) Pinchas Gurevich - “18yrikz “

4) Hailu Mergia - “Monalisa Nesh (Live)” from PIONEER WORKS SWING (LIVE) https://hailumergia.bandcamp.com/album/pioneer-works-swing-live

5) Sababa 5 & Shiran Tzfira - “Ya Hiah - يا هيه” from Rali - رالي (EP) https://sababa5.bandcamp.com/album/rali-ep

6) شريفة فاضل شريفة فاضل [Sherifa Fadel] - “موّال العشاق [Mawal El-Ashaa {Lover of Lovers} (pts. 1&2)]” https://www.discogs.com/release/7754542-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%82

7) Hajime Hana & Crazy Cats - “学生節 (Kei Ueki Toya) [Student Class]” from 学生節 / めんどうみたョ https://www.discogs.com/release/6342141-%E3%83%8F%E3%83%8A%E8%82%87%E3%81%A8%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%84-%E5%AD%A6%E7%94%9F%E7%AF%80-%E3%82%81%E3%82%93%E3%81%A9%E3%81%86%E3%81%BF%E3%81%9F%E3%83%A7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Cats https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x32rge

8) Elmer Bernstein - “Staccato's Theme” from STACCATO https://www.discogs.com/master/302500-Elmer-Bernstein-Staccato

9) Nadagen - “Staccato” from NADAGEN https://futuraresistenza.bandcamp.com/album/nadagen

10) Bounaly - “Ma Chérie” from DIMANCHE À BAMAKO https://bounaly.bandcamp.com/album/dimanche-bamako

11) Bo Diddley - “Down Home Special” from I'M A MAN: CHESS MASTERS, 1955-1958 https://www.discogs.com/release/29009104-Bo-Diddley-Im-A-Man-Chess-Masters-1955-1958

12) The Cambodian Space Project - “Summer Wine (w/ Paul Kelly)” from SPACED-OUT IN WONDERLAND https://www.discogs.com/release/11152591-The-Cambodian-Space-Project-Spaced-Out-In-Wonderland

13) Stone Tapes - “Snow (is Falling in Manhattan)” from GAT BAND DEMOS https://soundcloud.com/stonetapes/sets/gat-band/s-Dw34U2I1lLF

14) Retep Folo & Dorothy Moskowitz - “Moon” from THE AFTERLIFE EP https://buriedtreasure.bandcamp.com/album/the-afterlife-e-p

15) Giuseppe Ielasi - “03” from DOWN ON DARKENED MEETINGS https://blacktruffle.bandcamp.com/album/down-on-darkened-meetings

16) Dashiell Hedayat - “Long Song for Zelda” from DIRTY FRENCH PSYCHEDELICS https://www.discogs.com/master/160792-Dirty-Sound-System-Dirty-French-Psychedelics

17) Alastair Galbraith - “Zoom Out” from GOLDEN CASSETTE https://compilationstruc.bandcamp.com/album/golden-cassette

18) Mayssa Jallad - “Holiday Inn (January to March)” rom MARJAA: THE BATTLE OF THE HOTELS https://rupturedthelabel.bandcamp.com/album/marjaa-the-battle-of-the-hotels

19) Moondog - “Pastoral” from MOONDOG 2 https://www.discogs.com/master/337829-Moondog-Moondog-2