Darn it...my picture from my earlier post didn't show up! I'll find some others.

Since you're from Kentucky, doesn't it look like this? It doesn't look so bad to me!

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/...ghway-ga-4.jpg

http://www.eurasnet.info/eurasnet/fi...bKentucky1.jpg

Although further searching shows me what ASHLAND looks like: :(

http://www.stephencresswell.com/s/BAL-22.JPG

But look! You've got Mounds. That's exciting! Eh? Eh?

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1/18...d-Kentucky.jpg

And apparently you've got this guy in Ashland, too.

http://216.55.136.15/wp-content/uplo...t-tape_011.jpg

AK Steel (the horrible steel plant) is actually in Russell, KY - but Russell is a smaller city, so it gets lumped in with Ashland.

I'm not even quite sure where the mounds are located, to be honest. I think they're in south Ashland - somewhere I typically am not to be found.

And yes, the "duct tape bandit" was from here, but fortunately, the majority of locals aren't that stupid.

The parts of Ashland I'm more accustomed to seeing are:

Near the edge of our park:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/...87361658d2.jpg

Downtown, the only real "urban-ish" part of the area:
http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwik...d_Kentucky.jpg

The interior of the theatre I'm currently performing in:
http://www.visitashlandky.com/assets...ide_200702.gif

It's not great, but it's not total **** either. I've been to far worse places.

Those daily views of yours don't look too bad, and the theater is quite stunning, I feel! Are you in a play or performing music?

And what was up with the duct tape bandit? There are a lot of Internet pictures of him, so he seems quite famous/infamous! :p: Ahhh...I just read about it. The duct tape was part of his disguise during a robbery in which he got...some coins. People with devious intent + duct tape = trouble.

Ha ha! And here's a funny video about him! Poor guy.

Thanks, re: the theatre! It's probably my favorite place in the city, and I'm doing a play there currently. That's actually a set-up of the stage making it look a bit smaller than it actually is; the stage itself is full-size and can accommodate Broadway tours and such. Very lovely place!

And yes - Duct Tape Bandit was this dude, Kasey Kazee. He'd never been known for his intelligence, but the duct tape disguise and his subsequent denial that he was the perp even after being apprehended and having the duct tape removed from his face by authorities certainly dropped his IQ even further.

Unfortuntely, most I gathered in Kentucky was:

http://www.eternalgospelherald.com/B...%27s%20Way.jpg

And:
http://www.topnews.in/files/Morbidly-obese.jpg

Although I agree that some of the nature down there is pretty nice. Especially this time of year.

Does Sinbad look like the duct tape bandit baby?

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:p...749569.gif&t=1

got my november/december/january rota today, awesome, looks as though i'm gonna have the sufficient time to do sonic youth in london too. however, it's on NYE and i have no one to go with :( it's gonna be a lonely new years, but i'd only be sitting at home if i was here anyway, so at the very least i'll be seeing the 'youth. aaaaace.

Go on the Sonic Youth forums and hook up with some randomers?

i've been on and everyone's pretentious and horrible haha. i'll never make friends there.

shellac + factory floor + the pop group + sonic youth + mogwai dj set? mm, yes please.

:O
Jealous.
When Sonic Youth are the worst group there it really shows the strength of the evening.