More from Jason. It's no Howard Hughes crash landing into Beverly Hills in his X-F11 Spy Plane, but it'll do.
Link: Navy records, which are fragmentary, indicate that four Wildcats, two Corsairs, two Hellcats, four patrol planes, two Helldivers and 10 Avengers crashed into the Salton Sea.
THAT KINDA DIE-OFF'S NO COINCIDENCE. AFTER A FEW CRASHED IN, THE AIR FORCE GOT A BIG IDEA: THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD STORE THOSE PLANES PACKED IN MEAT, PRESERVED BY A SALINITY HIGHER THAN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. LITTLE DID THEY REALIZE THAT THE DUST DON'T FIX RUST, AND THOSE PLANES WERE NEVER COMING BACK IN ONE PIECE.
1944-45: B-29s from the U.S. Army’s 393rd Heavy Bombardment Squadron, commanded by Lt. Col. Paul Tibbets, make regular but highly secret practice flights from Wendover Air Base in Utah and drop dummies of a new bomb into the Salton Sea. from http://www.saltonsea.ca.gov/histchron.htm
13 January 2008
bioluminescence
one part of the poem is going to be a rendering of the bioluminescent flora and fauna in the aphotic Salton Sea, once it is turned to pure meat by the Mother Fuckers. the Big Mermaid is their Queen, and rides round the sea in her triad of lead spheres with laser auras cutting paths in the shit. my friend Christina Eeena told me that lampreys lit up under water, and not only cuz they have lamp in their name, but she corrected that to anglerfish and that's how i got into reading up on bioluminous fish for the poem. here's some inspiration, thanks to mon amigito Jason Grovito:
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/206
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/206
Sony Bono & the Mickey Mouse Protection Act
"Actually, Sony wanted the term of copyright protection to last forever. I am informed by staff that such a change would violate the Constitution. ... As you know, there is also Jack Valenti's proposal for the term to last forever less one day. Perhaps the Committee may look at that next Congress." - Mary Bono http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act
Gaery Simon, Real Estate Developer
+ Documentation of lawsuit surrounding the failed underground mall ("Dupont Down Under") beneath the Dupont Circle in Washington DC, developed and run into the ground by Gaery Simon: http://www.assetprotectionbook.com/DC_Simon-Circle_2000.htm
+ Description of the Sonny Bono Memorial Park:
Sony Bono Memorial Park is a park in Northwest Washington, D.C., at the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue, 20th Street, and O Street near Dupont Circle. It is named for Sony Bono. The park was established in 1998 after Sony Bono's death by Bono family friend Geary Simon, a local real estate developer. He approached the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation's Park Partners program and paid $25,000 of his own money to revitalize an unused 800-square foot triangle of grass. His improvements included installing an underground sprinkler system, planting new Kentucky bluegrass and a Japanese maple, as well as benches and a wrought-iron fence. The park features a vault of Sony Bono memorabilia, such as the sheet music for "The Beat Goes On," a palindrome loop of that song playing infinitely thru a miniature Bose system, his official Congressional cufflinks, a mug from his string of Bono's Restaurants, some fan letters, and two anonymously delivered envelopes whose contents remain a mystery. At the entrance, on the ground, is a plaque that reads as follows: "IN MEMORY OF MY FRIEND Sony Bono 1935-1998; ENTERTAINER - ENTREPRENEUR - STATESMAN - FRIEND."
+ Description of the Sonny Bono Memorial Park:
Sony Bono Memorial Park is a park in Northwest Washington, D.C., at the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue, 20th Street, and O Street near Dupont Circle. It is named for Sony Bono. The park was established in 1998 after Sony Bono's death by Bono family friend Geary Simon, a local real estate developer. He approached the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation's Park Partners program and paid $25,000 of his own money to revitalize an unused 800-square foot triangle of grass. His improvements included installing an underground sprinkler system, planting new Kentucky bluegrass and a Japanese maple, as well as benches and a wrought-iron fence. The park features a vault of Sony Bono memorabilia, such as the sheet music for "The Beat Goes On," a palindrome loop of that song playing infinitely thru a miniature Bose system, his official Congressional cufflinks, a mug from his string of Bono's Restaurants, some fan letters, and two anonymously delivered envelopes whose contents remain a mystery. At the entrance, on the ground, is a plaque that reads as follows: "IN MEMORY OF MY FRIEND Sony Bono 1935-1998; ENTERTAINER - ENTREPRENEUR - STATESMAN - FRIEND."
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