Comments on: My first lesson in GIS http://donmeltz.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/27/first-lesson/ Observations about Planning and GIS Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:02:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jeremy http://donmeltz.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/27/first-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-50 jeremy Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:37:35 +0000 http://donmeltz.com/blog/?p=1#comment-50 i was searching for an image of the back cover of more songs about buildings and food - just to show my gis class (really). and your site was first that popped up. awesome! i've always been struck too by the textured nature of the talking heads songs, especially at this point in their career - the way they layered rhythms...there's an analogy to gis/rs in there somewhere. i was searching for an image of the back cover of more songs about buildings and food – just to show my gis class (really). and your site was first that popped up. awesome! i’ve always been struck too by the textured nature of the talking heads songs, especially at this point in their career – the way they layered rhythms…there’s an analogy to gis/rs in there somewhere.

]]> By: Don http://donmeltz.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/27/first-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Don Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:01:04 +0000 http://donmeltz.com/blog/?p=1#comment-49 Thanks Dave- I agree with everything you said. Thanks Dave- I agree with everything you said.

]]> By: dave http://donmeltz.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/27/first-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-48 dave Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:59:33 +0000 http://donmeltz.com/blog/?p=1#comment-48 "The Big Country" is very moving and thought-provoking. To say it is "not very positive" is only scratching the surface of the contempt in Byrne's voice. When he sings, "A baseball diamond, nice weather down there. I see the school and the houses where the kids are. Places to park by the factories and buildings. Restaurants and bar for later in the evening." he is painting the Pollyanna picture that he believes is the inspiration and driving force behind the fly-over country he is seeing. It is nowhere; he "wants to be *somewhere*." Then he seems to be singing a goo-goo baby chant to the people in the simplistic worldview of the plastic houses and parking lots. I've lived on both coasts and in the middle of the US. I can't say he is wrong. Good idea for a post on your blog. “The Big Country” is very moving and thought-provoking. To say it is “not very positive” is only scratching the surface of the contempt in Byrne’s voice. When he sings,

“A baseball diamond, nice weather down there.
I see the school and the houses where the kids are.
Places to park by the factories and buildings.
Restaurants and bar for later in the evening.”

he is painting the Pollyanna picture that he believes is the inspiration and driving force behind the fly-over country he is seeing. It is nowhere; he “wants to be *somewhere*.”

Then he seems to be singing a goo-goo baby chant to the people in the simplistic worldview of the plastic houses and parking lots.

I’ve lived on both coasts and in the middle of the US. I can’t say he is wrong.

Good idea for a post on your blog.

]]> By: Bill Dollins http://donmeltz.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/27/first-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Bill Dollins Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:05:38 +0000 http://donmeltz.com/blog/?p=1#comment-3 Don, Great first post. Glad to see you blogging Bill Don,
Great first post. Glad to see you blogging
Bill

]]> By: sbixel http://donmeltz.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/27/first-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-2 sbixel Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:41:12 +0000 http://donmeltz.com/blog/?p=1#comment-2 awesome first post, I look forward to many more. awesome first post, I look forward to many more.

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