Word: pedaling
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...periodically dried up and refilled. Spirit landed half a world away in giant Gusev Crater, on what looked like a lake bed but turned out to be lava. Frustrated, mission scientists ordered the rover to move on. "We were already at 80 days, but we decided to put the pedal down and go like hell," says Squyres. Their goal: the Columbia Hills, some 2 1/2 miles away. Spirit didn't find tidy sediments there either. Still, says Squyres, "there's lots of evidence that water once soaked the ground...
STOP THAT BIKE Idaho's lawmakers are seeing red. Last week they debated ways to bust bikers who pedal through red lights. But the problem, according to riders, is that some lights change only for cars...
...blend into the choir, sing as static with the whole/ We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul." These are smart lines, however grim, and with Jesse Harris (Norah Jones' songwriting shoulder) adding wonderfully warm guitar, the song is even hummable. On other tracks, Oberst imports pedal steel and Emmylou Harris (the vocal equivalent of pedal steel) to add a harmonic steadiness that keeps you from wanting to jump off a bridge...
...last of Dylan’s college concert tour, which has extended from coast to coast since mid-October. The sweat that literally poured from Dylan’s face at every pound of the piano and the perfection of the multi-talented Larry Campbell (guitar, cittern and pedal steel), bassist Tony Garnier and lead guitarist Stu Kimbell demonstrated both a well-rehearsed tour and the musicians’ passion for absolute effort in their performance. The band and singer interacted so well on stage, with virtually no eye contact or communication with the audience...
Case and her entourage—consisting of über-competent Canadian surf-psychedelic-country rock band The Sadies (who just released their debut Favourite Colours), brilliant pedal steel guitarist John Rauhouse and vocalists Carolyn Mark and Kelly Hogan—take on several different styles in this remarkably diverse collection. The opening track “If You Knew” features bold vocals over an Ennio Morricone-esque groove that is augmented by Rauhouse’s tremendous feel and copious amounts of reverb and tremolo. “Hex” has more...