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...Guthrie in 1972 sang of the train the City of New Orleans passing "trains that have no name" and "the graveyards of the rusted automobile" while onboard the "magic carpet made of steel" sat "mothers with their babes asleep...rockin' to the gentle beat and the rhythm of the rails is all they feel." The City of New Orleans that left Chicago three minutes behind schedule last Monday night promised prouder vistas as it coursed along the Mississippi: historic Cairo, the blues from Beale Street in Memphis and, as finale, the Big Easy. Mothers continued to rock their babes...
...done for the year, but the Harvard women's hockey squad plays on! Following their close win against Cornell at home last Saturday, the Crimson travel to Providence for a ECAC championship semi-final matchup with Dartmouth. Hop on the bus or the commuter rail from South Station and follow the team down to Brown as they fight for a trophy. Saturday...
...Congo that Kabila inherited was in need of help. The vast river basins and dense rain forests of the Congo, a piece of land the size of the U.S. east of the Mississippi, have never been conquered by asphalt or rail ties. Steamers still ply the Congo River, the only efficient means of transport that survived Mobutu's unbenign neglect...
Take the commuter rail, hear your favorite cult band and get a little "Birdhouse in Your Soul" all in one shot. This Saturday, They Might Be Giants play Providence. Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, 239 Westminster St., Providence. www.lupos.com. 401-272-5876. 7 p.m. $13.50 in advance...
...like to apologize to the riders last week on the Long Island Rail Road's 6:24 to Huntington. That train is always hellishly hot, overcrowded and airless as the grave. So there's nothing more disturbing than being trapped with some maniac in headphones who periodically erupts in cackling laughter. But I couldn't help myself: you try keeping quiet while listening to Al Franken reading from his book Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot. Especially the introduction, in which Franken describes ex-U.N. Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick as "my former lover...