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...Layla - Derek and the Dominoes 2. Anything by the Allman Bros. 3. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSNY 4. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones 5. What's Love Got to Do With It? - Tina Turner 6. Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin 7. Cowgirl in the Sand - Neil Young 8. Love Shack - B-52's 9. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix 10. Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club
...protect the city from water surges have had a perverse effect: they have actually made it more vulnerable to flooding. That's because New Orleans has been kept in place by the precarious balance of two opposing forces. Because the city is constructed on 100 feet of soft silt, sand and clay, it naturally "subsides," or sinks, several feet a century. Historically, that subsidence has been counteracted by sedimentation: new silt, sand and clay that are deposited when the river floods. But since the levees went up--mostly after the great flood of 1927--the river has not been flooding...
...beach was like viewing the world from the window-seat of a plane, only better. Eric even let me take off my helmet to get the full effect, which he assured me he only does for his best customers. And as we touched down on the soft sand of the beach in Oludeniz, I figured my three trips in the truck were worth it. And I think I found a new hobby...
With his binoculars, an M-16 automatic rifle and his sheepdog Mikey, Barnett sometimes tracks a group of illegals for miles, following their footprints in the sand and bits of clothing snagged on the mesquite thorns. In the summer it's harder for his dog to track them; the incandescent heat sears away their scent. "They move across the desert like a centipede, 40 or 50 people at a time," says Barnett. Once he catches them, Barnett radios the border patrol to cart them off his land. "You always get one or two that are defiant," says Barnett, who chuckles...
...much of the inspiration for Summer to several weeks spent listening to old Mamas and the Papas albums, but some of her new CD's best songs, like Love's Great Ocean and Summerfling, better evoke Pet Sounds-era Brian Wilson in their spacious, light-filled harmonies. This carefree, sand-between-your-toes music liberates lang from the leaden arrangements that made Drag such a--well, you know...