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Volunteers repaint Paul Bunyan statue in Illinois

Volunteers from the Illinois Route 66 Association this weekend repainted the 19-foot-tall Paul Bunyan fiberglass statue on Route 66 in downtown Atlanta, Ill., reported the Bloomington Pantagraph. The newspaper reported that help came from Michigan and Iowa, as well as the Land of Lincoln. “I’m impressed by what people want to do to help,” said [...]

5/20/2012 11:09:38 AM

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One from the BBC vault

This is a version of Bobby Troup’s “Route 66″ by an apparently long-gone band called Freak UK. The video was broadcast by the BBC in 1991. I suspect this was influenced by Depeche Mode’s version from 1987. Freak UK’s frontman was Mik Scarlet, who found later fame as a TV and radio broadcaster, journalist, and actor. He [...]

5/20/2012 3:41:25 AM

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High rider

A woman from Los Angeles wants to ride her double-high bicycle (like the one seen above) down Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica later in the summer, with the help of a national magazine. Melissa Rougeaux yesterday applied for a $10,000 Adventure Grant from Outside magazine. The magazine explained: In celebration of our 35th [...]

5/19/2012 9:49:11 AM

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Media get a sneak preview of Cars Land

A small group of journalists toured Cars Land at Disney California Adventure before it officially opens on June 15. The Orange County Register was one of them. Cars Land is patterned after the fictional Route 66 town of Radiator Springs, as depicted in the Disney-Pixar animated films “Cars” and “Cars 2.” According to the newspaper: [...]

5/18/2012 5:07:08 AM

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“We’re Going West”

Here’s a new video from the good folks at The Road Crew, a country-rock band that’s served as boosters of Route 66 for the past few years: The song comes from “Songs from the Mother Road” album, which you can download from Amazon here. It’s also on iTunes.

5/18/2012 3:12:30 AM

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