posted January 27, 2015 10:08 AM            

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Originally posted by HRH-FishAreFish:
I really didn't have much choice because that is where the hotels are located, but I'm staying at a hotel on Banyon Drive.

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Banyan Drive in Hilo, Hawaii, is also known as the "Hilo Walk of Fame." Throughout the years celebrities in all walks of life have planted small banyan sapling to have them grow into the giant memorials that still stand in their honor. These trees have withstood natural disasters such as the several tsunamis that have devastated the town of Hilo, located on the Big Island of Hawaii. The drive circles the Waiakea Peninsula, near the Hilo International Airport, and boasts some of the largest hotels on the Eastern side of the Big Island.

http://www.island-trust.com/banyan-drive-in-hilo-hawaii.html

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posted January 28, 2015 10:52 AM            

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Originally posted by HRH-FishAreFish:
Aja, the other missing song...

AJA - STEELY DAN - AJA

Up on the hill
People never stare
They just don't care
Chinese music under banyan trees
Here at the dude ranch above the sea
Aja
When all my dime dancin' is through
I run to you

Up on the hill
They've got time to burn
There's no return
Double helix in the sky tonight
Throw out the hardware
Let's do it right
Aja
When all my dime dancin' is through
I run to you

( POLICE WHISTLE... )

Up on the hill
They think I'm okay
Or so they say
Chinese music always sets me free
Angular banjoes
Sound good to me
Aja
When all my dime dancin' is through
I run to you

http://steelydan.com/lyraja.html#track2

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posted January 28, 2015 12:31 PM            

Donald Fagen, a Sun Sign Capricorn, sang the lead vocal, with Scorpio Eagle, Timothy B. Schmit...who had just left Poco to join (the band) The Eagles...backing him up.

Donald Fagen also played the police whistle during the instrumental break.

Up on Cripple Creek is notable as it is one of the first instances of a Hohner Clavinet being played with a wah-wah pedal.

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Also known as the “Black Cow” a root beer float is made up of root beer and vanilla ice cream.

Frank J. Wisner of Cripple Creek, Colorado, gets the credit for inventing the “Black Cow” way back in August of 1893.

One night, as Wisner, owner of the Cripple Creek Cow Mountain Gold Mining Company, was staring out the window and thinking about the line of soda waters that was producing for the citizens of Cripple Creek, he came upon an idea. The full moon that night that was shining on the snow-capped Cow Mountain reminded him of a scoop of vanilla ice cream. He hurried back to his bar and added a scoop to the children’s favorite flavor of soda, Myers Avenue Red root beer, tried it, liked it and served it the very next day. It was an immediate hit.

Wisner named the new creation, “Black Cow Mountain” but the local children shortened the name to “Black Cow“.

Since their creation, thousands of root beer floats are enjoyed around the country each day.

http://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-root-beer-float-day-august-5/

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posted February 15, 2015 09:36 PM            

AJA - Hindu. "Goat". Zodiacal sign Capricorn.