Song | Blacktop |
Artist | Calexico |
Album | Road Atlas 1998-2011 |
Lawrence Clark Powell: | |
[something] attracts immigrants in hard times | |
The southwest is suffering rapid change | |
Coal-burning plants multiply and the Four Corners grow dingy | |
The Grand Canyon is overrun by motorized rafters and transistorites | |
Our lust for energy dams the rivers | |
Missile sites, bombing ranges nuclear testing, and mock desert warfare all disturb Lummis' classic southwest. | |
When blowing dust annoys the urbanites, their reaction is to blacktop the desert. |
Lawrence Clark Powell: | |
something attracts immigrants in hard times | |
The southwest is suffering rapid change | |
Coalburning plants multiply and the Four Corners grow dingy | |
The Grand Canyon is overrun by motorized rafters and transistorites | |
Our lust for energy dams the rivers | |
Missile sites, bombing ranges nuclear testing, and mock desert warfare all disturb Lummis' classic southwest. | |
When blowing dust annoys the urbanites, their reaction is to blacktop the desert. |