Comments on: THE WALKABOUTS : TRAIN LEAVES AT EIGHT [ΤΟ ΤΡΑΙΝΟ ΦΕΥΓΕΙ ΣΤΙΣ ΟΚΤΩ] https://oannes.gr/the-walkabouts-train-leaves-at-eight-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%86%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%83-%ce%bf%ce%ba%cf%84%cf%89/ To singularity, οι πολιτικές του virtual, μέσα αντι-κοινωνικής δικτύωσης, η μουσική στην εποχή των ringtones…• Singularity, the politics of virtual, anti-social media, music in the age of ringtones… Wed, 08 Sep 2021 20:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Resa https://oannes.gr/the-walkabouts-train-leaves-at-eight-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%86%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%83-%ce%bf%ce%ba%cf%84%cf%89/#comment-5892 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 20:35:40 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=38210#comment-5892 This is lush and bittersweet. I love it!

]]> By: Liz Gauffreau https://oannes.gr/the-walkabouts-train-leaves-at-eight-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%86%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%83-%ce%bf%ce%ba%cf%84%cf%89/#comment-5867 Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:20:30 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=38210#comment-5867 In reply to Oannes.

You’re probably right about that. The state of the world is looking pretty hopeless

]]> By: Timothy Price https://oannes.gr/the-walkabouts-train-leaves-at-eight-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%86%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%83-%ce%bf%ce%ba%cf%84%cf%89/#comment-5865 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 17:34:48 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=38210#comment-5865 In reply to Oannes.

Sometimes trips just go that way. At least you get great stories. Going down in flames seems appropriate.

]]> By: Oannes https://oannes.gr/the-walkabouts-train-leaves-at-eight-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%86%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%83-%ce%bf%ce%ba%cf%84%cf%89/#comment-5864 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 16:03:21 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=38210#comment-5864 In reply to Timothy Price.

I could extent it to a little novel. The trip was equally surrealistic! and so was the end of the story : years after that, I was talking with a guy who happened to know the particular ship. And he told me about the glorious ending of its notorious career in the Aegean : the ship – owners set the damn thing on fire to collect the insurance.

]]> By: Oannes https://oannes.gr/the-walkabouts-train-leaves-at-eight-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%86%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%83-%ce%bf%ce%ba%cf%84%cf%89/#comment-5862 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 15:54:48 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=38210#comment-5862 ]]> In reply to Ashley.

One does not have to “suffer” from melancholy to enjoy a melancholic song.😊

]]> By: Oannes https://oannes.gr/the-walkabouts-train-leaves-at-eight-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%86%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%83-%ce%bf%ce%ba%cf%84%cf%89/#comment-5861 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 15:53:08 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=38210#comment-5861 In reply to Liz Gauffreau.

Maybe it’s not getting older, maybe it’s just the state we’re in these days – no sign of hope on the horizon. And the worst is yet to come.

]]> By: Timothy Price https://oannes.gr/the-walkabouts-train-leaves-at-eight-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%86%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%83-%ce%bf%ce%ba%cf%84%cf%89/#comment-5860 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 15:51:13 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=38210#comment-5860 In reply to Oannes.

That’s a great story and a perfect name for the transport.

]]> By: Liz Gauffreau https://oannes.gr/the-walkabouts-train-leaves-at-eight-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%86%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%83-%ce%bf%ce%ba%cf%84%cf%89/#comment-5859 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 15:41:38 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=38210#comment-5859 I like this very much! As Ashley noted, I’m growing melancholy as I get older.

]]> By: Oannes https://oannes.gr/the-walkabouts-train-leaves-at-eight-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%86%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%83-%ce%bf%ce%ba%cf%84%cf%89/#comment-5857 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 15:33:01 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=38210#comment-5857 In reply to Timothy Price.

I had a similar experience with a boat in the surrealistic island of Lemnos, back in the late ’80s. I go buy a ticket and I ask the agent “when does it leave”. “I don’t know” he says. “What do you mean you don’t know” I answer back. “I mean I don’t know when it arrives to begin with”. “So what am I supposed to do, sit here all day waiting?” “Well, that’s what everybody does”, he says. After 2 or 3 hours, the ship appears from a distance. I turn on the other side to look for something, and before a minute passing [so It seemed anyway], I hear the sound of the anchor. The ship had docked already. I get in, I leave my baggage on a chair, I take a look around and get on the deck. Only to see the island of Lemnos moving away fast-backwards. The ship had already sailed. Never been on this time – distorting means of transport again, but I remember its name : “Sporades”.

]]> By: Ashley https://oannes.gr/the-walkabouts-train-leaves-at-eight-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%86%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%83-%ce%bf%ce%ba%cf%84%cf%89/#comment-5855 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 14:25:46 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=38210#comment-5855 ]]> This surprised me; I was moved by it, especially with the video! I’m growing melancholy as I get older 🤔

]]> By: Timothy Price https://oannes.gr/the-walkabouts-train-leaves-at-eight-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%b9%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%86%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%cf%83-%ce%bf%ce%ba%cf%84%cf%89/#comment-5853 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 12:31:53 +0000 https://oannes.gr/?p=38210#comment-5853 Nice piece. Does the train leave on time? I remember a friend who was in Russia told me this story about waiting for a train. The train was running 24 hours late. He went to the ticket booth and asked what could be done, he needed to leave today. The woman told him there were still seats available on yesterday’s train.

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