Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Seattle, Washington, USA
Unbelievably my watch has stopped. Regular readers will remember the rigmarole of buying a new battery only a few months ago in Panama City. Cannot believe that it needs a new battery already. Suspect I’ve been sold a dud.
Harumph.
Anticipating a similar escapade, go off in search of a new battery. Am relieved of $20 by a geeky young man in a kiosk in Macy’s department store. He’s rigged up a mirror so he can see customers from behind his screen. I move said mirror so I can see him behind the screen. To make sure he puts a brand new battery in. Upon paying, he sees that the mirror has moved. He’s very precise with moving it back. It’s probably what he does all day. Look at a mirror.
Monorail to the Space Needle but as I’ve already been up on this trip, forego the expense and instead make use of my Student Union card again and visit the Museum of Pop Culture. Temporary exhibition on horror, sci-fi and fantasy films. Interesting to see the original lion costume from the Wizard of Oz film. Bet you didn’t know that the costume is made with real lion skins?
Museum of Pop isn’t as good as anticipated and only really concentrates on a few key bands originating from Seattle. Pearl Jam. Jimi Hendrix. Nirvana. Plus one on Prince (albeit he’s not from Seattle). The Nirvana exhibition is the most interesting though and charts the band’s formation, introduction of Dave Grohl and subsequent first album, Nevermind. With the iconic single: Smells Like Teen Spirit.
The best exhibit is the ‘air guitar’. An empty guitar stand with the words ‘Do not touch’. A curator with a sense of humour.
And then there’s the abundance of cassette tapes on display.
Ah yes, the good old days.
Readers of a certain age will well remember sitting at their tape recorder getting ready to press ‘REC’ whilst listening to the Top 40.
Well, dear reader, as you will see from the final photo below. Tonight’s sunset was rather spectacular over Puget Sound.
Sad to say. But this is the final sunset of the Antarctica to Alaska trip.
