Chicken Inferno 2006
Flatlanders1,2 from around the country recently convened on Hopkins' Hill to celebrate the Chicken Inferno, taking part in the joyous destruction that invades a certain corner of Northern Pennsylvania every July. This year, participants inaugurated a new era of chicken construction, eschewing 3D realism (which may have reached its apotheosis in last year's effort) in favor of a more stylized representation.
Here, Ben discusses his interpretation with one of the chief architects.
1 - For those unfamiliar with this term, it's analogous to "city-slicker," denoting naïveté and bumbling cluelessness w/r/t to rural ways. Please note, however, that I use it with affection and no small amount of self-deprecation.
2- (UPDATE) I should also note that the pejorative connotation was (in this case) undeserved. There were flatlanders wielding chainsaws and tossing hay-bales in a manner indistiguishable from native practice.
Comments
this flatlander had a great time. thanks for opening up a new world ...
Posted by: jane | July 17, 2006 9:30 PM
We drove by to see the great chicken.We saw Ben but you must have been hard at work.Your mother was afraid of being labled a rubbernecking flatlander so we traveled by quickly.
Posted by: Kay | July 17, 2006 10:27 PM
Looks like a good time? No post-blazin pics?
Hey, been meaning to contact you two to see if we can find some tunes to go hear (have been hitting more of the non-jazz stuff this summer so far).
I'll be in touch.
Posted by: Greg | July 21, 2006 5:15 PM
Well, my camera battery died just prior to flames going up. I'm hoping someone else can supply me with flaming pics.
I've been watching the Wednesday City Paper listngs for something to see (of course there are good local acts every week).
Posted by: ken | July 22, 2006 5:40 AM