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  Another Roadside Attraction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Another Roadside Attraction (festival), is also a Canadian music festival.
Another Roadside Attraction (band) was also a popular American rock band active in the 1990s featuring Brian Rickman and Lindsay Hollis Batman.
Another Roadside Attraction is Tom Robbins' first novel, published in 1971 by Doubleday, which initiated what has grown to be considered his cult following.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Another_Roadside_Attraction   (259 words)

  
 Roadside attraction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A roadside attraction is a feature along the side of a road, that is frequently advertised with billboards to attract tourists.
In general, these are places one might stop on the way to somewhere else, rather than being a final or primary destination in and of themselves.
With the building of the U.S. interstate highway system in the mid-1950s, most roadside attractions were by-passed and quickly went out of business.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roadside_attraction   (192 words)

  
 Roadside Attraction
Roadside Attraction's music is a multi-faceted array of musical styles with a solid foundation in rock n' roll.
Roadside Attraction's sound is very versatile, yet cohesive and easily accessible to the average listener.
Roadside Attraction is simply a good time rock n' roll band that lives to share its music with the world.
www.mbus.com /bands/genadm/Roadside.Attraction.htm   (312 words)

  
 Roadside America - The Attraction
The hazy claims of Roadside America's billboards ("You Have to See It!") have been luring travelers since 1941.
It is not until you arrive, passing an incongruously large fiberglass Amish couple, that you know the attraction is actually a miniature village representing small-town America.
Roadside America is laid out in one big room, some 6,000 square feet, with walkways around the perimeter.
www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/PASHAroad.html   (424 words)

  
 Marketing Blogger Announces Roadside Attraction Marketing Contest
Contest entrants are encouraged to take pictures of the roadside attractions they visit during the summer of 2006 and analyze the attractions from a marketing perspective based on the roadside attractions' ability to stop travelers, engage them in an experience, foster a favorable impression of the locality and generate word-of-mouth marketing.
Contestants are encouraged to send their photos and stories of their visits to American roadside attractions along with analysis from a marketing perspective before September 27, 2006.
Winners will be profiled at the blog along with their photos and their analysis of the roadside attractions they visited.
www.prweb.com /releases/2006/5/prweb391364.htm   (821 words)

  
 Indie911 :: Roadside Attraction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
At a time when people are wrapped up in their comfort zones of stress, depression, and anxiety, Roadside Attraction works to bring them back to a more true reality.
Roadside Attraction's music is driven by a respect for tradition and a love for innovation learned from Walt Disney.
Roadside Attraction puts forth that reality is at its most real when you're happy and enjoying life.
www.indie911.com /user_browser?uID=510   (386 words)

  
 Large Canadian Roadside Attractions
As you travel across Canada, you may come across some large and interesting roadside attractions.
Visit the Archive to see photos of roadside attractions that no longer exist.
I have also included a separate collection titled "Planes on Pedestals" that features mainly military and civilian aircraft that are on pedestals.
www.roadsideattractions.ca   (131 words)

  
 Roadside Attraction Flyer
Roadside attractions can be found virtually anywhere in the United States.
The roadside flyer is due at the end of class on Friday, September 23.
World's Largest Roadside Attractions - Be careful here.
www.sd271.k12.id.us /canfield/techtools/road_side_attrctn.htm   (298 words)

  
 Just Another Roadside Attraction
If we consider it to be just another roadside attraction we will at least have to admit to it being one of the biggest.
One of the things that seem to demarcate roadside attractions is their tackiness.
It is currently housed in 16 buildings, on forty acres, with over two and a half miles of walking to see all of the exhibits.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/wisconsin/101720   (504 words)

  
 Ross Allen's Reptile Institute
Reptiles raised here were sold to zoos and other tourist attractions across the country.
Ross Allen's Alligator Town was to be a tourist attraction and alligator farm in Lake City near the intersection of I-75 and U.S.90.
Return To Florida's Lost Tourist Attractions, a site celebrating the now defunct tourist attractions of the Sunshine State.
www.lostparks.com /rossal.html   (520 words)

  
 "Mermaids" Fight to Save Florida Roadside Attraction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Summary The underwater talents who play living, breathing, bubble-blowing mermaids at Weeki Wachee Springs on Florida's Gulf Coast are fighting to save the roadside attraction they say is a state landmark.
At a west Florida intersection, where the 21st century runs headlong into 1947, is a roadside attraction that must be seen to be believed.
Roadside attractions were the only way to keep kids from having a backseat meltdown.
news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/03/0322_040322_TVmermaid.html   (812 words)

  
 Phil Johnson - Roadside Attraction
Many of the artists on CDBaby.com including Roadside Attraction are donating all their profits from CD sales to the Red Cross to help in the rebuilding of all the cities in the south devastated by Hurrican Katrina.
It occured to me about halfway through that I should have planned on doing a tour diary of some sort, but I was doing my best to stay away from a computer while I was there.
I lead the band Roadside Attraction and perform and record with the band and solo.
www.roadsideattraction.com /blog/blog.html   (2687 words)

  
 Worlds Largest Things Traveling Roadside Attraction
The World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things Traveling Roadside Attraction and Museum is an interactive mobile environment devoted to the exploration and celebration of World's Largest Things.
This one of a kind roadside attraction and museum travels all over the country, stopping at World's Largest Things, community cultural centers, roadside attractions, colleges, universities, art events, and museums.
Inside are additional displays of Roadside Attraction mineatures (such as Carhenge), photos and meta-photos of World's Largest Things, a library of research materials and documentation of sites, and gift shop.
www.worldslargestthings.com   (337 words)

  
 Roadside Attraction - Jamco Music Artists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Roadside Attraction was formed by Keith Baggerly in 1979, and has been entertaining audiences with their mix of big band standards, original, and contemporary arrangements ever since.
Their first CD, The Suspect, was released in 1990, and features many of the band's current members.
The band plays the third Tuesday of each month at Tula's in Belltown, and members of the band can be heard performing with groups throughout the Pacific Northwest.
www.jamcomusic.com /artists/roadsideattraction   (72 words)

  
 World's Largest Roadside Attractions
All of the attractions on the lists have either been proclaimed as the world's largest, or are, by virtue of their uniqueness or size, in all likelihood the largest.
In some cases there are multiple listings for an item, because more than one of the item is claimed to be the world's largest.
Visit our companion page, which features a collection of concrete and fiberglass giants, standing tirelessly along our highways and by-ways, enticing us to buy tires, get gas, eat at Happy Chef...
www.wlra.us   (107 words)

  
 'Roadside Attraction II,' Beth Crowder Print/Poster, Size: 28 inches x 22 inches - SHOP.COM
'Roadside Attraction II,' Beth Crowder Print/Poster, Size: 28 inches x 22 inches
This unframed decor item comes with a 100% satisfaction guarantee from EaselWeasel.com, the Web's fastest growing art retailer, with over a quarter-million open-edition and limited-edition prints and posters to choose from.
All other designated trademarks, copyrights and brands are the property of their respective owners.
www.shop.com /op/aprod-p21577602   (219 words)

  
 Roadside America - Guide to Uniquely Odd Tourist Attractions
Roadside America - Guide to Uniquely Odd Tourist Attractions
The Electric Map connects to tourist attractions, museums, odd statues, graves, folk artists....
Instantly find unusual attractions near a US city!
www.roadsideamerica.com   (105 words)

  
 No Exit Press - Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins
Tom Robbins has been called "a vital natural resource" by The Portland Oregonian, "one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world" by the FT, and "the most dangerous writer in the world today" by Fernanda Pivano of Italy's Corriere della Sera.
What if "the Corpse" on display in that funky roadside zoo is really who they say it is - what does that portend for the future of western civilization?
Another Roadside Attraction answers those questions and a lot more.
www.noexit.co.uk /titles/another_roadside_attraction_252.php   (278 words)

  
 RRC Guide: Online Guidebook
This route is located at in the Natural Bridge Region at Roadside Crag
This is the obvious dihedral at the end of the approach trail when it reaches the wall.
One should be especially cautious on matters of route length, descent type, and number of bolts (especially since such things do change occasionally).
www.redriverclimbing.com /RRCGuideV2/show_route.php?id=641   (471 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Another Roadside Attraction: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
I read Another Roadside Attraction, years ago, then immediately went back to the beginning of the book and read it again.
While "Cowgirls" is, in my opinion, the best of the Robbins lot, "Roadside" is a close second.
This book is also great if you want to find out why the discovered body of Jesus would have no pronounced effect on western religion.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0553349481   (693 words)

  
 Roadside attraction - Book Review Washington Monthly - Find Articles
Roadside attraction - Book Review Washington Monthly - Find Articles
(It took 14.) The idea of carving a massive sculpture of historical figures in the Black Hills originated with a local historian named Doane Robinson, who knew that South Dakota wanted a major attraction to put it on the tourist map.
Robinson originally had in mind western figures such as Lewis and Clark, John Fremont, and Red Cloud.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1316/is_12_34/ai_95914104   (829 words)

  
 Another Roadside Attraction Study Guide
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Amanda casts her magic over all of Another Roadside Attraction.
In the novel's opening pages the reader learns that she likes five things: butterflies, cacti, mushrooms, motorcycles, and the Infinite Goof.
www.bookrags.com /shortguide-roadside-attraction/characters.html   (167 words)

  
 EatingAsia: Roadside Attraction
Dave was barreling down the Karak highway, sights set on a nap back home in KL after a morning of out-of-town culinary exploration (more on that later).
But my eyes were drawn to thick puffs of smoke rising from the umbrella-covered wooden stands that began appearing roadside about 30 minutes from downtown.
As we sped by one, two, three, then ten of them, I began to panic.
eatingasia.typepad.com /eatingasia/2005/12/roadside_attrac.html   (654 words)

  
 Another Roadside Attraction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
For more than thirty years, they have run the Captain Kendrick’s Memorial Hot Dog Wildlife Preserve, a roadside attraction like no other.
The Roadside Attraction is visited by Mohammed, Buddha, Darth Vader, Santa Claus, and the Easter Bunny, who all give Marx spiritual advise.
Their trip is interrupted by the arrival of Jesus, whose second coming is not quite as advertised.
home.earthlink.net /~dare2b/ara.htm   (1330 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/anotherroadsideattraction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 Rhapsody Music: Download, Listen, Play & Burn Roadside Attraction
Rhapsody Music: Download, Listen, Play and Burn Roadside Attraction
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www.real.com /dmm/rhapsody/artist/?artistid=5018800   (65 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Another Roadside Attraction: Books: Tom Robbins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
David Lister (Rindge, NH USA) - See all my reviews
Fans of Tom Robbins' more recent work will enjoy going back and taking a look at his first novel, Another Roadside Attraction.
From page one, the reader will note that the author's writing style is fully formed, fat, juicy, and full of snap.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553349481?v=glance   (1164 words)

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