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- "Sina City, "Gram Parsons lāua ʻo Chris Hillman
He wela loa ke alahele, hehee na kapuwai o na kamaa, e waiho ana i na meheu wawae nawaliwali ma ke kaa. I kēia ahiahi hope o Iune, he 112 degere ka mahana o ka ea ma Las Vegas a ʻoi aku ka wela ma lalo o ka auwaha aniani o ka Strip.
Hoʻohana ka wela aloha ʻole i kāna ʻano, e hoʻowalewale i nā pūʻali i loko o nā labyrinths ʻoluʻolu o nā casinos, kahi i hiki ai iā Ariadne ke nalowale i waena o ka neon uila, nā ʻōhū hypnotic o electronica, nā uwē weliweli o ka poʻe nalo ma nā papaʻaina.
Aia i loko kahi i makemake ai lākou iā ʻoe. Ma laila e kiʻi ʻia ai kāu mau ʻeke ma nā slot ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe (ʻo ka mīkini ʻoluʻolu loa: KISS; ka mea weliweli loa: ka Joker, e hōʻike ana i ke wikiō o Heath Ledger), hōʻike ʻo Cirque du Soliel (ma $155 no ka tikiki) a i ʻole nā meaʻai kūʻai nui ʻia a hiki ʻole ke ʻai ʻia. ka hōʻailona o ka Mario Batali e noho nei ma nā wahi a pau.
Ua hele mai mākou i ʻaneʻi no ka ʻaha kūkā makahiki o ka American Library Association, kahi i manaʻo ʻia ai kaʻu wahine ʻo Kimberly a me kāna mau hoa hana ma ka Hale Waihona Puke Millar o Portland State University e loaʻa i kahi makana nui no ka hana hou. Ma hope o ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana o ka 1001 PowerPoint hōʻikeʻike ma nā kumuhana e like me "Threshold Concepts" a me nā pilikia bibliographic o ka e-publishing, maʻamau ka poʻe hale waihona puke maʻamau a hoʻomaha e ʻoki ʻia no hoʻokahi pule o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka wao nahele. Hāʻawi ʻo Las Vegas i kahi hoʻolauleʻa o ka mana ʻAmelika kūʻokoʻa o ka Id, kahi puʻupuʻu uncoiling mau loa o ka makemake hoʻohālikelike me nā kukui strobe a me kahi kani cheesy.
He aha ke ʻano o ka Threshold Concept, ke nīnau nei ʻoe? He nīnau maikaʻi. Noho au ma kahi hōʻikeʻike opaque a maloʻo a me ka hapa naʻauao e ʻekolu mau loea alakaʻi o ka manaʻo a ua hoʻomau wau i ka pīhoihoi, e like me kaʻu e pili ana i ka nui o nā hale waihona puke ma ke keʻena. Inā ʻoe e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia i nā mea koʻikoʻi, ʻano like ke ʻano o ka Threshold Concept me ka mea a mākou i kapa ai i loko o nā seminars philosophy e pili ana i nā manaʻo intractable (ahem) o Wittgenstein "loaʻa i kahi clue friggin." Akā ʻaʻole ʻo ka maopopo ke ala ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka noho ʻana.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻatikala e hoʻolalelale nei i kēia ʻano hou i ka "hoʻokele ʻike" ma mua o kāna nomenclature pohihihi. I ka makahiki o Google, ʻo Edward Snowden a me Wikipedia, manaʻo kekahi poʻe hale waihona puke hoʻonaʻauao i ko lākou kūlana haʻahaʻa ma ke ʻano he kiaʻi puka o ka ʻike. ʻO ke kumumanaʻo o Threshold Concepts me he mea lā e hāʻawi i kahi pana hope loa no nā hale waihona puke e hōʻoia hou i kā lākou kuleana ma ke ʻano he ʻike mana-brokers, ka mālama ʻana i nā haumāna naive a me nā kahu waihona puke hoʻopunipuni i nā kumu "mana" a "pono" o ka nūhou (e like me ka Ka New York Times, ma ke ano.) ʻO ia ka hoʻouka kaua kūʻē hou loa ma luna o ke kanaka nāna i hoʻolei i ka pōʻai pōʻino ma o nā manaʻo haʻahaʻa o ke kiaʻi kahiko o ka ʻoihana: ʻo Michel Foucault. In Ka Papa o na Mea, Ua hōʻike ʻo Foucault i nā ʻenekini kālai'āina hoʻopaʻapaʻa e hoʻokele ana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka ʻike a ua holo ka poʻe hoʻoponopono i nā kikokikona "kūpono" mai ia manawa. (E pili ana i kēia ma kekahi lā ma hope.)
He 12,000 a ʻoi aku paha o nā kahu waihona puke i hui ʻia ma ʻaneʻi i loko o hoʻokahi pule o ka lā wela o ke kauwela me he mea lā ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia, e auwana wale ana ma lalo o nā alahele e like me De Chirico, e nānā ana i nā palapala ʻāina Google ma kā lākou kelepona. Ke nānā nei paha lākou i ka dreamscape no kahi hale kūʻai puke. E imi makehewa lakou. Ma ʻaneʻi nā puke wale nō e mālama ʻia e nā puke haʻuki, ʻo ia nā mea mālama waihona kālā pono e uku ʻia.
Ua hoʻonohonoho māua ʻo Kimberly i kahi hoʻomoana ma ka Riviera, kahi koho ma kaʻu ʻaoʻao. Ua makemake au e noho ma ka Vegas kahiko, ke kūlanakauhale i puhi ʻia i ke one o nā poʻe ʻino a me nā kaikamahine hōʻikeʻike, ʻo Howard Hughes a me ka mea hanohano ʻo Kauka Thompson. Ua hala loa kēlā Vegas a ʻo ka Riviera kahi relic palaho o kona hala ʻana. Hoʻopili ʻia ka hōkele ʻūlū ma waena o nā kaʻa kaʻa nui ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka Strip, ma Las Vegas Boulevard mai ka Circus Circus i ʻoi aku ka decrepit, e like me kahi hoʻonohonoho hewa i haʻalele ʻia mai kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni slasher.
Aia ma hope o ka Riviera kahi hale kūʻai keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo. Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hale i kākau ʻia nā leka ʻulaʻula nui: Indoor Skydiving. E noʻonoʻo. ʻO kahi hanana hoʻohiwahiwa ʻē aʻe o ka Vegas alt reality show. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka lani i loko o kēia kūlanakauhale i hana ʻia ma nā papahele o nā casinos.
ʻO ke kaʻa kaʻa ma ka Strip ua hoʻomalu ʻia e nā kaʻa kaʻa a me nā kaʻa kaʻa e huki ana i nā hoʻolaha no nā hōʻikeʻike a nā mea kilokilo ʻike ʻole ʻia, a me nā hōkū mae e like me Celine Dion, Olivia Newton-John a me Rod Stewart, ka mea e manaʻo nei e hoʻopau i kāna ʻākala 30 makahiki. o ka iho ana ma ka lilo ana i Engelbert Humperdinck hou o ke kaona. Akā ʻo nā hoʻolaha kelepona hele pinepine ʻia no nā wahine hoʻokamakama "Direct to You", "nā kaikamahine makemake maoli e hālāwai me ʻoe." ʻO kēia mau ʻōniʻoniʻo ʻōniʻoniʻo a pau nā umauma i hoʻolālā hou ʻia a me nā kui i hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi ʻia ma nā wāwae palupalu e waiho ana ma hope o nā kapuaʻi kalapona kaumaha loa.
Ke lilo wikiwiki nei ʻo Nevada i hale kapu Tea Party, akā noho mau ʻo Vegas i ke kūlanakauhale hui paʻa o ka meaʻai, hōkele a me nā limahana casino. Akā ʻo kēia ke hoʻomaka nei e loli. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka wā e hiki mai ana ma nā papa pāʻani o ka Bellagio a me ka Venetian, kahi e hoʻonui ʻia ai nā hana. ʻO ka mea kahaha maoli iaʻu, ʻo ia ka helu o nā papa ʻaina ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, kahi e holo ai nā mea kūʻai avatar me ka cleavage distracting i nā pāʻani ma nā mākaʻikaʻi ākea. ʻO nā mea pāʻani kanaka, i ʻike ʻia paha e nā makahiki o ka pāʻani wikiō, noho mālie ma nā papa ʻaina, e pili ana i ka manaʻoʻiʻo i ka pono o nā algorithms poker o ka casino. Kāhea iā ia he Hoʻohanohano iā Catatonia.
Ma ka mokulele mai Portland, ua noho au ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi ʻenekinia e hana ana no nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala ma Lake Mead. Ke maloʻo nei ka waihona i mua o ko mākou mau maka. Ke hāʻule nei ka pae wai i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e waiho ana i kahi ʻeleʻele keʻokeʻo ma nā paia o Black Canyon. ʻO ka hana a kāna hui, ʻo ia ke pena ʻana i nā paia iwi-keʻokeʻo hou o ka canyon i ko lākou kala maʻamau, i ʻole e makaʻu i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole nā mea mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻoweliweli ʻia e ka emi ʻana o Lake Mead, akā nā moguls o ka Strip. ʻO lākou nā mea kūʻai aku o ka hoʻopunipuni. ʻO ka Mirage nui loa ma ke kūlanakauhale, ʻaʻole ia ka casino ʻoniʻoni ʻoniʻoni, me kāna ʻauʻau wai ʻauʻau ʻole ($40 uku komo) a me ka aquarium ghastly, akā ʻo ka hoʻopunipuni o ka wai. Hoʻopili ʻia ma ka papahele kīʻaha maloʻo o ka Mojave, ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ʻo Las Vegas ma lalo o ʻehā ʻīniha o ka ua i ka makahiki. ʻO ia ka awelika kahiko. ʻOi aku ka maloʻo o ka wā e hiki mai ana. Aia nō naʻe he wai ma nā wahi a pau o ka pā: nā loko nui o ka Hale Aliʻi o Kaisara, nā wailele ma Wynn, nā loko gondola-festooned o Venetian, ka punawai hula ma ka Bellagio. ʻO ka hoʻopunipuni nui loa, ʻo ka mea pono e mālama ʻia ma nā koina āpau, ʻo ia ma Vegas ʻaʻohe palena.
I loko o nā makahiki he 30 i hala iho nei, ua hoʻololi ʻia ʻo Vegas mai Sin City i kahi pākaʻi kumuhana ʻohana i kahi hoʻolaha unapologetic no ka pāʻani palena ʻole. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaikaʻi iā Steve Wynn no kēia metamorphosis grotesque, ke kanaka nāna i kuʻi i kona kuʻe lima ma o Picasso's "Le Rêve” oiai e hoike ana i kona waiwai kaulana i na hoaloha. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Wynn i ka pena kiʻi hou ʻia o kahi wahine masturbating no $ 154 miliona ma kāna hoa ʻino ʻo Stephen A. Cohen, ka piliona kālā pā kālā nona ka SAC paʻa e hoʻokolokolo mau ʻia no ke kālepa insider.
Ua hana ʻo Wynn i kāna māka e holo ana i nā hale bingo ma Maryland. I ka 1970s mua, hele mai ʻo ia i Vegas a hana i kahi kuʻikahi ʻāina noʻonoʻo me Howard Hughes, nāna i hoʻopaʻa iā ia i kahi miliona a me ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ka hoihoi i ka Golden Sands, kahi i hoʻowalewale ai ʻo ia iā Frank Sinatra a me kāna hui. Ua hana ʻia ka mea hoʻololi pāʻani i ka makahiki 1989 i ka wā i wehe ai ʻo Wynne i ka casino mega-resort mua ma ka Strip hou, ʻo ka Mirage, kahi lumi 3,000 o ka hale aliʻi o ka hewa me ka lua pele pele. ʻO ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka Mirage i kālā ʻia e kekahi haku o ka hoʻopunipuni, ʻo ke aliʻi junk bond Michael Milken. ʻO Treasure Island a me Bellagio, i ka manawa i kūkulu ʻia ai ka hōkele makamae loa.
I ka makahiki 2005, i ka wā i wehe ai ʻo Wynn i kāna hōkele hale hoʻokipa nani a me 650 kapuaʻi kiʻekiʻe ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o Strip, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua makemake ʻo ia e kapa iā ia ʻo Le Rêve. I ka hopena, ua koho ʻo ia i kahi mea liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi: ka Wynn. ʻO ka mea hoʻonani o ka Wynn (a ʻo ia ka māhoe keleawe curving ka Encore) he simulacrum akamai o ka opulence hikina, i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻonāukiuki i ka manaʻo o nā aliʻi Saudi ma ka prowl, nā oligarchs Lūkini me nā miliona e puhi i ka hopena pule, a me ka Kardashian brood. E like me ka nani o kēia kumumanaʻo, ʻelua mau kiʻi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni (Popeye a Tulips) na ka mea kiʻi kiʻi o ka ʻono ʻole: Jeff Koons. Ua ʻike iaʻu ʻo ka hale haʻahaʻa o ka Wynn ka hale kupapaʻu kūpono no nā kīʻaha moronic a Koons.
I ka hopena, ua hāʻawi ʻo Wynn i ka inoa o ka pena kiʻi Picasso i ka hōʻike paʻa kaulana ma kāna wahi. Le Rêve (Unuhi ʻia ʻo 'A' Dream) he ʻano wai ka ino, e hōʻike ana i nā kāne ʻōhule e luʻu ana i ka daimonio ma Speedos, nā Flappers frisky e paʻi ana i nā wigs blond platinum, a me nā mea ʻauʻau ʻauʻau e hoʻolohilohi ana i nā stilettos ʻulaʻula. ʻO ia hoʻi, he moeʻuhane pulu.
Akā, e pau ana ka moeʻuhane. Ke kokoke mai nei ka helu helu. Ke holo nei ka wai. I kēia lā, 90 pakeneka o ka wai o ke kūlanakauhale ua omo ʻia mai Lake Mead a maloʻo ka Lake Mead. Wahi a nā wānana hope loa i ka wā e hoʻopau loa ʻia ai ka wai nui nā 2021. Helu: ʻEhiku makahiki kēlā. Ma hope o kēlā, pau nā pili. ʻAʻole hiki i nā tunnel wai a i ʻole nā pipeline pilikia ke hoʻopaʻi i ka hemahema. Ua helu ʻia nā lā o Vegas. E hana me ia, e ke keiki.
Noho wau ma kahi pā i loko o ka puʻuwai ʻeleʻele o Luxor, e nānā ana i kahi kime Algeria feisty e hoʻokuke ana i ka hui Kelemania haʻaheo i ka ʻaoʻao o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka World Cup, ua hoʻomaka wau e kamaʻilio me kahi kanaka Mekiko-ʻAmelika e hana ana ma ka canyon. Ke hana nei kāna hui i kahi lawelawe macabre. Iʻa lākou i nā kino o ka poʻe lele: ʻo ka poʻe pio o Vegas, nā mea i hōʻeha ʻia i nā papa pāʻani, nā mea ʻokiʻoki a me nā mea hoʻopaʻa, nā mea make, nā mea i ʻoi aku ka nui, ka poʻe i hōʻea i ko lākou paepae hope a lele i ka mea hou. Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, luʻu lani i loko o ka muliwai Colorado, 840 kapuaʻi ma lalo.
"Hiki mākou i ʻehā a ʻelima mau kino i ka mahina," ʻōlelo ʻo ia iaʻu, ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻihoʻi i kāna Jack a me Coke ʻekolu o ke ahiahi. “He kūlanakauhale paʻakikī ʻo Vegas. I ka hopena, e maloʻo ana kou laki. ʻIke ʻoe i kaʻu ʻōlelo?”
ʻO Jeffrey St. Clair ʻo ia ka mea hoʻoponopono o CounterPunch. ʻO kāna puke hou Killing Trayvons: he Anthology of American Violence (me JoAnn Wypijewski lāua ʻo Kevin Alexander Gray) e paʻi ʻia ma Iune e CounterPunch Books. Hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ma: [pale ʻia ka leka uila].
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