King of the Road
King of the Road may refer to:
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King of the Road (title)
The title of King of the Road is given out once a year by Thrasher magazine. The tradition was started in 2003 and has been one of the premier skateboarding contests in the USA.
In the King of the Road (KOTR) contest, a group of pre-invited teams of professional skaters are each given a book containing a series of challenges. Points are awarded at the completion of each challenge. The teams compete at the same time over a two-week period, in which they travel across the U.S. to complete as many challenges as possible.
KOTR has been held annually since its inception, with the exceptions of 2008 and 2009. In 2011, Thrasher and Converse hosted an addition KOTR competition in China, with the participation of the four biggest Chinese skateboard deck companies.
King of the Road 2003
Teams
Team Deluxe
Team Tum Yeto
King of the Road (album)
King of the Road is the sixth studio album from California stoner rock band Fu Manchu and was released in 2000. The Japanese and European release features the track "Breathing Fire" in place of "Drive". "Breathing fire" was on the demo version of the record which was sent to radio stations, clubs and fans.
Track listing
Personnel
Produced, engineered and mixed by Joe Barresi and Fu Manchu
Credits
All songs written by Bob Balch, Brant Bjork, Brad Davis and Scott Hill, except "Freedom Of Choice": written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale
All tracks recorded, mixed and engineered at Monkey Studios, Palm Desert, CA, except "Hell On Wheels" mixed at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA
Assistant engineer: Steve Feldman
Mastered by Dave Collins A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Live photo: C. Taylor Crothers
Band photo: Alex Obleas
Art direction: Lane Wurster
Graphic design: Christopher Eselgroth
King of the Road Map Service
King of the Road Map Service was a map publishing and distribution company based out of Mill Creek, Washington. Library of Congress records for the company date back to 1982. It was acquired by Rand McNally in 1999. During its existence, it produced maps for the Pacific Northwest, including Washington, Oregon, and Idaho Many of its titles were produced by Thomas Brothers, which was also acquired by Rand McNally.
One of the cartographers creating maps for King of the Road Map Service was Robert B. Lindquist. His business "Bob's Map Service" opened in February 1976 in Bellingham, Washington. Lindquist died in February 2007 after 31 years as a map maker.
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by Residents
The Service
by: ResidentsSo I pushed and pushed and pushed them, through the towns and through the
bushes and the word was spreading like a lie. "Come and see the holy
two-some. They can heal and they can do some things that no one ever did
before." And so they came for holy healing, both the belching andthe
squealing, and the ones who maybe just were bored. Down the aisle they
slowly paraded, while I smiled and masqueraded as the kindly keeper of the
touch. Kneeling them along aa line, I taped a tiny piece of pine upon the
chin of each and every one. And then from this a copper wire stretched
across a tubeless tire and ended in a round and reddish clamp. Then at
once the fees were taken, and the apprehension shaken for the twins would
silently appear. Full of life and love and smiling knowing not that all
the while I too was smiling to myself inside. Silently I stood between
them holding up the crimson gleaming circle with the ends now pried apart.
Then I lifted up the cover softly like it was my lover and I felt them
shudder as they sighed. As I clampedthe metal on it, something like a
liquid donut shimmered as the holy union flexed. Then the people screamed
and shouted, as the donut grew and spouted little bitty dust balls made of
fire. And these soon enough descended down the lines and finally ended at
the screams of joy and pain and fear. For soon the cripples would be
walking and the dummies would be talking but no one knew exactly how or
why.