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Post by Danielle on Nov 8, 2019 18:29:12 GMT
In The Stand there is a paragraph that goes
" In Des Moines at 11:30 P.M cst An old Buick covered with religious stickers---Honk if you love Jesus, among others---cruised the deserted downtown streets relentlessly. There had been a fire in Des Moines earlier in the day that had burned most of the south side of Hull Avenue and Grandview Junior College; later that had been a riot that gutted most of the downtown area.
When the sun went down these streets had been filled with restlessly circling crowds of people, most of them under 25, many riding choppers.They had broken windows, stolen TV sets, filled their gas tanks at service stations while watching for anyone who might have a gun. Now the streets were empty. Some of them--the bikers mainly---were kicking out their remaining jams on interstate 80. But most of them had crept into their houses and locked their doors, already suffering from super flu or just terror of it as day light left this flat green land. Now Des Moines looked like the aftermath of some monster New Years eve party after sodden sleep had claimed the last of the revelers. The buicks tires whispers and crunched over the broken glass in the street an turned west from fourteenth nto Euclid Avenue, Passing to cars that had been crashed head on and now lay on their sides with their bumpers interlaced like lovers after a successful double homicide. there was a loud speaker on top of the Buicks roof and now it began to give off amplified boops and beeps, Followed by the scratchy sound of an old records opening grooves, and then, blaring up and down the spectral, deserted streets of Des Moines came the sweetly droning voice of Mother Maybelle Carter singing "Keep on the Sunny Side"
The old Buick cruised on and on, making figure eights, loops, sometimes circling the same block three or four times. When it hit a bump (or rolled over a body), the record would skip. At twenty minutes to midnight, the Buick pulled over to the curb and idled. Then it began to roll again. The loudspeaker blared Elvis Presley singing “The Old Rugged Cross,” and a night wind soughed through the trees and stirred a final whiff of smoke from the smoldering ruins of the junior college"
So basically I just typed all of that to ask, Who was that in the Buick lol? Do you guys think it was Randal Flagg maybe? I've always wondered about this part of the story and now finally found some time to ask. |
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Post by osnafrank on Nov 8, 2019 19:06:57 GMT
In The Stand there is a paragraph that goes
" In Des Moines at 11:30 P.M cst An old Buick covered with religious stickers---Honk if you love Jesus, among others---cruised the deserted downtown streets relentlessly. There had been a fire in Des Moines earlier in the day that had burned most of the south side of Hull Avenue and Grandview Junior College; later that had been a riot that gutted most of the downtown area.
When the sun went down these streets had been filled with restlessly circling crowds of people, most of them under 25, many riding choppers.They had broken windows, stolen TV sets, filled their gas tanks at service stations while watching for anyone who might have a gun. Now the streets were empty. Some of them--the bikers mainly---were kicking out their remaining jams on interstate 80. But most of them had crept into their houses and locked their doors, already suffering from super flu or just terror of it as day light left this flat green land. Now Des Moines looked like the aftermath of some monster New Years eve party after sodden sleep had claimed the last of the revelers. The buicks tires whispers and crunched over the broken glass in the street an turned west from fourteenth nto Euclid Avenue, Passing to cars that had been crashed head on and now lay on their sides with their bumpers interlaced like lovers after a successful double homicide. there was a loud speaker on top of the Buicks roof and now it began to give off amplified boops and beeps, Followed by the scratchy sound of an old records opening grooves, and then, blaring up and down the spectral, deserted streets of Des Moines came the sweetly droning voice of Mother Maybelle Carter singing "Keep on the Sunny Side"
The old Buick cruised on and on, making figure eights, loops, sometimes circling the same block three or four times. When it hit a bump (or rolled over a body), the record would skip. At twenty minutes to midnight, the Buick pulled over to the curb and idled. Then it began to roll again. The loudspeaker blared Elvis Presley singing “The Old Rugged Cross,” and a night wind soughed through the trees and stirred a final whiff of smoke from the smoldering ruins of the junior college"
So basically I just typed all of that to ask, Who was that in the Buick lol? Do you guys think it was Randal Flagg maybe? I've always wondered about this part of the story and now finally found some time to ask.
The only guy i remember is "The Kid" but i`m pretty sure, that he was driving a Ford |
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Post by Danielle on Nov 9, 2019 0:51:10 GMT
Thanks for the reply Frank but yea and I don't think he (The Kid) was really religious either lol  |
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Post by morgan on Nov 28, 2019 6:58:43 GMT
It's been several years since my last re-read and I don't remember this part. Maybe it wasn't a main character, but a way for SK to describe the current atmosphere/mood of the time. (?) spideyman doccreed
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Post by spideyman on Nov 28, 2019 15:58:28 GMT
In The Stand there is a paragraph that goes
" In Des Moines at 11:30 P.M cst An old Buick covered with religious stickers---Honk if you love Jesus, among others---cruised the deserted downtown streets relentlessly. There had been a fire in Des Moines earlier in the day that had burned most of the south side of Hull Avenue and Grandview Junior College; later that had been a riot that gutted most of the downtown area.
When the sun went down these streets had been filled with restlessly circling crowds of people, most of them under 25, many riding choppers.They had broken windows, stolen TV sets, filled their gas tanks at service stations while watching for anyone who might have a gun. Now the streets were empty. Some of them--the bikers mainly---were kicking out their remaining jams on interstate 80. But most of them had crept into their houses and locked their doors, already suffering from super flu or just terror of it as day light left this flat green land. Now Des Moines looked like the aftermath of some monster New Years eve party after sodden sleep had claimed the last of the revelers. The buicks tires whispers and crunched over the broken glass in the street an turned west from fourteenth nto Euclid Avenue, Passing to cars that had been crashed head on and now lay on their sides with their bumpers interlaced like lovers after a successful double homicide. there was a loud speaker on top of the Buicks roof and now it began to give off amplified boops and beeps, Followed by the scratchy sound of an old records opening grooves, and then, blaring up and down the spectral, deserted streets of Des Moines came the sweetly droning voice of Mother Maybelle Carter singing "Keep on the Sunny Side"
The old Buick cruised on and on, making figure eights, loops, sometimes circling the same block three or four times. When it hit a bump (or rolled over a body), the record would skip. At twenty minutes to midnight, the Buick pulled over to the curb and idled. Then it began to roll again. The loudspeaker blared Elvis Presley singing “The Old Rugged Cross,” and a night wind soughed through the trees and stirred a final whiff of smoke from the smoldering ruins of the junior college"
So basically I just typed all of that to ask, Who was that in the Buick lol? Do you guys think it was Randal Flagg maybe? I've always wondered about this part of the story and now finally found some time to ask. |
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Post by doccreed on Nov 28, 2019 18:17:30 GMT
I agree with Spidey. If I'm not mistaken, I think the man was a radio disc jockey on a gospel music station and I think he was a preacher. Fuzzy in my mind.
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Post by darkharbinger on Mar 13, 2020 12:42:19 GMT
It was just a random preacher. This was in the chapter where King was showing how things were breaking down and had non-main characters. That chapter and the deaths after the fact chapter are the ones that stuck with me the longest.
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Post by wolf on Mar 14, 2020 13:52:12 GMT
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Post by darkharbinger on Mar 20, 2020 19:20:31 GMT
I put reflectors on my bike if it gets too late
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Post by wolf on Mar 21, 2020 16:30:03 GMT
I put reflectors on my bike if it gets too late  |
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Post by osnafrank on Mar 21, 2020 22:11:12 GMT
I put reflectors on my bike if it gets too late  |
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