http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/2008/04/21/080421_elevators
― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 18 April 2008 11:32 (eighteen years ago)
Colonel Abrams, I'm Trapped
― ledge, Friday, 18 April 2008 11:51 (eighteen years ago)
Living in a Box, Living in a Box Radiohead, Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box
― ledge, Friday, 18 April 2008 11:53 (eighteen years ago)
Read the story as well, it's fascinating. Lots on the history, mechanics, and psychology of elevators, as well as the ultimately pretty tragic story of that guy.
― ledge, Friday, 18 April 2008 11:54 (eighteen years ago)
yeah i read it last night and was totally just scrutinizing my workplace elevator today
― johnny crunch, Friday, 18 April 2008 11:58 (eighteen years ago)
Did he have a shit? I would've. And at least three slash breaks.
― moley, Friday, 18 April 2008 12:41 (eighteen years ago)
terrifying: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=elevator+surfing&search_type=
according to the article, he took his slashes with the door open, on the cinder wall of the 13th floor (yes, he was indeed stuck on the 13th floor - in an express, with no exit)
(insert roky erickson joke here)
― kartsaklis, Friday, 18 April 2008 12:47 (eighteen years ago)
Bruce Springsteen's version of "Trapped":
"Someday I'll walk out of here again"
Danny Federici RIP
― Mark Rich@rdson, Friday, 18 April 2008 13:27 (eighteen years ago)
David Gilmour--There's No Way Out Of Here
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 18 April 2008 13:36 (eighteen years ago)
Aerosmith - Self-Love In An Elevator
― blueski, Friday, 18 April 2008 13:40 (eighteen years ago)
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Help, I'm a Rock
― filthy dylan, Friday, 18 April 2008 14:08 (eighteen years ago)
I AM SITTING IN A ROOM
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Friday, 18 April 2008 14:14 (eighteen years ago)
All good stuff (esp. that last one) but what is the ACTUAL track playing along with the video?
― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 18 April 2008 14:20 (eighteen years ago)
Alice in Chains - Man in the Box
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 18 April 2008 14:46 (eighteen years ago)
Well, Muzak. Obviously.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 18 April 2008 15:07 (eighteen years ago)
Man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours, what's on your iPod?
Anything... Please... anything.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 18 April 2008 15:08 (eighteen years ago)