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Article: All aboard! Thousands making trip -- some even going on Britney's bus
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- January 12, 2009
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Some road trips are for singular reflection, others are to get lost in the future.
But there is a communal compass within the thousands of Chicagoans who are hitting the road to witness the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., next week.
"I won't be watching DVDs," said Waco Brother/Mekon Jon Langford who is boarding one of two buses leaving the Hideout music club at 7 a.m. Sunday. "I thought about bringing an MP3 player, but that's not in the spirit of the event. Books and MP3 players are out."
The buses are driving 12 hours nonstop to the nation's capital where the Waco Brothers, Andrew Bird, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Sally Timms and other Chicagoans headline ...