Monk's Mound

Monk's Mound. You know how people treat the very existence of the Great Pyramid in Egypt as one of history's most confounding mysteries?

Well, Cahokia's pyramid dwarfs that one, both in size and in degree of difficulty. The mound contains more than 2.16 billion pounds of soil, some of which had to be carried from hundreds of miles away, to make sure the city's giant monument was vividly colored. To put that in perspective, all 13 million people who live in the state of Illinois today would have to carry three 50-pound baskets of soil from as far away as Indiana to construct another one.

"What if we built a middle finger large enough to flip off God?"

So why does Egypt get millions of dollars of tourism and Time Life documentaries dedicated to their boring old sand pyramids, while you didn't even know about the giant blue, red, white, black, gray, brown and orange testament to engineering and human willpower just outside of St. Louis? Well, because the Egyptians know how to treat one of the Eight Wonders of the World.

America, on the other hand, appears to be trying to figure out how to turn it into a parking lot.
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri

Colter Wall contributes to another movie soundtrack

by Cam Fuller, Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Saskatchewan musician Colter Wall has a song in the upcoming movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri.

The movie stars Woody Harrelson and Francis McDormand. It’s directed and written by Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths).

Wall’s song, which figures prominently in the movie trailer, is Sleeping on the Blacktop.

It’s the same song used in the movie Hell or High Water, which was Oscar-nominated for best picture this year.

“It’s pretty crazy, a huge breakthrough for him,” said Saskatoon lawyer Kurt Dahl, who negotiated the placement.

“Both of those movies are really smart and hip. It speaks to how the music is, too. It’s a good fit.”

The negotiations hit a snag early because the movie people wanted an instrumental version. The way it was recorded, that wasn’t possible. Dahl decided to bide his time.

“We thought we’d lost the deal. They came back a few weeks later and said we don’t need an instrumental version of the song, let’s just do it.”

Famously understated, Wall didn’t make a fuss about it, Dahl said.

“He hasn’t said much about the placement except, ‘I like Woody Harrelson, that’s cool.’”

Originally from Swift Current but now relocating to Nashville, Wall is the son of Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall.

“I think he really is the real deal and people really see that. There’s a certain authenticity that people always want in their music. It’s nice when that authenticity really connects with people,” said Dahl.