Nathan A. Bucklin is a musician in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Raised on Vashon Island, Washington, part of his childhood was spent in South America. He landed in Los Angeles before moving to Mpls to be with other science fiction fans. He was a contributor to Apa-45 and Minneapa for many years. In the early years of MN-STF, Nate would bring his guitar and play original songs as well as his favorites, often in a music circle with other fans; an activity and tradition that continues to this day.

He was a founding member of the Scribblies. Bucklin is also one of the founding members of the Minnesota Science Fiction Society, better known as Minn-Stf. He was an alumnus of the 1990 Clarion Workshop for science fiction writers.

He wrote two stories set in the Liavek universe. "Dry Well" and "Strings Attached" are stories centered around a young musician. He performs in, and wrote the music for, PBS Liavek, a Shockwave Radio Theater play performed at the 1987 Minicon.

Fellow Scribblie Pamela Dean noted in an interview that "Nate dropped out to concentrate on song-writing -- he's an amazing lyricist" and thus left the Scribblies.

He plays and records music as "Nate Bucklin" and can be located using various filk resources.

Bucklin has also co-written songs with various people, including Steven Brust, such as "If I Should Happen to Leave" and "I Was Born About Ten Million Songs Ago." The latter was recorded by Doctor Demento (see the Basement Tapes).

Currently Bucklin has "a regular musical gig playing bass for David Carroll and the Wanderers" per Nate's Wing at CuriousManor.com.

Albums

• "Water Over the Bridge" - CD
• "Rainbow’s Edge" - CD
• "Butter Side Down" - cassette
• "Resolutions" - cassette
• "The First Overnight Guest" - cassette (out of print)

Short stories

• "Ghost Dance" in Weird Tales Winter 1985 issue (edited by Gordon M. D. Garb)
• “Dry Well” in Liavek: The Players of Luck (1986, edited by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly)
• "Imperfect Catch" in Tales of the Unanticipated Spring 1987 issue (edited by Eric M. Heideman)
• “Strings Attached” in Liavek: Spells of Binding (1988, edited by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly)
• "The Lifter" in Tales of the Unanticipated, Winter/Spring 1988 issue (edited by Eric M. Heideman)

External links

• Nate's Wing
• Bio
• Review by Baron Dave Romm
• "The most popular songs in 2004 on Filk Radio"
• Nate Bucklin at the ISFDB
• Locus listing
• Strange Horizons interviews Pamela Dean
• Curious Manor listing of CDs, tapes and songbooks available

Division 1

Battalion 1

100 Duane Street Quarters

History

• Location:
• Duane Street between Church Street & Broadway; Manhattan
• Built: 1904 – 1905
• Architect: Trowbridge & Livingston.
• Description: “An Anglicized palazzo in banded brick and rusticated limestone; a stylish stable for fire engines.”
• Trivia: This is the firehouse featured in the documentary 9/11 filmed by Jules and Gedeon Naudet, initially about a rookie firefighter but later the September 11, 2001 attacks.
• Source: AIA Guide to New York City.

Units

• Headquarters, Battalion 1

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• Engine Company 7 (Moved)
• Originally organized on September 8, 1865, in the former house of volunteer fire company Protector Engine 22 at 22 Chambers Street. They later moved to this house on December 31, 1905.

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• Honors:

• Unit Citations: 4
• Medal winners: 11
• Stephenson Medal: 1 (1889)

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• Headquarters, Bureau of Fire Communications
• Ladder Company 1

• Originally organized at the former quarters of the Mutual Hook and Ladder 1 volunteer fire company at 26 Chambers Street on September 8, 1865 This was next door to the 22 Chambers Street quarters of Engine Company 7. They moved to this quarters on December 31, 1905. This unit was New York’s first Tower Ladder equipped unit.

• Honors:

• Unit Citations: 11
• Medal winners: 23
• James Gordon Bennett Medal: 6 (1873; 1879; 1886; 1917; 1930; 1938)
• Stephenson Medal: 1891
• Dr. Harry M. Archer Medal: 1921

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42 South Street Quarters

Units

• Engine Company 4

• Originally organized on September 8, 1865, in the former house of volunteer fire company City Hose 8 at 39 Liberty Street. They were Disbanded from a subsequent quarters at 119 Maiden Lane on January 1, 1947.

They were Reorganized on August 20, 1984 at the quarters at 73 Water Street, and later moved to this house on May 4, 1987.

• Honors:

• Unit Citations: 3
• Medal winners: 2

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• Ladder Company 15

• Originally organized as a Suburban Ladder Company on October 30, 1865, at quarters at 10th Avenue & 159th Street. They were Reorganized as a regular Hook and Ladder Company on January 1, 1868, and were Disbanded on July 11, 1881.

They were Reorganized on November 27]], 1882 in Lower Manhattan, and shared quartrers with Engine Company 10 for a time. They moved to this house on May 4, 1987.

• Honors:

• Unit Citations: 5
• Medal winners: 8

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• Decontamination Unit

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124 Liberty Street Quarters

Units

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• Engine Company 10

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• Originally organized at the former quarters of Franklin Hose 18 volunteer fire company at 28 Beaver Street on September 8, 1865. This unit then moved on several occasions, until they arrived at their current quarters on June 11, 1980. This unit is the primary engine for the World Trade Center site..

• Honors:

• Unit Citations: 10
• Medal winners: 3
• James Gordon Bennett Medal: 1 (1975).
• New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation Medal: (1993)

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• Ladder Company 10

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• Originally organized at the former quarters of Southawk Engine 38 volunteer fire company at 28 Ann Street on October 20, 1865. This unit moved in 1866 to 191 Fulton Street, where they remained until 1868, when they started to move regularly to other locations. They arrived at their current quarters on July 1, 1984. This unit is the primary Ladder for the World Trade Center site.

• Honors:

• Unit Citations: 8
• Medal winners: 16
• James Gordon Bennett Medal: 4 (1874; 1883; 1889; and 1952).
• Fire College Medal.

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49 Beekman Street Quarters

History

• Location:
• Beekman Street between Gold and William Streets; South Side; Manhattan
• Built: 1903
• Architect: Horgan & Slattery

• Description: “A Beaux Arts facade with an ornate cornice and swags enlivens this stripped modernist street frontage.”
• Source: AIA Guide to New York City

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Units

• Engine Company 32 (Disbanded)
• Engine Company 6
• Lineage:

• Originally organized on September 8, 1865, in the former house of volunteer fire company Washington Engine 20 at 100 Cedar Street. They later moved to 113 Liberty Street in 1905, and eventually to this house on March 6, 1970.

• Honors:

• Unit Citations: 9
• James Gordon Bennett Medal: 1 (1877)
• Stephenson Medal: 2 (1897 & 1945)

Battalion 2

251 Lafayette Street Quarters

• Headquarters, Division 1
• Ladder Company 20

227 Avenue of the Americas Quarters

• Headquarters, Battalion 2
• Engine Company 24
• Ladder Company 5

363 Broome Street Quarters

History

• Location:
• Broome Street between Mott Street & Elizabeth Street, South Side; Manhattan
• Built: 1895
• Architect: R. H. Robertson.
• Description: “Ornate, eclectic Renaissance Revival”
• Source: AIA Guide to New York City.

Units

• Headquarters, Battalion 2 (Moved)
• Engine Company 55
• Originally organized on June 4, 1887, in the former house of volunteer fire company quarters at 173 Elm Street, which today is known as 185 Lafayette Street (See said Quarters at Necrology. They later moved to this house on June 6, 1899. For the one year ending August, 1999, while theirquarters was being modernized, this engine company temporarily relocated to the 251 Lafayette Street Quarters.

• Honors:

• Unit Citations: 5
• Medal winners: 3
• Stephenson Medal: 1 (1906)

14 North Moore Street Quarters

• Ladder Company 8
• Description: Brick and stone three story Firehouse
• Popular Culture: Has remained in popular culture as the base of operations for the Ghostbusters.

Battalion 4

25 Pitt Street Quarters

• Headquarters, Battalion 4
• Ladder Company 18
• Engine Company 17 (Disbanded)

75 Canal Street Quarters

• Engine Company 9
• Ladder Company 6
• Satellite 1

269 Henry Street Quarters

• Engine Company 15

222 East 2nd Street Quarters

• Engine Company 28
• Ladder Company 11

Battalion 6

108 East 13th Street Quarters

• Headquarters, Battalion 6
• Ladder Company 3

340 East 14th Street Quarters

• Engine Company 5

14 East 18 Street Quarters

• Engine Company 14

42 Great Jones Street Quarters

• Engine Company 33
• Ladder Company 9

Battalion 7

146 West 19th Street Quarters

• Headquarters, Battalion 7
• Engine Company 3
• Ladder Company 12

142 West 31 Street Quarters

• Engine Company 1
• Ladder Company 24

220 West 37th Street Quarters

• Engine Company 26

440 West 38th Street Quarters

• Engine Company 34
• Ladder Company 21

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The Iowa Mountain Tour

The Iowa Mountain Tour is a highly-acclaimed song poem band, purveyors of a unique brand of "PSYCHOBILLY" since debuting in 2000.

Although they have done legendary nightclub performances, the lack of "commercial" success eludes them, but is not important to either Gary or Josh.

The band's music, a unique blend of everything from stomping rockabilly and Country, to The Doors-influenced Rock, and heavy metal music, coupled with a lyric vision all their own, has attracted diverse fans and an almost cult following! They have also appeared in film, most notably starring in "Off The Charts The Song Poem Story".

The IMT's devoted following has been fueled by legendary live shows in Chicago and the midwest. The band never works with a set style, so fans never know what they may hear. The band is also infamous for its short improvised sets. Since their initial debut in Avoca, Iowa at a folk festival the band has gone seriously electric to rave reveiws of their new sound.

However, all of this rampant admiration from their peers and fans has never resulted in chart-topping success or major tours. The situation is largely due not only to the cluelessness of the pop music scene, but the band's supremely eccentric songs, which while beloved by fans, haven't helped their commercial potential.

History

The Iowa Mountain Tour formed in 2000, coming together for the first time at a folk festival. The members were, and still are: Gary Forney on lyrics and vocals, along with his son Joshua Forney on guitar, switching from acoustic twelve-string 2000-2001, to electric guitar 2002-present.

The band briefly changed names in 2002, but returned to the original name in Chicago 2004 when they toured there promoting the film "Off The Charts The Song Poem Story" at The Gene Siskel Film Center and The Hideout, where they debuted their new electric sound.

Chicago 2005 they briefly and temporarily added drummer Jeff Ogle for a few performances at The Hideout and on Chica-Go-Go cable television.

In October of 2005 The band performed in Ames, Iowa debuting yet another new sound with pre-recorded bass and drum provided by the legendary David Fox of Magic Key Productions.

In 2006, Gary Forney and his son, Joshua Forney contributed two metal edged blues songs, "Mojo Bone" and "Amelia", to the soundtrack of the comedic horror film "Puppy", starring Calico Cooper, daughter of rock legend Alice Cooper.