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Perpetual Folly (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sam Shepard has a story collection coming out in January, called Day Out of Days , and I get the impression that it’s full of road trips. In September, The New Yorker published a story from the collection, “Land of the Living”, which I discussed here , and another story, “Thor’s Day (Highway 81 North, Staunton, Virginia),” appeared in Zoetrope: All Story this Fall,...
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Oh Death (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Image: Fatheed Heres a couple of treats from the guys at Esper Magazine . They've recently released Issue 4 which you can check out here . It includes a massive feature on Made To Play Records with interviews from Jesse Rose, Riva Starr, Idiotproof, Zombie Disco Squad and Oliver $ . Also have a listen to the exclusive mix from Zombie Disco Squad below. Zombie Disco Squad - Exclusive Esper. Mix.mp3...
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Car News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Fesler-Moss Enhanced 2010 Camaro to be unveiled at the Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio! The world has waited for upwards of three years, and now the 2010 Camaro is a reality. Combined retro styling and advanced technology this car is enough to redline the interest of any gear head right off the showroom floor. Touted as a "heritage-inspired sports car for the 21st Century" the 2010...
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1853 Chairman (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Nov 17, 2009 General Motors will build hot-rod Cadillac CTS-V sport wagon 11:38 AM By GM, AP The 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon could get a high performance upgrade Entering the market for hot-rod station wagons, General Motor’s Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has confirmed to Car and Driver that its going to build a 556-horsepower CTS-V version of the new Cadillac [...]
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Boxing the Octopus (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Looking for a culturally edifying way to delay starting your work day? Now in the New Yorker, short fiction from one of my favorite playwrights. From "Indianapolis (Highway 74)" by Sam Shepard: Evidently there’s some kind of hot-rod convention going on in town, although I seem to remember those always taking place at the height of summer, when people can run around in convertible coupés...
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Car News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
First, the world waited for upwards of three years, and now the 2010 Camaro is a reality. Then came the promise of an even more powerful, better handling version of the quintessential modern muscle car from the creative team of Fesler-Moss. The duo is made up of Jon Moss, the former director of GM's specialty vehicles division and Chris Fesler, owner of Fesler Built, a high end hot rod designer/builder...
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Ford Reports (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Story Submitted by Pikesan from MyRideisMe.com: Hot Rod and Custom Car Website It's easy to like iconic muscle cars like a Mustang, especially when it's a true Shelby. Add to that it's an original Hertz Shelby and I'm a little more curious. Without much effort, I can see a young man strolling up the Hertz counter (long before internet...
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The La Carrera Panamericana... (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Growing up in the country in Oregon was very memorable. When I was a teenager I was really feeling good about things when I finished building my 1937 Ford pickup hot rod and got it running like a top. After taking it for a trial run I drove up to the house where I saw my mother standing so over the loud exhaust I yelled at her to climb in and go for a ride. She really didn't want to go but finally...
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AutoTribute (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
If true, auto enthusiasts will get their way -- According to a report from CarandDriver, Bob Lutz has confirmed the production of a CTS-V Sport Wagon. Americans aren't really fond of wagons, but maybe a sports wagon can help change their perception. Follow the jump for some excerpts from CarandDriver... "You know what's really going to get you guys [on board with wagons] is the CTS-V wagon."...
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Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Filming of the show "The Forum Wars ," presented by Royal Purple , is in the can after a full day of shooting at Irwindale Speedway. See some of the cars and forums that tried to "represent." These days every car model has its own forum; if you look hard enough I'll bet you can even find a webpage dedicated to the usefulness and styling excellence of the Pontiac Aztek. In most...
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Hemmings Auto Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Frank Kurtis was – and still is – known for many things in the American high-performance world, thus our profile of him as a Hot Rod Hero in HMM #71. Less known accomplishments of his – but just as important as the others – were his sports cars, one of which we highlighted back in [...]
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
The last one to qualify for the Countdown to One, he locks up title with third-fastest qualifying run at Auto Club Raceway. Robert Hight capped an unlikely National Hot Rod Assn. championship season with a day to spare at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona on Saturday.
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Army of Mom (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Ok, so it isn't as bad as the Christmas dinner goose from "A Christmas Story" but it certainly looks like a happy duck being choked by the 10-year-old in this first image. Actually, it is a wood duck shot by Army of Dad this morning. Hot Rod went hunting with him. Maybe next year he'll get to do some shooting after a hunter safety course. For now, he's just helping dad out. Little Bit couldn't...
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Chicagoray (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
13 years for $90 g's in the freezer for William Frigidaire Jefferson which we can loosely extrapolate out to life in prison for another Dem crook who's refused to step aside while under numerous federal and state investigations named Charlie Rangel.. He's in ten times deeper crud than Jefferson so it's time for Rangel to be the next Dem sent down the river , to be soon followed more than likely by...
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habser | 11/03/2009
The growing popularity of retro/old school hot rods in the aftermarket world made Toyota to customize a Texas-built Tundra Regular Cab full-size pickup and transform it into an American hot rod, showing us that the. Tundra is a truck that not only works hard, but plays hard too.
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habser | 11/03/2009
After the Tundra Hot Rod , Toyota/Billabong Ultimate Venza will also make its official debut today at this year’s SEMA Show . This new project was started by Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. which teamed with Billabong and Street Image to create the perfect active sports vehicle capable to take you the beach, lake, mountains, skate park or anywhere in between and have a blast.
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habser | 11/03/2009
Besides the Toyota Prius Aerius and Aemulus , Toyota/Billabong Ultimate Venza Concept and the Tundra Hot Rod , this year’s SEMA Show will also see the Surfrider Camry Hybrid CNG. For this new project Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A., Inc.