The other day, I was listening to "Editions of You" -- one of the coolest Roxy Music songs, going all the way back to 1973 -- when the lyrics jumped out and seemed perfectly apt for today. A snippet goes this way:
So love, leave me, do what you will
So love, leave me, do what you will
Who knows what tomorrow might bring?
Learn from your mistakes is my only advice
And stay cool is still the main rule
Don't play yourself for a fool
Too much cheesecake too soon
Old money's better than new
No mention in the latest Tribune
And don't let this happen to you . . .
Learn from your mistakes is my only advice
And stay cool is still the main rule
Don't play yourself for a fool
Too much cheesecake too soon
Old money's better than new
No mention in the latest Tribune
And don't let this happen to you . . .
Whatever happens to the Big Three American automakers,
1) it's been a long time coming;
2) it's sad;
3) it'll be weird whatever happens next;
4) maybe there'll be some cool, durable gas sippers that'll break on through to the other side.
I love my sporty two-door 1997 Pontiac Sunfire GT economy wheels (similar to the one above, only in black). I bought my Sunfire used from former co-worker and buddy Trent Vanegas for a great deal at just under 100,000 miles just around 9/11/2001. It now has about 200,000 miles, the AC is long busted and the driver-side window is stuck about an inch down from the top, it's got a dent and the trunk won't open from the outside (but it's still accessible from the back rumble seat). Main thing is, it still runs. Even new, it would have been affordable when credit was readily available. My next car, when it happens, will also be an American car, used. Why, I don't know for sure. Seems like the right thing to do is all, still living in the USA and all.
In other matters, got to see Ingmar Bergan's last major movie, Fanny & Alexander, for the second time since it came out in 1982. Really like it much more than back then -- I'm older if not wiser, and I kind of like the slow pace. Plus, I'm a sucker for existentialism and things Swedish now more than ever.
And let's not forget surrealism, which these days seems more like realism. Here's Catherine Deneuve in Belle de jour, the classic 1967 Luis Buñuel flick. This scene could be called "thinking outside of the box." Oh, ha ha ha.
Today's Rune: Fertility.
4 comments:
All the way back to '73? Brother it weren't that long ago.
The only new car I ever owned was the one destroyed in the last accident. Buy used because the profit goes to the dealer or seller, not the corporation, the dealer or owner will be spending the dollars locally which in turn feeds the more distant economy.
On a technical note about the merit of American cars, the last great leap forward was when all manufacturers got away from carburetors in favor of fuel injection. This along with the emerging emissions was a great leap forward in economy.
Since about '93 the American engineering had actually surpassed the Japanese and most European companies. It was the mechanical which fell behind, transmission technology being the largest sore spot.
The thing is that American automotive engineering has been at the forefront of R&D since Ford's Model T, American technology is retroengineered the world over. It is Americans who lost patience with the car companies beginning in '75 because the "fixes" weren't coming fast enough. It is our population of auto buyers which were the guinea pigs for the technology that developed the world over.
Should the federal government extend a line of credit to the industry? Seeing as more blue collar jobs are at stake then all of the jobs in the financial sector, I personally think it a no brainer that they should.
I think it should come as a government stock purchase which in effect nationalizes the industry.
With obvious exceptions the Big Three designed ugly cars that sucked.
For thirty years, they didn't know it, but consumers did.
The flag.
Is that and "after" flag image after what Mr. Bush did to the reputation of Texas?
Whoops! I might get Dixie Chicked!
Definitely surreal with what's going on with the big American car companies.
American Motors? Wow! Ask Mitt Romney how much they sucked! I'm sure his father knew.
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