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3D Technology Convention Coming In July

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With new advances in 3D TV, movies and technology, 3D movies are now a bigger reality than they ever were in the 1950′s with a few experimental films such as 1953′s HOUSE OF WAX. The National Stereographic Society will hold it’s 38th annual convention in July in Costa Mesa, California, as a showcase for all [...]

The Legacy Of Carroll Shelby

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Carroll Shelby, the legendary auto racer and high performance auto promoter has died at the age of 89 this past week. His long association with high performance Ford products led to the legendary custom Ford Mustangs marketed under the Shelby nameplate along with the awesome AC Cobra and other specialized Ford products. Despite spending much [...]

JCPENNEY Executive Admits New Pricing Strategy A Failure

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Ron Johnson, CEO of JCPenney now candidly admits that the new pricing strategy of the company has been a failure, where the company missed sales projections by 15%. Under Johnson’s leadership, the company eliminated sales in favor of low everyday prices, however that backfired by not giving potential customers much incentive to shop at JCPenney [...]

Motorcycles Are Big Business For Hollywood(And A Lifeline For Manufacturers)

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This Summer, expect to see plenty of blazing motorcycles in Hollywood blockbusters like THE AVENGERS, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, G.I. JOE: RETALIATION, LOCKOUT, and other films as Hollywood looks to add action to a number of hot films. And some companies such as Harley Davidson, Ducati, and others stand to profit from their wares being [...]

1934 Morgan Super Sport: Motorcycle Meets Sports Car

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The 1934 Morgan Super Sport was an unique trike-based sports car. It featured a front mounted 1100cc motorcycle engine on display along with the unique trike three wheeled design. Morgan actually built three-wheeled sports cars until 1952, partly due to a tax advantage enjoyed in England on motorcycles compared to automobiles. Yet, the 1930′s models [...]

Conservative French President Becomes 11th European Leader Voted Out Of Office Due To Bad Economy

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Conservative French President Nicolas Sarkozy has now become the 11th European leader swept from office due to the continuing problems with the global recession. With unemployment still in the near 10% range, Sarkozy ramped up some anti-immigrant language in the final days of the campaign, but most voters saw that as a weak substitute for [...]

REVOLUCION The New Motorcycle Magazine For The Hispanic Market

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REVOLUCION has just published it’s premiere issue. John Zamora is the editor of this new magazine for the Hispanic motorcyclists market. He was the former associate editor for SUPER STREETBIKE Magazine and also worked over at LOWRIDER as well. In many ways, the new magazine has something of the look of LOWRIDER and EASY RIDER [...]

Chrysler’s New Dodge Dart

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Chrysler is bringing back the famous Dodge Dart nameplate for their new Italian designed subcompact that they hope will appeal to BMW type buyers. The Alfa Romeo designed subcompact will have a decidedly European look and should give the Fiat controlled Chrysler company another hot new entry to market. Although the price starts in the [...]

The Strange Martin Aircraft Prototype Automobiles

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Martin Aeroplane Factory was a fixture for years, but it is a little known fact that owner James V. Martin made three failed attempts at producing an automobile. Martin had hoped to interest other automakers in his automobile designs, but none were interested in producing his three unusual prototype automobiles. His last, the 1950 Martin [...]

Music Books: A GUIDE TO THE OUTTAKES OF MARC BOLAN

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Marc Bolan was one of the most prolific artists at one time. He not only had a wide array of new song concepts in mind, but also always seemed to keep a recorder handy so that he wouldn’t forget his idea later for these new songs. This seemed to work to the advantage of his [...]

News Business Doesn’t Want To Hear: The 2012 Republican Party Economic Plan Is The Same As The Bush Era One, Just “Updated”

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With only slow economic recovery during the Obama Administration years, most in the business community really wanted to hear some sort of good news from the Republicans. But, they don’t have any good news to share either. It turns out that the 2012 Republican Party economic platform will be almost exactly the same platform as [...]

Hells Angels Suing MTV

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The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club has filed lawsuits against both MTV and FANTASY FACTORY star Rob Drydek for ripping the club’s famous “death head” logo and reproducing the very similar logo design on T-shirts and other items as part of the Reckless Youth line of clothing. MTV broadcast these ripoff designs on the FANTASY FACTORY [...]

Jon Lovitz Pissed Big Time At Obama Over Taxes

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Apparently, comic actor Jon Lovitz now joins both Dennis Miller and Victoria Jackson as the latest former SNL cast members angry at President Obama. What hurts is that Lovitz is a liberal democrat unlike either Miller or Jackson. Lovitz referred to Obama as a “fucking asshole” in his podcast, THE ABC’s OF SNL, for Obama’s [...]

The First Car Built From Recycled Materials

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Trabant, those horrid little cars from East Germany built during the old reign of Communism were actually the first cars to be largely made from recycled materials. Much of the body panels were made from a material known as Duraplast, which was made largely from recycled cotton waste, cardboard and plastic material. As bad as [...]

Model Car Building Still Hangs On In The Digital Age

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During the early 60′s model cars were huge with teenage boys until The Beatles became a worldwide phenomenon, and young guys slowed their model building to buy an electric guitar instead so they could start a garage band and get girls like The Beatles. Ed “Big Daddy” Roth was like a cult figure to many [...]

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