Blur awesomeness

Oasis killed it short term, but failed to match Morning Glory's greatness. Ever.
Blur went long term and Damon Albarn got diverse, their place in rock folklore assured.
What do you do now?
Shit, you get the band back together, film it in HD and release the hell out of it.
Cue slow-mo, orchestral arrangement of classic song and Albarn with arms outstretched over a see of people.
If this trailer doesn't stir the cockles of your heart I don't know what will.
Universal never sounded as good as this.

Wedge Cars. Pt 2.

As the American auto industry began it's slow and steady progression into irrelevance with poorly built and even worse designed vehicles, this gem, straight from Malaise Era Chevrolet was earmarked to be the next Corvette. A mid-engined stunner and essentially a second stab at a design from three years earlier was canned because the new layout would be too costly and too difficult to re-engineer from the existing front engined platform.
Wedge cars were all the rage and the Aerovette represents a pretty decent attempt at a halo car and a way out of the malaise.
At least in spirit.

Pininfarina for Chevrolet '63

I understand that it gets a little car heavy around these parts but I make no apologies for that.
This one is a beautiful early, optimistic piece of Pininfarina design. This gorgeous rear engined Corvair Coupe Speciale was a sleek one off from the Italian House. The road going version, was still a lovely looking car but with the accountants in charge, there were cut-corners and cut-pricing which resulted in Ralph Nader's strong consumer warning piece Unsafe at Any Speed. This led to major reforms in safety and regulations, changing design and engineering forever. A significant car any way you look at it and went on to sell one and a half million variants of the Corvair name.

The year 2000, the year 2000

This is straight from Jalopnik and if you've got a spare 8:47 take a look at what Disney proposed for the future of highways in a George Jetson-esque year 2000. Granted our energy sources are finite and until we get those pesky quirks and kinks sorted out on the nuclear fusion thing, we haven't got a hope in hell of air-conditioning our roads for the desert.
Still, enjoy for the ultra-cool Arts and Architecture type graphics and ponder their predictions. Some are remarkably accurate and others, while in graphic form seem cool are absolutely shocking. Environmental concerns are so real year 2000 and don't make for cool animations but roads through the Acropolis and The Sphinx are no problem.
But for all their futurist fortune telling black magic (Rear-view T.V. and GPS anyone?) they couldn't of predicted just how trick the new Range Rover's dashboard treatment would be.
Take that 1950's animator.

Supersonic Flight. Check. Cool Jazz. Check.

This comes straight from the Central Office of Information for the Air Ministry (circa 1960's) and courtesy of the Guardian U.K. from a couple of years ago. It's an amazing piece of English history when throwing in a little cool jazz with your propaganda was, well, cool.
Pour yourself a scotch and check it out.

Trainspotting Porsches

In the course of the 356's lifespan (and only on the export to America models) Porsche introduced a unique badging response to the New World's uncertainty of where this small sports car came from.
The answer would be found on the front quarter panel behind the front wheels.
They stopped this after about 18 months. I guess they worked out it wasn't coming from Detroit.

Dorothea Lange Photos

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Louis Kahn actually died before his masterpiece in Bangladesh was finished, ultimately taking 21 years to complete.
When he was found dead in the bathroom at Penn Station, he was bankrupt, having ironically not built anything for himself. He also had a secret second wife and family and was considered a saviour to Bangladeshi people.
It is dealt with beautifully in the documentary 'My Architect' by his estranged son who embarked on the project in an attempt to come to terms with the legacy of greatness despite his flaws as a father.

Hopefully this will give you a idea of the scale of the Capital Complex project.

Street graphic designer

Thanks go out to Was not Waz.

Famous Porsche drivers Pt 2.

"Listen I'm just gonna go down the road and come back, stop worrying"


While we here, check out this South African commercial that proposes a world in which James Dean lived. Could of been something..

FIAT 850

Until the hipsters catch on to its alterno-ironicharm, it says "I know cars, I like cars, but I'm no douche."

Mercedes 600 Pullman Landaulet

Le Mans Film Pitch

I want to make a film. There's a Porsche I'd like to use. I'll do the driving and we'll shoot in Europe over Summer.

Yes, ok, ok, what's it about then?

I just told you.

O.K. Mr. McQueen, anything else?

Wedge cars and matching suits.

"Dammit George."

Phillip Island continued...

on the south side.

Cowrie Bay (Shark Pit)

Grumpy's Crazy Golf and Waterslide.

Hey! Who do I see about this?

Phillip Island, good times.

I wish I could say is the land that time forgot, but unfortunately it seems progress has found its way over the bridge. However there are still some pockets, some original homes and places that are safe from the greedy hands of developers.

The old fibro and stilt homes still exist and remind me of a Phillip Island with a sand road at Woolamai, Duchies chips and surfing at Summerland Bay.

Good times...

Renault Gordini

The Renault Gordini looks like it will make a return. The colours, the stripe and name are all there (and will no doubt add a few extra thousand to the price) I just hope that it's more than cosmetic.

Why they don't just re-release the original. Check it out.

(Excuse the ads at the beginning, only 15 secs or so...)