CHINESE AUTO TIDBITS
I AM FASCINATED by the People’s Republic of China and its relationship with the automobile. One of the longest lasting Communist economies in the world also has a rich heritage … Continue reading
A STATUE FOR PORTO EMPEDOCLE
SEPARATED AT BIRTH: Russian Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin and Italian Fascist playwright Luigi Pirandello, right?? It would be difficult to imagine two more politically antithetical individuals of the 20th century. … Continue reading
MEDITATIONS ON CBS RADIO WORKSHOP
THE CBS RADIO WORKSHOP teamed famed journalist Edward R. Murrow and other commentators with the music of Norman Dello Joio in an epic broadcast on June 23, 1957. Murrow opened … Continue reading
THE MUSIC OF AVIATION
AVIATION HAS provided significant inspiration for music. And I’m not just talking about titles such as Flying Down to Rio or Der fliegende Holländer. I’m thinking of classic musical pieces … Continue reading
CLASSIC SUBTERRANEAN CRIMINALITY
SHERLOCK HOLMES knew about London’s underground, including Professor Moriarty, Colonel Moran, John Clay and the like. He also knew the London Underground, the world’s first and one of the grandest … Continue reading
HOW DO BEV LIFE CYCLES RATE?
BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES have zero tailpipe emissions. However, the production of their batteries, the supply of their electricity and their eventual disposal affect the environment. Such life-cycle analyses, from cradle … Continue reading
ANTHONY NELLÉ—DESIGNER OF DECO STAGE
MODERN MULTIPLEX theaters have choices, but little glamor compared with movie theaters of the 1920s and 1930s. It wasn’t just the times that made movies all the more glamorous. For … Continue reading
R&T, MAY 1954
MY DAD, rest his soul, wasn’t really a car nut. But he was interested in keeping his kid off the streets and out of the pool halls. I’ve forgotten the … Continue reading
SAGA OF THE SUNDSTEDT-HANNEVIG “SUNRISE”
IN THE SPRING of 1919, a dozen aeronautical teams declared their intentions of flying across the Atlantic. This was in quest of Lord Northcliffe’s Daily Mail newspaper prize of £10,000, … Continue reading
SUNDSTEDT (ALMOST) FLIES THE ATLANTIC
CAPTAIN HUGO SUNDSTEDT failed to cross the Atlantic in his Sunrise seaplane in 1919. But this sure wasn’t for the lack of trying. Today I’ll offer tidbits on Sundstedt; tomorrow, … Continue reading
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