HYBRID CARS REVISITED
IT’S LOOKING LIKE I MIGHT HAVE BEEN RIGHT (if premature) fourteen months ago when I wrote “Why Not Hybrids?” A recent Automotive News, March 4, 2024, is brimming with accounts … Continue reading
RIDING THE RAZOR EDGE
SIR PETER USTINOV SAID (and I never tire of quoting) “Opera rides the razor edge of absurdity.” Even sans mythical beings, opera verismo (Italian: “realistic opera”) fits Sir Peter’s characterization. … Continue reading
POM’S ANALYSIS OF THE 1951 FERRARI 4 1/2-LITRE GRAND PRIX CAR PART 2
YESTERDAY I MARVELED AT Laurence Pomeroy’s untranslated Latin in The Grand Prix Car Volume Two. It’s always refreshing to read someone who assumes you’re smarter than you are (because it … Continue reading
POM’S ANALYSIS OF THE 1951 FERRARI 4 1/2-LITRE GRAND PRIX CAR PART 1
IMAGINE A SEGMENT OF FORMULA 1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE opening with commentary “Ehue! fugaces, Postume, Postume, Labuntur Anni.…” Image from Netflx. Thanks, Google Translate: “Alas! fleeting, posthumous, posthumous, the years … Continue reading
A WELL-EMPLOYED (AND WELL-TRAVELED) DEVICE
WHAT A THOUGHT-PROVOKING HEADLINE: “This 1,000-Year-Old Smartphone Just Dialed In,” by Franz Lidz and Clara Vannucci, The New York Times, March 12, 2024. This and following images by Clara Vannucci … Continue reading
DOES CAROLINE SEE THE SAME COLORS I SEE?
I CONFESS I’M A BETTER READER than podcast listener, but those I listen to invariably come from the BBC. On March 11, 2024, I got attracted to one following my … Continue reading
THE AC ACECA—A BRITISH SPECIALIST’S GT
“GRAN TURISMO,” R&T WROTE IN 1958, “is spelled the same way in England. Having previously tested the AC Ace open roadster in its two optional engine versions (R&T , October … Continue reading
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS TIDBITS
HAVING RECENTLY MENTIONED An American in Paris, I thought it would be fun to go tidbit-gleaning about this 1951 musical flick. Sources include Wikipedia, IMBd, Silver Screen Modes, Thomson’s The New … Continue reading
MUSICIAN JOKES
MORE THAN ANY OTHER PROFESSION, it seems musicians enjoy making fun of each other. Awhile back, I collected several examples in “Words on Music.” Two favorites from back then: “Why … Continue reading
THE MAN WHO DESIGNED THE OSCAR
NOT LONG AFTER LEO THE LION roars and looks our way, scads of M-G-M films list two names, Douglas Shearer and Cedric Gibbons. Recording Director Shearer has appeared here at … Continue reading
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