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Too Fun, Must Be Outlawed: A Look Back At The Honda ATC200X Three-Wheeler
An automotive delinquent just doesn’t happen overnight. They are groomed and slowly brought into the world of loud engines, sideways antics, and the fun that can be had. For many [...]
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The Story Behind the Festival That Saw Van Halen Net a Cool $1.5 Million For a Single Performance
By 1983, all-day rock festivals were nothing new within the US, as evidenced by such massively-attended events as the California Jam, Texxas Jam, Day on the Green, Monterey Pop Festival, [...]
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Greetings From The Nude Bowl
The Nude Bowl was a popular skateboarding locale from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. The name comes from the fact that the site was once a nudist resort [...]
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Chevy LUV Gasser?
Yes, please! The Chevy LUV and the later Chevrolet LUV D-Max were light pickup trucks designed and manufactured by Isuzu and marketed in the Americas since 1972 by Chevrolet over [...]
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Happy Earth Day
“That teachin’ lady said I would never go very far, so I stole her globe and welded it into my chopper frame, and it goes everywhere with me.” – Coop [...]
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How Record Store Day Became The Stupidest Day In Music
Like all worthwhile endeavors, the (semi)annual celebration of independent record store culture called Record Store Day started with an idea. Specifically, it started with a dashed-off email with a subject [...]
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Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65
Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts and elusive personality also made him a high-profile supporting player, died [...]
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The Jolly Leprechaun’s Sinister Origins
Cheerful, prank-loving leprechauns are beloved symbols of luck and prosperity in Ireland and for the millions of Americans with Irish roots. But centuries-old legends about the diminutive shoemaking creatures painted [...]
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Growing Up in Las Vegas in the ’70s
“Circa 1977. This is Washington Blvd. looking West at Rainbow Blvd. The mound of dirt in the background is now the bridge that goes over the 95 Freeway (Rainbow Curve). [...]
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My genius stems from an interest in whores
“I’m simple, I’m not profound. My genius stems from an interest in whores, working men, streetcar drivers—lonely, beaten-down people.” – Charles Bukowski Get Loose at The Wild Goose 1966 Vintage [...]
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John Schneider on The Dukes of Hazzard
“We became, and remain, part of people’s extended family. For a lot of folks, it’s more than just a television show. It’s the lessons they learned from it. Or the [...]
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