American
Automotive Pop Culture

Caption: This is the 8' long by 4' wide Italian
designed, Hong Kong built, plastic bodied
MyCar. It is a micro in the same class as the
Smart car.
Click on the links below
for streaming audio on the topic of American Automotive Pop Culture:
Click
on the photo above and link to NPR 5 minute 11 second streaming audio
story: Tuned in to Driving Along in Our
Automobiles by Steve Proffitt about the 50th birthday of the fraternal
twins of the American Interstate Highway System and Rock & Roll. Caption:
Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret in a scene from 'Viva Los Vegas'.'

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on the photo above and link to NPR 5 minute 0 second streaming audio
story: Need for Speed by Mitch Myers. Storyteller Mitch Myers tells
his tale of being pulled over for speeding and the conversation with the
police officer, which turned to the history of car songs, like Radar
Love, by Golden Earring; Rocket 88, by Jackie Brenston and
his Delta Cats; Low Rider, by War, and On The Road Again,
by Canned Heat. Caption: The cover
of the Rhino Records collection called Hot Rods and Custom Classics: Cover
of Cruisin' Songs and Highway Hits. Songs from this audio story are from
this CD.
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