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Tag Archives: 2008

Car Design: Paris Auto Show ’08 Part One

The Paris show kicks off the long circuit of car shows that culminates with New York next Spring and as such can be seen as a bellwether for what sorts of designs and concepts are at the top of designers minds this season. Judging on the evidence here the two big trends are electric cars [...]

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Politics: Triumph At (but not of) the GOP

Looking for the best coverage of the convention? Look no further than Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and his man, Robert Smigel:

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Film: Oscars — What Goes Into Good Editing?

Slate.com has a great feature on the Oscar nominated films in the editing category. Mark Helfrich, Academy member and film editor and director explains what makes each clip interesting from an editing standpoint. He does make the inference that Sean Penn’s Into The Wild is something of an “editor’s movie”, but he steers clear of [...]

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Design: GMC in Truck Denial with Denali XT

GMC is Genral Motors trucks-only brand in the United States. Despite the slowdown in SUV sales they are GM’s numer two selling nameplate here currently and the General wants to protect the brands growth in the coming gas sipping era. The Denali XT concept, to be revealed to the public at next week’s Chicago Auto [...]

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Music News: New Radiohead Next March?

Radiohead: almost out of the woods… Rolling Stone claims to have cracked Radiohead’s code, and they didn’t need Robert Graysmith to do it. The venerable music pub has been peering at the cryptic messages on the band’s website and have suggested that the release date for their eagerly awaited seventh album will be March 10th [...]

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