2009 Adult Soapbox Derby
I didn’t make it to the Soapbox Derby this year, but I’ve been a few times so what’s the difference. Let me set the scene: a couple thousand people hang out and watch a couple of dozen teams race homemade cars down the side of Mt. Tabor here in Southeast. The crowd drinks openly and [...]
Read MoreFlywheels and Crucifictions, One Crazy Bastard and his “FUCK YOU” ponyshow
This is the second post in our speed-related series “Speed Trials,” I was tipped off to the video on Kottke.org. This piece by Chris Burden takes advantage of a giant, 19th century iron flywheel joined up with a low power motorcycle. As you can see it takes about a minute for Burden to give the [...]
Read MoreIt Was a Rendezvous: A High Speed Tour of Paris, 1976
I was turned onto this by my boss, a 1976 short filmed titled “C’était un rendez-vous” or “It was a Rendevous”- which follows a car driving at ridiculous speeds through the streets of Paris at 5:30 in the morning. It features a continuous, 9-minute shot from a gyro-stablized bumper-mount. The director, Claude Lelouch was already [...]
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