AUTHOR: Dave Sypniewski DATE: Saturday, June 03, 2006 ----- BODY: This year isn't a good time for so much talk about "Cars". It doesn't matter if you own an SUV and can't afford the gas anymore, you get suckered into seeing Disney/Pixar's new movie, or listening to a song by a bunch of guys that haven't played an instrument in 20 years! First off: Driving. Sure we all have places we need to get to, and some of us need to get there quicker than others, but now they need to remind people going at a snail's pace through the ripped up roads in Illinois an Indiana that when you go through a construction zone you need to go 45. They've now added yet another color to the already crowded rainbow of the famous ribbons that first got started with AIDS. Road crews are supposed to start wearing these orange ribbons while they mill around on the highway doing "construction" to remind people to slow down. These ribbons have really taken on a life of their own and like differences in cultures, these things have different meanings in different places. Kind of like "flipping the bird" is an insult here but, in Thailand it means "hello". I say, pick a favorite color and do a Google search. This orange one for example, represents different causes in different places. A ribbon won't stop someone from carelessly zipping by a sign man at 75. These guys better do research before going out in public with a ribbon pinned to their jacket. In Nebraska, the ribbon means that you support the death penalty. That could really cause a ruckus at that Bob Evan's you stop at to eat breakfast. Moving on, we hop in the Dodge Caravan for a trip to "see" Cars. Boy, I really love Disney and the way they manipulate people at the right times of the year. Usually summertime, or Christmas when the kids are out of school. In the past 10 months or so, I've been hearing all kinds of buzz about this new movie and if you're like me, you're already sick of all the advertising and things associated with it well in advance of it's release. Luckily, our daughter is much too young to fall into the demographics of Disney's marketing dept. so I can be spared another year or so of being forced into a movie theater full of crying, laughing, and screaming children. I'd like to see this movie "speed away" quickly but, I know that won't happen for a while. I'm sure there's already one team working on the sequel, and Nancy Kerrigan is probably already on an ice rink training some college kids for "Cars on Ice" due in time for Christmas vacation...I don't know. Heck, sure I do. It's not a matter of "if", but "when". Meanwhile, you have to feel sorry for everyone involved with the new Garfield movie and poor Bill Murray. The only noise in that theater will be coming from the chirping crickets. Finally, next Tuesday you can get in your car and "listen" to The New Cars in your cassette deck. (younger ones:consult an encyclopedia). Actually, the last time we heard from The Cars was some 20 years ago, and the big debate back then was that CD's were a flop. Fast forward to 2006. CD's may be losing the race to iPods, but The Cars are putting it in "Drive" once again for another go at it. Is this really "Just what I needed?". I'm sitting in the backseat for now before I answer. I haven't heard any songs yet which is a bad sign. I also know that with only two remaining souls on board, this will be a heck of a wreck of some guys trying to recreate the "Magic" of the group that called it quits in 1988. Call it an opportunity to cash in on "old timers" like me who actually have VINYL RECORDS of their music! I'll give kudos to these guys for one thing...at least they put the "New" in front of "Cars". I have a feeling I wouldn't be too confused. These guys are all in their 50's. This CD and concert tour that they're doing with Blondie is going to leave skidmarks on the pavement. Not from starting, but coming to a screeching halt! -------- Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!: Driving "Cars", seeing "Cars", and hearing "New Cars".

Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!

Saturday, June 03, 2006

Driving "Cars", seeing "Cars", and hearing "New Cars".

This year isn't a good time for so much talk about "Cars". It doesn't matter if you own an SUV and can't afford the gas anymore, you get suckered into seeing Disney/Pixar's new movie, or listening to a song by a bunch of guys that haven't played an instrument in 20 years! First off: Driving. Sure we all have places we need to get to, and some of us need to get there quicker than others, but now they need to remind people going at a snail's pace through the ripped up roads in Illinois an Indiana that when you go through a construction zone you need to go 45. They've now added yet another color to the already crowded rainbow of the famous ribbons that first got started with AIDS. Road crews are supposed to start wearing these orange ribbons while they mill around on the highway doing "construction" to remind people to slow down. These ribbons have really taken on a life of their own and like differences in cultures, these things have different meanings in different places. Kind of like "flipping the bird" is an insult here but, in Thailand it means "hello". I say, pick a favorite color and do a Google search. This orange one for example, represents different causes in different places. A ribbon won't stop someone from carelessly zipping by a sign man at 75. These guys better do research before going out in public with a ribbon pinned to their jacket. In Nebraska, the ribbon means that you support the death penalty. That could really cause a ruckus at that Bob Evan's you stop at to eat breakfast. Moving on, we hop in the Dodge Caravan for a trip to "see" Cars. Boy, I really love Disney and the way they manipulate people at the right times of the year. Usually summertime, or Christmas when the kids are out of school. In the past 10 months or so, I've been hearing all kinds of buzz about this new movie and if you're like me, you're already sick of all the advertising and things associated with it well in advance of it's release. Luckily, our daughter is much too young to fall into the demographics of Disney's marketing dept. so I can be spared another year or so of being forced into a movie theater full of crying, laughing, and screaming children. I'd like to see this movie "speed away" quickly but, I know that won't happen for a while. I'm sure there's already one team working on the sequel, and Nancy Kerrigan is probably already on an ice rink training some college kids for "Cars on Ice" due in time for Christmas vacation...I don't know. Heck, sure I do. It's not a matter of "if", but "when". Meanwhile, you have to feel sorry for everyone involved with the new Garfield movie and poor Bill Murray. The only noise in that theater will be coming from the chirping crickets. Finally, next Tuesday you can get in your car and "listen" to The New Cars in your cassette deck. (younger ones:consult an encyclopedia). Actually, the last time we heard from The Cars was some 20 years ago, and the big debate back then was that CD's were a flop. Fast forward to 2006. CD's may be losing the race to iPods, but The Cars are putting it in "Drive" once again for another go at it. Is this really "Just what I needed?". I'm sitting in the backseat for now before I answer. I haven't heard any songs yet which is a bad sign. I also know that with only two remaining souls on board, this will be a heck of a wreck of some guys trying to recreate the "Magic" of the group that called it quits in 1988. Call it an opportunity to cash in on "old timers" like me who actually have VINYL RECORDS of their music! I'll give kudos to these guys for one thing...at least they put the "New" in front of "Cars". I have a feeling I wouldn't be too confused. These guys are all in their 50's. This CD and concert tour that they're doing with Blondie is going to leave skidmarks on the pavement. Not from starting, but coming to a screeching halt!

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