Poor Ford. They've spent decades making gas guzzling muscle cars, SUV's and huge trucks. The times have not been good to them it seems. Everyone is trying to save their own personal rain-forest or at least not go into debt trying to pay the gas bill. It looks like they dug themselves in a little deep -- 3.7 billion deep -- trying to restructure trying to meet the challenges of a world that's going to spontaneously combust any day now.
I'm starting to expect a real watershed in terms of what car companies sink and which swim in the next decade. We'll probably have a world full of cars with a max speed of 100mph that run on fairy dust and love. I'll miss you BMW and Porsche.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Rodrigo y Gabriela 2006-12-18 (Letterman)
Rodrigo Y Gabriela, you are fantastic.
When was the last time you felt your pulse race after just a few phrases? These two make me feel alive. I want to grab my guitar and bang away on it until either it breaks or I do.
I came across them via AOL's spinner site. I was actually looking up the name of a certain Rogue Wave song but this caught my eye on the sidebar. They were kind of shuffled in after TV On The Radio and The Hold Steady but company matters so I let YouTube be my guide and nearly had a heart attack after stumbling across Tamacun. The rhythm just hits you like a punch in the chest and only gets more electric as the song continues. Apparently these two used to be in a Mexican metal band together before moving to Ireland to pursue more spanish classical influences. They were discovered by Damien Rice while working as buskers and have raced to the top of the Irish charts.