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The 5.6.7.8’s

Well alright. This is why it pays to have a blog, which strictly speaking doesn’t pay at all. One of our many tasteful readers, a ChicagoBoy himself, sent along a link to a cool Japanese girl rock band the 5.6.7.8’s. I never heard of them before but the tunes available on their site are pretty darn good. Hard-edged, rockabilly tinged garage punk. Great guitar sound. Pity about the overly snarky vocals. (Ya know, even though you are some kind of “punk”, really, it’s OK to sing.) They remind me a little of Thee Headcoatees, a little of the Cramps. Overall a solid B+ based on what I’ve heard so far.

This Bud’s For You

Seems we’ve had a lot of car discussion around here lately. Check out this thing, which is both a car and a boat. Cool video. Looks like it goes fast in both media. But, then again, it would in the video, wouldn’t it? (via Metafilter.)

I wish he wrote more often. But, what we get from him is always good. I just noticed that he has a series of summaries of his political predictions from each biennial edition of his Almanac of American Politics, back to 1972. I only had a chance to skim it, but I’ll certainly read it all. I note he has entitled this section of his site a “blog”. Maybe we shall see more frequent day-to-day commentary from one of our most learned and sane commentators, blog-style, so to speak. I hope so.

Chicago boy RV has alerted me to this rare Honda street racer on eBay. This super-hot vehicle compares favorably to Sylvain’s new Beemer. . . . … and even to the legendary Foochie-Manoolie. Features abound:

In the summer the doors can be removed in the back instantly transforming this car into a civic with no rear doors. (Check with your local police ordinances before attempting this mod) In addition to the increased airflow, and weight reduction for street racing it allows for quick access when fly honeys want to cruise.

This “Type R” variant of the Honda Civic is equipped with state-of-the-art mods including a monster tach and hi-tech Biplane-Kamikaze-Combat-Strafe-Attack Spoiler.

Get your bids in before this beauty disappears!