Lamborghini Diablo Development

At a time when the company was financed by the Swiss-based Mimram brothers, Lamborghini began development of what was codenamed Project 132 in June 1985 as a replacement for the Countach model. The brief stated that its top speed had to be at least 315 km/h.Lamborghini DiabloLamborghini DiabloLamborghini DiabloLamborghini DiabloLamborghini DiabloLamborghini DiabloLamborghini DiabloLamborghini

The Avalanches - More Goodies

If you're like me and have been waiting on pins and needles for a new Avalanches album, this won't fulfill that need but will tide you over for a while more. For your listening enjoyment are The Avalanches' first EP, El Producto, which is more in the vein of the Beastie Boys' Check Your Head than their better known releases, and a collection of rarities and remixes from their various singles and productions they contributed for other artists. There are a lot of live mixes and web-exclusive mash-ups they've done that have been available via their website at times, but none of those are included here. Maybe at a later date I'll post a few of those tracks (there is a wonderful track from February 2004 that sounds like an in-progress preview of their long in the works second album that I'll have to post sometime soon, I just want to find a better copy than the version I have before sharing it) but for now this should cover most of their official non-album tracks and remixes for other artists, almost all of which are long out of print. Enjoy!


The Avalanches - El Producto

UPDATE: Track two is now available as an individual download as there were reports of people having trouble with it.

01 Intro
02 Rolling High
03 Rap Fever
04 Rock City
05 Under Inspection
06 Run DNA
07 Outro


The Avalanches - Rarities & Remixes

01 A Different Feeling (Paperclip People Remix, Avalanches Re-Edit)
02 Everyday
03 With My Baby
04 Thank You Caroline
05 Badly Drawn Boy - The Shining (The Avalanches Good Word For The Weekend Remix)
06 Gerling - Enter Spacecapsule (Enter The Spaceship Mix)
07 Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
08 Manic Street Preachers - So Why So Sad (Sean Penn Mix)
09 Belle and Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo (Avalanches Remix)
10 Wolfmother - Woman (Avalanches Millstream Mix)
11 Electricity (Original 7" Version)
12 Thank You Caroline (Original 7" Version)
13 Slow Walking
14 Undersea Community
15 Yamaha Superstar
16 The Concretes - Chico (Avalanches' Wernham Hogg Remix)
17 Franz Ferdinand - Fade Together (Avalanches Remix)



PS - Two quick notes... For anyone wondering, all of the tracks in this post are ripped from original CDs or lossless copies, so no transcodes here! Also, I was listening to a live DJ set from DJ Dexter, one of The Avalanches' DJs, and was surprised to hear the revised samples in Frontier Psychiatrist used on the track rather than the original samples, despite this performance being before the album was released. Makes me wonder if the original version of the album snuck out in limited quantities accidentally.

2010 Mercedes-Benz S Class Model nomenclature

In early Mercedes-Benz history, the "S-Class" designation was used colloquially, referring to the letter "S" which designated most of the larger six-cylinder powered vehicles in the company's lineup (but not the luxurious V8-powered 600 limousine). In typical Mercedes-Benz fashion introduced in the late 1920s, the traditional designation of each car consisted of three numbers indicating engine

2010 Mitsubishi Outlander view

Along with a major facelift for the 2010 model year, the top end Outlander XLS (GT in the US) introduced a new colour MFD dashboard display and the Mitsubishi S-AWC AWD system. The lower trims retain the previous MFD and the less advanced AWC AWD system. Likewise, the interior was also slightly revised to incorporate leather into the dashboard trim and doors.2010 Mitsubishi Outlander2010

Alfa Romeo Pandion Concept

The Alfa Romeo Pandion is a concept car which premiered at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. It was designed by Stile Bertone and the main responsibility was given to Mike Robinson.Alfa Romeo PandionAlfa Romeo PandionAlfa Romeo PandionAlfa Romeo PandionThe Pandion coupé was designed as a tribute to Alfa Romeo’s one hundred year anniversary. The Pandion is based on the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione sports

Audi Q5 Hybrid trouble

Audi was originally reported that it would offer Q5 hybrid as launch model, it was later reported that Audi suspended the plan because of unsatisfying crash test result for the nickel metal hydride batteries.In 2009, Audi announced it would resume the Q5 hybrid development.Production version would be on sale in 2012 for Japanese market.Audi Q5 HybridAudi Q5 HybridAudi Q5 HybridAudi Q5 HybridAudi

THE RISE AND FALL OF TRUMAN CAPOTE

A vida de Truman Capote (e as suas impicações psico-dramáticas) está intrisecamente ligada com a evolução do seu talento literário até ao seu ponto culminante com "in Cold Blood"em 1965 e com o seu declínio a partir da publicação do mesmo ... Simultâneamente com o ponto máximo do seu reconhecimento público e da fama tão bem construída, alimentada e acentuada pelo próprio Truman, com a organização da famosa festa "The black and white ball" no Plaza Hotel de New York.
Aqui, Capote demonstrou todos os seus artifícios e estratégias manipulativas com suficiente ante cedência, para deixar toda a "High Society" em suspenso e na dúvida de quem ir ser ou não ser convidado ... ajudado na fase final de preparação por Andy Warhol, quando finalmente os 500 convidados chegaram, legiões de repórteres e "curiosos" esperavam-nos na entrada ...
É este acontecimento que marca o início da sua decadência de produção literária e também de um inevitável conflito com o meio social que o rodeava e que ele ambiguamente cultivava ... e manipulava e utilizava.
Com efeito, o longo contacto no Kansas com os verdadeiros assassinos da história na vida real, onde se baseava o seu "in Cold Blood" , e de forma muito especial com Perry Smith, abriu uma porta psicológica de confronto profundo com a sua própria história ( criança que cresceu abandonada pelos pais, cuja mãe sofria das mesmas obsessões de estatuto social o que a levou ao suicídio )lançado-o numa ambiguidade psicológica e num conflito consigo próprio, que nunca foi resolvido e o que o projectou numa espiral destruidora de álcool, drogas e medicamentos, alienando-o e isolando-o progressivamente e definitivamente ...
Ele próprio contribuiu largamente para isso, deixando de produzir literáriamente e alimentando o mito de uma obra que nunca chegou a existir na integra ("Answered Prayers") e cuja publicação de excertos levou à indignação e ostracizarão da Sociedade, pela sua utilização de pessoas amigas como personagens mal disfarçadas ...
Quão longe estavam os tempos de "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1958) ...