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We own a 1975 GMC Sierra Grande 15 in Maine and a 1986 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 10 in West Texas. Also a pair of 1997 Volvo 850 wagons. Average age in the fleet is 28 years--we're recycling. I've published 3 novels: THE LAW OF DREAMS (2006), THE O'BRIENS (2012), and CARRY ME (2016). Also 2 short story collections: NIGHT DRIVING(1987) and TRAVELLING LIGHT (2013). More of my literary life is at www.peterbehrens.org I was a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study for 2012-13. I'm an adjunct professor at Colorado College and in the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. In 2015-16 I was a Fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The Autoliterate office is in Car Talk Plaza in Harvard Square, 2 floors above Dewey Cheatem & Howe. SUBSCRIBE TO THE AUTOLITERATE DAILY EMAIL by hitting the button to the right.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Fast & Furious

                                                                                                                                                    1972 Plymouth Fury III
Spotted the Fury--1972?--- on US 1 on a sunny day in June. Maybe headed for the beach. Ain't that America.  Hey, the link will take you to a music video from 1983, John Mellencamp's Little Pink Houses. It's a good song, and one of the worst videos ever made. No that's not fair. I've hardly seen any music videos. Maybe it's one of the best. The genre always seemed impossible--musicians lip synching songs while ludicrous imagery unspooled?  Oh well, it is a good song. I was driving a dump truck in Banff when I first heard it. An International. The Eighties look pretty bad right now. I think the 00's & 20-teens will look very lame in a couple years too, style-wise. Mid century modern obsession? Tiresome.  DWELL magazine is done. No more beards please, patchy or full. Especially if you live in Brooklyn. In fact, leave Brooklyn, now.

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