The Town Car. The last Lincoln. Or so some say. Frankly, I think the current, resuscitated Continental is a fine automobile, but that’s not the subject of today’s post. Nope. It’s all about the Town Car, that famous full-sizer that started out as a trim package on late ’60s Continentals and became a luxury car…

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bark M. (@barkm300c) Have you ever gone to see a play, perhaps a movie, or even visited an art museum, and walked out thinking, “What the hell was that?” I had that feeling last Tuesday on the west side of New York City after experiencing the “immersive…

Of all the GM wagons made in the final full-size, B-body station wagon years, I think I loved the Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser the most. I mean, first of all, is that a cool name or what? “Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser.” Even if you didn’t even know what kind of a car was, you’d probably agree that…

Stile Antico: Tomás Luis de Victoria, Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Week CD Harmonia Mundi HMM 902272 Downloads (24-bit/88kHz AIFF, ALAC, FLAC, and WAV stereo) available from HDTracks. Streaming available from Tidal and Apple Music. Recorded at All Hallows’ Church, Gospel Oak (North London) England, February 13-17, 2017. Robina G. Young, producer; Brad Michel, engineer. The…

Being practical, I spent the ‘winter term’ of my freshman year in college earning an EMT Basic certification in lieu of studying ‘Religiosity in the Simpsons’. My idea was to both increase my earning power during summers through learning a skill and to do something useful. After busting my ass for a month in a…

Tonight, after a 20 year hiatus, the 90’s sitcom staple Roseanne returns to network television. The critics, fresh from their advance viewing, have done their part and the internet is awash in reviews. As expected, opinions are mixed but the details being reported appear to be consistent. The father of the Conner family, Dan, it…

A good friend of mine is the “Brougham Whisperer,” Jason Bagge, also known as Mr. Caprice, ha ha! He buys real cars about as often as I buy model cars. Which is to say, a lot. Most of those cars are 1970s land yachts, though not exclusively so. But one of his favorites are the…

Time for another trip in the Wayback machine to look at the 1981-83 Imperial, courtesy of my friend Jim Smith. He thoughtfully took pictures of brand new luxury cars back when Brougham was still in, the tops were padded and opera lamps were expected! The 1981 Imperial was Lee Iacocca’s last try at the Continental…

https://twitter.com/recordsANDradio/status/975500270196183040 Those of you who’ve been around here for a while might remember that I normally do an NCAA bracket competition around this time of the year. This year, I took one look at the bracket and said, “Eff that.” Not only did I not feel confident in any one team, I couldn’t even feel…

If you weren’t around during the ’60s, this is the car The Beach Boys were singing about: the Chevrolet Impala SS 409. 409 being the said displacement of Chevy’s fire-breathing performance V8 that year. The ultimate ticket to bragging rights in your full-size Chevrolet in ’64, providing you had the scratch to put one in…