May 9, 2004
Cars on 45
Posted by pete at May 9, 2004 8:11 AMInterstate 45, that is. And actually, the parade runs near the interstate, not on it. The joke wouldn't be nearly as funny the other way around, though.
Anyway, yesterday was Houston's annual Art Car Parade. Some 275 automobiles - ranging from the ideological to the freaky - cruised into downtown. I think it's one of the best parades anywhere, and this year's event didn't disappoint.
Dig, if you will, the pictures in the extended entry. I didn't get my hands on an official ballot, so I don't know many of the entries' names. Most are pretty self-explanatory (you can click on the thumbnail for larger size):
Mmmm...beer:
The famed two-way car. The driver didn't like it when I commented that it wasted twice as much gas a regular vehicle:
Beats me:
A favorite of this year's parade, the 112-foot "Draka:"
Prayer pimples for hairy fishnuts?
The fact that 12-year old kids were largely responsible for this gory production doesn't fill me with hope for the future. Nice corpse on the hood, though:
Nice globes:
Hard as it is to believe, not everyone in Houston is a fan of Bush:
A crowd shot, looking east towards downtown:
This close to the bayou, maybe the rat-cycle wasn't such a good idea:
But it beats the Trek-cycle:
One of my faves, this homage to Houston road construction:
Houston is full of mating bugs in the springtime:
The Game Car comes in handy when the parade stalls, as happened quite a bit this year:
Opponents of the Port of Houston's proposed Bayport project:
Never laugh when a hearse goes by:
This one reminded me of a "Treehouse of Horror" episode, for some reason:
Obviously cashing in on the Troy advertising blitz:
Sheb Wooley would've been proud:
Well, Volkswagens are German, I guess:
If Dr. Seuss had a car:
UPDATE: Edited to fix some bizarre typos caused when the entry published before I realized it had.
Peter Jennings came down to Houston during his "we admit there's life outside of Manhattan"tour to do the evening news, and he focued on Haliburton as if everybody works for them here. Canadian schmuck. He should have come down to......
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Little League game this morning (we won - we're back on a two-game win streak after Monday's loss), Art Car......
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I love the car pics, but I'm even more enamored by the shot of the original Monster Squad. Fred Grandy would be proud. (Stephen Sommers can take his celluloid abortion known as "Van Helsing" and shove it up his ass--sideways.)
You represents, mah homey.