Do any of you remember a TV show called The Now Explosion? I don’t know why I suddenly have the show on my brain, but I do.

Before MTV or YouTube, The Now Explosion (which aired in 1970-71) showed what can only be called music videos with Top 40 songs as the background. The videos did not show the performers, at least I don’t recall any, but instead showed people dancing, often against special effects and outdoor backgrounds.

A Washington, DC TV station was one of a handful that aired the show across the country. In those pre-cable, pre-satellite, pre-streaming days, we could easily receive TV signals from DC at our home in Baltimore, especially after my father had a special rotating antenna (Alliance Tenna Rotor!) installed on top of our house.

I was mesmerized by the show and watched it from start to finish almost every airing. I think the show was four hours long, but I could be mistaken. Anyway, just had to write about the show today.

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The 2023 Corvette Z06 will be introduced to the world on October 26th. It was believed, initially, that the car would have been unveiled this summer as a 2022 model year automobile. In case you haven’t noticed, the world has had some disruptions. From the linked Corvette Blogger article:

 

 

Obviously, the Z06 prototype on the right is in camouflage. The car is rumored to be powered by a flat-plane crank V-8 of 5.5 liters in displacement (about 335 cubic inches) that will have the highest output of any naturally aspirated V-8 in history: 650 HP/600 LB-FT of torque. The engine redline is supposed to be 8500-9000 RPM. It is also supposed to be the first Corvette with active aero, air forms that deploy based on conditions and that do not have to be changed manually.

I think it will be a performance car bargain, but I do not think I will buy one. I have probably purchased my last Corvette and if circumstances ever allow me to do so in the future, then I will buy something like a Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk as a companion to my Z06, not as a replacement.

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Some more recent photos:

 

 

These cars were valet parked in front of our hotel one day. Lots of Prancing Horses, to be sure.

 

 

The bottom photo is a 1929 Duesenberg Model J, bodied by Murphy. It is the only known surviving example of a Murphy-bodied long wheelbase Duesenberg. It sold, all in, for $2,365,000.

I have almost 5,000 photographs on my iPhone and at least 70% of them are of automobiles. Shocking! <end sarcasm>

 

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