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December 13, 2003 2:33 PM

The Sashimi Tabernacle Choir
posted by filmgoerjuan (10 comments total)

[Link via Suzette of Traveling in Style]
posted by filmgoerjuan at 2:34 PM on December 13, 2003

This was the hit of the art car parade in Berkeley this year. It has to be seen/heard in person to be appreciated.
posted by 2sheets at 3:11 PM on December 13, 2003

Go to ArtCars.com to see more entries. There are some really astounding artists doing artcars.
posted by dejah420 at 3:44 PM on December 13, 2003

More photos of the annual Houston Art Car Parade can be found at raceshop.org.

It's an arms race; simply gluing some rocks or shiny things to your car will get you nothing but derision.

And just when you think you've seen it all, the Chia Bug drives by.....
posted by sardonista at 4:18 PM on December 13, 2003

just wondering what music they play on these parades.
posted by azul at 5:35 PM on December 13, 2003

Thanks filmgoerjuan - I just love art cars, and this one is a hoot..dejah and sardanista, those are some nice resources you threw into the mix too.
Here's a small site with a few more. Although it is not quite as funky, I have always been partial to this Texas labor of love.
posted by madamjujujive at 7:04 PM on December 13, 2003

azul: some of the video clips feature the car with the music playing. Songs have included the theme to "Jaws", "Bad to the Bone" and "Mack the Knife".
posted by filmgoerjuan at 10:48 PM on December 13, 2003

mjj, I met sir Gomez at the 1998 Orange Show in Houston - very nice fellow. The car is in his will to keep it in the family when he goes. There isn't a pic of it, but one of my fave entries that year was a red honda sedan that had nothing on it but a white coffee cup glued to the roof just over the driver's door. I wish I'd been at the '96 show to see this one.
posted by yoga at 4:29 AM on December 14, 2003

Thank you all! These are wonderful.
posted by lobakgo at 12:10 PM on December 14, 2003

I gotta build me an art car one of this days. Probably be the only one in Madison, CT.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 3:34 PM on December 14, 2003