If American news media stations assign some correspondents
to go to Perth
to monitor the MH 370 search efforts, does that mean that they will, during the
wait, be expected to start filing feature stories about the charms and tourist
attractions available in the W. A.? The
million square mile state known as Western
Australia is called "the W. A." by locals.
Maybe some of the visiting journalists will note that a large number of local vehicles feature snorkels and that indicates a high likelihood for some freelance assignments from America's 4wd publications? What journalist doesn't love the prospect of some extra loot via a bit of freelancing done on the side?
Speaking of "appropriate setting," Kalgoorlie is the perfect place for an American to hear Bobby Bare's "Five Hundred Miles" song.
Fans of the film "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" might want to read about the Prospectors' Hall of Fame which is located in (relatively speaking) nearby Kalgoorlie.
[Note from the columnist: We have been posting a column almost every week for 15 years but due to some temperamental vintage computer equipment, we might be forced to go AWAL one of these weeks. We'll start taking preventative measures, but there are no guarantees in life, eh?]
[Note from the photo editor: We illustrated the 50th birthday for the Ford Mustang by running a file photo taken a few years back at the Los Angeles Shelby American Auto Club's annual car show.]
In "hip: the history," by John Leland, readers are informed that George W. S. Trow wrote: "To wear a fedora, I must first torture it out of shape so that it can be cleaned of the embarrassment in it."
The disk jockey will play Wilson' Pickett's "Mustang Sally," the theme music from "Un Homme et une Femme," and Marianne Faithful's "Ballad of Lucy Jordan." We have to go inquire about how to get a press pass to cover this year's Le Mans 24 hour race. Have a "why do we do this, Buzz?," type week.
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