My fellow racing and track-day cohort turned car builder Hong Quan has finally made it big time, getting some national exposure by having famed comedian, Tonight-show-host and car guy extraordinaire Jay Leno feature his custom-built 3-wheeler (some call them trikes) on his automotive website, Jay Leno's Garage! Congratulations to Hong and hope the build orders start flowing in.
Link to Jay Leno's Garage for more info and photos.
Looks like Autoblog has finally seen the light and posted up an article about the Prong 3 there as well... mainly riding on Leno's coattails.
Hong also made the local news on NBC... hope you remember the little people when you're rich and famous pal!
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
fame
If you haven't already, check out the latest overnight internet sensation that is sweeping Youtube and Facebook - meet Antoine Dodson. Some quick background: a young woman in Alabama wakes up to find an intruder in her bed, trying to rape her - she screams and her brother Antoine comes in and helps her fight off the would-be rapist; he manages to flee out the window he climbed into the room from. Police come, tv news crew comes, and it's all a very normal if unfortunate story for the six o'clock news... until they interview an angry and emotional Antoine, who has some things to say to his sister's attacker. After the story aired on tv, the video on the local news stations' website became their number one watched video, and Antoine becomes an unsuspecting internet star. As often happens these days, some creative types took the video and remixed it into what could become the next big internet viral meme -- and so I give you, the Bed Intruder Song!
The song and Antoine's diatribe are both incredibly funny, although the subject matter and his sister's ordeal are a serious matter. But the song is just so damn catchy, I can't stop listening to it over and over. I think it can be viewed as a powerfully sincere and angry anthem for Antoine and his sister Kelly, who want nothing more than safety and justice, and express their frustration at the environment and circumstances that they found themselves in.
You dont have to come and confess, we lookin for you, we gon' find you!
So you can run and tell that, homeboy!
Update: here are a few more covers that i found that I enjoyed.
http://youtu.be/HKraf32VU6M
http://youtu.be/Wid6V_f09rA
http://youtu.be/7wucEzYqTXk
http://youtu.be/Aud_wgLdrQI
The song and Antoine's diatribe are both incredibly funny, although the subject matter and his sister's ordeal are a serious matter. But the song is just so damn catchy, I can't stop listening to it over and over. I think it can be viewed as a powerfully sincere and angry anthem for Antoine and his sister Kelly, who want nothing more than safety and justice, and express their frustration at the environment and circumstances that they found themselves in.
You dont have to come and confess, we lookin for you, we gon' find you!
So you can run and tell that, homeboy!
Update: here are a few more covers that i found that I enjoyed.
http://youtu.be/HKraf32VU6M
http://youtu.be/Wid6V_f09rA
http://youtu.be/7wucEzYqTXk
http://youtu.be/Aud_wgLdrQI
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