A belated welcome to Simon Telford, the deputy editor of Street Machine Magazine, who has fired up his blog (again?). Street Machine came into existence in 1981. It ermerged from another title called Van Wheels, which in turn emerged from one fot he first enthusiast publications in Australia, the Australian Hot Rodding Review. I trace […]
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Abstract, second draft
Here is another abstract, this time organised around the ‘thesis’ of my dissertation (previous chapter by chapter summary version here). It is too long and contains too many ‘glenisms’. I am posting it here because it is a very good summary of my argument for those who have been wondering wtf Glen has been on […]
Supercharged essay
Here is my essay that shall appear in the “Supercharged” exhibition catalogue. Supercharged Essay (pdf) I am very happy with it as it is the first (and only) piece of work to come out of my PhD thinking and research. I am quite proud of it. Plus I am honoured to have been asked to […]
Street Machine 25th Anniversary Issue
Street Machine magazine has its 25th Anniversary issue on the stands. It has a six page history article. Finally I have an official historical account of the 30 year period of which I am writing about in my dissertation. There has been absolutely no history of ‘contemporary’ modified-car culture in Australia until now. I have […]
Paradise Lost
An extract from my paper I am writing for a seminar on Friday. I call this the ‘Paradise Lost’ period of Street Machining during the formative years of Street Machine magazine under the editorial control of Geoff Paradise and published by Murray Publishers. The impact of the publishing decision to replace Paradise as editor of […]