VW and Porsche to merge

[Dave Monroe]

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:35 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/07/porsche.merge/index.html

In 1933, Adolf Hitler gave the order to Ferdinand Porsche to develop a
"Volks-Wagen" . The name means "people's car" in German, in which it
is pronounced [ˈfolksvagən]). He required a basic vehicle capable of
transporting two adults and three children at 100 km/h (62 mph). The
"People's Car" would be available to citizens of the Third Reich
through a savings scheme at 990 Reichsmark, about the price of a small
motorcycle (an average income being around 32RM a week).

Erwin Komenda, Porsche's chief designer, was responsible for the
design and style of the car. But production only became worthwhile
when finance was backed by the Third Reich. War started before
large-scale production of the Volkswagen started, and manufacturing
shifted to producing military vehicles. Production of civilian VW
automobiles did not start until post-war occupation....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle#.22The_People.27s_Car.22

KdF ship

453; KdF = Kraft durch Freude = "strength through joy"; KdF was a very
popular and successful Nazi program. Cruise-liners were built and
priced for the pleasure and leisure of German workers. Another product
of the program was the Volkswagen.

http://www.thomaspynchon.com/gravitys-rainbow/alpha/k.html

Volkswagen

328; plant in Hannover; "thumb-harp [...] whose reeds are cut from
springs of a wrecked" 562; "black Managerial" 755;

http://www.thomaspynchon.com/gravitys-rainbow/alpha/v.html

a: 23, b: 13 - Sick Dick and the Volkswagens

Fictional, but a 1970s New York City punk band adopted the name. "I
Want to Kiss Your Feet" no doubt an allusion to the 1963 Beatles hit,
"I Want to Hold Your Hand." The 1960s Volkswagens were referred to as
"Beetles" because they were similar in shape to the insect. (Get it?)
Might this mean that Pynchon was fond of the Beatles but "did not
believe in" them? Also, Pynchon explores the foot fetish in greater
depth in Against the Day ...

http://cl49.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_2

Sick Dick & the Volkswagens
with Grain and 93 Octane
Hardback Cafe, Gainesville 11.22.97

http://www.ink19.com/issues_F/97_12/live/93_octane_nf.html

Sick Dick and the Volkswagens (retired: 1/1/2006)
Home Town: Gainesville, FL

Profile: Sick Dick and the Volkswagens  can be described as rock,
punk, or garage, but mere labels do no justice to the greatest band to
ever come from Gainesville, if not the world.

Sick Dick and the Volkswagens has been described as "...a bunch of
negative energy, a real freakout, for (SDVW) and everyone in (their)
orbit."

http://www.gainesvillebands.com/banddetail.asp?bandid=346

BLACK TO COMM #24-This issue's cover feature's a nice interview with
Doug Snyder of not only Sick Dick and the Volkswagens fame (the NYC no
wave band from the late-seventies lower-Manhattan ka-BOOM!, not the
nineties group with the same moniker!) but the Doug Snyder/Bob
Thompson DAILY DANCE album which has achieved legendary status long
ago, plus there's an interview with the Dogs (Detroit) and Greg Shaw,
a piece on the old CAN'T BUY A THRILL  fanzine and the usual
feature-length reviews and the like. $9.00 gets you one!

http://black2com.blogspot.com/2006/03/black-to-comm-back-issue-update-hey-ya.html