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...That was Tom Kennedy's specialty when it came to his pioneering work in the art-car movement: dolphins, sharks, whales--Kennedy did all of them...
...Francisco's Ocean Beach on April 12 at 48, his close friend Harrod Blank remarked that Kennedy's works were, "ironically, inspired by the sea." So it was true to form that Kennedy dubbed his first creation--originally a Nissan Sentra--Ripper the Friendly Shark. He equipped the working car with a toothy jaw and a tail that swished...
Despite having worked for more than 10 solid years in circulation at the Houston Chronicle, Kennedy was lured away by a love of sculpture that he had developed as an undergraduate at the University of Houston and was further drawn in by a local art-car parade in the early '90s. And though he was unable to get a prototype of Ripper into the procession, the encounter was the last bit of inspiration he needed...
Newbies in the know, however, can rent equipment from REI, EMS, locally owned camping stores or Lowergear.com which ships via UPS. As for comfort, outdoor stores are catering to first timers by stocking items like queen-size inflatable beds with a pump that plugs into a car's DC outlet. Modern family camping "isn't a canvas tent, mosquito bites, a cot and rain dripping on your head," says Ted Manning, EMS's general merchandise manager. Stores today have everything from self-inflatable pillows ($17-$40) to collapsible marshmallow-roasting sticks...
...died on April 19 at 78, was convinced that 20th century life was a frail shell of pretense over strong, dark, violent impulses. His prose had a lucid, often clinical air, but his characters were weird iconic figures lost in their obsessions over sex, drugs, media, massive disasters, car crashes, dead pop stars, hydrogen bombs and fatal medical experiments...