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...horrible compared with those of the U.S., my home country. Then I moved to Japan and wrecked three cars in as many years. Before coming to Asia, I hadn't been involved in any kind of traffic accident in more than a decade. Two of the three somewhat serious fender benders I had in Japan were caused by another driver pulling out in front of me when I was just a few meters away. Perhaps Asians aren't quite so patient as many Americans once thought! John Pollard Fukuoka, Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

SOLD. "BLACKIE," Eric Clapton's favorite guitar; to an undisclosed buyer; for a record $959,500; in New York. The legendary rocker auctioned the Fender Stratocaster, his sole studio and stage guitar from 1970 to 1985, along with 56 others, at a charity auction to raise money for the Crossroads Center Antigua, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in the West Indies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

...months later, when a friend made me a mix that included “Teen Spirit” and “Polly,” and I soon owned every Nirvana album. Now, between the poster of 5-year-old Kurt on my door in Quincy, the antique Fender Mustang (my first guitar, and the one famously endorsed by Cobain) my guitar teacher found for me in a used guitar shop in Greenwich Village, and my outdated, less than tidy fashion sense, I wonder whether my refusal to consider any contemporary pop musician his equal is just a premature...

Author: By Joshua S. Rosaler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Missing Teen Spirit | 4/8/2004 | See Source »

...Somerville resident reported that he pulled into a parking space on White Street and subsequently had a dispute with someone over the space. When he returned to his car, he reported finding a long scratch on the front fender. He said the individual he had argued with was still in the vicinity and stated, “Look what I’ve done to your...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: CPD POLICE LOG | 7/18/2003 | See Source »

...also a self-taught blues guitarist. Twenty years ago, he could be found in the basement of Currier playing his guitar with long hair and a “skinny as a rail” frame, as he puts it. At age 44, he still plays his classic 1959 Fender Stratocaster...

Author: By Matt J. Amato, CONTRIBUTINGWRITER | Title: Know It All | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

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