On The Dial: The Historiography and Listening Guide to The Bongo Drums
We English speakers call the instrument consisting of two small hand-performed drums attached by a bridge piece “bongos” or “bongo drums.”
Month: January 2026
Video: 2025 Polestar 3
The 2025 Polestar 3 has a lot to unpack for us to explore. Watv h the video and check it all out!
Travelogue: My First Time in Detroit
It took me 42 years to get there – a long stretch considering I was some sort of "car guy."
Transiting: Northstar's Post Mortem
It was a way to demonstrate that commuters do have a choice and not fight the traffic on Interstate 94 from Saint Cloud into the Twin Cities.
Historiography: Downsizing
These events included the imposition of emissions controls, new crash protection standards and the OPEC Oil Crisis.
Reporter's Notebook: Twenty-Five Years
It opened up plenty of doors as I grew from neophyte to a next-wave digital automotive content creator/journalist.
Looking Ahead To 2026…
What really makes this website – and our YouTube channel – tick are the vehicles we work with. We simply love working with the latest and greatest.