And inspired by the gathering of Art Cars that day at Cabazon, I would later write Harrod and friends into the book as well:

"The MTV camera people arrived by helicopter, having heard about the traffic fiasco on Tiara Mountain. Filming from the chopper, they captured scenes from the craziness. Swooping down Interstate 10 past Bowling Alley to the Dinosaur Diner on a tip from local radio station KDUH, they caught a massive tailgate party underway. In a wagon train formation around the notorious, life-size brontosaurus and T-rex sat two dozen colorful cars, Duke's brethren art automobiles, gathered together in caravan by young filmmaker Blank Canvas. Known to his friends as 'Chickenman Canvas' due to his penchant for prancing around and screeching like a chicken, young Blank drove a VW bug covered in colorful slogans, spinning sunflowers, skulls, coins and chicken memorabilia. And the other cars ran the gamut of automotive eccentricity: a shark car; a road-kill, scrap-metal and bones car; a camera-covered van; a Toyota decked out in baby dolls and broom brushes; a Chevy Malibu with a living lawn."

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