Archive for March, 2008

Since the end of October, all has been quiet on the streets outside the stadium. The tee shirt and baseball hat vendors’ stalls remain closed. The smell of hot dogs and beer has faded along with the strains of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” Suddenly, the hum of big rigs, decorated with team logos, breaks the silence. Truck Day — the true first rite of spring — has arrived. The ritual plays out in Major League cities all across the country. In Boston, a 53-f…

Imagine standing beneath the collision of two 18-wheeler tanker trucks, steel curling into a C-shaped coil, towering 42 feet in the air. Sculptor Mike Ross and his Big Rig Jig exhibit are providing this rush for both art and trucking enthusiasts alike. More than 47,000 people had the chance to see, touch and even climb inside the massive sculpture at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert last August. Big Rig Jig was inspired by a cross-country hitch-hiking tour Ro…

Some drivers write poetry to explain the lure of the open road. Some tell vivid stories of the sights they see. And a handful create music videos, then post them on YouTube.com for the world to see. Roger Escuain, who posts under the name Rogertrucker, has more than 30 mini-films on the video-sharing website. They are simple but compelling — the camera focuses on the road ahead, with short detours to his driver side mirror and the view outside his passenger window. The viewer sees wha…