The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite and laughs at his own inability to pronounce that correctly, which Mike Mills kept trying to get him to do. Stipe says he loved Dr. Seuss as a kid but always pronounced his name the wrong way. The song's complete title is not featured in the lyrics, but there is the line "the sidewinder sleeps in a coil" as well as the later line "the sidewinder sleeps on its back". A sidewinder is a species of rattlesnake ("Crotalus cerastes"), and also an antique style of telephone, with a winding handle on the side. The lyrics frequently refer to making and
Kia Sidewinder for the “LA Adventure,” because Los Angeles was the scene of the first officially sanctioned American drifting event. Kia Sidewinder The Kia Sidewinder was a concept car for the Design Challenge competition in 2006 Los Angeles Motor Show. http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2006/10/25-la-show-design-challenge-entries/ http://www.laautoshow.com/DesignChallenge Designed at the Kia America Design Center by Marc Mainville, the Kia Sidewinder concept was meant to be an environmentally friendly vehicle. This Kia is a two-seat, lean, mean, drifting machine! The Sidewinder’s power comes from a compressed natural gas turbine, which feeds electricity to a series of in-wheel, high torque, electric motors. This environmentally responsible vehicle would surely grab