Dark, Dark, Dark (song, The Mekons)
The Heart of Darkness (novella, Joseph Conrad)

Simon of the Desert (film, Bunuel)
Julian Simon ("technological optimist" economist who opposed limits to growth ideas)

Desert Wheatear (bird)
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition (book)
The Solid Gold Cadillac (film by Richard Quine)
Pink Cadillac (song by Bruce Springsteen)

The Man with the Golden Arm (Otto Preminger movie)
Silver Threads Among the Gold (Vinny's song)
A Farewell to Arms (novel by E. Hemingway)
Armed and Dangerous (film by Mark L. Lester)