Entertainment

“Immortals” review

Alexandra Smolen

November 11, 2011

Enjoy the violence

Billy Crystal, new host of the 2012 Oscars

Erin Farnsworth

November 10, 2011

Eddie Murphy steps away

“Jack and Jill” review

Alexandra Smolen

November 10, 2011

Sandler is no Eddie Murphy

Getting to Know: Boston band Mean Creek

Getting to Know

November 10, 2011

Locally rising stars

Glee: Parents be warned

Erin Farnsworth

November 8, 2011

"Teachable moment" on new episode

Adele’s throat expected to heal

Erin Farnsworth

November 8, 2011

Massachusetts doctor treated singer

Rapper Heavy D dead at 44

Erin Farnsworth

November 8, 2011

Rapper died of "health-related" cause

Dustin Lance Black addresses J. Edgar Hoover’s homosexuality in upcoming film

Erin Farnsworth

November 8, 2011

A different era...

The top 10 journalism movies

John M. Guilfoil

Movies The Issue

November 8, 2011

Looking at our own profession

“Talihina Sky” The story of Kings of Leon review

Randy Steinberg

November 8, 2011

An effective band doc

Conrad Murray convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson case

Brittney McNamara

November 7, 2011

MJ's doctor found guilty

“Tower Heist” leads the Friday box office with “Puss in Boots” following closely

Erin Farnsworth

November 5, 2011

Action-comedy starts strongly

Andy Rooney dead at 92

Erin Farnsworth

November 5, 2011

Recently retired from "60 Minutes"

Fallon upstages Bieber in an infectious spoof of “Baby”

Erin Farnsworth

November 4, 2011

Hilarious, Jimmy...

James Bond returns for the 23rd time in the new installment, “Skyfall”

Erin Farnsworth

November 4, 2011

Coming next year, 50 years after "Dr. No"

“Twilight” cast immortalized outside Grauman’s Chinese Theater

Movies Twilight

November 4, 2011

Gallery inside

Four videos from the fall “Burn Notice” premiere: Damned If You Do

John M. Guilfoil

November 3, 2011

New episode tonight

Welcome to Dopeland review

Randy Steinberg

November 3, 2011

A good attempt

Justin Bieber screaming “Baby” for a different reason now

Brittney McNamara

November 3, 2011

Is the teen a baby-daddy?

Kim Kardashian denies getting married for the TV money

Erin Farnsworth

November 1, 2011

But she did make money...

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Blast Magazine was launched in 2007 with a simple thought — do journalism for the video game generation. We’ve really seen a lot since the 1980s. Nintendo Mega Man games, dial-up Internet, Dos, and the Palm Pilot were all in their infancy as we grew up. We shared files on 1.44MB (that’s MEGABYTE) floppy discs, and they were more than sufficient. As we grew up, the Internet blew up. Today you can stream a movie live in HD. Not only did HD not exist when we were growing up, but downloading a single, low-quality MP3 of our favorite song could take over an hour!

Technology developed quickly as we came of age, and we can claim to have mastered everything from iPads to Netflixes. But there is one thing that our generation did not have to grow up with — car maintenance.

A lot of us are interested in cars and trucks and motorcycles — this site wouldn’t be necessary if we weren’t. But how many Gen-Y’ers have ever had to change their oil? Change the brakes? Fix a cracked serpentine belt? Fixing cars was always something optional for us. We had to want to jack up a car and change a tire.

So now that we’re adults and we’re starting to recover from the crushing debt of our student loans, (We’re very bitter about this) we are finding our interests diversifying. If we were into cars already, we are getting more into cars. If we could never afford it, we are slowly raising our expectations. Say what you will, we are a curious generation.

Blast Cars is not exactly a beginners’ guide to the galaxy, but we’re not going to assume you know everything. We’re learning with you, and the experts we’ll bring into the process will walk both of us through everything we ever wanted to know about everything automotive.

In addition to restoring our Shop Truck, we are following some other Gen-Y restoration projects, including a racing bike. We’ll also bring you some relevant news, reviews, and rumors. We’ll even take a look at some of the most famous cars in movies, music, TV, true crime, and other popular culture. Let us know what you want to see!