Scandal

Oh no, Marvin

May 2, 2008

According to ESPN, Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison is under investigation in his hometown of Philadelphia in a shooting...

Michael Vick case still stinks

April 30, 2008

10-year veteran Surry County investigator Bill Brinkman lost his job over the Michael Vick case. Did he botch something? Did...

Al Reyes celebrates his 38th birthday with class

April 11, 2008

Tampa Bay Rays (we still can’t believe they dropped Devil from the name) pitcher Al Reyes apparently likes to do...

NFL drops hammer on Niners for tampering

March 24, 2008

The NFL has punished the San Francisco 49ers for tampering with Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs. The 49ers will lose...

FBI to investigate Clemens

February 28, 2008

The FBI plans to open up an investigation against Roger Clemens to find out whether he lied to Congress about...

Photo of Clemens puts him at Jose Canseco’s party

February 22, 2008

According to the New York Daily News, federal investigators could have photo evidence that contradicts Roger Clemens’ sworn statements that...

Pacman pleads guilty

February 15, 2008

I know what you are thinking: "to which case?"

What are you doing, Roger?

February 13, 2008

As you probably know, Roger Clemens is under investigation in the baseball performance enhancing drug scandal. Every media outlet in...

Randy Moss is in trouble

Features Scandal

January 16, 2008

Blast Magazine starts its brand new sports section and introduces its new sports editor, Micah Warren, with a story about...

Download the Mitchell Report

John M. Guilfoil

Entertainment Scandal

December 13, 2007

The long-awaited Mitchell report, telling the tale of a decade of steroids and performance enhancing substances in professional baseball, has...

Barry Bonds indicted

Entertainment Scandal

November 15, 2007

Barry Bonds broke the all-time record for home runs on August 7, but he now faces a five count indictment...

Michael Vick to plead guilty

John M. Guilfoil

Entertainment Scandal

August 20, 2007

CNN and the Associated press have reported that embattled NFL star, Michael Vick will plead guilty federal charges related to...

Upper Deck: No Vick trading cards this year

John M. Guilfoil

Entertainment Scandal

July 28, 2007

As the drama surrounding Michael Vick grows, the Upper Deck trading card company announced that they will remove the embattled...

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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!