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Price of alcohol will drop slightly in Massachusetts

Blast Magazine Newsroom

November 2, 2010 3

Supporters claimed victory last Tuesday night on Massachusetts Question One, which exempts alcohol from state sales tax. “We are grateful...

Drambuie cocktail competition comes to Boston

Shannon O'Neill

October 15, 2010 237

Read on to see the winning recipes

Fun with 1800 Tequila

Shannon O'Neill

August 22, 2010 101

Recipes and a contest inside

Study suggests link between R-rated movies and underage drinking

Emma Rose Johnson

April 27, 2010 25

Seriously?

The Poor Grad Student gets drunk on St. Patrick’s Day

Lindsay Milgroom

The Issue The Poor Grad Student's Guide

March 11, 2010 44

You'll like where this goes

What about stout?

John Stephen Dwyer

February 28, 2010 182

COVER STORY: The suss on Guinness and its deliciously dark and drinkable cousins

Boston Wine Expo 2010

Erica J. Marcus

January 26, 2010 16

1,800 wines were available for sampling. We did our best to try them all.

Put a Cork in it: Basics from Busa

Erica J. Marcus

December 8, 2009 53

Julie Bonaventura from Busa Wine and Spirits chats up Erica

Local holiday cocktails

John M. Guilfoil

November 16, 2009 33

Boston area restaurants share their late season favorites

Put a Cork in it: Kevin Zraly

Erica J. Marcus

November 4, 2009 49

World renown expert educates us

World Draught Master is crowned

November 2, 2009 23

Avril Maxwell of New Zealand is the Draught Mistress

Samuel Adams launches Barrel-Aged line

John M. Guilfoil

October 31, 2009 163

Three new crafts join the circle

Introducing the Corona can

John M. Guilfoil

October 15, 2009 13

24-oz can launching in 26 marketings, including Massachusetts

Put a Cork in it: Wine for Generation Y

Erica J. Marcus

October 8, 2009 36

Blast's new wine column takes a look at what we've got to learn

Bud Light Golden Wheat launches nationwide

John M. Guilfoil

October 6, 2009 10

We've tried it, we like it, and there will be more on that later

Commentary: The puritans never left Massachusetts

John M. Guilfoil

September 2, 2009 35

They just drank a whole lot more back then.

The local drink

Tania deLuzuriaga

August 14, 2009 47

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Understanding the importance of the Dark 'n' Stormy

Herald: House of Blues’ liquor license yanked for a week

John M. Guilfoil

July 5, 2009 28

Two kiddies get sick at Boston's popular new music club.

Dude friggin’ kills another dude over a beer pong game

John M. Guilfoil

May 5, 2009 11

Boston.com, citing an Associated Press story, is reporting that a Bridgeport, Pa. party turned deadly after one man shot and...

Driving instructor guilty of giving lesson while drunk

John M. Guilfoil

April 16, 2009 17

A driving instructor was clearly sending the wrong message to his students — he was found guilty Thursday in Ipswitch...

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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!