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The Nerd Also Rises

June 15, 2015

Considering how deeply steeped in nerdery pop culture is today – adults using “lol,” the recent explosion of comic book...

Exactly Why Don’t Millennials Want To Buy Cars?

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Auto News

October 28, 2013

I recently read an article in Popular Science magazine by Dave Mosher called “Why You Can’t Sell Me A Car.”...

Just how, exactly, is the government shutdown affecting Gen-Y?

Kellen Rice

Features

October 4, 2013

Okay, team: we’re three days into the shutdown and I know the question that is at the forefront of our...

Gen-Y girl runs dating magazine for Gen-Y girls

Sara Brown

Dating/Boyfriends

May 18, 2012

Interview with Tehrene Firman of Love Twenty

Talkin’ (smack) about “My Generation”

Chris DeMatteo

Television

September 27, 2010

New ABC drama suffers from bad timing -- and bad writing.

Friend request?

Whitney Gordon

Enterprise Articles The Issue

November 17, 2009

20-Somethings: How to make friends with the opposite sex

Put a Cork in it: Wine for Generation Y

Erica J. Marcus

Features

October 8, 2009

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

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!

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