If you have been near, involved, curious or entrenched in the pop surrealism art scene that has exploded these past two decades, Juxtapoz magazine would be your bible and artists like Ron English, Todd Shorr and Robert Williams would be your spiritual guides. Matt Revelli, Editor of Juxtapoz and head man for Upper Playground has […]

Photographer Tom Fowlks is a dying breed. He’d rather spend a week driving his 1984 Cadillac Fleetwood up to Montana chasing down Evel Knievel than photographing the latest CW disposable starlet. Or fill his trunk with lenses and film and head to some remote locale to shoot for Outside, Fast Company, Intersection, ESPN, Wallpaper or […]

Experiencing my first rave is something I’ll never forget. Everything about the affair is permanently burned into my psyche: The road trip from San Diego to the map point on Melrose Ave, consumed by an overwhelming sense of mystery, of not knowing exactly what I was getting myself into. The two-hour drive to the Mohave […]

Hurst Performance Vehicles announced their newest vehicles, the HURST/Hemi-Challenger, painted in their legendary black and gold colors available once again. Both the black and gold and the white and gold Challengers are available in various performance stages — Series 2 vehicles available through participating Dodge dealers, while Series 3, 4 and 5 vehicles are only […]

words by Boojie Baker // photos by Chris Soltis It’s hard to convey the impact that listening to techno music at Detroit’s Movement Festival can have. This year I witnessed 10,000 plus people going totally bananas to Luciano and Loco Dice — crowd surfing, rock concert hyena antics. Night had fallen in Downtown Detroit, GM’s […]

Given the gloomy predictions for the autoworld in 2009, I thought Detroit’s NAIAS would be bereft of relevant debuts. Not so. Sure, the atmosphere was restrained and the showroom at times dismally vacant, but there were still plenty of cars to keep it interesting. Fisker unveiled its Sunset, which is a 2-door Karma convertible, yesterday […]

Take a long look at the above photo. It’s GM’s booth at the 2009 NAIAS in Detroit, the most important car show in America. And no, it’s not after-hours. This is mid-show. Yowzers. I haven’t such emptiness since that Heidi Montag wedding (Zing!). Obviously, a very slow year for Detroit. A consultant who used to […]