Nostalgic Wednesdays: Traveling without Moving

Cars and music, an inseparable combo like burgers and fries.  From rockabilly music associated to hot-rods and hip-hop music to cadillac grills, the type of music you listen to sometimes gives a hint on what type of gear you grind. Before MP3s and Pandora, we had our mix-tapes and binders of CDs in our cars. We had specific music designated for every type of driving style; may it be race playlist, cruise playlist, impressing a chick playlist, etc. Then came the MTV generation, remember when MTV used to air just music videos and Bevis and Butthead? Some music became likable  because of the videos they had. Now, if you are a fan of the British Top Gear, you probably know who Jay Kay is. He is not just the lead singer to Jamiroquai but he is also a car enthusiast who always include high-end cars in their music videos. I actually bought the album “Traveling Without Moving” and one reason I bought it is because of the album cover (which resembled the Ferrari badge). One of my favorite tracks form that album was “Cosmic Girl”. Not only it’s a classic track to cruise with but they created a kick-ass music video for it as well, an F40, 355 and a Diablo, an all-star cast! Definitely one of my favorite music videos. Check out Kavinsky- Protovision as well.

Music will always be a part of the automotive culture, a car will always have a radio no matter what generation or style.

-Mark

 

Ricer Nights at the Rice Box

Sadly, I couldn’t be there due to some photo editing work for SuperStreet magazine feature, but Thanet went out there with his camera and got some of the late nite shenanigans out at the Rice Box.  Wednesday ricer nights happens almost every week… either at the Rice Box or Moon Tower Inn.  So if you’re in town, just hit up some of the local guys and ask where the get together will be.

-Danh-
dphan@maydaygarage.com

Day 2: Mayday Garage Does FormulaD: Road Atlanta

"Officer I'm not drunk, I'm just swervin on these hoes" - Diego Sanchez

Day 1 took a toll on some of us so we didn’t bother getting up early since the event didn’t really start til 1 or 2pm. My main goal was to try to get more drifting action for Day 2, but that didn’t go according to plan. So in order to make up for it, we did some rice hunting around Road Atlanta…

Day 1: Mayday Garage Does FormulaD Rd. 2: Road Atlanta

The birthplace of FormulaD.... Road Atlanta.

We’re back at it again with coverage from Round 2. It was Mayday’s 2nd time at the track and my first time there if that makes any sense. My plan for the weekend was to fly in early on Friday, rent a car and drive straight to Road Atlanta in time for the media meeting, get a couple shots here and there, while Mikey flies up North to pick up parts for his Project 240: Voltron. After he had picked up his parts, Mikey would drive back to Houston. I told him to stop by FormulaD since it’s on the way and so he did…. at 5am.

We Are Driven

Check out this documentary of the tuner world today filmed by Halcyon Photography. It’s a bit long so I don’t recommend watching it while you’re on the sh*tter.

-Danh-
dphan@maydaygarage.com