"All my friends know the low rider" – but do you know the culture of the classic ride?

On the premiere episode of The Downshift, Joe Ray, custom car legend and editor in chief of Lowrider magazine, guides you through the culture, history and trends of the world of Lowrider. Riding shotgun is technical editor Saul Vargas, who reveals the true global reach of the Lowrider movement.

“All my friends know the low rider” – but do you know the culture of the classic ride?

On the premiere episode of The Downshift, Joe Ray, custom car legend and editor in chief of Lowrider magazine, guides you through the culture, history and trends of the world of Lowrider. Riding shotgun is technical editor Saul Vargas, who reveals the true global reach of the Lowrider movement.

Incredible video of the Hindenburg in 1937 going up in flames

This footage from the British Pathe archive shows the Hindenburg flying peacefully around and then cuts to the mighty airship in flames as it hits the ground. via Kottke   The incredible shot shows the airship exploding and disintegrating in less than half a minute in New Jersey, 1937. It had departed from Frankfurt, Germany, …

Favorite Commercials: Robert Frost, poem, Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen …