Greetings gearheads and internal combustion dilettantes alike. After years as an ink-stained wretch covering all things automotive for the Special Sections Department of the Los Angeles Times -- as well as penning a wide range of lifestyle features -- I've finally taken the plunge into blogdom. Seems like a good way to supplement my paying, hard copy writing assignments without the constraints of journalism or jittery editors. Or getting paid.
Besides, I've got a lot to say about auto culture as well as all things related to consumer tech and pop culture. And media contacts shovel way more information than I can possibly use in my stories. Basically, Autofixiation will be my conduit for cool car culture stuff and anything else that might not fit elsewhere. It's a big world out there bucky, and automobiles somehow transcend technology, steel and grinding pistons, speed and design. Cars are pop culture on wheels. And Autofixiation (like asphyxiation, get it?) is, above all, a creature that wallows in pop culture like a spasmodic pig in pheromone-laced mud. My writing credits include Entertainment Weekly, New York Times Magazine, and Rolling Stone, where I was a frequent contributor covering consumer electronics.
So enough about me. Tell me a little about yourself. Drop a line, comment, insult, lavish praise, whatever. Share. I'm here to listen as well as vent. And please feel free to grab the L.A. Times Special Sections coverage of the auto world that I and our hard-working staff work so hard to produce. I'll keep you posted. So it begins...
