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We wanna give it to you straight, no matter the topic - bands and bombs, cars and guitars, candor and culture. A shot of the truth, a hefty dose of sarcasm, and a sprinkle of humor is what fastandloud is all about.

How to Save the US Automotive Industry in 10 Not-So-Simple StepsNovember 17 2008

With the Big 3 U.S. Automakers circling the drain, we figured we would throw our hat in the ring and offer up some suggestions.

And no…none of them involve sticking your head between your legs and kissing your @$$ goodbye.

1. File chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Suck it up and file bankruptcy. During the restructure, fire some people, adjust some salaries, and trim the fat. Take the $25 billion dollars of taxpayer money and ensure that your workers get the retirement and health care benefits that you have promised them.

And honestly, I don’t care how hard your CEO works or how stressful the job is, an $8 million dollar salary is ridiculous when you are asking the federal government for a handout. He already gets free cars, maintenance, and repairs (which are normally 15-20% of a household budget). You could take $7 million of that and start saving your company.

2. Get rid of the United Auto Workers Union.

Workforce unionization is so 1935. Historically, labor unions fought to establish safer working conditions and better wages/benefits fo

Free Music: How to Find it and Download it, Part 2September 15 2008

God kills a kitten every time you download a Metallica song.

Welcome back. If you’re looking for even more ways to find free music downloads on the web, then keep reading.

If you missed Part 1, we covered: Direct downloading, Google / MSN search strings, Peer to Peer (P2P) downloading, downloading from Newsgroups, and downloading from IRC. Feel free to hop over there and check it out.

In Part 2 of Free Music: How to Find it and Download it, we’ll cover: Ripping directly from Media Players, free downloads from Independent and Major record labels, free Public Domain works, and Converting your music into a usable format.

Everybody put their thinking caps on.

#6 Rip from Media Players (record the radio)

Method 1 - Stand alone Stream Ripping

1. Download, run, & setup Ripcast,

Free Music: How to Find it and Download it, Part 1September 14 2008

iTunes cuts me checks!

If you are looking for ways to find and download free music from web, then you’re in the right place. Searching for free songs on the internet can be a daunting task. There are so many different devices: Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, Creative Zen, Archos,

fastandloud.com puts on its big girl panties and tries out the MassiveLoud theme!September 1 2008

“On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.”  - Thomas Jefferson

If you haven’t noticed already, we’re using a cleaner, sexier new layout. But don’t be fooled by the new dress, we’re gonna bring it to you Faster and Louder than EVAH!

We wanna give you the grand tour, but we need a moment to reflect on where we’ve been.

fast&loud original recipe

1. Original recipe was Day one - ground zero. Fast&Loud.com and fff are born.
2. 1942 Report font with headphone, bomb, skull, text balloon, and dollar sign are the beginnings of what remains the fast&loud logo.
3. Icons that F*ing GLOWED! on mouse-over for the page navigation.
4. Pictures to replace the text for categories via Photoshop slices = JOY Migraine.
5. Introduced the Fast&Loud Store with CafePress integration.
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Do Hybrids or EVs really need Fake Exhaust sounds for the Blind?August 11 2008

Lotus Gas-Sipper

Lotus Cars seems to be the latest car manufacturer to be jumping on the Hybrid / EV bandwagon. It took them long enough, seeing that a Tesla Roadster IS a Lotus Elise. Yes, they modified it to damn-near a nth of its life, but they still start as an Elise. You would think that Tesla would creating an EV Elise and make a little competition for Tesla, right?  Wrong. That would be WAAAAAAAAY too obvious. Lotus is actually stuffing waterproof speaker systems into a Prius(es?) to play fake exhaust sounds at low speeds and red lights.

So, it seems that one of the