Auto show press days aren’t just about sudorific convention centers, soporific engineering presentations, or moiling through a cortége of compulsory vehicle reveals. There’s also parties! Here’s Vanity Fair’s preview of the five hottest invites at this week’s L.A. Show.
The Gay Guide to Glee: “The First Time”
Just when you thought Glee was back on track, it delivers an emotionally-phony theme episode, mashed up with outtakes from West Side Story. Read the full re-cap at Vanity Fair.
Four-Wheeled Future: Tesla/Fisker/Rolls Edition
Introducing, “Four-Wheeled Future,” a new, VF.com feature that will explore the proximate and distant horizons of the automotive industry. This month, we drive three shockingly (ugh!) elegant electric vehicles–the Tesla Model S, the Fisker Karma, and the Rolls-Royce 102 EX–and provide some charged feedback (ugh!!)
The Gay Guide to Glee: “Pot ‘O Gold”
Glee finally returned this week with an episode on the aspirational adolescent theme of being true to oneself, begging the philosophical question: Does every un-kissed frog long for his inner prince? Full re-cap at Vanity Fair.
Roadkilling it at Car and Driver
My article on the hideous, and meaty, hazards of WVCs (Wildlife/Vehicle Collisions), and the innovative ways they’re being mitigated by Road Ecologists, is out in this month’s Car and Driver. Lucky for you cheap bitches, it’s also available for free on the internet.
Stars & Cars: Apolo Ohno
In this month’s “Stars & Cars” at Vanity Fair, I chat with polymath Apolo Ohno about rollover wrecks, Olympic car swag, and driving with his skates on, and offer an EXCLUSIVE preview of the gorgeous custom 1964 Cadillac Convertible he’ll be premiering at the SEMA show tomorrow.
5 Cars that will Trick AND Treat You
These hot vehicles all deliver the Smarties, but also have some mischief up their tailpipes. Find out how and why at Vanity Fair.
EXCLUSIVE Interview: Lauren Myracle
Lauren Myracle was just nominated for a National Book Award. Then, she was un-nominated. I give her a call to get the EXCLUSIVE full story, and to talk to her about bra shopping, her “depraved and pathologically lurid” Y.A. fiction, and Satanic cannibal Republican Presidential candidates, all for Vanity Fair.
Glamping in an Airstream R.V.
Stick Shift marks its triumphant return to weekly Vanity Fair car coverage with this report on the $130,000 Mercedes-based Airstream Interstate R.V., and the vital/creepy world of “Luxury Motorcoach Resorts.”
The Gay Guide to Glee: “Asian F”
This week’s episode was admirably cohesive and emotional, even anthemic. But it forgot to be funny.
Read the full Gee-cap at Vanity Fair.