Lincoln Ve-Low #15

Issue #15 of Lincoln Ve-Low is now available.

Go visit Monkey Wrench and pick up your copy. Or collect all fifteen at the Lincoln Ve-Low web site.

Subscribing wouldn't hurt you, either.

Hi-Fi Reader #6

Issue #6 of the HI-FI Reader is now available.

Collect all six at
hi-fireader.blogspot.com.

blisters on his fingers

beautiful medley
something here isn't quite right
two strings are missing

Limey Bastard

Skate Fairy's got your little lime ...

right here, buddy.

Your New Bike

Barack Obama is many things to many people. This site suggests that he is all things endearing, good, friendly, fun and interesting too. In short, Barack is not better than your new bike - Barack IS your new bike. Does anything really beat that?

White People Like Bicycles

"A good place to find white people on a Saturday is at a Bike Shop. Bike shops are almost entirely staffed and patronized by white people!

"But not all white people love bicycles in the same way, there is much diversity."
[read more...]


From Stuff White People Like

Is It Radio If It's On The Computer?

I can never catch what I want to catch on National Public Radio or on any radio for that matter.
It's my schedule — or lack of one — that's to blame. Or maybe it's my inability to sit by a radio for long stretches of time.
I am one of those folks who sits in front of a computer for long stretches of time, though. And not coincidentally, I'm listening to more radio then ever.
Also not coincidentally, I'm liking more radio than ever.

Radio Lab is at the top of my list (and Studio 360, and This American Life, and Fresh Air), but all NPR programming is available free and on-line — either through downloads, streaming, or by subscribing to podcasts — so now you can listen to whatever you want, whenever you want.

All this digital goodness, as well as the analog version, is free of advertising and suggestive sales pitches, the lack of which has been shown to have a calming effect lab rats. But don't forget — radio or not, schedule or not — NPR only works if it's supported through your donations.
Your inner lab rat thanks you.

Think globally, act locally, listen universally.

NAHMBS

The North American Hand Made Bicycle Show was last weekend in Portland.

Cheryl and I happily paid our entrance fees and promptly ran into the GB of all PGGBs Nate.

After that it was a taut Cornhusker thread tying everything together with the Meschkes repping Signal Cycles, Rick Hunter repping Monkey Wrench, Steve Potts repping Nebraskans (scroll down to the bottom), and then we happily found out that Chris King’s ONLY print ad in any publication is in Lincoln Ve-Low.

Feeling good and proud of our homeland, we kept the streak alive with former NE GBs Katie, Kirk, and Chad. Honorary Huskers were there too, including Bob K, Kevin I, Michael L, Lori D, Michelle P, Natas K, Reese F, and over 4,000 other familiar friendlies.
I guess the whole shebang is going off again next year in Indy.
We're going to try hard to be there and suggest you all do the same.

Here's a flickr set of some of my photos for looking at with your eyes.

Tre AD On Me

Hung out with Prefontaine for the weekend.

Details here ...

tuesday sometimes feels like monday

In the midst of what may turn out to be a looooong week of successive Mondays, we present you this clip of Ernie and Bert getting some of their wintertime frustrations out in a very plainsmen-stuck-in-the-house-for-too-long-type manner.



Ripped savagely from the digi-pages of the Bummer Life Avoidance Program.

Omodern

Everything at omodern is good for looking at.

Panda Bear

Yeah, Clark

O'Dell's: the making of the video.

Hammer of the Gods

Kevin, his moustache, and his hammer have been building somethin' in his backyard. On a recent visit to his lovely home, the accomplishment and excitement of what is yet to come was oozing from both Kev and Miles. Looks like this whole moustache thing has been producing some real results for number Seven. Way to be.

Get The Hell Out

Tomorrow my brother Rob finishes his first of two eight-day stints in a medical study.

Woooooo! Freedom and stuff!

You can read all his bloggy insights here.

My Hump

Reason #1 for the Portland visit was to attend my friend Jon's wedding.

It was so kick ass I can't even explain it to you.
Portland rips and the ceremony was right in the center of downtown at the Chinese Garden. That also rips.

And I got to take my sister Annie as my date. More ripping!

Anyway, congrats, Jon and Cel! May you have more happy days together than you know what to do with.

More Carts, More Darkness

Filmmaker Murray Siple just gave us a call to say that there's a newer, better trailer up for Carts of Darkness.

Check it, don't wreck it.

Man-Machine with a pocket calculator

Yah. Kraftwerk.
You may have guessed, but now it's confirmed—musical genius and obsessive-compulsive cyclists.

You like, yah?

From Shmapple

iDea is here.

Be Green

As promissed, the top 25 of the 50 Greatest Muppets.

Carts of Darkness

Carts of Darkness is an upcoming doc on homless dudes who bomb hills on shopping carts.
Click here to view the trailer.






Lifted from Mark at Slap