Tonight I learned to tune a guitar. Last night at Ashley and (Bonfire) Madigan and Jane LeCroy’s birthday party I sang the night away and it was fun. Thursday’s Miss Rockaway Armada benefit show went very well. There are still some amazing pieces left, so if you haven’t seen the show, look at it on flickr here. Anyway, tonight I made myself tune a guitar that I brought home from Todd’s house to play. I wasn’t quite getting it perfect so he called me on the phone and listened to me tuning and we figured it out. That was pretty nice. Also, I slept till 3 and then rode my bike in the rain to coney island for the marching band thing and grub at coney island. but they did grub early so i missed it. it was a nice ride anyway.
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NYC->Philly to see Dark Dark Dark (missing them with all my heart, and not just because they took Todd away, I wince at the departure of Marshall and Nona and George) at Fancy House->DC for NCOR->Philly to drop Josh off at NotSquat, 2nd visit to Finley at Fancy House->NYC to Todd’s then biked up to my house. Whew! And a 3hr boat meeting I called into. Now trying to go to bed. I need to get better at tearing my eyes from the screen.
Here’s a pic of Marshall. I miss you guys so much already.
Looking for a cheap boat for an amazing project - $1
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Date: 2007-03-12, 12:04AM CDTI’m a member of the Mississippi River’s Miss Rockaway Armada. You might have met us when we came to Minneapolis, Red Wing, Winona, LaCrosse, Prairie Du Chien, Dubuque, Clinton and all the cities along the river before Andalusia, Ill. last year. We’re a huge raft made of all kinds of scrap materials, including 2 diesel engines from Volkswagen rabbits, converted to run biodiesel with longtail props attached. It’s a kind of arts troupe. We come to town and do a show and hold workshops during the day and do face painting for kids and play music. This year we’re interested in building a few satellite rafts and being more of an armada. I’d like to find or buy a cheap 16′-22′ (approx) boat with a working motor and then convert it to run on bike power by building a bike power apparatus to drop into the water over the transom and then and likely building out some pontoons behind the transom to even the weight and attach the motor to.I wonder if you might have an inexpensive boat with a working motor that might sound good for this project. We have very little money but a lot of heart and if you have a boat in your midst that might sound like a good base for this kooky idea we’d be grateful.Check out our website to see pictures: http://www.missrockaway.org, more pictures here: http://www.everydayilive.com/armada
Read the articles about us at the link below. there was one in the star tribune but i can’t find it online:
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2006-12-19/news_feat.php
Thanks!
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OK, at long last I have finally uploaded all the miss rockaway pictures!! Click here to see them and scroll down for the flickr pool.
from nonsensenyc:
XXXXX FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 XXXXX
Midnight Ridazz NYC
We are having the first ever Midnight Ridazz NYC bike ride. Midnight
Ridazz is already well established in LA and elsewhere on the west
coast and we are bringing it here. The idea is that of a fun party
atmosphere bike ride, make noise make jokes dress in costume it is
not meant to be a strenuous ride. The first ride will be themed Kings
and Queens and will be meeting at Fort Greene park in Brooklyn at the
Myrtle and Washington entrance, then riding through northern Brooklyn
and into queens terminating in East Williamsburg/Bushwick at Siegel
and Bogart. The ride will be about 10 miles and no rider will be left
behind. After the ride, riders who are 21 and over may choose to
continue on to one of the bars in the area with other riders or go
their own way home. Your best frivolous royal dress is encouraged.
For more information on this ride and Midnight Ridazz in general
check the website.
Fort Greene Park
Myrtle and Washington entrance, Brooklyn
10:30p; $free
http://www.midnightridazz.com
Andre Anderson’s mother gave a wonderful impassioned speech at the end of the ride. Noah Budnick is behind her. He also spoke (he is a great speaker).
A plaque for all the unreported bike deaths.
Nuckel speaking at Eric Ng’s memorial. Through this experience of losing someone so close to the community recently, Erc’s friends have pulled together and remembered Eric in resistance. Nuckel’s speech at the ride and at Eric’s memorial ride have been heartwrenching and empowering. He’s really an amazing organizer and member of this community.
Rachel in a bike lift on 9th ave. Rachel helped organize the ride and is an awesome Time’s Up organizer.
Bronx Jon’s ghost bike in Williamsburg at S.4 and Roebling, a site tons of cyclists pass by every day, including me. This cyclist was an active member in the messenger community and is missed terribly by his loved ones and friends.
hanging bikes with wings above the ghost bike at Kevin Powell’s memorial site. Mr. Powell’s murderers have not yet been found.
Thanks Todd, for posting:
This is reposted from the Visual Resistance site:
On Friday, December 1, Eric Ng was riding his bike up the West Side bike path. He was on his way from a show to a party — that was Eric, always busy, always seeing people — when a fucking drunk driver ran him down. The driver had traveled at speed for over a mile on the bike path, ignoring dozens of exits, literally dozens of chances to return to the road. Dozens of choices. The car hit Eric with such force that his bike was crushed, he was thrown into the air, his tire and shoe landing fifty feet away. The horrific details are in the news, if you want them.
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A big group of Eric’s friends spent the weekend mourning, talking, and, finally, making. We made a ghost bike for him on Saturday and sunflowers on Sunday. Eric’s memorial plaque reads “Love & Rage†— no resting in peace for this rock star.There’s a memorial ride this Saturday, December 9th, meeting at 1pm in Washington Square Park and then proceeding to the site of Eric’s death. Non-bikers can head straight to the site, on the West Side bike path near Clarkson St. Please bring flowers (especially sunflowers), sidewalk chalk, paint, whatever you want. There will be a memorial service after the ride with music and a slideshow, and a party later that night.
Check the VR site for more updates.
!!!!!THIS SATURDAY!!!!!
!!!!!BIKE KILL FOUR!!!!!
28 OCTOBER 2006
SAME TIME - HIGH NOON TILL SUNDOWN
SAME PLACE - SANDFORD ST & WILLOUGHBY AVE -BROOKLYN-
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!!!!AFTER PARTY!!!!
SUN DOWN TO SUN UP
LIVE BANDS
LIVE DJs
LIVE DANCING
LIVE FOREVER
@ THE CHICKEN HUT - 169 SPENCER STREET (crnr WILLOUGHBY)
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ALL OTHER PARTIES IN THE CITY SUCK!!!
GET ON YO BIKE
AND GET DOWN TO
BIKE KILL FOUR
BOUGHT TO YOU BY THE
BLBC - AMERICAS TALL BIKE AUTHORITY
BLBC - AMERICAS SHORT BIKE AUTHORITY
BLBC - AMERICAS PARDY HARDY AUTHORITY
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