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Archive for February, 2006

Travelling Bike Circus, by Bike

Friday, February 24th, 2006

These people ride clunky bikes all around Europe and provide a mobile circus. I like bike circuses that travel in buses, but I like this more.

Ending the Wal-March

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

One of my favorite orgs, Co-op America, just released a free guide to moving beyond the Wal-Mart economy.
“We look at why Wal-Mart’s business model is bad for workers, communities,
and the environment, and what each of us can do - individually and with our
community members - to create a healthier, and more sustainable marketplace.
Our guide includes:

There […]

Get Your Own Dick Button

Friday, February 17th, 2006

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Shows this Week

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Playing tonight. Come witness the stage debut of Greggo aka howlin wolf. Otto’s Shrunken Head, 14th St btw Ave A and B, NYC. 11pm.
Just Added! Sunday Feb 19th in Brooklyn at Barbes.

Couch Bikes and Cycling Canoes

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

First, for the potatoes out there, though not necessarily the laziest ones, there’s the couch bike. Then, for all the boaters who ever wished they didn’t have to use a car to go back and forth, there’s the canoemobile.

Cheney Really Needs Love Now

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

Did he do it on purpose? Is the media over-reacting? Was he drunk? Who knows. All we know is that he needs love more than ever, now, and our upcoming video is coming along to show it.
My bio-pop has a music and video studio in Brooklyn, so we came here to film the rest of […]

The Whole Shebang

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

As stoked as I was to do the Grist Interview, I was a little bummed to be heavily edited. Not because my responses didn’t need any choppin’, but because they cut out pretty much all of my philosophy on career choice, hate, blame, fear, and optimism, which I thought was the meat of my interview. […]

Dick Cheney Video Preview

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Since IJ is heading off to Africa for who knows how long, we figured we’d better snag footage of his parts of the upcoming video before he left. We got some great footage of him plugging his mic into the meadow yesterday and edited down a little teaser tonight. If you haven’t heard the whole […]

Flying with Bike

Friday, February 10th, 2006

[photopress:strapped.jpeg,thumb,centered]Out in NYC working on a music vid for Dick Cheney (more soon), flew here with my long bike. Everyone asks how you fly with an Xtracycle. Easy! Just put it in a box and go. When you get there, take it out, strap on your bag and guitar, click on the Down Low […]

X in the Machine

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

Visiting my mom on the sixth floor. Xtracycle fits just fine in her teeny elevator. This is a long longbike, too, an Electra Townie that’s about 10″ longer than a regular x.[photopress:XinElevator.jpg,full,pp_empty]