The Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music Festival Tour: Europe 2010 A new kind of happening for an evolving culture, the bicycle music festival (BMF) merges a 1200 Watt pedal-powered P/A system, zero use of cars and trucks, and an eclectic crew of world class musicians and volunteers. The entire experience is all human powered by setting up [...]
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A video of the paseo nocturno, from our roots bike rebel hermanos at Bici 10 Arriving at night in Guadalajara we packed up and met our good friend Chava and started our first ride in Mexico for the 2009 tour. Since then we’ve been busy! The Ginger Ninjas first had an interview with the University of [...]
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We’re getting ready to launch a new web site, and with it a whole new way to interact with our music. Thanks to a partnership with our buddies at the Web 39.3 company Topspin, you’ll soon be able to hear, download, and own ALL the music we create, in real time. Rather than wait a [...]
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You are pedaling the Ginger Ninjas Sound System… Coupling super efficient digital amplifiers with generators attached to working bicycles (as opposed to purpose-built stationary bikes), this system allows a band to play off-grid anywhere, wall outlet or no, and to carry the system to a gig on two wheels. The band calls up members of the [...]
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7pm-12 at 32 Mansfield St, Allston, in the basement. free.
Cello Joe went home to California 5 weeks ago; Eco took an excursion 2 weeks ago; Jared hurt his achilles and got lost hitching with Sister Jo 7 days ago; Toby and Chaba took a right when everyone else went left and got lost in the mountains 5 days ago; so when we rolled into [...]
Saturday night had gone so well, that we decided to do it again… in the plaza… in front of everyone! On Sunday night, the city had set up chairs for the people to watch a marichi band perform in the gazebo. As they played, we quietly set up right next to their crowd. When the Mariachis stopped, the huge crowd flocked over to us [...]
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We’ll be ROCKIN here… ———— Zocalo! 16:30 el Jueves, 27 de Marzo de 2008 ———— La Voratine! 20:00 el Viernes, 28 de Marzo de 2008 Madero 107, Centro de Tlalpan
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I Have Schwalbe Big Apple Tires on my bike. They where installed used before the trip. I do not know the orginal mile, but they had some wear. At the begining of the trip I got some flats, about 6. Some were from glass and made small cuts. Half way down Baja Franklin gave me [...]