The Pleasant Revolution

Gearing up in the New Year! … Pleasant Revolution 2011 collaborates with Wild and Scenic Film Festival

heather — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:10:43 +0000

The gears are turning and they are turning out something very spectacular and innovative for this year’s Pleasant Revolution Tour. We are teaming up with Yuba River Valley’s Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival – which takes it’s name from the celebrated declaration of the Yuba River as a protected wild and scenic river, a status that protects the free-flowing condition and upholds high standards for water quality when established as a remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, and/or cultural value. Wild & Scenic and SYRCL’s initiatives are to recover California’s wild salmon and to protect and restore the Yuba River.

Bringing the Wild and Scenic Film Festival On Tour with the Pleasant Revolution will serve to broaden the regional platform for local environmental advocacy and allow for teams of like minded people to become more involved and aware of the diversity of environmental projects taking place. The bike route will stretch from Vancouver to Mexico, much of which is considered Salmon Country – areas of rivers in need of protection to save the remaining population of salmon endangered by the damming and pollution of important water systems.

During the months of May through November we will be hosting from 15 to 20 Bicycle Music and Film Festivals and showing a variety of different environmental films at each stop. Are you one of those people who can’t sit through a movie? Well, you will be the perfect volunteer pedal-powerer for the bike-in movies and pedal-powered film projector we will be premiering. Maybe Rock the Bike will surprise us with a pedal-powered popcorn maker to go along with those delicious smoothies!! Expect to taste the work of a finely bike-blended smoothie on this year’s tour!

More tour info to come!! Be sure to check out the magic of last year’s Pleasant Revolution 2010 European Tour… and please be in touch if you want to bring the magic to your town.

A documentary by Jonathan Grevsan

Our photo stream..

Cool article about Europe tour posted by one of our sponsors – YUBA bikes

Welcome Home! Show at Barbes Nov 18th 2010 @ 10 pm

a2hosting — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:23:58 +0000

After six months touring Europe by bicycle, The Pleasant Revolution has one last show in New York City. Prepare for pedal powered awesomeness!

Nov 18th 2010 @ 10 pm @ Barbes

376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.)

Park Slope, Brooklyn 347 422 0248

10 pm

$10

60 person capacity so arrive early!

Featuring: The Ginger Ninjas, Amanda Mora Jones, StitchCraft, CelloJoe and The Genie

Article in Bilbao, Spain newspaper about Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music Tour

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:00:05 +0000

CelloJoe played in a school in Toulouse, France

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:09:11 +0000

Blast from the past. September 2010
CelloJoe played for the kids at a school in Toulouse, France. The gig was hooked up by our road angel in Toulouse, Frederick.

The kids had all kinds of great questions and loved the music. They asked where we sleep, what we eat, and what the bucket on the handlebars was for. (answers: we camp out or stay with friends, a lot of everything, and it’s a bicycle percussion kit.)

Check out the thank you cards they wrote and drew!

Interview in French from Toulouse

a2hosting — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:01:01 +0000

Pleasant Revolution story starts at about 8 minutes. En français…

http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20101026-1-actualite-environnementale-jean-paul-jaud

Nov 3 2010 – Bicycle Music Festival in Santander, Spain

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:16:06 +0000

Evento bicicletero musical con The Pleasant Revolution

El próximo día 3 de Noviembre se acercará a Santander el evento musical-bicicletero The Pleasant Revolution (La banda de música a pedales) dentro de su gira por toda Europa…
Se trata de un paseo por la ciudad en bicicleta, acompañando a diversos grupos musicales que componen esta curiosa banda y que pedaleando, ofrecen un espectáculo festivalero, con sus instrumentos y altavoces para hacer una llamada de atención sobre el deterioro de nuestro planeta y la reivindicación del uso de la bici.
Naturalmente, la masa crítica santanderina, además de su cita mensual, no quiere perderse este evento que estará lleno de color, música y diversión por las calles de la ciudad.
Recuerda: el miércoles día 3 de noviembre, a partir de las 19:00 en los Jardines de Pereda…
Como este mismo jueves tenemos nuestra masa crítica del mes, aprovecharemos para charlar sobre el tema.
Apúntalo en tu agenda, no te olvides de acercarte a disfrutar de este evento único.

CelloJoe robbed on the beach in Calella, Spain

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:40:57 +0000

Well, I was robbed on the beach in Calella, Spain on the the Costa Brava.

I’m now the fourth revolutionary to have their stuff stolen from them. The thief got my ipod, my cell phone, and my camera.

I had them in them in my pants rolled up right next to me. I found my pants fifty feet from me. It was a nice thief because he just took the money out of my wallet and at least they left me with my cards, my wallet (empty of money) and my pants. They didn’t get my computer thankfully or my passport. If I had only kept my valuables in my sleeping bag with me! I feel especially stupid because I told Louis to keep his valuables in his sleeping bag when his passport and money were stolen. I feel like I’ve lost some trust in humanity and I’m pretty upset, but mostly I’m upset with myself for not being more street-wise or beach-wise as the case may be.

I feel pretty unlucky because Thomas had his iPhone right on his handlebars and they didn’t get that.

At least I made someone’s day today. And I have a few less things to carry around. Lightening the load is a good thing I guess.

-joey

Bicycle Music Festival in Barcelona

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:54:03 +0000

Pleasant Revolution rides into Barcelona to celebrate Bicycle Music Festival Mayhem with special guests from San Francisco, Fossil Fool and Justin Ancheta!! Bicycle Music Fest will be a part of the 350 Barcelona, and “10:10:10 – Un Da para Cambiar” celebrations taking place this weekend www.350.org and www.1010global.org/es

BICYCLE MUSIC FESTIVAL

PARQUE DE LA ESTACIÓN NORTE 10:00-14:00

10:10 Lanzamiento de la campaña 10:10
10:30 Batukats de l’ala
11.00 Pleasant Revolution
11.40 Erik Goransson
12.15 Residual Gurus
13.00 Colectivo Artcatraz
14:00 “En bici en vivo” – viaje a la próxima localización

PLAZA DEL MAR/ BARCELONETA 14:30-17:00

14:30 Batucada Sambandreu
15:00 Solrise
15:45 Amanda Mora
16:15 Shinga
16:30 Batucada Sambandreu

“En bici en vivo” – viaje al centro

PLAZA DELS ANGELS (MACBA) 17:30 – 22:00

15: 30 Anthroposinergia e invitados
17: 30 Batucada Brincadeira
17: 50 Presentaciones de proyectos locales
18: 15 Cello Joe
18: 45 Up with the mess
19: 30 StitchCraft
20:00 Ray Callao
20:30 Ginger Ninjas
21:30 The Genie

“En bici en vivo” – viaje hacia fiesta final

PRESENTACIONES DE PROYECTOS LOCALES

Entre cada actuación se dejará un espacio de “open mic” (micrófono abierto)
para que asociaciones, emprendedores, artistas expliquen en 2 minutos qué
proyecto o idea está llevando a cabo para afrontar el cambio climático.

Between each act there will be a space for “open mic” for associations, businesses, or artists to explain in 2 minutes their idea for confronting climate change.

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See the video of Justin and Paul making their way here

Revolutionizing the Pyrenees!

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 09:10:08 +0000

We’ve recently accomplished something that I had a hard time imagining only a few short weeks ago: we’ve ridden over the Pyrenees from Toulouse, France into the Catalan area of Spain, heading for Girona and then Barcelona.

You can see our route on Google Maps. The downhill from La Molina to Castellar de n’Hug was EPIC!

Watch the Pleasant Revolution set up our pedal powered sound system in 37 seconds!

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:38:16 +0000

Ok, it actually takes about 15-20 minutes, but you can watch the whole process in 37 seconds and then watch the Ginger Ninjas rock a street crowd in the capital square in Toulouse, France.

Click here to view the embedded video.