Red Riding Hood Productions

Jim C (on the left), ex-bike messenger and Orange 20 bike shop owner, was hit a few months ago by a dumb kid who ran a stop sign at high speed. He has big medical bills because of this so his friends threw him a benefit ride and party at Bar 107!

It was MEGA FUN. There were vegan burrito's, great bands, raffles that I wish I won, mad dashes to the photo booth (that stopped eating our money after a while), and lots and lots of beer.

You can donate funds to Jim C through The Bicycle Kitchen.

They rocked the house Sunday afternoon into the evening at Bar 107!

I made it out for the last stage in Long Beach..

CICLE.ORG is awesome!!

I write for them sometimes, and curated the "Life Can Be So Car Free" film night for them last year!

They have organized with the City of Pasadena and Patagonia and will be hosting this event tomorrow.

Come and hang out with me (cuz I'll be there too!)

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Feb.27, 2007 "One Mile at a Time" Kickoff Event 6pm Patagonia Pasadena Free

Join Patagonia, C.I.C.L.E., Metro, and the City of Pasadena as we kickoff a month long celebration and promotion of Car-free Commuting “One Mile at a Time”. A wide array of speakers including 4 commuter testimonials and the Mayor of Pasadena, Bill Bogaard will host an evening of casual discussion on car-free commuting. Light refreshments and Prize Giveaways as well.


Check out “One Mile At a Time” Calendar of Events - Promoting Car-Free Commuting
All events are at Patagonia Pasadena
47 N. Fair Oaks Pasadena, CA 91103
PH.626.795.0319
Contact: Aimee Gilchrist or Sean Carter

Sat night was legendary fabulous!!

Honestly (and I hate to admit this) I did not know who Christian Death was before Sat night (I'm not so goth - y'know?) But my roommate is friends with them from when he lived in Berlin, and this past Sat night they played their first show since they got back together - in my backyard!!!

They were lovely rockstars, and Eva O sang beautifully and then I danced with her during DMT's set... (Also - I think DMT might be one of my new favorite bands. I couldn't stop dancing while they were playing, and I always love a band that does that!)

Tommy from Sky Parade (another amazing band!!) and my roommate Peter spent hours on Sat morn. setting up a great sound system and we rocked the fuck out till the break of dawn.

All the bands were amazing!

Death By Bass had this incredible home designed, crafted and built instrument that combined all these different electronic toys and keyboards on a sheet of wood. It was really colorful and great!

The range of musical genres was insane.. Drum/Bass Rock, to Electric Party Rap, to Indy-Emo, to Goth, to Reggae, Dancehall, Dub.

That's the way - uh huh, uh huh, I like it!

Thanks Mee and Dion, for bringing in the bands!!

Thanks Peter and Tommy for setting up all the sound and lights!! The tree looked beautiful lit in red!

Thanks to the fire stokers who kept the fire pit lit all night!

Thanks DJ Papalotl for DJing some of my favorite music so late in the night!! You are awesome!!

Thanks to all my amazing roommates!

Thanks to all the bands and DJ's including:

Death By Bass
Sky Parade
Christian Death
DMT
DJ Papalotl

Thanks to all the people who came out and drank all our beer!! We had a really, really good time, and we know you did also!!!

photo's to come!

POLITRIX 101 Presents: Saint Valentines commUnity ride!!

This benefit alley cat/ride will raise funds for...

KILLRADIO.ORG
CASA DEL PUEBLO
FOOD NOT BOMBS
SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS

THIS IS ALSO A BENEFIT FOR CESAR, A DTLA BIKE PUNK/MESSENGER WHO HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED WITH SPINAL MENINGITIS!!

Join hundreds of bicycle riders as they come together to celebrate community building across LA!!
Monies raised at this event will support the above organizations as they network and coalesce to create self-subsistence, self-sufficiency and self-determination!!!

CONVERGE UNDER THE BRIDGE in DOWNTOWN LA
4th Street & Flower @ 7pm
RACE STARTS @ 8pm
5 CHECK POINTS THROUGHOUT LA!!

AFTER PARTY...
with live bands & dj's (tba)
dfl race
bicycle film screenings (by local cyclists/filmmakers)
*FOOD *ART EXHIBITS *INFO BOOTHS
(byo... stuff to grill & share...)

Click on the photo below or go to www.xmmp.com for more info!

POLITRIX 101 is a radio show coming to you live every WEDNESDAY nights
on KILLRADIO.org from 7-9pm... It's political gabber/diverse music/bicycle culture & news

Friday, February 16 6-9pm - New York Alleycats Book release party & Monster Track Preparty. Grand Central Bar - 659 Grand between Manhattan & Leonard in Williamsburg.



THEN:

Friday, February 16 9pm - Goldsprints. Lost & Found Bar (formerly Lulus). 113 Greenpoint Ave & Franklin, Greepoint.



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THEN:

Saturday, February 17 2pm - Regsitration begins for Monster Track 8. Houston & Chrystie, Manhattan. More details at nycmassive.com
Sunday, Febraury 18 Noon - Side events. Skids, Polo, Trackstands, Backwards Circles, Rampant Boasting, etc. Lost & Found Bar (formerly Lulus). 113 Greenpoint Ave & Franklin, Greepoint. Hosted by KingKog.

Amy is a great photographer.

She has been photographing the messenger world for many, many years and is *finally* releasing a book with illustrations from the amazing artist, and NYC messenger, Greg Ugalde.

If you've seen some of the flyers for NYC alleycats over the last few years with crazy amazing illustrations, it's probably one of Greg's.

I got a sneak peek at the book when I was in Vegas for Interbike. It's pretty darn awesome!

If you are in NYC, you should definitely go to this party, and buy the book.

also - there will be GOLDSPRINTS right afterwards at LuLu's!!

If you are not in NYC, you should still buy the book.

Ripped right off the BikeBoom Calendar.
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East Side Bike Winter Party and Bikey Fashion Show.

The fantastic fun of the Spoken Art ride will start at the Space Arc Gallery this month where there will also be a party celebrating Bike Winter.

The rides will leave in waves starting at 6:30 pm and leave every half hour until 8:30ish. At the Space Arc there will be an art show featuring the art of Tony Zaldua, Ben Mook, Jen Diamond, Melissa Manful and the Space Ark artists,D.J.s for your dancing pleasures all night, a live band, The Primos, playing at 9pm, a bikey fashion show at 9:30 by Jen Diamond, a raffle with excellent bike related prizes which you can enter for $2. which will be awarded at 10pm, an alley rat race and a whole new crop of Bike Winter T-shirts.

BYOB no entrance fee.

Don't forget to bring your moola for refreshments, the raffle, to donate a little to the Arc, Bike Winter, to buy a sleek new jersey, a t-shirt or a piece of art.

All money goes directly back into bikela.com 's ride fund which sponors rides throughout the year.

RAIN DOES NOT CANCEL. DON'T BE A SISSY!

SPACE ARK is at: 106 South Avenue 58 Highland Park, CA 90042

click here to watch it...

Starring Jim C., Orlando, Ozzy, and a couple hundred LA hipsters on bikes..

Video by: Andrew Vontz

Brought to you by: Bicycling.com

Jake Dobkin took this photo..

I remember one night in NY right before I left for LA. A certain Gumpster was yelling so much I went to see what the hell was going on. She was having a very hard time working on a painting for school in Mr. UFO's studio and was yelling out her frustrations on the top of her powerful lungs. Mr. UFO was in painting mode. He kept right on painting under the voice of her yelling, calm and certain, as he just kept saying to her over and over again 'Art feels soooooo good' and 'Just keep doing it' and 'Art is sooooo fuuuuuuunnn'.

When I get really frusterated with something art-wise, I hear his voice from that moment of calm and certainty and it inspires me to just keep on doing 'it', whatever 'it' is...

Thanks Mr. UFO for that big little lesson... That truck looks tiiiiight... Especially the eyes in front..

This video is from Graffiti Research Lab and Eyebeam

I visited Eyebeam a few years ago, probably in 2002 or 2003, with a friend of mine who was taking an art/tech class.. His teacher had something to do with Eyebeam, but I forget his name.. he brought us into his studio. It was a pretty sparse room with a bunch of tech-looking equipment. He said the installation project he was working on was sort of like a video game, and he invited us to walk around the room.

I took a step to the left and something that sounded like a machine gun went off behind me. It was a little unnerving. I walked forward and it sounded like I was being chased by dogs. Every step we took seemed to trigger an aggressive sound. Like we were being attacked.

He finally explained that we were inside the video game. That we were the ones being chased, and hunted. That our steps triggered the sensors that set off the different sounds based on where in the room we were.

It was only the preliminary testing (for the installation) that we had walked into but it was really cool.

Go Graffiti Research Lab. Go Eyebeam.

He takes care of his work and doesn't let his pieces go to shit...

This area was smeared with nasty yellow paint a few days ago but now it's just a fresher shade of black.

This is from the Bike Boom Calendar:



There will be a big party to celebrate the start of Bike Winter 2007 and the 2 year anniversary of Santa Monica Critical Mass, that great West side ride.

The ride starts at the corner of Ocean and Colorado (just north of the Santa Monica pier sign, near the cannon), in Santa Monica gathering at 6pm, start riding 6:30pm.

The party will be on the West Side at The Green Party Head Quarters in S.M. a.k.a. the Bikerowave 2811 Pico Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90405 directly following the SMCM / 9pm.

Don't forget to bring your dance shoes and some dough for refreshments, commemorative t-shirts and the raffle where you could win a plethora of bike related stuff.

You will also be able to get a Bike Winter event card. You can have the event card stamped at every Bike Winter Event. At the BW Eastside Party the top 10 persons with the most stamps will be entered in a raffle to win prizes. All ten will win something.

The Bicycle Film Festival is my MOST FAVORITE film festival!

We have extended the submissions deadline and...

WE WANT YOUR MOVIES!!!!

So keep sending em in..

Wanna help The Bicycle Film Festival? We'd really love for you put some flyers up around your neighborhood, or in your school, or on your blog/website.

We need your support!!

Download the Submissions Form from the website www.bicyclefilmfestival.com

Or contact me for more info :)