Shel Silverstein writes, illustrates and reads his own prose. My brother dug up this animation which I had somehow never seen.

CLOSENESS TRAILER from danilo Parra on Vimeo.

Paraphrasing the peopleforbikes.org website:
Peopleforbikes.org is dedicated to … improving the future of bicycling. (Their) goal is to gather a million names of support, to speak with one, powerful voice—to make bicycling safer, more convenient and appealing for everyone.

They’re doing this through promoting bike lovers to take a pledge:
I am for bikes. I’m for long rides and short rides. I’m for commuting to work, weekend rides, racing, riding to school, or just a quick spin around the block. I believe that no matter how I ride, biking makes me happy and is great for my health, my community and the environment we all share. That is why I am pledging my name in support of a better future for bicycling—one that is safe and fun for everyone. By uniting my voice with a million others, I believe that we can make our world a better place to ride.

Gary Fisher is for bikes.

Dave Wiens is for bikes.

Hans Rey is for bikes.

Testimonials

A combo win! Bike Video x Cool Tune by Phantogram

Every now & then I discover somebody that I can’t believe I’ve never heard before. I’ve spent what some people might call a full time job of a lifetime listening to new music and tracking down leads on something new or old that might connect with my soul, heart or head. Last one was Elizabeth Cotton. Before that was Darondo. Enter Lee Moses:

The grit and honesty of this story shines despite the heavily stylized “Lynch-ness” of its presentation. Beautiful movie. Released in 1999, I had never heard of this memorable and poetic film until last week.

This micro-documentary addresses the fundamental social issues of identity and interrelationship in a funny way. It makes a brilliant point about road safety in doing so.

Chapter 1: Mutual Respect from Team !ola on Vimeo.

“Sound Sculpture” as a medium implies a few things: The shaping/sculpting of sound itself; Or material structures (sculptures) that themselves generate sound. In fact both things are happening. The meaning of the two interpretations are echoes of the same medium.

The artist creates a structure. The structure creates a sound. Therefore the artist creates the sound.

Direct and indirect audiovisual interplay induces a sort of meditation in the experiencer. The residual habit-energy and worn, familiar thought patterns of the mind are tilled back to loose and fertile “soil” upon witnessing these audio objects. Subtle and simple beauty, frantic and also calming. It’s simultaneously manufactured and seemingly organic; a mechanized simulation of falling water in the form of rain, rushing rivers or waves on the sea.

Zimoun : Sound Sculptures & Installations | Compilation Video V1.9 from ZIMOUN VIDEO ARCHIVE on Vimeo.

Straight from the Vimeo page:

Zimoun’s sound sculptures and installations are graceful, mechanized works of playful poetry, their structural simplicity opens like an industrial bloom to reveal a complex and intricate series of relationships, an ongoing interplay between the «artificial» and the «organic».

He is interested in the artistic research of simple and elegant systems to generate and study complex behaviours in sound and motion. He creates sound pieces from basic components, often using multiples of the same prepared mechanical elements to examine the creation and degeneration of patterns.

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With tons of help from my good friend “Uncle Tim,” I have resurrected a thing of great beauty:
A fairly disheveled 1981 Trek touring bike converted to a sleek and timeless street sled.

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