| $5 clown shits at 'Last Thursday'! |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|02:20 pm] |
Yep, that's right,
Shirt Reads:
"Alberta Street Clown Army says US out of Alberta"
Original artwork from Tiago deJerk and printing by local punks.
Get Em at Last Thursday. |
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| Bikendo 101 |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|07:35 pm] |
We had a little bicycle self defense class.
Bikes can be cumbersome if your not prepared.
But Nature Boy showed us some basics and everybody was really stoked to do it again.
This is me stretching up before running away from the fight.
Next workshop.. could be Clown-Fu or Giggle Boxing? |
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| Cirque do Cycling Crash |
[Jun. 14th, 2009|07:28 am] |
Ok, so I and the oregonian both thought that the irondelles were a great excuse to talk about the cirque do cycling. yeah? well none of use foresaw a day time nakid ride crashing the parade. Much to the objection to some pedestrians but no police a daytime pedalpalooza ride led a smiling mob of nakid protesters to the registration required 3rd wave gentrification fun bike parade. Bikeportland.org has pictures and stuff.
Now that that's over I'm having mixed feelings about the 'all girl' revolution, but can't say I'm not waiting for it. I'm also thinking we might be taking the naked ride a little literally, but I'm still up from all that activity last night and things might be clear after some sleep, probably. |
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[Jun. 5th, 2009|04:44 pm] |
BIKE SHOW
Friday, June 5
Lotus Seed School, NE 9th Ave and Going St
7 PM: The Sprockettes
8 PM: Music Starts!
IRAQASAURUS (Freaky Ensemble)
RAISED BY TELEVISION (Fresh Rock & Roll)
TINY KNIVES (Thrashy Trio)
ATOMIC BUTTER BABES (Nautical Naughtiness)
FREE!
donations kindly accepted and encouraged
"Rock Out w/Your Sprockout" |
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| Dizzneys Pirate Kids Camera |
[May. 4th, 2009|04:40 am] |
My Mom might not have know that I rather enjoy low resolution equipment, but she sent Caffiene's kids a camera and I've been hiding it from the kids so that i can find it when i want to take some photoglyphs. Lighting is a major issue so subject matter is limited by the setting, and I did let the kids use it a few times.
This one is from a fateful day of trailer based sidewalk sales. In truth the street fair and festival get bogged down with capitalism. This guy stopped to check out the bucket of machetes.
( the closing of Casa DeJerk )
( My House )
( kid ) |
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| the Pig Bug |
[Apr. 26th, 2009|04:18 pm] |
I got email today from a concerned family member. The subject; Swine Flu.
"CDC officials yesterday said they expected more swine flu cases to be reported as public health officials heighten their hunt for the new strain of swine flu virus, which is a mix of swine, human, and bird flu viruses.
Countries around the world are watching for the virus, and scientists are scrambling to learn more about the virus and stop it before it becomes a pandemic.
Fukuda says the global health community is taking the swine flu threat "very seriously" but wants more information before deciding whether to raise the WHO's pandemic alert level from phase 3 to phase 4. " [web MD/ the news]
Upwards of 20 people have had it in North America thus far and as i understand it one of them was hospitalized. Symptoms are like that of the seasonal flu and as this has not yet crippled anybody around these parts; I feel, though greatly under qualified, informed enough to offer you some preparatory advice.
It's a three part Flu, so I've come up with a three fold formula in anticipation of it.
Raw and Cooked Garlics/Onions - for the human flu part [also works on vampires and picky lovers]
ElderBerry- for the bird flu part. [antiviral, sweet, and delicious - Avoid the red elderberrys]
Aloe- for the pig flu part. [trust me on this one - and use the inner filet for max effect]
I like to mix the aloe and elderberry with juice or yoghurt in the morning and save the garlics for latter in the day. [Unless my body demands it earlier] These plants are commonly available in markets across the world, but not everywhere. Globally as many people who have been infected in the US have been infected and died outside of american borders. We probably have the unrecognized plant medicines and allies that are often scarfed down as snacks to thank for our resilience.
"So far, U.S. cases of swine flu have been milder than those seen in Mexico, where the World Health Organization has confirmed that at least 20 people have died from swine flu; health officials are investigating dozens more deaths in Mexico." [also from the news]
So, if your reading this on the internet near a modern-super-market, thank your lucky stars that though often underestimated, and underappreciated the year round supply of aloe, garlic, herbs, and even apples and pears all can provide a need boost to your system. I shudder to think that some kinda of super hybrid flu that's already on a few different continents would not be possible without the supply chain that makes everything available all the time. I'm about to step out the door myself and right into a line so that i can get my piece of the global supply. I'm following my own advice and getting some aloe, but I can help but participate with out really craving an alternative. That's why I'm planting a many seeds as i can instead of relinquishing all of my time to waiting in line for goods and services. I still wait in line a lot though.
One time, many years ago, a stranger from a few spaces behind me in the market line told me that I was 'very patient.' That was a long time ago.
If you are down in Mexico look for Chiles, Garlic, Onions, Thyme, Oregano, Carrots and Broccoli for your anti-viral regimine, and consider coming up this way for weeks of bike fun in portland.
I'll be playing 'attacker number one' at nature boys Bike-n-Do workshop. Please come and learn to throw me around like a rag doll and in practicing regular preparedness.
Tuesday June 16
BIKENDO
Skidmore Bluffs, 2299 N Skidmore Ct, Portland
7:30pm
Afraid of muggers, bike thieves, and hooligans after your bike and/or hide? Learn the art of bicycle self defense and awareness. Helmet, bike light and U-lock required. Wear comfortable clothes. This is a sober class.
Contact: Nature Boy, natureboy444 at yahoo daht comm, 503-816-1747 [end] |
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| Hey! Updates |
[Apr. 17th, 2009|01:25 am] |
The St johns house is disbanding. I've enlisted a truck to move the most of my two ton investment over there to my place. Bizzy and Colin signed the mortgage to buy themselves a new place to call home, the scheduled final payment on the house is April 1st 2039, but they plan on paying it off sooner by selling fake dental insurance and by renting out a room to Tiago and Adrianne who will continue to bulid a stencil empire and be famous for kissing. Dave Banjo is going to travel the world with his banjo and Harty is going to live in the woods. She broke her hand falling off a mini-bike before she left town so i think she had the whole portland experience while she was here. Well, she's not gone yet but- anyways..
She broke her hand in an accident that as i understand it involved not one but two mini-bikes, the other being piloted by Chelsea Lee [zine crafter] and, as i understand it, they both caught themselves with their hands, which generally doesn't work out to well, leaving them both temporarily one handed. Fortunately for us, Harty has insurance so she got surgery and, the part i'm excited about; X-rays!
So Harty got pinned together and Chelsea, who doesn't have insurance, will learn to make zines with one hand. Bizzy and Colin Have a house and, unlike the place in St Johns, it's right down the street from me. Which makes biking there with a 1/3 of a ton much easier.
More updates when i get the kids camera [which my mom sent] plugged in to a computer. Garden updates all season and the potential that i get to play in Pedalpalozza's bicycle self defense class this year. |
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| DIY Plant Sale |
[Mar. 26th, 2009|12:11 am] |
DIY PLANT SALE
Come and start your very own plant. $2
Alberta Streets Last Thursday. probably all spring. |
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| How does one 'fix carbon' |
[Mar. 19th, 2009|11:37 pm] |
"Quietly in public, loudly in private, climate
scientists everywhere are saying the same thing:
it's over. The years in which more than 2C of
global warming could have been prevented have
passed, the opportunities squandered by denial
and delay....
The IPCC also finds that, above 3C of warming,
the world's vegetation will become "a net source
of carbon". This is just one of the climate
feedbacks triggered by a high level of warming.
Four degrees might take us inexorably to 5C or
6C: the end -- for humans -- of just about
everything."
Just gleaned this from the SHIFT[IE] list and thought "how does one 'fix carbon'.. say, in their own backyard??"
I could plant a bunch of autotrophs [like some carbon fixing plants] but in a couple decades they'd all burn up as the tiny crop i plant can't compete with china and the west. What they hell can I do, any back yard science kits to bury carbon out there? |
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| The suspense is killing me.. |
[Mar. 16th, 2009|04:06 pm] |
I have for a long time anticipated some personal prop failure that put me in a doctors office. After much experimentation I was sure it would be my lucky clown boots. [or in more descriptive language, my busted out bottomless remnants of some farmers boots that are typically worn over some real footwear] Their tendency to get caught in the chain-ring on a tall-bike was something i had on my mind at every red light where i got on and off and on and off again.
I survived all that and rarely see the old clown boots anymore, so i mostly forget that my props were out to get me, untill last night, when in the nice dewy grass i tried time and again to crack my new nylon [and subsequently water resistant] whip. Now I know that whip cracking is a calculated risk sport, and am often reminded of that when when learning a new trick. [great way to train the reflexes] I've even gone as far as to order a half case of safety goggles to cover the liability of selling off the whips that aren't staying with me. What I didn't account for is the seemingly innocent american flag suspenders that have been holding my clown pants up lately. You see, like with most modern suspenders, a metal clip assembly is used to attach the elastic to virtually any pair of pants requiring no buttons or modification to your clothing. I very nice invention from some time after the advent of replaceable parts. Unless, and i don't imagine this has happened to any of you, the repeated force of a whip heaving shoulder coincides just so with the loss of grip on part of a suspender clip to ever so delicately leave a 10 mm cut wherever it might meet the flesh.. Seems like a stretch, but it's the truth.
( so we glued me back together [sorry no pictures] ) |
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| Big Black Cloud Has A Record Label. |
[Mar. 12th, 2009|09:07 am] |
These photos are from Here Comes a Big Black Clouds tour [courtesy of Recorded Records]. They let me do a poor job of shilling the record and i gave away some posters to the wrong super fan, and they still didn't leave me in Southern California. Now they have a new record so I dug up some old photos.
This Guy, the older one, he was star quality street performing contortionist. The band had seen him on sidewalks as far apart as the city Of L.A. and the city of New Orleans, LA. He worked from inside a straight jacket and used subtle movements to shake the chains off and otherwise blow peoples minds. [and across the street you can see the tallest of the California raisins]
( more photos of LA )
For more information about Big Black Clouds new 7" from Stankhouse Records look here. |
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| GleaNed from TheeLobsterGirls internetting. |
[Mar. 11th, 2009|12:13 pm] |
BBC NEWS: Chimps are Conscious! NEWS-freakin-FLASH yo.
Zoo chimp 'planned' stone attacks
Chimpanzees have long been suspected of planning ahead
A male chimpanzee in a Swedish zoo planned hundreds of stone-throwing attacks on zoo visitors, according to researchers.
Keepers at Furuvik Zoo found that the chimp collected and stored stones that he would later use as missiles.
Further, the chimp learned to recognise how and when parts of his concrete enclosure could be pulled apart to fashion further projectiles.
The findings are reported in the journal Current Biology.
There has been scant evidence in previous research that animals can plan for future events.Crucial to the current study is the fact that Santino, a chimpanzee at the zoo in the city north of Stockholm, collected the stones in a calm state, prior to the zoo opening in the morning.
The launching of the stones occurred hours later - during dominance displays to zoo visitors - with Santino in an "agitated" state.
This suggests that Santino was anticipating a future mental state - an ability that has been difficult to definitively prove in animals, according to Mathias Osvath, a cognitive scientist from Lund University in Sweden and author of the new research.
"We've done experimental studies, and the chimps in my mind show very clearly that they do plan for future needs, but it has been argued that perhaps this was an experimental artefact," Dr Osvath told BBC News.
FROM THE TODAY PROGRAMME
More from Today programme
( <i>Chimp attacks: natures liability insurance </i>or intelligence; not just for smart people ) |
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