I think it might be a bit small for you...

I know that the folk at the bike store told you it will be fine, but I think it might be a bit small afterall...

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TURRBOTAX® This Friday W/ Julio Bashmore, Jacques Greene, And Magick Mountain

At The Cove in BK as usual, same with the free Asahi beer and door prices.

Holler at me if you want guest list I'll see what I can do.

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I See This Becoming A Trend Once All Those Unemployment Checks Stop Coming In

Hometown surpasses their homicide record, currently with the unofficial count of 62.   The FBI will do their official tally at the end of the year.   Scary shit, and now that those unemployment checks are running out I can see other areas around the country following suit, maybe not in homicide, but crime in general.   

"up the herring bones and bamboos
I wouldn't give fuck if you're pregnant
Give me the baby rings and a #1 MOM pendant"  

Flint Journal put up a map and a chronology over HERE

"There have been no arrests" comes up waaaay to often.     

Stay strong MI!

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Pocket Money

A good'ol'outta'town friend stopped by, pockets jingling with mad coin, so I was like "shoot" - and snapped a few photopictures.

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Back on Shelves...

I ran up to QuikTrip this evening to pick up a 22oz of Heineken, and was pleasantly surprised to see FOUR LOKO on the shelves again. A quick examination revealed that this was indeed the new "Less Loko" formula that has removed ALL energy additives (not just caffeine as had been previously rumored...).
I decided against purchasing a can of "reformulated" Loko at QT, because they had voluntarily pulled it from the shelves in mid-November. Keep in mind that unlike locales such as Michigan and NYC, "blackout-in-a-can" was never banned here in AZ. Unfortunately sellout corporate chains like QT caved to media pressure, which is why i will continue to support independently owned stores such as "Quik Stop" and "Nameless Arab Liquor Store on 19th Ave" for all my FOUR LOKO purchases (which sadly, will probably be quite frequent...)

***due to a glitch while composing this post, i lost 5 other pics and a video i posted. And tons of witty text. Too late and too Lok'd to redo it. Sorry for a half-ass post....I place all the blame on FOUR LOKO!!!!

enjoy their home page...make sure to read the press releases:
http://www.drinkfour.com/

WARNING: Drinking 4-LOKO may cause violence, rape, blackouts, and terrible freestyling:

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The Nail In The Coffin

Often described as the last bastion for the East Village, Mars Bar is looking to close down to make room for a fancy new building, I'm assuming something shiny, metallic and out of place.    But I guess that is how things go now a days.   We should be thankful it lasted this long throughout this neighborhood transition.  

I'll miss that juke box that's for damn sure.   Filth, Dystopia, Crass, NWA, I mean what more could you want. 

I'm sure we all have a few good stories around this place.   If any of ya'll like to share, please comment.  I knew, um, someone, who after drinking waaaay too much went down to catch the F train and 2nd Ave stop and decided to hop off the platform and walk the tunnels.   Great plan.   Maybe if he had a flashlight, and wasn't blackout drunk he wouldn't have required those face stitches.   Listening to Filth will do that to you, be careful.

Mars Bar 'Renovations' Will Actually Be Total Demolition

By Nate Freeman
December 9, 2010

Mars Bar is a cramped, derelict bar in the East Village frequented mostly by the kind of crusty folk who wish the block were still crawling with addicts and punks. And the people adequately faking it, of course. Anyway, it's closing for two years, and we explained why this is a bad thing for the neighborhood and, well, the city's drinking establishments in general. Mars Bar is truly a gem, if you get to know it.

Which makes this news especially crushing: Curbed is reporting that instead of "renovating" Mars Bar and the two tenements above it, the plan calls for full-fledged destruction. Taking its place will be an eyesore sure to riotously offend anyone with taste below 14th Street — a blocky, too-sleek, 12-story apartment building that will rise up on the patch of Second Avenue where Mars Bar currently stands.

Though the new space will be three to four times bigger, the owner says, it will have to be incorporated into the same boring residential-cum-retail model that's infiltrated much of the area. So, basically, an extension of the Whole Foods that stands a few hundred feet away. We'll miss you, original Mars Bar.

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2004-2005

Dug up these photos recently from the years passed. 2004-2005 were fun biking years. I had 2 of the .243 FR frames, first a Large with 26" wheels, later swapped to 24"s, then a Small with 24"s - great bike. Half way through 2005 I switched to a Evil Doc. I miss those days. Digital cameras are awesome in many ways, but one of them is how they date the photo when you take it, removing the guessing game.
The setups were pretty damn sweet too! Marz Dirt Jumper 2, Manitou Stance + Jumper, Arrow Launch tires, custom made grind plate/pedal, nice fat pinchable saddle. Time to get back out there on the streets. Enjoy the photos, and check out the 04-05 edit below. Oldie but goody.

1/7/2004

1/5/2005

1/5/2005

5/11/2005

7/19/2005

7/25/2005

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