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judijudijudi

I received an email from Judi Jensen today. If you're in any of the towns listed, stop by and have a look. Thanks.
Hi All,
I am very pleased that a piece of my work from the Berlin Wall series 'At the End of the Street: the Berlin Wall After 25 Years' has been selected to be shown on Rise and Fall, a web site that is devoted to this November's 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. You can look at my work at www.rise-fall.com or see it exhibited at the following events, which are open to the public:

Nov. 5 - Public Assembly featuring live painting by COOL Magazine; Brooklyn, New York, $8

Nov. 12 - White Room; Miami, FL, $10

Nov. 18 - DC9; Washington, DC, $8 in advance, $10 at the door

Nov. 19 - Enormous Room; Boston, MA, FREE

Nov. 20 - Tazza Café; Providence, RI, Price TBA

Nov. 21 or 22 - Venue TBA (a part of German Week); Las Vegas, NV, Price TBA

Nov. 27 - The Purple Lounge at The Standard Hollywood; Los Angeles, CA FREE

Thanks to all of you for your continued interest in my work. I am an artist in my heart and will always be! I have attached the piece that they are showing, so in case you do not have time to go to their site, you can easily take a look at it. This piece is one of 85 drawings that are in the series, completed in Berlin in 1985. If you would like to see more of my Berlin work, please let me know.

Best regards,

judijudijudi

J. Peter Weigle

Some of the most wonderful craftsman do not have websites. J.P.Weigle and until recently, Chris Kvale come to mind. But damn, they do nice work. Check out the handmade stem, neat rear bridge and Iris Blue paint on this sweet little 650b mixte number. She's hot!
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It's the Monty Python Show!

For T.M. Honker on this the 40th Anniversary of the English lads acting silly.

L'Eroica 2009

I like the old riders speaking different languages, talking about their wonderful old bicycles. A couple days in the saddle interspersed with good food and wine shared with over 2000 old dudes on old bicycles. With the wisdom of age, most of them savoring the experience, in no hurry to get to the end. What could be grander than that? Maybe someday.

A Message for Allan Pollock

Dwight Yoakam (without Flaco)

I went off on the accordion jag while looking for the version of Carmelita with Flaco Jimenez. No can find. Too bad, it's fine. I'm settling for this one from Dwight's younger years. Scrunch up your ears a little and try to imagine the accordion.

Huge Squeeze box Throwdown II

Squeeze Box I was posted to mixed reviews, up to being requested to permanently delete the posting so they wouldn't stumble on it by mistake. Tasteless, lowlife miscreants! I suppose it's only fair to explain the accordions. I live in a small town with a noticeable Mexican population, some of which goes back to the 1930s. And some of which I'm related to. Across the lake from where I live is a park with a bandshell. There's less now, but when we first moved here the Sunday afternoon air was filled with norteno music from the local conjunto bands. Accordions! After being forced to listen to it, it kinda grew on me. Then I found that there was a whole accordion world out there and an instrument that could be sooo bad on Lawrence Welk could be wonderful. It's a close call , but the panel has selected Joel Guzman as the winner of this week's big prize, with Clifton Chenier a close second. As always, a tough call.

for Anymouse 5:25

1986 Peter Mooney

More pics and info here. The bags are French, by Gilles Berthoud. Actually they'e made by Veronique Durrant, but Berthoud sells them. The Japanese seem to be fans of all things French. These are Honjo copies of Lefol fenders - better than the originals. Head and tail lights are vintage 1950s Luxors!

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

In general, I like live performance recordings. Unfortunately The Dock was release posthumously. So....


In the mid 1960s I was drafted into the United States Army. A black guitar player named William Alexander, took me by the musical hand and introduced me to Soul Music. Being a rube from the smalltown white Midwest I didn't have an opinion on Soul Music. I didn't even know it existed. For me, other than jazz, Black music started and stopped with Huey Ledbetter. Alexander was an amazingly patient man. Of course the one thing we had a lot of was time. We had bunches of time and plenty of no money. He sang songs for me. He taught me structure and chords for Blues and Soul music. I wasn't a good student. I still can't play any of it, but at least I can recognize it when I hear it. So here's thanks to Alex, where ever you are.

Shave Your Cat

(Stolen without permission from The Great Aldo Ross)

A Song For People Who Have Developed An Allergy To Their Pet Cats

(music and lyrics by Aldo Ross, © 2002 StormFrontMusic)

Shave your cat everyday
Keep that cat fur at bay
Shave your cat, shave your cat,
Everyday

Shave your name in his side
So when he passes by
People know he's your cat
And you shaved him like that

Small goatee, Fu-Man-Chu
One eyebrow, or maybe two
Perhaps sideburns would be
Just the thing

Shave his tail like a fox
Give him little argyle socks
Shave your cat, shave your cat
Everyday!

McLean Build Report

(Apologies for the full photo. House layout forces me to shoot at a downward angle, which distorts bars, seat, etc - looks top heavy.)

Progress so far:

1. Cannibalized Heron for brake calipers, Phil Wood bottom bracket, Chris King headset (without modern logo-not yet installed), Campagnolo SR rear derailleur, etc.

2. Purchased proper vintage Cinelli bars and stem, Campagnolo front derailleur, and Simplex retrofriction shifters on EBay

3. Got the vintage wheelset from Chris Kulczycki for a song - vintage Phil Wood hubs laced to Super Champions. The spokes are very heavy and someday I'll probably replace all but the rear drive-side.

4. Bought a vintage Special Oro Everest chain from Scott Davis. In the process of cleaning off the old hardened shipping grease, the gold came off too, so now it's polished nickel. This is a Duh Moment, I've done it before. Doh!

5. Played musical chairs with existing saddles, pedals and toe clips.

Next:

I need to have the pump (which I have) painted to match and think about paint quality. Wraps, brake levers, straps, etc.

Addendum: The bottle cage will be replaced by a proper vintage, Italian made REG.