Shot and edited by John Akre.

Had a blast on Friday afternoon turning a parking spot on S. 9th St near Target into a public green space.

And at the end of the day Karl and I got to take home 10 rolls of free sod to place in an awkward fashion in our yard.

Check out the full set of my photos here. Shanai, organizer extraordinaire of our parking space, also has a set here.

And at the end of the day Karl and I got to take home 10 rolls of free sod to place in an awkward fashion in our yard. Well Karl got to take it home. I just watched.

Check out the full set of my photos here. Shanai, organizer extraordinaire of our parking space, also has a set here. Photos from the national organization can be seen here.

Photo courtesy of Michael Forester

The Bicycle Film Festival is once again coming to Minneapolis. And while the official info is not yet on the MPLS page, I can offer a semi-official docket of events. All of which are listed on the calendar page. More on the myriad of events later.

In May of 2007 a friend and I threw scAVENGER!. Over 100+ people turned out and we raised several hundred dollars for a local cyclist involved in a hit and run accident. Right around the time I was going to start planning for scAVENGER! 2 I was honored to be invited to plan the BFF Scavenger Hunt.

Tentatively this will be held on Saturday July 12th at 1pm. The race will launch from Varsity Bike Shop. Being a Film Festival event you can look forward to a scavenger hunt with a bicycle film twist. More info on the Bicycle Film Festival Scavenger hunt as soon as I dream it up. For now head on over to the calendar page and check out the events scheduled for July 9th to the 12th.

Ken Avidor creator of Roadkill Bill has posted the first four pages of his graphic novel Bicyclopolis over on his blog.

What the hell is Bicyclopolis you ask?

I began my journey to Bicyclopolis in 2076, nearly 65 years after all contact with the North American continent ceased. Travel was restricted as the chaos and violence swept over North America after the “Peak Oil” year of 2006. The runaway greenhouse effect that began in 2015 spawned scores of powerful storms in the Atlantic Ocean increasing the risk to travelers. Since ships that burned fossil fuels were banned by the final Kyoto Convention of 2018, no sailing ship would attempt the dangerous Atlantic voyage to America. After the loss of radio transmissions, the fate of Americans in the Post-Industrial Era remained a mystery.

I’ve no idea if this is for sale or not yet but I have been following the sketches and progress of this bizarre piece of fiction for a few years.

Check this link dump for more info on the post-petroleum piece of fiction.

PS That picture of a collapsed 35W was created long before it actually collapsed.

As you may be able to see in this picture there is a car in the river. While we were waiting for No Name XXIV to finish at the Boom Island Lighthouse we noticed some commotion across the river.

A car with 3 adults and one infant went way off the beaten path and down an steep bank into the river. The three adults scambled to safety and left the infant in the car.

Nice.

This lead to the mother scrambling around on the bank screaming “My baby! MY BABY!” Unfortunately Dudley Do-Right was no where near the area.

It boggles the fucking mind.