This Friday Michele and I joined our friends Amy and Colin on the Midnight Ridazz monthly late-night bike ride. We got a little more than we bargained for – over 600 riders took over city streets from Echo Park almost to Culver City, on Adams – a 26 mile ride all told. I got some crappy camera photos to post later, for now check out the article in the LA Times. LA looks great from a bike at 1 am.
Well, my friends, every year my dad and my brother have a little father/son/brother adventure, and this year, we’re going to the Box R Ranch in Coro, Wyoming. A week of horse riding, tobacco spit-tooning, cattle driving, and just generally gettin lost in the wide open, big sky country. I apologize ahead of time if I come back with a drawl.
Meet iGuy. Proof that people will make, or buy, anything. Of course, I’m gonna get one.
Tear down a historic hotel built in 1901 for a measley 82 parking lots. Providence? No, Detroit.
The battle over Sci-Arc’s building, the land it sits on, the 8 acres next door (my backyard currently), and probably the very future of the school continues. Apparently the situation is a bit worse than I thought, with the possibility of Sci-Arc being thrown out of its new building very real.
Happy 25th of May! In Paris, 1968, students took over for a while, workers went on strike, television and radio news ceased broadcast, and the government was forced to try negotiation. Here are some artifacts: posters, slogan. Lots of info and a time-line are linked on this page. And don’t forget to watch Bertolucci’s The Dreamers tonight to celebrate.
If anyone can find a CD of the band “The 25th of May” please, please send me a copy. I have been searching for a long time.
I know this isnt architecture or art related, but it is something I noticed and need to be critical about… Chrysler calls its Pacifica SUV a “Safety Utility Vehicle”? Who are they trying to fool? According to the Highway Safety BoardSUVs kill more people in the cars they impact.
Apparently, “the number of the beast, contrary to popular belief, is 616, the area code of Grand Rapids, Michigan”. So I guess I can keep the 666 tattoo now.
Shooting animals by remote control rifle – “violent computer game gone awry or … equivalent of an online slaughter.”
But the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle, a remote controllable jet capable of “immediate lethal strike”, will simply “reduce the cost per target killed”.
Yeah, we have been using them for years.
Fantastic illustrating/artist/painters Kozyndan are showing new stuff this weekend in LA at Sixspace. Go to it! Info here ++++
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