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cfsmtb management is obviously quite busy, so here’s some recent pix we took of the Dreams on Wheels Exhibition at Fred Square. If you wait around a bit, no doubt there’s lots of other bicycle-themed snapshots in this display for your viewing pleasure.
Enjoy.
Yes, you are correct in picking the image on the right as the cover of Godley & Cremes Consequences. And if you know of a copy in Australia, at a reasonable price, the cfsmtb management would love to hear from you
Remember those geological ages you learnt at school? Earlier this year, a new geological age was quietly accepted, the Anthropocene, and here’s reasons why you should be cogniscent of that fact.
Tomgram: Mike Davis, Welcome to the Next Epoch
For those who didn’t happen to notice, perhaps because it wasn’t exactly front-page news in most of the country, NASA’s James Hansen, the man who first alerted Congress to the dangers of global warming 20 years ago, returned to testify before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming this week. This time around, he was essentially offering a final warning on the subject. Unless the U.S. begins to act soon, he pointed out, “it will become impractical to constrain atmospheric carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas produced in burning fossil fuels, to a level that prevents the climate system from passing tipping points that lead to disastrous climate changes that spiral dynamically out of humanity’s control.”
For the “elements of a ‘perfect storm,’ a global cataclysm” being assembled, he placed special blame on the “CEOs of fossil energy companies [who] know what they are doing and are aware of [the] long-term consequences of continued business as usual.” He added that they should, in his opinion, “be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature… I anticipate testifying against relevant CEOs in future public trials.” That’s a novel thought in our nation’s capital. Oh, and while he was at it, he probably should have thrown in George W., Dick C., and crew. What they haven’t done (and what they’ve blocked from being done) over these last eight years may turn out to be their greatest crime of all. Talk about smoking guns… or is it melting ice?
In cheerier news, may we introduce the Slow Bicycle Movement, which is just dandy for plodding, early middle-aged CGAF types such as yours truly. And in even cheerier news, the Dreams on Wheels Exhibition kicks off at Fred Square tomorrow. In future news I should get around to typing more than a few words about the long-planned YarraBUG radio show program on 3CR, which is growing little wings for it’s on-air debut, and the Vast Bicycle Consortium of Great Wonder that will be opening it’s doors up the road from Beer Can Hill. Heady days indeed.
Now in a valiant attempt to lift the mood somewhat from Mike Davis’ piece above, here’s a wicked Cassetteboy vs David Attenborough mashup that clearly demonstrates what munted creatures that some humans have de-evolved into. Warning: audio NSFW. Very, very NSFW
Attention, the 7.12 Monorail Cat to Franganastan is now boarding!
1. Who the fuck is going to finance this? Yes, seriously.
2. Nancy Boy gives todays topic a red hot go: Vote 1 Nancy!
3. Ok, this has to be utter bullshit, as Maglev is squillions of $$$$ per km, see suitable Eurotrash response below.
No doubt you’ll reckon the first 30 seconds from The Hollowmen. It wasn’t until listening to it twice that my internal memory drive kicked in that I actually recall hearing North by North on community FM back in the 80′s. Which goes to show if you cram your head with too much shit, the good stuff gets buried and partially forgotten.
Love one of the comments left on YouTube:
Been dating this tune intensely enough to marry it.
After 18 years I tend to agree. Now to track down some Flying Nun compilations.
Marcel liked bicycles so much he decided to create this DIY truing stand, much to the admiration of his fellow Dadaists who really liked bikes too.
Like a true Dadaist, Marcel built up this wheel with 2-cross on one side and 3-cross on the other.
Pablo loved bicycles, so he made this bronze cast of a early bullhorn prototype and matched it with a lovely Brookes saddle imitation, thus creating a precursor to Sheldon Browns “Hardman Saddle” by several decades.
Yeah I’m rather busy elsewhere and not really focussed on this blogging stuff. Although I strongly suggest having a good, long read of what is detailed on the YCAT site, if you give more than a flying proverbial about sustainable transport, your local community or even state government transparency. I think the entire East-West Needs Assessment palavar is going to bring out unpleasant home truths. In 1977 people actually built barricades down on Alexandra Parade against the encroaching F19. With that in mind, it’s going to be intriguing to observe where peoples priorities are situated on the proposed road tunnel, as it shapes up to be the one of the biggest infrastructure developments ever proposed in Australia’s history.
Who’s more concerned in keeping their future job prospects over voicing serious environmental concerns? Who are more concerned with maintaining the party status quo over fighting against factional bullshit? Who is more concerned with pretending the massive road tunnel proposal doesn’t exist in their reality and will only kick up a tokenistic protest attempt like a pissy bicycle ride when the massive tunneling roadshow rolls into Fitzroy, Collingwood, Carlton, Kensington & Sunshine? Sadly time will tell when it comes to sorting out those who honestly give a shit vs. camp followers.
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel: John Quinton
The modern cyclist is making an elegant and intelligent response to pollution and traffic congestion
:: at my command unleash hell :: opps meant kittens, not hell ::
