Friday, June 06, 2008

Bike Porn 2 and Naked Bike Ride are coming Friday the 13th

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PORTLAND, Ore. - Reverend Phil's Film Fest, Bike Porn 2- "BikeXploitation" is showing next Friday at the Clinton Street Theater. See the trailer at Bikesmut.com.

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(Photo by J. Maus - BikePortland.org)

CrankMyChain! might even have something in the line-up, but either way I'm sure the festival of bicycle pornography will blow your mind and perhaps other things.

What is Bike Porn? It's not just bikes on bikes. I'll say that. Are you offended by graphic sexual images and suggestion? Don't go. It's all very sex positive (at least it was last year) but some flicks even challenged my sensibilities. I occasionally like to have my sensibilities challenged.

If you go, be sure to CrankMyChain!

And then hold onto your shorts or, better yet, take them off - because at 11:59PM Saturday the 14th, Portland goes on the World Naked Bike Ride.
It all starts the the Pedalpalooza Kick Off Dance Party (Track 7, NW 30th Ave and Industrial St) - Watch out for train tracks they love to throw cyclists.


Click here to hear my song Going on a Naked Bike Ride.


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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Derailed - A Short Movie

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Derailed from Chris Cosler on Vimeo.

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This is my favorite selection from this years Filmed by Bike festival. The message delivered in this short darma by Oliver Ogden, Jared Staber, Chris Cosler is poignant and well delivered, which is something much more difficult to do than the other types of movies shown at Filmed by Bike (mine included).

Watch the movie and then let's discuss the plot and theme. For me it hits close to home to a decision I made in 2003 that helped put my life on track.

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Thursday, May 01, 2008

The Bicyclist 27: Can I Keep You?

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Can Conrad keep Steve, Lissa keep Zack and Zack keep his cool?

The Bicyclist is produced by Craftmaster Independent.

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Thursday, April 17, 2008

No Country for Old Men - No Earthday for Motorcars

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OK, so I look like the bad guy from No Country for Old Men.

But the Cohen bros. and Javier Bardem nicked the look from me.

And if you don't ride your bike on Earth Day then my 1958 quarter dollar and I might just have to pay you a visit.

Don't forget, Mother Nature bats last and Earth day is April, 22nd.


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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Project Pedal - Ep. 7, 64 days Pt. 2

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Once again Mike Ambs uses his photography skills to get personal about his project: Project Pedal. Get caught up on the episodes here at CrankMyChain! CycleTV.

In this episode we meet the riders and learn of a serious setback. But the project pedals on.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

"On Time" Preview

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Through the streets and boroughs of New York, Jimmy, a bicycle messenger from the Albatross Courier Company is out to deliver a package "on time". Braving the perilous city streets there's nothing Jimmy can't handle...or is there? This 1987 comedy classic short shown worldwide marked the debut of Director/Screenwriter Ari Taub and captured the spirit of low-budget filmmaking in New York City.

By the way, that's not Rev Phil playing the messenger role. It's just supposed to look like him.

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Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Be Your Own Pet - Biker Music Video

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NASHVILLE, TN - This video and it's lyrics are a case in point. A warning, if you will, that our youth is completely out of control and that the gateway to all this violence and debauchery is a bicycle.

Bicycle, Bicycle, You are My Bicycle
by Be Your Own Pet

We're on two wheels baby
We're on two wheels baby

We will come to your town
Burn your house down
Turn the sky brown
All because, all because, all because

We're on two wheels baby
We're on two wheels baby

We'll change the eye colour
Of every lady
We're fast, we're fast
We're fast we're having a blast
All because

We're on two wheels baby
We're on two wheels baby

Change the colour of your make up
All the sleepyheads won't wake up
All because all because all because
Because because...

No gears, no brakes
No real, no fake
(repeat x4)

Have fun, and be safe with it
Just kidding, mosh me up
We ride bikes, cars are for idiots
All because, all because

We're on two wheels baby
We're on two wheels baby
We're on two wheels baby
We're on two wheels baby


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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

VeloCity 2009 Promo Video

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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM plays host to the 2009 VeloCity bicycle conference. Here is their great promo video which they showed at the recent 2007 VeloCity in Munich, Germany.

Evan from the Bicycle Transportation alliance turned my onto this video and here is what he had to say at the BTA blog.
It's up! The promotional video for VeloCity 2009 in Brussels, which I got to see at VeloCity 2007, has been posted to the web (view here).

The video just makes me happy. It includes so many pieces of bike culture — kids riding together, racers and elevator-users, bikes on transit, police on bikes, mechanics, and playful people. It's hard to imagine such a singularly joyful video being produced by the government here — kids riding on handlebars? BMXers riding down stairs? people without helmets?

My favorite part is the scene excerpted in the picture — a man pretends to ride the painted-on bicycle on the street. Hooray!

For those unfamiliar with Brussels, it's not a very bike-friendly place (I think 2% mode share), but they're working on it. They probably call themselves "The Capital of Bicycling" because they're where the EU is based. But Brussels travellers will recognize the elevator in the movie, and how nice it is for the lazy among us in getting up that hill.

Enjoy!



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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Christmas Comes on a Bicycle - Preview

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - This trailer for the 2003 Film Christmas Comes on a Bicycle is actually a great stand-alone short with excellent photography. I particularly love the movement a cropping during the BMX sequence. If you have seen the film please post your critique. I'll try to get a copy and review the film in the meantime.

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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

a slip in time

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Vancouver, BC - Here's another featurette that played at Rev Phil's Bike Porn. It's from the same producer as You Never Bike Alone.

I really enjoyed the images (fixies, minis, talls, choppers, strippers, stunts) and music ("Yeah She Likes Kinky Things" by Lagos Disco Machine).

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

You Never Ride Alone - Portland Premiere Friday

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PORTLAND, OR - Friday is the US Premiere of You Never Bike Alone. YNBA is a cycling documentary looking at how cyclists are building critical mass in Vancouver, Canada, and changing the face of the city.

Check out the trailer below. If you are in Portland, be sure to highlight this on Pedalpalooza calendar. It's all part of the Bike-In Movies at the Hawthorne Hostel (3031 SE Hawthorne). More info: Shawn Granton, hip(at)portlandhostel(dot)org, portlandhostel.org, 503-236-3380.



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Sunday, April 01, 2007

Is this not Art? or just "My White Bicycle"

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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING VIDEO IS NOT INTENDED FOR ALL VIEWERS. IT'S NOT PORNOGRAPHIC OR ANYTHING (THOUGH THE SPEEDO CLAD CYCLIST HAS A NICE BOD). NO, IT'S JUST A BIT OF DA DA DECONSTRUCTIONIST WARHOL FULLERISM, YOU KNOW "ART" OR MAYBE NOT "ART" BUT CERTAINLY PERFORMANCE AND SOUND or PERHAPS NOISE. OKAY IT'S NOISY AND SIX MINUTES. AND YOU MIGHT JUST WATCH THE WHOLE THING AND ENJOY IT. or not. BUT YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - "My White Bicycle" aka Godspeed 2004 from Seahorse Liberation Army. An ode to duchamp and the provos and futurism rideing a bicycle next to a theremin in san francisco art institiutes studio 9, diego riveas painting studio, new genres.


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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Biketainment Now! - "Bikecar"

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PORTLAND, OR - "Bikecar" is a snowboarding film with a twist. The cast and crew ride to all their destinations across Idaho, Washington and Oregon on a four human powered vehile, the bikecar. Watch the trailer and buy the DVD here at CrankMyChain!.

OR

You can see "Bikecar" on the bigscreen 2PM this Saturday (March 31st) at the Clinton Street Theatre as part of the Longbaugh film festival.

Buy Bikecar $19.95 - free shipping!





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Monday, March 19, 2007

The Bicycle Ride

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WARNING: The subject matter of the following video may be objectionable to some viewers and is not intended for children.

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BASEL, Switzerland - David Normal's short animation is not a ride. It's a trip, a fanciful depiction of Albert Hofmann's chemical discovery and subsequent commute.

This 3D cartoon was debuted at a LSD Symposium that was held in in honor of Albert Hofmann's 100th Birthday.

Music By Pink Floyd from the Atomheart Mother Suite, 1970.




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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

The World is a Bicycle

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Here is an artistic short bicycle movie by Nathan Spence that appears to have come from a videography class. This video contains footage of traffic, street scenes, and bicyclists in Philadelphia. I enjoyed it.


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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Filmed By Bike Submission Deadline is March 8

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Time to get your Filmed by Bike Entry to Fed Ex. If you are in Portland you may be able to drop it off the the FBB mailbox. More information is available here:

Last years festival was a smashing success and this years' will be even bigger and better.

Between now and April 14th I'll be showing clips from the 2006 festival. Here is one of my favorites by Paige Brubeck entitled Laser Gun Day Dream.




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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Project Pedal - A Vlog and Documentary

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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA- Here is a promising video blog/documentary film project from Michael Ambs. It's tentatively titled 'Pedal'. The story, footage, and music so far are very captivating. It's certain to be very successful and inspiring.

This movie and bicycle trek will,
bookend with the Pacific and Atlantic oceans... anchored to a small group's cross country trip and focusing on the inspiring people that cross their path.

Each week a vlog will be posted that will share stories from these people met along the way - as well as the main cast and the occasional behind-the-scenes footage. In the end, the bi-product of these vlogs will be used for a feature length documentary.

The end-goal of this project, both in it's vlog and documentary form, is to share people's reasons and motivations behind their trip. Most importantly to share what makes or drives a person to leave everything behind and to understand what they each take away from this overwhelming and painful journey.


Episode Two - Logistics

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Quoted from ProjectPedal.com

The large majority of questions "slash" concerns dealt with PEDAL's exact process, and in relation to this; the exact results. 1) Who are we following? 2) Who are we interviewing? 3) Are we driving, or also riding bicycles? 4) How long will this take?



Find out more at ProjectPedal.com and myspace.com/projectpedal

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Monday, December 04, 2006

Off the Beaten Track

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A teenage boy is cycling through a park, when he takes a turn into the woods and finds himself in a surreal mini-adventure.

This film by Leo Bridle utilizes paper cut-out animation, live-action scenes and keltic sounding music by Chien Bizarre.

Length: 2 min 6 sec

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Thursday, October 05, 2006

Pure Sweet Hell "Cyclocross Film" (Three Minute Trailer)



PURE SWEET HELL tells the story of cyclocross, a sport that has emerged as bike racing's punk rock cousin. Told from an insider's perspective, the filmmakers traveled to 'cross competitions throughout North America, dug up vintage photos and film footage, and followed 'cross luminaries Justin Robinson, Gina Hall, Barry Wicks and Rick Hunter. Shot entirely on Super 8 and supported by experimental rock music, PURE SWEET HELL surfaces both the strong community behind the solitary sport and the grace that arises amidst all of its grit.

More information about the film can be found at www.cyclocrossfilm.com . Purchasing info is available on the website.

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