Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 10:05 am
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Probably my favourite DJ in the UK, Radio1’s Rob da Bank, hops on his bike to take us on a magical mystery tour through a cycling inspired mix featuring St Vincent, Boards of Canada, PJ Harvey and Kraftwerk. >>mp3 download here<<
(also check out Rob da Bank’s underground podcast on Sundaybest.net – some great stuff there!)
Thanks to Andrew for sending this in!
tracklist
Monday 27th July 2009
02:00 Autechre – ‘Bike’
Pink Floyd – ‘Bike’
Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘Bicycle Song’
Kimya Dawson – ‘My Bike’
Para One – ‘Bike’
The Lovely Eggs – ‘I Wanna Fall Off My Bike Today’
Queen – ‘Bicycle Race’
Mum – ‘Slow Bicycle’
Max Miller – ‘Lets Have A Ride On Your Bicycle’
Shout Out Louds – ‘Bicycle’
Be Your Own Pet – ‘Bicycle Bicyle You Are My Bicycle’
Kraftwerk – ‘Aero Dynamik’
No Sports – ‘Tour De France’
Basskfraft – ‘Tour De France’
Senor Coconut – ‘Tour De France’
Telex – ‘Tour De France’
03:00
Marcel Duchamp – ‘Bicycle Wheel, New York 1951’
Gerald Adams – ‘A Bicycle Built for Two’
Television Personalities – ‘Bike’
Boards of Canada – ‘Happy Cycling’
PJ Harvey – ‘M-Bike’
Half Man Half Biscuit – ‘See That My Bikes Kept Clean’
Ed Harcourt – ‘Bike Ride’
Vera Lynn – ‘Riding My Bike’
St Vincent – ‘Bicycle’
Caroline – ‘Bicycle’
Tumble Tots – ‘Bicycle’
John Cale – ‘Bicycle’
Pumptown – ‘Bicycle’
Dukes of the Stratosphear – ‘Bike Ride to the Moon’
Parachute Express – ‘Bicycle’
ET Bicycle Chase
Ralph McTell – ‘Girl On A Bicycle’
Clouddead – ‘Physics Of A Bicycle’
This is The Kit – ‘With Her Wheels’
Bombay Bicycle Club – ‘Dust on the Ground’
Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 9:05 am
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Ladies and Gentlemen: T-SHIRTS!!
Luckily, we got to know this cool fellow Lloyd a couple of weeks ago, an RGU arts student who has his own printing machines (I’d link your website here Lloyd – if it would be online already ;). He’ll do all our printing stuff in the future. So just email us for now if you want any quality printing done by Lloyd.
To start with then, he made us a couple of T-Shirts. We only have 5 left. They go for £10 each. So if you want one, hurry! we got them in grey, yellow and ochre . These are just some test samples though. Proper designs and a lot more shirts to follow soon. CHEERS Lloyd!
Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 11:40 am
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You never forget how to ride a bicycle – and now a University of Aberdeen led team of neuroscientists has discovered why.
Their research, published this month in Nature Neuroscience, has identified a key nerve cell in the brain that controls the formation of memories for motor skills such as riding a bicycle, skiing or eating with chop sticks.
Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 7:52 am
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ABOUT “BICYCLING STREET SMARTS”
This compact tutorial, available as a 46-page booklet and this online version, will increase your safety and confidence while bicycling on any road, whether you are a beginner or an expert. http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/index.htm
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 7:04 am
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A couple of weeks passed since Robin and I cycled off to the Huntly Slow Down on the beCyCle tall bikes. I still keep thinking about that little tour: Aberdeen – Huntly, 50 miles on wee back roads, leaving a wave of joy behind us – even the cow herdes started running along when we passed. People’s amazement when seeing us on the tall bikes is really cool. It can be quite a circus if we take the bikes into town centres, but out in the country it’s just lovely: for a moment, everybody becomes a child again. When was the last time you had someone starring at you with an open mouth and going WOW?
At the festival in Huntly itself, the bikes were quite a sensation. We showed a whole bunch of people how to ride them, both adults and kids. Explained how we built them, and toured a little around town etc.
It all felt quite right being there, with the tall bikes, representing the project. We met a whole bunch of lovely people, made some new contacts – I think the Huntly Express wrote something about us, I’ll try to get a hold of it – and learned a thing or two about bikes and bike festivals and cycling in Scotland.
The Midnight Ridazz is formally described as a group of bicycle enthusiasts who have been riding together on the second Friday of every month since February of 2004. Originally conceived and founded by SKULL and lovingly cared for by MABELL, MUFF and a small group of planners and care takers, the rides quickly grew from the original 8 “Mammas and Papas” to current ride counts of 1300+ Ridazz.
And! former colleagues of mine, NYC BIKE MESSENGERS:
Probably my favourite DJ in the UK, Radio1’s Rob da Bank, hops on his bike to take us on a magical mystery tour through a cycling inspired mix featuring St Vincent, Boards of Canada, PJ Harvey and Kraftwerk.
