Driftless: Stories from Iowa

Danny Wilcox Frazier put out a book on photographs he took documenting my stomping grounds of Iowa. He did an amazing job on the book and one of my good friends Chris helped him out with this documentary about the book. I got to see him speak about it when it came out and it was very inspiring. I grew up on a farm, and not that I ever really did too much farm work, it still holds a place in my heart. I think the video's paint a pretty good picture of Iowa,a complicatedly simple life. It's funny, when your younger and all there is to do is play in the field, go fishing, swimming and maybe steal your parents beer, you can't wait to leave. Then as you get older all you want to do is go back to that field to play, fish, and drink some more beer. Either way, watch the videos, they are rather inspiring. (click image above to go to page with videos)

If Celebrities Moved To Oklahoma

They would most likely look like this.

The Clean Part

Back for more, The Clean Part Reading Series is on again at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery.

This Saturday it's well-read poetics from Maryville, Missouri's John Gallagher, Amherst, Massachussetts' Betsy Wheeler, and Kansas City's Wayne Miller.

Now in its third year, The Clean Part brings exciting young poets from all across America to read their work to Lincoln audiences. For more information about the poets and the series stop by The Clean Part web site.

Battle Time

Hi there. I made this video promo for an epic Battle of the Bands that is coming up here in L-Town, NE. I'm stoked on it and thought I'd share. Happy Friday!

Battle! from Root Down Creative

Cross For Sale

I'm selling this bike. Cheap. It'll be hard to let go, but I thought I'd offer it up locally before i put it up on the world wide wow.
Hand built steel, cool mix of parts (some new, some not), fender friendly, raceable, rideable.
60cm or so.
Direct all your questions, test-ride requests, photo requests, or friendly visits to me through the comments.

Why does it have to go?
Making room for the future, i guess.

El Norte (west)

Went to stay with Annie in Portland and randomly called up Slaven a day ahead of time.

He magically located a sweet ride for the entirity of my visit (one of his work buddy's Trek Pilot—a relaxed northwest-specific trainer w/clearance for fenders) for my visit and then dragged me around the area hills for two days.

Matt's doing great and sends his hellos and howyadoins back to all the Lincoln folks.

He's working for Portland's Bike Gallery managing all the inventory between their seven locations and racing a ton. I guess you can race 7 days a week in and around Portland if you feel like it. Makes everyone out there pretty fast—Slaven included.





Thanks again, Matt. Awesome town goin' down.

Fourth

Czech Your Head

We went to the Czech fest at the Moose Lodge on Sunday.

Top Shop!

We just got back from the 5th annual Top Shop weekend up at 3rd Lair in Minneapolis.
Good stuff, Maynard.

Day one.
Day two.
Day three.

Early Departure

Bailed out of Top Shop at 1:30am. Got home 'round 5.

Ayyyyyyyyyy!

Arthur Munzarelli and Venom chilling in The Skateboard Mag booth at Top Shop.

dked willys

from left: Damen Kelly, Daniel Kelly, Brook Taylor, Eric Peterson, Bill Bored.
Woooooooooo!

Call Someone Who Cares

A little gallery of Nebraska payphones.

So it goes

Kurt Vonnegut Jr., author of Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions, and Cat's Cradle died Wednesday from complications related to a recent head injury he sustained in a fall. He was 84.
Vonnegut was a student, a soldier, a newspaper reporter, a Saab salesman, a funny pessimist, and an angry comic. His last book A Man Without a Country was published in 2005 and is filled with the kind of off-the-cuff shit that connects him more solidly to our world of a zillion counter cultures than anyone before, and certainly anyone after.
And so it goes.

PBS audio interview

AZ

By the time we got to
Arizona ...

(6 mb QuickTime 7)







Thanks to TI for the tech support.

woah, meat!

Pat's new commercial!

Escapists

Went to
Cream City last weekend. Good times, forever.
Thanks for the hospitality, guys. We'll come visit again soon.










Jeff had a big hand in the design and construction of the park. He's got a couple tricks up at the end of the video clip on the Cream City site.









Phlip.


















Rex.



















Steve.



















The other white Steve.

From A Basement Below A Hill

Next door to Milwaukee's Phase II Skateshop is the infamous Landmark Lanes.
Killed some time.

Here: Phlip, Bill, and John discuss the weight of other men's balls.







Derek.

Days of Beer and Cream