December 21, 20121 Comment on Christmas bike music and a post-apocalyptic bike ride TONIGHT
May 29, 20123 Comments on Jimi Hendrix played a bicycle pump
Okay, it’s not really Jimi Hendrix, just some white dude in a wig who goes by the stage names “Jimi Handtrix” and “Jimmy Rotondo” (among others), but he plays the U.S. National Anthem with a bicycle tire pump and a wah-wah pedal!
May 28, 20122 Comments on Music video: I’m in Oakland and I’m riding my bike
I hope you’re having a good Memorial Day weekend.
“I’m In Oakland and I’m Riding My Bike” features Tynan McDonald “McSlappy” Davis, Baby “Scraper Bike King” Champ, The Original Scraper Bike Team, and Manifesto Bicycles.
May 25, 20123 Comments on Pushbike Song
Happy Friday.
“Pushbike Song” was released by Australian band “The Mixtures” in 1970. This music video was filmed in Melbourne, Australia. Check out the Penny Farthing, the bike with the eccentrically mounted hubs, and the track team. Olivia Newton-John covered a completely unmemorable electronica version of this song in 2011 for an Australian movie.
H/T to Bicycle Recycling UK.
May 4, 20122 Comments on John Dwyer rides a bicycle
John Dwyer, front man for San Francisco based Thee Oh Sees, rides a bicycle in the City.
May 3, 20122 Comments on Bike Powered Music Box
Futility Closet dug up this old 1899 patent “to provide a combined bicycle and musical instrument whereby the rider when so disposed may treat himself and others in his immediate neighborhood to a musical accompaniment as he rides along.”
