A Panhead

This is Michael Owings motorbike, man, its so killer. Walter Siegl , the genius, had his hands all over this thing.

Knickers

Broke down again, Boo! right outside an 'In n Out' burger, Yay!

After something Animal style for me and a double something or other for Dean and then lots of poncing about with tools and water we were back on the road. Damn I want my bike back.

Sacred Buckle

So Keith Weesner traded Mike Lavella of Gearhead magazine a piece of art, thats for a front cover of said mag, for this great belt buckle worn ( and lost I might add ) by Jeffery Lee Pierce at a Gun Club gig way back when. Lucky lucky Keith I say.

La Mesa

Rico on his rather nice swingarm Honda chop

Pete Docter & Bob Peterson - Up Q&A

Senior Editor Jeff Goldsmith interviews co-writer / director Pete Docter and co-writer/co-director Bob Peterson about Up

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Good news; mag publishing giant Meredith losing (less) money in first quarter

Meredith Corporation, one of the most diverse and powerful magazine publishers in the U.S.  had a loss of 2% in earnings and 9% in revenue in the first fiscal quarter. That a loss is presented as good news is explained because it is much better than the performance of the industry as a whole and may be presaging recovery from the throes of the recession.

According to a story in Folio:,

20 tweetable truths about magazines -- the video

As a way of responding to too-ready "print is dead" proclamations, The Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) produced a list of The Twenty Tweetable Truths about Magazines, first as a printed list and now as a snappy video presentation.

Ignatieff says Liberal government would double Canada Council funding

It must be election season, as the Liberal party leader, Michael Ignatieff, says that if elected his government would double the current $180 million parliamentary funding of the Canada Council for the Arts. According to a story in the Montreal Gazette, Ignatieff made the commitment during a series of visits to cultural groups in Montreal."We will not only restore these programs, we will enhance

Magazine world view: Cosmo networks; Forbes layoffs;big pubs cooperate;UK postal strike goes

Cosmopolitan launched sponsored social media program (Audience Development)
The New York Observer editor leaving afer five months on the job (NYO) 
UK libraries add ebooks (PSFK)  
Former Travel Weekly journalist launches web start-up (Press Gazette)
Forbes layoffs decimate staff (FishbowlNY)
The value of online content: practically nothing (Folio:)
Big pubs looking for strength in numbers (

Tulips For Juleps

Juliet got pretty badly hurt in a bike crash, so all her mates in NYC are having a silent auction fundraiser/party in Brooklyn to help her get sorted out. Nov 4.
Get well soon hon.
Tulips For Juleps

Yomp!! Issue 29 release party, Phoenix AZ. Nov 7

Danny G on the turntables, 3 Bands including The Black Tibetans, loads of parking, free copies of the new issue, naked pole dancers....actually that last bit is not true.

NY

A couple of pics from the HD Art of Rebellion show in NY

The 883 in all its glory


Harpoons killer painted gas tank


Pics by Grant

Primos

Rene just relined Deans Bell helmet, and what a good job he did too. Thats more than I can say about the photo, can't even see the lining, nice one Applehead.
Primos Helmet Design

Santa Fe Importers, Inc

This Saturday, at noon. Ride over and come and have a bit of breaky. Veggie food now on the menu too.
1401 Santa Fe Ave.
Long Beach, CA
Tel: (562) 437-7775

Will e-readers save publishing? Probably not

With several e-readers either launched or about to be, MediaWeek has asked the apt question about whether these gadgets will save the publishing industry. Predicting an iPhone-like breakout is perilous (and probably as likely as predicting the iPhone’s huge success five years ago). Thus, few inside the publishing world realistically see e-readers as a lifeline; most view it as a promising

Prelude to a sale: National Post to join the family of CanWest dailies

If it can get permission from the courts and its senior lenders, the National Post is being moved out this Friday of its holding company, CanWest Media, to join other CanWest dailies and weeklies in CanWest Limited Partnership. This is not mere paperwork, but a means of tuning up the money-losing national daily and putting it in a place where it could be sold along with the other papers in the

Biker bitches in San Diego

The party at Two Roses Inc. in San Diego last Friday was a right laugh! It got even better when all these fit birds rode up on Choppers in the freezing night air dressed like this!!! If anyone has found a pink feather bower between San Diego and Pomona please give it back to Rico!

Eagle & Rat

Holy Shit! Joey Castillo and Rat Scabies in one room at the same time! There is only one thing for it...A Drum Off!!!

Make Some Noise!

T Bone is a hero. Check out his blog for parts, apparel and sweet pics of 'Steel Panther'.
XFFX-N-O-I-S-E-XFFX

You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone: Gourmet design

It's kind of sweet that the Society of Professional Designers have posted an item on their blog where they ask the designers of Gourmet magazine to select their favourite covers and spreads from the magazine, which has published its last issue.
Although the covers of Gourmet often garnered the most attention, the insides of the magazine were brilliant and sparkling as well, and received much

New quarterly Garden Making magazine to launch in March 2010

March 2010 will see the launch of a new, quarterly Canadian gardening magazine called Garden Making, edited by Beckie Fox, former staffer and then editor (1999 - 2001) of Canadian Gardening magazine. Fox, who gardens enthusiastically herself in Niagara-on-the-Lake, teaches gardening at George Brown College and the Toronto Botanical Gardens.
Here's what she says about the new publication:We will

Worn magazine launch party is "slow dance of the living dead"

The indy fashion title Worn is continuing its "slow dance" promotion strategy by holding a Hallowe'en themed issue launch event in Toronto called "Slow Dance of the Living Dead".
This event offers a night of slow dance ballads in sanguine style, complete with dance cards (book a dance with your dearest undead) and designated dancers to re-animate the coyest of corpses. SLOW DANCE also offers

U.S. biggest papers' circulation fall continues

The average weekday circulation of the top 83 largest U.S. newspapers (over 100,000 circulation)saw an 11.7% drop in the six months ending September 30, according to an analysis of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) figures compiled by MediaPost. The total average weekday circulation declined from 22,231,728 to 19,637,991.
The analysis looked back over several years and said the rate of decline

Rogers media division sees 9-month profit drop of 34%

Rogers Communications media holdings, which include the company's magazines (both consumer and trade) but also broadcasting and the Toronto Blue Jays baseball club, saw a fall in operating revenue of $22 million (about 6%) in the three months ending September 30. Operating revenue for the division for the quarter was $364 million, compared with $386 million in the same period a year ago. Adjusted

Canadian Online Publishing Awards winners announced

The Tyee,a Vancouver-based news site, won three prizes for best website design, best news and best community feature in the first annual Canadian Online Publishing Awards, announced last night in Toronto.The awards, created by Mastheadonline, recognize excellence in online editorial and innovation by Canadian magazine and website publishers. [disclosure: I was a judge in one of the categories]

Paul's Place Is Great

So we went over to see Paul today. I was looking for some parts for my 300 tyre, Tribal flamed V Rod chopper, needless to say he didn't have anything for me so I won't be going back there. There was all this old junk just lying around, he could of made much better use of the space. Put a bar in, a pool table, maybe a 72" plasma to watch sports on, that kind of thing right? Dean almost passed out and the bottom part of his jaw, and his tounge come to think of it, were pretty much on that dirty floor the whole time, no idea what came over him.








A cover shot of Paul for Easyrider magazine back in the day


The bike he built in that issue


One of the first bikes Paul built for himself

Gabe is having a party

yes, yes he is. This weekend in fact, Nor Cal

Questions being asked about low-cost, "partnership" subs

A friend asks: "Is this a last gasp before everyone (as Playboy, most recently, is doing) returns to building and maintaining smaller circulations - of truly committed readers - that actually contribute to the bottom line?" He was referring to the growing trend of "partnership deductible" subscriptions whereby a sub is bundled with the purchase of other products or services. For instance, Maxim

British MPS want to put a bag over the head of "lad mags"

The so-called "nanny state" is thriving, I see. According to a story in Press Gazette, a cross-party group of British MPs have demanded that magazines with "sexually graphic" front covers be concealed from view and have called for a cinema-style rating system for magazines. They apparently sweep into the category various kinds of "lad mags" and want such magazines not only put on the top shelf

Quote, unquote: the future opportunities of journalism

"The value of studying journalism is in learning the writing, the research and understanding the ethical issues. Understanding what a story is . . . isn’t going to change. The ability to research and tell a story — this is what these young people should be learning here, because ultimately they are going to have to learn a new technology every few years. New journalists have to be specialists in

Fortune magazine cuts back to 18 issues a year

Fortune magazine is being cut back to 18 issues a year from 25, says Time Inc. According to a story on Bloomberg.com, while each issue will be somewhat larger, the new publication schedule is part of another round of cuts aimed at meeting parent Time Warner Inc.'s targets for savings. In November 2008, Time Inc. eliminated 600 jobs (about 6 per cent of the work force).At Fortune, advertising

Seneca College launching entrepreneurial illustration program

Seneca College in Toronto is launching an  illustration program with a twist beginning in January. The twist is entrepreneurial -- students will not only learn illustration, they'll also register their own small businesses, have a working website and learn accounting, marketing and revenue generating skills to succeed as entrepreneurial artists, according to a release from the college.
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Desert Pipes

Fantastic photos shot by Bobby Smith circa 1977

Sticker

we never made

Texas Hill Country. Pancho Run 2009 Outakes