Oh Baby.

Anthony is selling his shorty GMC Van. Contact him directly@ iownadragunov@gmail.com

IOM TT

I went to the Isle Of Man TT back in the 90's and have never forgotten the experience. I'm Jonesing to go back so bad. Especially after talking to Jeff and Dustin. I mentioned on the COC blog that if you have just an ounce of motorcycling in your blood then you have to go at least once in your life. The greatest road race in the world. If you think doing a burn out makes you a tough guy then watch this brilliant video and think again. These are quite simply the bravest blokes on the planet. Thanks Paulo

Transcontinental Interactive wins seven gold in Magnum Opus custom media awards

Transcontinental Interactive has captured 30 prizes or honourable mentions in the Magnum Opus Awards which recognize excellence in custom media editorial, design and strategy. TI includes Totem Brand Stories (formerly Redwood Custom Communications). This is the 8th year for the awards, presented by ContentWise and the Content Marketing Institute and were judged by leading custom publishing

Free Koozie

That's right, these chill (and I mean chill as in a keep your beer cold, not as in a "Yo, chill out brosiv" kind of way) koozies are free with our next issue, #39, to all our wonderful subscribers. What?! you don't subscribe?! your subs run out!? well then, this is the perfect time to remedy that. RIGHT HERE.
Cheers, love you xxx

We'll pay to fly you to the Pride parade, Mr. Mayor, says NOW magazine

In the annals of cheeky gestures, this is a pip. NOW magazine of Toronto has offered in a press release to fly Rob Ford from his family cottage in Huntsville to Toronto so that he would be able to march in, or at least appear at, the Gay Pride Parade. Ford has begged off (unlike several of his predecessors) and said it was because of a tradition of spending the long weekend at the cottage. You'll

Strong opposition builds to bill to make sweeping changes to US Postal Service

Proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress would make sweeping changes to the United States Postal Service (USPS), which would inevitably have an impact on Canadian magazines with mail circulation south of the border. Lobbyists for the U.S. magazine industry have been critical of the bill by Congressman Darrell Issa of California, which would reduce delivery to 5 days a week (ending Saturday

On Spec a finalist in Aurora Award

Canada's longest-running journal of the fantastic (publishing since 1989), On Spec, is a finalist for Canada's Aurora Award in the category "Best English Related Work".Voting for the Aurora Awards -- a Canadian "people's choice" competition --  will begin later this summer. The winners will be presented at Canvention 2011, SFContario, November 18-20 in Toronto.

Rogers Publishing merges consumer and business/professional divisions into one

In what has become a cascade of inevitabilities, with Ken Whyte soon to succeed Brian Segal as CEO of Rogers Publishing, now the two previously separate divisions -- consumer and business & professional -- are being merged. Still more inevitable outcomes are the departure of John Milne, senior vice-president of the business and professional group and Paul Williams, vice-president, brand extension

Magazines take note: Lawyers says 95% of unpaid internships in Ontario are probably illegal

A Toronto employment lawyer say upwards of 95 per cent of unpaid internships in Ontario are probably illegal according to a post from Canadian Press, carried on CTV.ca  "If you have an intern making coffee or researching articles . . . then they're an employee, not an intern, and they should be getting minimum wage and all the other protection that comes with the Employment Standards Act," [says

Magazine world view: Baku goes global; e-readers outpace tablets; tiny printshop

Condé Nast to publish international edition of Baku magazine (Media Week) 
‘Twitter for Newsrooms’ becomes official resource guide for journalists (Future of Media) 
Nomad Editions launches two new publications (Folio:) 
Sound + Vision uses digital edition to expand editorial (Folio:) 
New research shows e-readers outpace tablets (Audience Development) 
Magazine's database of US military

Quote, unquote: on rolling with it

"If we were younger and maybe a little bit more naive, but we've been doing this for so long ... we're pretty level-headed," he says. "We've spent so many years getting told 'no' to grants, and 'no' to shows and 'no' to festivals and so to be getting all of these 'yesses' it's more exciting and satisfying than it is we're thinking we're hot s--t. We've worked at this, being a band, for almost

" Mechanical poetry journal" in Toronto vends little broadsides for a toonie

Toronto Poetry Vendors have a launch of their latest (spring 2011 -- it's only a little late) issue at one of the newest installations of their poetry vending machines at Shopgirls gallery boutique in Parkdale,  June 30 at 7 p.m. TPV will also be at Clinton’s Tavern (693 Bloor St. W, near Christie Station) on July 9 for the Meet the Presses chapbook market with their portable, travelling machine

Canopy launches Ancient Forest Friendly awards for publishers and printers

A new award for integrity when it comes to environmental standards in the buying and use of paper has been launched by Canopy, the campaigners for supporting protection of the world's remaining ancient forests and the increasing use of eco-papers. Canopy says it hopes to see the Ancient Forest Friendly™ awards become the highest for protection of climate, biodiversity, and ancient

Publishers urged to register and get information about OMDC Magazine Fund

Ontario magazine publishers will want to put in their daybooks and bring-forward files the September 22 application deadline for the Ontario Media Development Corporation's magazine fund. Guidelines for the program remain the same as last year and all applications must be submitted online; the earlier the better. A maximum of two project applications may be made by each applicant. 
Applicants

Wil's BBQ. The Day After Born Free.

The perfect end to a brilliant weekend. This is family.

So Gay.

Swap meet find. 5 yankee dollars.



Keep On Keepin' On.

Matchless

Spotted this rad G12 chopper project at the Long Beach swap. It had a title too. How dangerous are those foot pegs??!! Although I think 1500 bucks was a little to much wonga.

Born Free Three

On route Friday afternoon. This was just after I got off the 5 freeway after splitting lanes for 50 miles through LA's finest Friday afternoon rush hour traffic. Good times ahead fo shure.



Got there late Friday afternoon. Set up day. Jason Craze's fantastic Knucklehead racer.



Cool shit. Yoshis K racer and CB750. Kiyo's knuckle. And I think the other knuck is Mike's. Again Friday afternoon.



The Haints wall climb.



Friday night. BBQ, Margarita's, good friends, some weed and a guy playing an acoustic guitar. A relaxed hippy thang.



Left side.



Show day, the view from our booth. Neto with his girlfriends helmet he just picked up from Paulo of Joe King.



Gen from Japan and that killer gas tank he painted.



Speedmetals Lucas's Viking shift knob.




I am going to apologise straight away. If you're looking for a definitive Born Free blog post then I'm afraid this isn't it. I really tried to take a lot of pics, honest, I really did. However, as last year, it was just so overwhelming. I didn't know where to start. Plus we were super busy. It was an amazing event, just amazing. A great location and so many fantastic bikes. All sorts too, choppers, bobbers, cafes, blobbers, mulobers, robbers etc. It was perfect. Huge props to Mike, Grant and Josh for putting this together. For me on a personal note it made me so happy to see how big today's motorcycle culture has grown, and in a really good way too. Long may it continue. All I would say for that to happen is to keep an open mind. That's all it takes really.
Peace, love, dope.

Postal back-to-work relieves publishers, but they need to be resolute about alternative delivery

With the resumption of mail service tomorrow as the result of an imposed back-to-work order by Parliament, many publishers will be happy that their subscription copies can now be delivered again. But the industry simply can't settle back with a sigh of relief. Even as it welcomes the imposed settlement through 2015, it needs to look at alternatives for delivery. (It saddens me to say so because,

Meredith acquires Eating Well and online properties; launches recipe and coupon site

[This post has been updated]
A magazine publishing giant has expanded its footprint in the food category by gobbling up a successful mid-sized player and launching a new food-related website. Meredith Corp. has purchased the Vermont-based EatingWell Media Group, publishers of Eating Well magazine and its related online products. The takeover also coincides with the launch by Meredith of

HP creates a digital magazine called Pivot to sell apps

Hewlett-Packard is fighting an uphill battle in trying to get some attention paid to its new tablet computer, the TouchPad, which will be available from Canadian retailers July 15. So what does it use as a means of raising awareness, according to a post by the Los Angeles Times? It creates a magazine; more specifically a monthly digital magazine called Pivot that will spotlight the apps available

Outstanding designs featured in Azure's summer issue

Azure, the design magazine, features the best architecture and design in its July/August issue, including what the jury in its recently-announced AZ Awards determined to be the best residential building, called Linear House, on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. The project was handled by Patkau Architects of Vancouver. The issue, which spotlights the finalists and winners of the awards in

CAmagazine celebrates 100 years of keeping chartered accountants informed

Now
CAmagazine is celebrating one hundred years of publication come July, making it one of Canada's oldest continuously published magazines. It was launched in July 1911 as a modest black-and-white journal called The Canadian Chartered Accountant, serving the Dominion Association of Chartered Accountants' 246 members. at that time promising ""Our pages will be open for discussions, for news

In Residence

with Wes at the Chateau Marmont last night






Lots of people, lots of booze, lots of friends. Cheers mate.

Do My Feet Look Big In These?

Tighty Whiteys. Converse in the sale at Marshalls right now. $24. Heading out to Born Free tomorrow. Not in these shoes of course, that would be silly. It's going to be a fantabulous weekend.

Trading places at Toronto Life and Roger's business titles

All change! With the impending arrival of Christine Dewairy from Rogers Publishing to art direct Toronto Life, the business and finance titles at Rogers (for which she was responsible in addition to Maclean's) were looking for a new art director. Where did they find one? John Montgomery, the associate art director at Toronto Life, who is moving to design Canadian Business, Money Sense and Profit

Apple promoting and rewarding magazines which conform to app-sub model

Apple's iTunes store is having a significant impact on sales of compliant U.S. magazine brands and appears to be rewarding titles which opt into the app subscription model that Apple prefers, according to a post on minonline. There is a rotating marquee of such titles as Glamour, Vanity Fair and Bloomberg Business Week, all of which offer app-based sub models from which Apple takes a

Annual subs to new Sportsnet magazine from Rogers may sell for $1.50 an issue

We are learning a bit more about Rogers Publishing's new Sportsnet magazine, to be launched in the fall. For one thing, the price point. 
An online survey being conducted now suggests that a single copy price may be $4.95, a one-year, 26-issue subscription could be $39 (about $1.50 per issue) and a monthly subscription available to Rogers Advantage customers could be discounted 10% to $3 a month

Cardholders will access full digital magazines at their local branch library

If you think the digital tsunami is sweeping over magazine publishers, consider the way the wave is affecting public libraries. A story on Folio: reports on a new partnership between Zinio (which works with Magazines Canada already on delivering digital issues of members magazines) and Recorded Books (a leading publisher of audiobooks) that will grant library visitors access to digital magazines

Quote, unquote: For trade magazines, not so easy shucking print

"I don't know any publishers who are talking seriously now about a wholesale move to web only, but a lot of that is due to scale. If you own 200 titles and one goes web only well you still have the printing and distribution costs of 199 other titles."--Douglas McCabe of Enders Analysis, quoted in a story in the Guardian about the future of trade magazines. The article uses as examples a number of

iPad magazine adoption is a little bit of history repeating itself: CJR

The adoption of iPad magazines is following a similar trajectory to that of other major publishing formats going back generations, says a story from the Columbia Journalism Review, cautioning that looking at falling sales figures over a short span doesn't really reflect the longer-term impacts.iPad magazines are not stumbling for the exact same reasons that the first books, print magazines, or “

The importance of editorial "earned media"

A weird term that has cropped up recently is "earned media", by which advertisers mean editorial content and public relations. A joint research study from Synaptic Digital and Kantar Video, reported by MediaPost, seems to say that brand messages from advertisers resonate best with consumers when packaged in newsworthy, informative formats rather than a straight-ahead paid ads (note that the

Simon Erl

Hornchurch. Essex.

Magaward best cover winner said to be "divorced from reality" of the newsstand

Scott Bullock is well-known as a magazine newsstand expert and a guy with strong opinions about what works and what doesn't in driving single copy sales. I defer to his expertise (almost) completely on such matters.But I have to disagree with his recent post on his CoversSell blog (mirrored on Masthead) about this year's winner in the cover category at the National Magazine Awards. Bullock felt

Davide's WOD Part 3

I don't know if anyone remembers the post I did awhile back about our friend Davide in Italy, who has always dreamed of owning his own wall of death? Well just to re cap, he works for low wages in a shoe shop in Milan, has a very supportive wife and a wonderful baby daughter and has been basically saving forever and a day to try and make it happen. The last post showed the wall he purchased in Austria. Here's the latest.






"Ciao Fratello, how are you.
Finally every single piece of my Wall of death motordrome is at my home.
Patience is a great part of me.
Next step , building up in a backyard and ride in it.
Look at the pix.
See you very very soon.
PS: great and funny video of you and Dean drinking that disgusting drink that you damn brit call Tea."

Davide has now rebuilt the motors in the 2 Indian Scouts and has got hold of a 125 Gilera to practice with. This time next year he will be giving up his job and touring Europe. Love it.

The Salt Ghost

See it on September 16th right here.....