Stumpy pt 2

Sao Paulo Bike Stuff

Celebration of life of editor and teacher Charles Oberdorf to be held October 25

[Note: correction of day error.]Many of his friends and colleagues will want to attend the celebration of the life of Charles Oberdorf, who died last month. The event will be held WednesdayTuesday, October 25 at Glebe Road United Church, 20 Glebe Road East in Toronto at 3 p.m., followed by a reception at Grano restaurant. 

OOPs...The Economist (finally) realizes it was giving free digital subscriptions

The Economist magazine has been serving some people a digital subscription to its magazine for free, sometimes for as long as five years. According to a story in paidContent, the magazine will revoke those premium digital subs next week and insist that people pay for them. “There was an error in our database which resulted in a number of people being assigned full subscription rights by mistake,”

Breakfast.

Da Plane Da Plane.

Canzine 2011 features record number of zinesters and, maybe, 100 monkeys

Canzine, the annual fair for homemade near-mags organized by Broken Pencil magazine, is on Sunday at the 918 Bathurst Centre in Toronto (a new location) from 1 - 7 p.m. Entry is $5, which includes a copy of the magazine.According to a story in Torontoist, the fair has an all-time high of 193 vendors displaying and selling everything from comics and chapbooks to craft items. Not only does it

On Our Way To 2 Wheels Brazil.

In San Francisco and lost and confused already.

Stumpy

Publishers surprised about Canada Post restrictions on half-wrap covers

Canada Post -- citing "health and safety" concerns -- will be limiting half-wrap covers on magazines. They will only be allowed on the front (see a typical newsstand copy of The Walrus) if the back cover is a full page size. Until now, magazines have been able to have half-wraps or half-overcovers front and back. It's not clear what the safety issue might be (paper cuts?). Although it was

Kasabian

Mick N Mary.

My Mum and Dad are mental...In a good way.
P.S. Thanks for picking up my guitar from Boz's house...I'm very pleased to have it back!

Tarantino Night

There is this bar round the corner from our shop called Barre funnily enough and throughout October, every Thursday, they have Tarantino night. It's a small place, there was 4 blokes and 4 girls and they acted out scenes and sang songs from a bunch of Quentin's films. With costume changes and everything. Because of the size of the venue all the performances took place in and around the tables and the bar itself. It was packed out too. What a bloody brilliant evening out. Next month is John Hughes night. Looking forward to that.

Dave's

Shovel is coming along nicely

Dan has a Van

Mr Collins picked this Dodge up on the weekend. Love the Turbines.

The Sissy Bars

Our good mates in Tokyo have started a band. If you are over there on Halloween then .....


"Hi Matt and Dean
I formed an amateur punk band with friends now.
They are chopper friends.
Gak and Shin and Tomoya and Katsu....and me
I play Guitar.
The name of our punk band is THE SISSY BARS.
The first gig is held at the end of this month in Tokyo.
I want you to come for our Gig!!

Hope all good
your friend"
Mochi

The Heart Breaker

I love having a big twin but I still miss my Sportster!
Dean

Magazine world view: Bye, bye agencies?; CDO needed; greedy journalists; BBC magazines deal cleared

Why clients don't need agencies anymore (MediaBizBloggers)
PR Week leads campaign for paid internships (Jon Slattery)
What every magazine media company needs: A Chief Dream Officer (Mr. Magazine)
AMI strikes $550 million deal with RR Donnelley (Audience Development)
Throwing in the towel on 5-Day delivery? (Dead Tree Edition)
Why do consumer stars so often fail to shine in B-to-B? (Folio:

Fortune says every issue will be a special next year

Fortune magazine, which last year reduced its frequency from 25 issues to 18 (while beefing the issues up),  is going to have themed features in every one of those issues next year, according to a story in Adweek. Fortune is best known for things like its Fortune 500 and is looking to grow outside of its traditional print business.“The big franchise issues score the highest when it comes to

One Day Outside Tri-Co

Some Indians, and 2 Others

Indian day At the NHRA museum in Pomona. The Beezer and mental overhead cam drag bike are both on display inside the building.

HRD

Series B with a Series C front end. A proper riders bike then. So nice.

Tiger Tiger

The front


The back.

Hot off the press are these new black girls Tiger beater/tank tops. They are super stretchy, hot, sexy and very soft. Gorgeous in fact. Available H E R E

Hubba Hubba.

Dr Glory

Talking of art being alive and well, which I was in the post below, the next Dr Glory instalment (issue 41, release date of November 19th, party in SLC Utah btw) is one of his best yet. Hilarious. Also look out for a flashy hard back book titled 'The Complete Works of Dr Glory" due to hit the streets on Valentines day next year. There will be a book signing too with a rare appearance of the man himself. Watch this space.

Walking Dead

In a city that is covered in Billboards selling everything from pharmaceuticals that nobody really needs through to dog food it was a refreshing change to see this. What a great poster. Art is alive and well it seems.

Earl McRae's writing is his monument

The sudden death this weekend of Earl McRae, an award-winning columnist and author, gives us the opportunity to recall his contribution to Canadian magazine journalism -- namely his superlative profiles, mostly published in the weekend supplement The Canadian. He died of a massive heart attack in the newsroom of the Ottawa Sun, where he had lately been a columnist. He was 69.Roy McGregor, the

Narrowed Mustang

Torstar affirms faith in print with takeover of full control of Metro newspaper chain

Torstar Corp., the parent company of the Toronto Star, has purchased virtually full control of Metro, the free weekday newspaper distributed in cities across Canada. Torstar announced the terms of the deal after markets closed Friday. It paid its partner Metro International SA of Sweden $51.5 million for 80% of its 50% share in the Free Daily News Group; Torstar now owns 90% of the business.

WHFFWH.

6 Over - Teaser from Wild Honey Productions on Vimeo.

NC Style.

Bike Vs Beast.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Donovan
Date: Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 3:19 PM
Subject: Cool as Ice vs. Soul Plane
To: matt

If you haven't already sent em, I need 20 copies of the new rag stat! Cheers!
Donovan

Radness!!

Mooneyes Grips.

The new MOONEYES Vinyl Handlebar Grips are now available! They come in Black or White
and only retail for $28.00 a pair!

Quote, unquote: Demands follow conversation:Adbusters founder

"This has launched a national conversation that is bigger than anything in the last 20 years. It is totally magical. And after the dust settles there will be crystal clear demands that emerge out of the movement."-- Adbusters founder Kalle Lasn, responding in an interview with the Montreal Gazette to the criticism that the Occupy Wall Street movement didn't have a simple, clear goal.The genesis

Tomorrow Night In NoHo.

Answer, educate, inspire: how readers searches work

With magazine engagement with their audiences increasingly dependent on canny use of the web, it may pay off to give some attention to research about how readers search for what they want. A proprietary study conducted by About.com (part of the New York Times) in collaboration with Latitude, looked at how users exhibit three distinct search behaviours.Though the research is pitched to

Some U.S. publishers leap on Apple's new iOS newsstand feature

"It's kind of like having the paper delivered to your front door. Only better."-- from the Apple website, referring to a feature in its new iOS --  a virtual newsstand which lets readers access magazines and newspapers quickly on iPods and iPads and alerts them automatically when a new issue is available.According to a story on Folio:,  When viewing the Newsstand in iTunes, some featured titles

Party Time In Yokohama, Japan!

Paradise Lost

Our mate Conrad is having an exhibition in London. He is a terribly good artist. Go and take a gander at his work if you can. Here is just a sample of what will be on display.