Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Coming Soon...



...Joel's Triumph shot by Coalition Imagery.

Toronto Star to publish Toronto edition of U.S. satirical pub The Onion

The Toronto Star has cut a deal to publish a Toronto edition of The Onion, the U.S. satirical weekly, starting this fall. The deal includes a non-satirical entertainment section offshoot the A.V. Club. It does not involve The Onion's online business in Canada.
The Onion has been shopping around the franchises of its paper for some time, looking for partners who wanted to take on responsibility

Monday, July 4, 2011

Ryerson Review of Journalism wins six student magazine awards

Nice to see, again, that the Ryerson Review of Journalism has picked up six awards (and accompanying judges' accolades) at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication student magazine contest. Among the winners (reported by proud faculty member Tim Falconer) were:
 Winter Issue 2011
First place single issue print (editor Liam Casey)
First place, consumer magazine article:

Get On Your Bikes And Ride.




































Many fine machines showed up at The Linkert Attack UK last weekend and 99% of them were also ridden on the beautiful hot Saturday afternoon ride out. The few stragglers who stayed at the show were either fixing their bikes or...ahem...to sensitive to do it. I wasn't hung over at all...I just really wanted to stay back and help...by moaning about my headache and dodgy stomach, that wasn't drink related!
Ps. yes...that is an original paint 1936 Knucklehead on the run! Found in Holland a few years ago and it still gets ridden. Yikes!
Pps. The AC/DC cover band that played in the Dook as the bikes rolled past on their return was genius!

Plays well with others -- The New Quarterly and ARC Poetry publish joint double issue

[This post has been updated]
ARC Poetry and The New Quarterly have collaborated on a joint special double issue this summer. The "Quarc Issue" is presented in flipbook style and is literally two magazines in one.
"This special double issue...presents scientists and artists alike with a unique opportunity to observe what happens when two solid, award-winning magazines smash into each other like a

Sunday, July 3, 2011

July 30th

is when Michael will have this wicked panhead finished.


Coming soon then.

Hotter Than Hell

Tarquin Pack to Matt

show details 4:15 PM (17 hours ago)

In the panhandle.hotter than hell. Bike running good. Just Arrived in Amarillo been singing the song all day! Next stop newmexico and Arizona. Hopefully hit la around 10th... If I remember. Speak soon.

My friend Tarquin in London has been looking to get another bike for yonks now so I said I would help. Sure enough Dave Herr's newly built Sportster came up for sale so I passed on the details. Tarquin flew in to Indiana and is on a journey he will remember for the rest of his life.