motorcycles in the US in general are in the toilet, even the Japanese brands are closing dealerships left and right. Cruisers are (perceived as being) for old farts or criminals. crotch rockets are for squids and organ donors in training. standards largely disappeared for ~5 years before recently coming back a bit.
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These dudes used to be a ton of fun live. I saw them on the same bill as Last of the Juanitas and Party of Helicopters at SXSW in 2002, and it was righteous.

For fucks sake, get Erik Shilling off this blog. Read more

Ahhh “Shitgaze”, Columbus Ohio’s most recent and only contribution to rock since the turn of the century. I did enjoy their shows though. Much better live than mastered at 115db on cd. Read more

Great band.  Read more

It’s not that we don’t cover the street scene at all, it’s that we try not to glorify it. We don’t spend time here extolling the virtues of street drifting here, rather the opposite. It’s possible to cover it, and even embed with the people who do it, without pretending it’s wonderful, and we feel we did that here.… Read more

Ashe is rarely more than 1/3 full during the day session, and has the atmosphere of a Chargers preseason game. It’s always packed and a ton of fun at night though, especially for the first match. If it goes really late and the crowd thins out, they’ll also let you move down closer to the court. Read more

Finally, do yourself a favor and take the subway, the 7 train to the Mets–Willets Point station. Read more

You nailed the slow car fast debate. The whole slow car fast versus fast car slow, to me, is best summed up by this quote: Read more

For a lot of years, my cousin made six figures as pretty much the only guy who could coax the NYPD’s ancient payroll system into working order. This thing was a vintage 1970s custom build, I believe. He worked for whatever vestige of the original vendor still existed to support just that system — not only was NYPD… Read more

Erik my friend have you been to Texas? Trucks are mainly for driving from your home, in the city, to your desk job, also in the city. Read more