Comments on: Byrneing Down the House This Friday…

By: vk

vk — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:11:09 +0000

Hi. My preference would be for you to just donate a book to a public or school library near the river.

By: Joe Linton

Joe Linton — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:05:43 +0000

Well… vk was right at #11… so I will send both vk and Ramon autographed copies of my book. Available at finer bookstores everywhere. And yes – Ramon – it took some self restraint to not weave in Take Me to the River…

By: vk

vk — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:09:32 +0000

Hey, if you can mix up the letters to create words, then you can also list out:

Houses in Motion (as previously mentioned)
Genius of Love
I Want to Live
Drugs
Found a Job
Born under Punches
Pulled Up
Psycho Killer
Popsicle
I Zimbra
Dream Operator

and the list goes on and on

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:02:16 +0000

OK, it was too early. Now I’m sure I have it:

1. [byrne]ing down the house
2. Hey now
3. This must be the place
4. Happy day
5. Stay up late
6. Once in a lifetime
7. Heaven
8. Seen and not seen
9. The book I read
10. Cities
11. The good thing
12. People like us
13. Mind
14. Perfect world
15. Don’t worry about the government
16. and she was
17. Electric guitar
18. Animals
19. Blind
20. Puzzlin’ evidence
21. Warning signs
22. Road to nowhere
23. Paper
24. Radiohead
25. GIRLFRIEND IS BETTER
26. City of dreams

Album title: True Stories

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:24:30 +0000

Awesome TH references. Not too mention the scene from True Stories with Spaulding Grey discussing “progress” using food is one of the best movie discussions of urban planning, IMO.

And maybe I found the missing song?

Album title: True Stories

By: Adonia

Adonia — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:09:21 +0000

Hey Browne, if you’re interested in the bike movement in LA reaching out to other kinds of cyclists, check out the City of Lights program.
https://sites.google.com/site/cityoflightsprogram/
And here’s a link to a blog post I wrote about our first group ride with jornaleros, held on Saturday:
http://lugoa.blogspot.com/2009/09/riding-with-jornaleros.html

By: vk

vk — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:55:58 +0000

Album title: True Stories

By: vk

vk — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:51:03 +0000

1. [byrne]ing down the house
2. Hey now
3. This must be the place
4. Happy day
5. Stay up late
6. Once in a lifetime
7. Heaven
8. Seen and not seen
9. The book I read
10. Electric guitar
11. Cities
12. The good thing
13. People like us
14. Mind
15. Perfect world
16. Don’t worry about the government
17. and she was
18. Animals
19. Blind
20. Puzzlin’ evidence
21. Warning signs
22. Road to nowhere
23. Paper
24. Radiohead
25. City of dreams

Album title: True Stories

By: Joe Linton

Joe Linton — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:57:50 +0000

@vk – Verrrry close. But not quite 100% yet.

By: vk

vk — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:38:01 +0000

1. [byrne]ing down the house
2. Hey now
3. This must be the place
4. Happy day
5. Stay up late
6. Once in a lifetime
7. Heaven
8. Seen and not seen
9. The book I read
10. Cities
11. The good thing
12. People like us
13. Mind
14. Perfect world
15. Don’t worry about the government
16. and she was
17. Animals
18. Blind
19. Puzzlin’ evidence
20. Warning signs
21. Road to nowhere
22. Paper
23. Radiohead
24. City of dreams

Album title: True Stories

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:40:16 +0000

and btw – I wonder how David B is going to get called out on his old school perceptions of what LA is and isnt’ – hope he gets a chance to ride a bike when he’s here – I read some excerpts and to me, what he writes on LA was way off

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:38:02 +0000

Browne – I hear you and you’re right – this is not inclusive and I don’t remember Aloud ever charging before – I was super bummed to see this.

However was weirdly surprised in how many people who are not part of the bike scene that are interested in going – people who don’t ride bikes at all but are interested in this – so for me, raising awareness and buzz about this for people otherwise tuned out perhaps maybe a win, and hopefully bring some new perspectives and leadership to the table – it’s a appealing to a certain demographic tho for sure.

Hopefully I’ll see you there – nothing like meeting streetsbloggers in real life :)

By: ramonchu

ramonchu — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:55:25 +0000

well I can’t believe you didn’t try to “take me to the river”

By: Joe Linton

Joe Linton — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:16:13 +0000

@Ramon – Very good… I didn’t check it line by line, but there are more that you didn’t list yet. (And, stickler alert, you listed an album name that’s actually not a song name.)

By: ramonchu

ramonchu — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:00:05 +0000

easy for an unemployed recent graduate

“byrneing” down the house
hey now
this must be the place
happy day
stay up late
once in a lifetime
heaven
seen and not seen
the book i read
true stories
the good thing
people like us
perfect world
dont worry about the government
and she was
animals
blind
puzzlin evidence
warning signs
road to nowhere
paper
radio head?
stop making sense
city of dreams

Damn Joe, that took longer than expected, you really packed them in there. Anyhow, I look forward to returning LAPL’s copy of DBTLAR…

By: Joe Linton

Joe Linton — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:09:17 +0000

Browne/Teka – I agree – the ticket price is a bit steep… and one of the many really cool things about bicycles is that they are so inexpensive to buy and maintain – in contrast to owning a car.

The hosts are giving 25% off discounts to members of the LA County Bicycle Coalition and C.I.C.L.E. … and another way to get in on the cheap might be to volunteer to help out the LACBC’s bike valet parking that night.

By: browne

browne — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:32:53 +0000

I think this is a great event, too bad it’s pretty costly for a lecture on a way to get around that isn’t that expensive. I’m confused I’ve always said the demographic for cycling seems to lean more towards to upper middle class set in regards to the bike kulture scene, but people in that scene always tell me this isnt’ the case, but then I see this scene featured in LA Magazine and the ALOUD series which is usually a very awesome free event is charging 25 bucks. Who do they think ride bicycles? Who is a cyclist? Who is the planners of this event picturing?

The guys I see riding around the South LA and the Eastside, the ones that dont’ have fixies, but a bike they got from Walmart or Kmart or the swap meet in clothes that says I paint building, I take out the trash, or I guard the Japanese American Theatre at night.

I’m not saying it’s bad, but I’m just wondering, it just doesn’t seem that inclusive to me and I’m talking along economic lines. It seems only to reach out in clinical patient doctor model, not in a “we’re all the same” lets hang out model.

25 dollars in this economy is alot. It’s cool that people who are into bikes have managed to keep their jobs, but for many people in LA where people falling below the poverty line this is alot.

I hope you guys don’t view this as a negative comment. I have plans on going to this event and when I read about it I was (and still am) very excited. I like David Byrnes and Talking Heads and I think the concept of the book is fascinating, but you know I take the Blue Line almost every day and it’s kind of been like my red pill. I want to shut up, but you know I just want to have a discussion about the issues of inequality in our society and the bike world is such a fascinating model to observe in regards to that and that’s not a condemnation of the world just it’s on a path with a particular kind of person and it intersects other people that before bike kulture occurred would have never happened, even for myself if I had never given up my car I would have been completely clueless of some of the harshnesses of LA. Riding my bike taking the bus I mean sometimes I wish I never knew. I was totally happy in my car. I didn’t have to concern myself with other people’s pain. I did, but not in a real person that I have to touch way. It was very, I read this book and saw a documentary kind of concern. Being in my car was really isolating for me in a way that I won’t be sure until I’m 60 if this has been prodcutive or not.

When I first stop driving I took the Red Line and said Metro was awesome and that was pretty much it until I really started observing.

Browne