Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
This is why I bike to dates
“Bicycling has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world."
- Susan B. Anthony
MPLS.tv
Here's a preview of "Winter Jubilee," a fundraiser for MPLS.tv:
Episode 5: Uptown from MPLS.TV on Vimeo.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Our Friend, Martin
Found Footage posted today a VHS called Our Friend, Martin: A Magical Movie Adventure, a movie about MLK that had been found at a Wisconsin used bookstore for twenty-five cents. Check it out:
Sunday, January 17, 2010
It's not easy being green
Final day of celebrating Sesame Street Live at Target Center with videos. Here's everyone's favorite frog singing "It's not easy being green." It will pull your heartstrings:
Friday, January 15, 2010
NPR interviews Cookie Monster
Another night of Sesame Street deserves another video tribute. Here is NPR's Elizabeth Blair interviewing Cookie Monster:
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Frogtown Farm
Here's a preview for a meeting being held by Frogtown Gardens to build a farm in a vacant lot in their neighborhood. Check it out:
Oscar the Grouch was ORANGE!
Here's a video from 1969 of Oscar singing "I Love Trash," back when he was orange!
Billy Joel + Marlee Matlin serenade Oscar the Grouch
To celebrate Sesame Street Live coming to my work, Target Center, I am posting Sesame Street this week. Oscar the Grouch was always my favorite, so let's start with BIlly Joel and Marlee Matlin serenading the trash-loving muppet.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Local nonprofits and coops
Here are some cool organizations worth checking out. I have them here to help me out with story ideas, but this would be a great resource for those seeking internships, volunteer opportunities, or organizations in which to become a member or donor. Here they are:
Critical Mass is a monthly bike ride that honors a cyclist's right to the road. Here's a video of stupid cops messing with cyclists, which has been known to happen during rides.
Substance is an organization merging activism with the arts to promote social change. Rage Against The Machine performed at a Substance event during the RNC.
Friday, January 8, 2010
A bicycle anarchist's guide to MPLS
MPLS Bike Love
Check out the article on mass transit and cycling I did for the Onion a few years back:
Here's a Doomtree video, "Drumsticks," which has the collective bringing the bicycle anarchy:
George Harrison "Got My Mind Set On You"
It popped in my head, and called me to You Tube. Beatles and 80s, all at once. Yay.
A New Year or Bust!
Yup, this post is belated. I think it's silly to feel confined by the end of the old year to make anew, so this is when I'll be posting my goals for the year. And I'll be working on the post over the course of days, which is not in true form, blogosphere-wise, I think. You'll have to forgive me.
This January marks a year of "Batdance + Neon Shoelaces," a blog I set up as a portfolio. I have experimented with a few things on my blog, and will continue to do so into the new year. It's weird having a blog without limits. This definitely isn't my first blog, but this is the first one that I am not limiting to a certain topic. I have toyed with the idea of limiting the blog to only writing and photography, but what I do in my life tends to intertwine with my career ambitions a lot, and as my life evolves, I want my blog to reflect such changes. I want to document these changes, so I can better reflect on them come next January.
Blogs are weird. I certainly am confused what I will do with this blog, because it bores me to only put up writing and photography I do on assignment. I want to document life, no matter what. I want this to be a slice of my life. We're all digital now, and so our memories must be, too. Long gone are the days where we stored our pasts in shoe boxes. (I still do!)
So, first things first. I really want to get my freelance writing and photography career going this year. I think it will be fairly easy, because I am very open to the kind of work I will do. But I need to start working, and getting back into a daily grind. College kicked my ass, I'm not gonna lie. It made me never wanna work too hard at anything, forever. But, I'm bored with cutting loose, and I'm ready to grab onto the future I've had my eyes set on my whole life.
That said, here are some resolutions:
1. Kick start freelance writing and photography career.
2. Learn how to rock at query letters.
3. Have this blog become a reflection of my life, as a whole...without getting too 'out there.'
4. Pay off bills.
5. Buy more photography gear, and learn as much as possible about the field.
6. Get more involved in local art, music, writing, photography and bike communities.
7. Kick start my own business, which is currently under wraps.
8. Join a gym.
9. Learn to sew, screen-print, and other DIY awesomeness.
10. Become an expert on all things MPLS.
Cheers!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Chuck U
Here's a preview for the Daily Planet of Chuck U's art opening:
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2010/01/07/visual-arts-monkeys-and-robots-and-other-things-i-think-are-awesome-chuck-u-opens-hi
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2010/01/07/visual-arts-monkeys-and-robots-and-other-things-i-think-are-awesome-chuck-u-opens-hi
Flaming Lips do "Dark Side of the Moon"
Diggin' the Flaming Lips take on the "Dark Side." This is a great interview with Coyne:
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