Critical Mass Tacoma - June 2009

Critical Mass in June is on! Meet up at the corner N 9th St and N Madison St. Not sure where to go? Check out the magical Google Maps: link



But what is Critical Mass?

Critical Mass bike rides are spontaneous, leaderless rides that begin at specific times and locations in various cities around the world. Since no one organizes the rides, the rides have no agreed agenda or demands. They aren’t a protest. Instead, when we ride on Critical Mass, we’re living the world we would like to see–filling the streets with bikes, laughter, human speed, clean air, engagement and life. At Critical Mass, we can bike down the street safe from speeding cars–together–empowered by our numbers. Critical Mass is a celebration.

Critical Mass rides sometimes enrage car drivers because bike traffic competes with car traffic for space on the road. Cars have their critical mass 29 days of the month when bikes get crowded out. It’s called rush hour! Critical Mass is a single day when bike traffic briefly outnumbers car traffic. Maybe in 50 years, bikes will outnumber cars everyday. As concerns about global warming increase, people are searching for alternatives like bikes. A community of cyclists is developing–demanding respect and some space on the road.

Memorial Day

Sorry it has been a long hiatus here at staticalaska. There has been no scarcity of artwork here--I would say more than anything else it has been a lack of confidence on most of the new stuff. Anyway, I figured that we were just getting into Memorial Day here, so this would be fitting to put up. It's a sad holiday.

There's a lot of art that I am really excited about that will hopefully be getting put up here before too long. I have been trying new stuff and exploring different styles.
Stay safe, readers.
mega

Critical Mass Tacoma - May 2009

[cross-posted from moink.net]

After last month's monstrous success (nearly one hundred riders!), Critical Mass in May is on! Meet up at the corner N 9th St and N Madison St. Not sure where to go? Check out the magical Google Maps: link



But what is Critical Mass?

Critical Mass bike rides are spontaneous, leaderless rides that begin at specific times and locations in various cities around the world. Since no one organizes the rides, the rides have no agreed agenda or demands. They aren’t a protest. Instead, when we ride on Critical Mass, we’re living the world we would like to see–filling the streets with bikes, laughter, human speed, clean air, engagement and life. At Critical Mass, we can bike down the street safe from speeding cars–together–empowered by our numbers. Critical Mass is a celebration.

Critical Mass rides sometimes enrage car drivers because bike traffic competes with car traffic for space on the road. Cars have their critical mass 29 days of the month when bikes get crowded out. It’s called rush hour! Critical Mass is a single day when bike traffic briefly outnumbers car traffic. Maybe in 50 years, bikes will outnumber cars everyday. As concerns about global warming increase, people are searching for alternatives like bikes. A community of cyclists is developing–demanding respect and some space on the road.

bears and hip-hop

So lately this blog has had a lot of band posters up on it, but I guess this makes a fair amount of sense given the number of shows we've been playing lately. Here's another! It was initially going to be for chopping into thirds, but I think it works pretty well intact. I got my ink out again, so brush and inking yielded this bear which goofily presents a hip-hop show happening tomorrow night. This will be the first show Flock headlines, and it's with a bunch of other hip-hop kids, which I am excited about.

Critical Mass Tacoma - April 2009

I've been quiet for so long, but I noticed the "nonsensical bike advocacy" and had to post that Friday, April 24 starting at 6pm is...

Critical Mass!

Meet up at the corner N 9th St and N Madison St. Not sure where to go? Check out the magical Google Maps: link

But what is Critical Mass?

Critical Mass bike rides are spontaneous, leaderless rides that begin at specific times and locations in various cities around the world. Since no one organizes the rides, the rides have no agreed agenda or demands. They aren't a protest. Instead, when we ride on Critical Mass, we're living the world we would like to see--filling the streets with bikes, laughter, human speed, clean air, engagement and life. At Critical Mass, we can bike down the street safe from speeding cars--together--empowered by our numbers. Critical Mass is a celebration.

Critical Mass rides sometimes enrage car drivers because bike traffic competes with car traffic for space on the road. Cars have their critical mass 29 days of the month when bikes get crowded out. It's called rush hour! Critical Mass is a single day when bike traffic briefly outnumbers car traffic. Maybe in 50 years, bikes will outnumber cars everyday. As concerns about global warming increase, people are searching for alternatives like bikes. A community of cyclists is developing--demanding respect and some space on the road.

Show on Monday

This show is on Monday, and the rest of the details are all here on the posters!
I made three to compensate for the fact that they are just 8.5x11 black and white prints.
So here is the info on what I expect will be three great days to start off my pseudo spring break: today there is a party that Flock and $2000 Puma are both playing, then tomorrow I won tickets to Ratatat in Seattle, and then we have this show on Monday (plus all of the Lapelles are visiting, which will be a party in its own right).
I hope that everyone else is having comparably exciting times.
mega

Flock Rides Bikes

Here's some more nonsensical bike advocacy coming out of staticalaska.
Flock: we ride bikes cause we and bikes are tight.
I think I mostly just like the phonetics of it. It was not thought out at all, and Eric was really not consulted. There are other images from when this picture was taken; something similar to this, but a little easier to take seriously, will likely be up in the coming weeks.
peace out, little planet