Top 10 Records of 2010

Actually this is a list of my 10 favorite records of the year in no particular order.

10 Gaslight Anthem- American Slang
9. The National- High Violet
8. Make Do and Mend -End Measure Mile
7. Avett Brothers - I Love and You
6. The Mezingers - Chamberlin Waits
5. Restorations - Strange Behavior
4. The Lawrence Arms Butt, Sweat and Tears
3. RVIVR - S/T
2 Smoke or Fire: The Speakeasy
1. Everyone Everywhere: Everyone Everywhere

Bilenky's junkyard cross

Custom frame builders hosted their annual Junkyard Cyclocross Race today.

North Philly, 20 Degree Weather, Junkyard, Cyclocross, free beer = a great day

AMAZING

Dick Lane from Lfour on Vimeo.

SAN JOSE!

Some hometown love in this video

California Love from iMiNUSD on Vimeo.

Neighbors

Neighbors: Dylan Bigby (Trailer) from Agency Charlie on Vimeo.

killing it

Rick Anderson // Fix[ed] from Kinema Group on Vimeo.

MRS JONES

I pine for my youth
I want to grow young
Can anyone tell me how?

I really miss the dances
I really miss the sounds
I really miss the innocence

I want to hang down Norcrest
I want break the rules
i need to just have a break

I really miss having time
I really miss backyards
I really miss not knowing any better

I didnt think it would turn out like this, but someone i knew once said this was how it was going to be
But Im glad I lived it the way it happened

FRIDAY

I never learned how to be me
So I fell asleep
Inside of you

Hid and covered
Beneath all the lies
And burned this city
WIth the sounds of my pride

I want someone to make me feel
Anything except that yellow head girl
Like the line in that song I once heard
Can feel the world?

Because its crushing
When there is no one to believe in
When grey is the only color that goes away
And all girls dance in front of that dim light
The dim, please can you dance beneath the dim light

I want to be someone, I want to be you, I want to just be

JUST RIDE

Got on my bike and got out of city. Found this cool spot and enjoyed the serenity of silence.

Appreciate the ability to use your legs to get you places

CADENCE WINTER COLLECTION

Dustin did it again!

This years line is better than ever!

Please support DIY American made clothing

Purchase here

FALL

A day in Photos

NEW YORK

Friday

Time does not exist
Clocks do
Friday:
5:00 in the Afternoon

San Jose!

IMINUSD are celebrating their 1 year anniversary. Here is a fun edit from the boys at IMD. Cool to see downtown San Jose and the Ranch in this one.

RIDE from iMiNUSD on Vimeo.

Go Giants!

Here is my last tribute to my favorite sporting team. Made by the dudes from American Cyclery.

PHILLY!

House Party Cat 3D Trailer from Jacob Klensin on Vimeo.

GO GIANTS!

In Honor of the 2010 World Series Champions MASH put together an Orange and Black Sticker Package! Go Get Some...Get it here

My 3 am anthem

Rape Zombie by THE BRONX

Philly BIke Expo

DORA THE EXPLORA

Doing Work Son

Sunday Morning Video

"Va Fa Napoli, Hipster" from Blue Barn Pictures, Inc. on Vimeo.

Walk Slow...

RIDE FAST!!!

Camping

I wish I was in SF this weekend

The Cadence/DVS Fast Forward Race Final this weekend in San Francisco.

I raced in the Philadelphia version and that was a killer. I can't imagine what the SF version is going to look like.

Everyone in the bay head to Benders of Friday

I want!

The Mash 2011 Cinelli Frame

MACAFRAMA!

The boys from Maca came through with another nice edit. Normal I'm not a fan of trick track but its the macaframa crew so I can dig it. And the clip when Matt breaks of his crank is pretty gnar.

Matt Montoya from MACAFRAMA on Vimeo.

MASH!

New Video from the MASH crew. Mash Edits never let me down.

MASH Vegas Drag Race from MASH TRANSIT PRODUCTIONS on Vimeo.

Restoration/Rosetta Split

New music from my friends in Restorations

Buy it here

Take A listen

Self Portrait

Bombing Mountains?

This dude rode up and down, The Passo dello Stelvio located in Italy, at 2757 m (9045 feet) is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps on a TRACK BIKE!

SEABASE vs STELVIO from YUHZIMI Ltd. on Vimeo.

I like!

Ostre koło / fixed gear from VELOUR on Vimeo.

Do you remember THIS Against ME!?

I do! Being at home on vacation leaves me a lot of time to go through my old record/DVD collection and I was able to dust of my Against Me! DVD "We're Never Going Home"

And goddammit Against Me! was a fucking amazing band. You just felt lucky to watch those 4 dudes rip up a stage for a hour leaving you breathless and unable to speak.

But not only were their live shows top notch but Tom Gabel was a true lyricist and the passion he put into each of those early records were beyond anything I've ever heard before and since.

I truly do feel old writing this but being at home makes me nostalgic and this song still kills.

"And there's no need to shit talk or impress
'Cause honesty and emotion are not looked down upon"

-Tom Gable

FERGUS!

SF Messenger Fergus getting some love in a blackberry Commercial. Weird..

Home

I haven't found Jesus
And he sure has not found me

I've been looking for same women
But she has not been looking for me

I've been looking for the beauty in the ugliest of things
Somehow I cant even see it in me

Cause I've been running in the same fucking place for too many years
Not going anywhere but using all my energy
Too Scarred to move on and too scared to stay still

But the drum keeps kicking and this pens never ceases to spill
Come everyone, get up and get out its time for the guilt

What I'm watching

Joy Division is one my all time favorite bands. But yet someone how I totally missed on this biopic when it came out back in 2007.

If you like Joy Division netflix this movie.

If you don't, listen to their debut record Unknown Pleasure again.

If you don't know who they are, then you are a lost cause and there is no hope for you or your aesthetic

What I'm listening to

Jack Dalrymple fronted two of my favorite bands:

One Man Army & Dead to Me

I just listened to my collection of One Man Army records for the first time in probably 5 years. One of my favorite bands in high school and in my early college years. Jack Dalrymple was one of those voices that just stabbed me in the heart.



Then I listened to Dead to Me's Little Brother EP.

This will be interesting

Live N Ride n LA

I hate LA and "the most dangerous streets in American" is lame but bikes are bikes so I don't want to hate too much. And my boy KEO is rocking it as usual. Love

FRIDAY

This black suitcase is empty
Just like the head above these shoulders
This city sprawls to cover us all
Like that parachute we choose

This week ends like the week begins
Just like the tail between my legs
The streets run like water to flood us all
Like the alcohol we choose

And these metaphors turn stale
And these words are empty
As I can't remember what I was writing in the first place

This kills

Any Video with the Milkman as the soundtrack must be awesome

SCUMBAG INVITE | "Fast n' Loose 2010" Benefit Race from Justin Gallagher on Vimeo.

What I'm listening to...

Thee Oh Sees kills it on this record. Bought this record two weeks ago and it has not left the needle on my record player yet. I recommend you run down to your local record store and pick it up. You will be happy.

A day in Photos

Getting Nasty

Wolfpack All City Team Race 3 Teaser from Bicykiller on Vimeo.

GODSPEED Keeping it real

GODSPEED from California is a place. on Vimeo.

Amazing

MACAFRAMA + Notorious BIg's Son

COLBY from Macaframa Fame and Biggie Smalls Son Christopher Wallace Jr. Coolest Picture Ever. I love it that he is riding a bike and not driving a $250,000 car like someone else's son

Fast Forward

Here are some photographs from the Fast Forward Race check them out here

Saturday!

Course:

Start: Penn Treaty Park
#1: I wont give an exact address but its in the Mann Music Center/Bala Cynwood/Manayunk vicinity
#2: FDR Park
#3: 46th and Spruce
Finish: Water Street under 95

SEE YA'LL ON SATURDAY! Racing Shoes On!

FROST WATSON

Check out my friends new band FROST WATSON!

They just posted two new songs ch-ch-check it out here

If you are Philadelphia check them out at the Fire this Thursday 7/15

PHILLY to NYC

Me and my roommate just rode our bikes from Philadelphia and NYC. During the ride we encountered many obstacles: Bad directions and getting lost 20x, riding 20 miles on a dirt road, riding through a thunderstorm, riding on multiple highways, carrying a 15lbs messenger bag, 90 degree heat and after 8 hours on a track bike it was enough to make us both exhausted to say the least. I planned on taking photographs during the ride but the ride sucked so I didn't but I took some after we got established in NYC.