Sunday, September 21, 2008

Buddies!

It seems that Paul Costuros draws from a bottomless well of inspiration when it comes to DJ nights, but Buddies is my personal favorite. What could be better than a night where a collection of musicians, artists, and above average SF creative types get to spin 5 songs? Amazing. I have never heard such a diverse collection of music, and enjoyed it! Look for more photos in the future, and keep an eye out for Buddies at the Knock Out in SF.

Chris Dixon and Debbie work it out.

Paul Paul knows we have no time for psychological romance.

Possibly the best family photo, ever.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Danzing

Recently I visited Philk's basement bike shop that he and Mike Green have built. The duo have created a wondrous space where they spend hours refurbishing and building bicycles. Aside from generating a bit of side cash these two gentlemen are providing low-priced transportation for San Franciscans.


As if the shop were not inspiring enough Mike and Philk recently built a skate ramp in the basement. Apparently indoor skate ramps represent an arm of skating culture I knew nothing about, but encourage wholeheartedly. Did I ride the ramp? Hello no! Transitions and vert scare me something fierce, but Mike and Philk ripped it even with headroom that could not be more than ten inches.

In addition to "getting rad" on the ramp, Mike showed off his skills on a swing bicycle. What is a swing bicycle? Well, along with lawn-darts it is probably one of the most dangerous things ever to reach consumers. Basically it is a bicycle with a spring that allows the frame to swivel. The bike was only produced for a year or so before being pulled because children several injured themselves. Awesome.


Here are some photos of all the radness.