Category Archives: Communication

E016 – Seth Richardson: Meticon Bikes

March 8, 2011Bicycling, Communication, Technology, Travelsprocketpodcast

Seth Richardson of Meticon Bikes joins us for an engaging discussion on running a bike shop and local bike politics.

We discuss: big words, breaking cogs, Streetfilms: Moving Beyond the Automobile, Travelling Two: The Art of (Not) Planning a bike tour, BTA releases another video on bike lights, featuring Mark Allyn & a klingon, Brandon reminds us to drink, the Hamm’s bear, Zach calls from Ft. Collins about the handbuilt bike show (where BikePortland, The Path Less Pedaled, and Bike Snob NYC also reported), tires, bamboo as an anarchist tool, moving to Portland, Volkswagen Bus in a snowstorm, bicycling in Memphis (that’s a weird take on the Marc Cohn song), bike lanes in Memphis, starting a bike shop, Volkswagen maintenance, hundreds of groupon tuneups, down tube snap, the bicycle is not a simple machine, cycling is faster & simpler, Revolutions in Memphis, bicycles are human-shaped, balanced perspective on vehicle usage, practice fixing flats, utilitarian riding, bike capes, wool, wet feet are the worst, convenience & rain defense, impossibly loaded bikes,Chairman Mao with a Bird on him, Portland’s “50s Bikeway Project,” negativity vocalized, bike infrastructure is good for neighborhoods, bicyclists don’t all know each other, we giggle unexplainably about Mayor Sam Adams, proposed routes and crosswalk kerfuffle,Lents Urban Renewal District, bisected by a freeway, streetcars in the future, those new to cycling shouldn’t be afraid to try, “I navigate by weaving in the general direction I’m headed.” Plus, a BONUS: the explanation of Meticon Bikes & Brandon does Seinfeld, both after the credits!

Drinks
Brandon promotes Central Point, OR’s Walkabout Brewery Worker’s Pale Ale, while Brock & Seth try the Kona Brewing Co.’s Fire Rock Pale Ale.

Music
“Feels Like Rain” from Josh Schicker’s 2005 album “Moonlighting.”

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E014 – Adam Caress: The Great Technology Question

February 22, 2011Communication, Gardening, Technologysprocketpodcast

Adam Caress of mulevariations.com joins us remotely to discuss the methods by which we discern our relationship with technology this week.

We discuss: mixed drink terminology, Boston’s Lower Depths alehouse, drinking with your in-laws, Louis Avden’s gardening update, Sven Birkert’s The Gutenburg Elegiesand the mulevariations.com interview, no cable or television, first text message, before the internet, asking the question, how do we relate to each other?, consequences & morality, generational gaps, “we put people on that shit,” inventiveness and its associated problems, interstate highways, pesticides on plants, the narrative of progress, the unruly virgin that is America, Ray Kurzwiel & singularity, “this shit has aneschatology,” people who upload their consciousness aren’t very happy, death & ending well, denying death is creepy, Aleksander Sozhenitsyn wasn’t afraid of death, inscrutable on iTunes, science fiction grandparents, grandparent telegraph email, pro/anti twitter?, booking bands is easy, myspace is the Detroit of social networks, reminiscing with grandparents, waiting for the Cubs world series win, the Plain Reader, Amish independence, Colt 45 isn’t all that great, wilting boquet, outro cabling issues

Drinks
Brandon drinks the Ninkasi Believer Double Red Ale (6.9%), Brock endures a Colt 45 High Gravity Lager (8.5%), and Adam savors his single malt Islay Scotch Whiskey fromMcClelland’s.

Music
“Falling Stars” by Adam Caress of “T”, which is his band that finally consisted of mostly siblings, from the EP “Plan A”

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E006 – Prose On Paper

December 27, 2010Bicycling, Communicationsprocketpodcast

Homemade cider, cycling yellow card, commute switch makes pants fall, wealkable neighborhoods are happy neighborhoods, mini bike winter, Galaxy Farm, writing letters to people

Drinks
Brandon & Scott enjoyed the 2010 Glenwood Park Holiday Cider from neighbor homebrewer Mark. Brock enjoyed an Ebenezer Ale from Bridgeport Brewing Company.

Music
“Prelude” from Portland artist Galaxy Farm’s EP.

Links
Cycling Yellow Card, Queens Bicycle Commuter Drops 30 lbs., Walkable Neighborhoods are Happier, Mini Bike Winter is coming!

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E005 – Hanging In Tension

December 20, 2010Bicycling, Communication, Technologysprocketpodcast

Bicycling in the rain and yelling at nature, friends of barbur blvd., bike registration in Long Beach, bicycle accident fund in CO, SoupCycle job, balancing technology & complexity with simple life

Drinks
Brandon enjoyed the Alameda Brewery Papa Noel’s Olde Ale, Brock drank a Steel Reserve 211 triple export (“among the very best beers in the world”).

Links
Friends of Barbur, Long Beach bike registration, bicycle accident fund, SoupCycle job

Music
The Carrier Pigeons, “www.” from their 2009 EP “Unfinished Business.”