BSNYC on Leto Vid
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md2 at 10.13.09 - 11:07 am
A reader has informed me that actor Jared Leto will be palpaging one in a short film for a song by his band, 30 Seconds to Mars:
Not only that, but he unleashed the awesome power of his fame to recruit Los Angeles's "Midnight Ridazz" for extra duty. Even though they are still smarting from the "The Midnight Ride" short film, many riders apparently showed up to appear in the film, which (according to the casting call) "will be celebrating the world of night rides, fixies, tall bikes, short bikes, weird bikes, costumes and most of all, the incredible community and unique individuals that make up this world. This short film is a lyrical journey from downtown to the Santa Monica Pier." (Which is just another way of saying, "We need a bunch of freaks.")
Clearly, Leto is learning an important lesson from the Flaming Lips, which is that if you need large groups of people to look foolish on camera for free, then the world of cycling is an inexhaustible resource.
--BSNYC
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By the way.. someone should inform BSNYC that he was wrong; you got $100 and food.
md210.13.09 - 11:08 am
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Honestly who the fuck cares i bet they have done the same bullshit for other artist or companies!
BLAHER responding to a
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10.13.09 - 11:46 am
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BSNYC is right. And this is probably just the sad slow beginning of a LA's bike scene getting whored out on the cheap for mainstream consumption, advertising, etc. etc.
0gravity10.13.09 - 3:42 pm
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Who the fuck cares about the scene riding a bike is for you and your friends not what some one in NY says fuck you care their over their we are here a whole different fuckn city on L.A is better
BLAHER responding to a
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10.13.09 - 8:22 pm
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uhh the whole trendy fixed gear bicycle messenger look pretty much started in NY...soo...yeah...
la duderina10.13.09 - 8:24 pm
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I don't know....about four years ago on Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, Both Neiman Marcus and Barney's of New York had bicycle theme displays in their front Window display. The following spring/ summer Umberto in Beverly Hills had wicker bicycles displayed in their front windows. The previous summer the owner of Umberto was sporting a t-shirt with a bicycle on it that his wife bought him from a Melrose boutique for $112.
sexy10.13.09 - 8:41 pm
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Who cares what city is this? and since when do L.A people wanna be like new york i sure ass hell dont ive lived their not that great ill stick to L.A
BLAHER responding to a
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10.13.09 - 8:43 pm
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then I remember that store in New York that was vandalized because it had some track bikes in its front window display some years back.
I think and hope this is just a sign of bicycle becoming mainstream. Thank goodness for that. Like I said before, bicycle becoming mainstream is a dream of mine and applaud any efforts towards that and any accomplishment made in that direction.
Using bicycle in what is the popular culture of advertisement, (which is all around us and part of our mainstream culture - advertising that is) is just a sign of what is happening. People realizing the personnel and communal benefits to use the bicycle for transportation, exercise, and socialization.
Can I get a AMEN?
sexy10.13.09 - 8:48 pm
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AMEN!!!
so everyone do what ever the fuck you wanna do as long as its between the law limits except for weed and beer have fun!
BLAHER responding to a
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10.13.09 - 8:51 pm
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NY messengers were riding fixed gears and doing barspins and skiddzzz 20 years ago, sexy.
and BLAHwhatever...."since when does LA want to be like New York"
uhhhhh ever since LA kids starting doing graffiti. shouldn't you know that? being a "true writer" and all?
la duderina responding to a
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10.13.09 - 9:08 pm
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oh and the yankees have more world series titles than the dodgers and angels combined
la duderina10.13.09 - 9:09 pm
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as a matter of fact, the dodgers had to get a manager from new york to actually do good.
la duderina10.13.09 - 9:12 pm
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You got your shit all wrong yea L.A culture was influence by N.Y but L.A gives it its owe fuckn twist that makes if fuckn LOS ANGELES... N.Y if different from L.A music different bike culture L.A is its own
BLAHER responding to a
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10.13.09 - 10:05 pm
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dude
I was talking about commercialization and i never tag or graffiti anything in my life.
Except when I was five years old, I wrote David + Theresa all over the neighborhood sidewalk in chalk because I had a crush on this girl in Kindergarten. I got in trouble when my parents found out and I had to go and erase all of the markings
sexy10.13.09 - 10:22 pm
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one of the most ignorant statements to ever come out of your mouth.
graffiti did not start in new york.
coldcut responding to a
comment by la duderina
10.13.09 - 10:29 pm
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HAHAHAHAHA.........
Basically Bike Snob is calling MRs a bunch of suckaz!!! I think I like this guy!
Funny how just about everyone on this thread is more than likely the ones that went to the shoot and got burned. Trying to rip this guy for calling you a fool is making you look even more foolish. Just give up and chalk it up to experience. (hope you learned from it)
User110.13.09 - 10:45 pm
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i didnt get burned... i didnt expect to get paid
66610.13.09 - 10:52 pm
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i'd better be in the video though!
66610.13.09 - 10:52 pm
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Did you at least take the tecate spandex.
palucha66 responding to a
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10.13.09 - 10:55 pm
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WRONG!
first hardcore 7" ever recorded was by a little band called the middle class who were from orange county.
ruinedbyidiots responding to a
comment by la duderina
10.13.09 - 10:56 pm
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you guys are all a bunch of hypocrites.
quit ur griping.
who fucking cares anymore.
KiMS110.13.09 - 10:57 pm
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yup.. i wore the tecate jersey.
hopefully i'll get sponsored some day and get free beer
666 responding to a
comment by palucha66
10.13.09 - 11:19 pm
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bwahaha fuckin diesel.. love you dude.. noho mo
profoscurity10.13.09 - 11:46 pm
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User! i wasnt in the video im just saying no one fuckn cares really
BLAHER responding to a
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10.13.09 - 11:46 pm
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People making the "I don't care" references and the silly NY vs SoCal comparisons.
User1 responding to a
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10.13.09 - 11:51 pm
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@coldcut did I say it started there? No i didn't. it got big there. "graffiti" has been around since cavemen. what are you still annoyed at yourself for selling out for 30 seconds to mars? don't take that out on me.
@rbi some band that only 5 people have heard of doesn't count.
la duderina responding to a
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10.14.09 - 12:03 am
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also this is the first I've learned that punk and hardcore were the same thing....what year was that recorded? I know iggy pop was doing shit in the late 60s also the velvet underground...highly influential....from new york late 60s
la duderina responding to a
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10.14.09 - 12:07 am
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Alright RBI...I just wikipedia'd "middle class"
velvet underground BROKE UP before they ever recorded
PWND
la duderina10.14.09 - 12:12 am
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Oh RBI she took out her WIKI watch out!
BLAHER responding to a
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10.14.09 - 12:20 am
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haha funny <-- look im laughing .... so yea who care what people from new york thing about LOS ANGELES "RIDAZZ"
BLAHER responding to a
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10.14.09 - 12:30 am
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THANK YOU.
see kids? RBI is fallible.
la duderina responding to a
comment by professor fate
10.14.09 - 12:30 am
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NO ONE DOES!!!!!! except what her face....
BLAHER10.14.09 - 12:33 am
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BSNYC talks shit on EVERYBODY. no one should care what he thinks.
and besides, I don't think he was talking shit on Ridazz per se, I think he was just making a comment on cyclists in general...if you read the blog you can see he also points out the Flaming Lips video that used PDX cyclists....
which is that if you need large groups of people to look foolish on camera for free, then the world of cycling is an inexhaustible resource.
nowhere does he specifically say Ridazz are "suckazz" as user1 put it. He says all cyclists are suckazz and want to be on TV
Wanna be a prettyboy.
Wanna be on Solid Gold.
Wanna date a millonaire.
Wanna make people stare.
I wanna be on TV.
Want people to know me.
I wanna be on TV.
Started out in 54
Gonna be an omnivore.
Wanna make people dance.
Gonna take off my pants.
I wanna be on TV.
Want people to know me.
I wanna be on TV.
On a magazine.
Gonna have some free cocaine.
Wanna wear my Calvin Kleins.
Then the world will be all mine.
I wanna be on TV.
Want people to know me.
I wanna be on TV.
la duderina responding to a
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10.14.09 - 12:35 am
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the velvet underground wiki calls them an "art rock" band. not punk. or hardcore. just extremely overrated.
ruinedbyidiots10.14.09 - 12:37 am
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I figured you'd say as much. In that case the Ramones were around before the middle class and so were the Stooges.
You are right though, middle class is arguably the first hardcore band. But I was speaking of punk.
la duderina responding to a
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10.14.09 - 12:40 am
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im tired of your hard headed bullshit good day!... and hahah <----- im still laughing at you good night
BLAHER responding to a
comment by la duderina
10.14.09 - 12:42 am
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WU-TANG CLAN AND NOTHING TO FUCK WITH.....WU WU WU
BLAHER responding to a
comment by tivu
10.14.09 - 12:43 am
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thanks professor that was great. "England stole all the credit for punk, and that's how it goes: the end". Excellent.
onemanstrash responding to a
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10.14.09 - 12:46 am
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LMAO +1
Except England is really the reason that "rock" became popular...I mean America didn't have a decent good ol' ROCK band until Aerosmith, and Zeppelin PWNSxINFINITY Aerosmith, and rock is what brought about punk so I guess you could give England that...
but then Blues is really what started "rock" (which started "punk") and blues started down in ol Mississippi and spread up to Chicago...so if you're going to use the logic I used above, then America
should get the credit for everything.
Oh but wait everyone in America, besides the native americans, is from England so shit...but then again the Blues started with the slaves who are from Africa...so maybe it should be africa that gets the credit? now I'm just babbling
la duderina responding to a
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10.14.09 - 12:54 am
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I tell you one thing. PUNK WAS NOT IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM INVENTED IN ORANGE COUNTY. I DONT CARE IF I'M PROVEN WRONG BECAUSE I AM RIGHT. WHEREVER IT WAS INVENTED IT WAS NOT ORANGE COUNTY.
Roadblock10.14.09 - 1:58 am
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Punk started in new york.
Stick to sports.
PC responding to a
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10.14.09 - 2:43 am
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lol dude is goin nuts.. he just fired his whole company.
profoscurity10.14.09 - 2:45 am
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CBGB was in New York, where the legendary meeting of Television and CBGB owner Hilly Kristal occurred.... ramones from new york, I am really not sure how you can argue against the fact that punk has its roots in New York.
oh wait oh wait, I see, you're just being a
naysayer
la duderina responding to a
comment by PC
10.14.09 - 10:43 am
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duderina... you really went off on this thread (it was snowcone-ish).
md2 responding to a
comment by la duderina
10.14.09 - 10:53 am
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I heard punk rock started in Harry Limefly's pants
or was it his mustard.. aahh whatever
but wait a minute, didn't harry phototgraph for the first punx rock zine. you should ask him. Of course he will point to the stick on his trailer bike and claim it started in Great Britain. That dude is so biases
sexy10.14.09 - 10:55 am
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Orange County is home of the:
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
md2 responding to a
comment by Roadblock
10.14.09 - 10:55 am
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no, it would have been snowcone-ish if I said all this shit JUST to piss people off and made my point by using insults and calling names.
simply contradicting someone's declaratory statement with the use of facts is entirely duderina-ish. thank you.
la duderina responding to a
comment by md2
10.14.09 - 10:56 am
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sniffin glue (harrys old zine) started in 76.
orange county =
ruinedbyidiots10.14.09 - 10:59 am
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Blackflag?
md2 responding to a
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10.14.09 - 11:00 am
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it was supposed to be a picture of tsol robbing graves.
ruinedbyidiots10.14.09 - 11:04 am
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Wiki pretty much has it right...........
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protopunk
Main article: Punk rock
The invention of the term "punk rock" is generally credited to critic Dave Marsh who used it in 1970 to describe the group Question Mark & the Mysterians, who scored a major hit with their song "96 Tears."[4] Over the next few years, the term was used occasionally to describe a number of American bands, mostly active in the mid-to-late '60s, playing music that today would be classified as garage rock: a ragged, highly energetic and often amateurish form of rock and roll.
In 1976 and '77, punk rock became a worldwide phenomenon, with centers of activity first in New York City, then London and the Los Angeles area; though pockets of similarly-minded musicians could be found worldwide.
In later years, historians and critics began exploring the roots of the early punk movement, and the term "proto punk" was coined to describe early, pre-punk influences.
User110.14.09 - 11:43 am
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nowhere does he specifically say Ridazz are "suckazz" as user1 put it. He says all cyclists are suckazz and want to be on TV
BSNYC is basically calling us suckazz and rightly so. He doesn't outright say we're suckazz, but you can read into it what you want. When he states,
Even though they are still smarting from the "The Midnight Ride" short film, many riders apparently showed up to appear in the film,
That saids to me we're suckazz, we didn't learn our lesson the first time.
When he saids....
Clearly, Leto is learning an important lesson from the Flaming Lips, which is that if you need large groups of people to look foolish on camera for free, then the world of cycling is an inexhaustible resource.
He's basically saying we're suckazz. You can read into it what you want, that's what I read into it.
User1 responding to a
comment by la duderina
10.14.09 - 11:46 am
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asians aren't from england
666 responding to a
comment by la duderina
10.14.09 - 12:21 pm
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I love where this has gone.
Please see previous post.
Tarmonster.10.14.09 - 12:32 pm
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"I DONT CARE IF I'M PROVEN WRONG BECAUSE I AM RIGHT. " - Roadblock
QOTW. Hands down.
JB10.14.09 - 2:25 pm
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Go and Wikipedia up The Stooges for us, and quote the section that has anything
at all to do with New York.
nathansnider responding to a
comment by la duderina
10.14.09 - 2:50 pm
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"Live In New York"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_in_Detroit_(The_Stooges_album)
md2 responding to a
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10.14.09 - 2:56 pm
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I don't believe I was trying to say that the Stooges were from New York, only that they were around BEFORE Middle Class, in rebuttal to RBI's claim that MC was the 'first' punk band or whatever.
la duderina responding to a
comment by nathansnider
10.14.09 - 4:13 pm
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Yeah, I just reread what I wrote and no where did I say that the Stooges were
from new york, only they were around before Middle Class.
thank you.
la duderina10.14.09 - 4:15 pm
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buuuuuuuuurrrrrnnnn...
Fuck yeah... La Duderina is right.... New York birthed pop rocks
md2 responding to a
comment by la duderina
10.14.09 - 4:21 pm
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i have a girlfriend....sorry
md2 responding to a
comment by la duderina
10.14.09 - 4:21 pm
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nyc is the greatest city in the world, bike snob is funny, 30 seconds to mars is cheesy, and la is awesome.
mikeywally10.14.09 - 5:20 pm
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i always thought garage rock was punk, but according to wikipedia (today), it isn't.
my mind has been blown.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garage_rock
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock
For the 1960s rock genre sometimes referred to as punk, see Garage rock.
mikeywally10.14.09 - 5:25 pm
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