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2SB favorites The Mekons are celebrating their 25th Anniversary on “Fresh Air” today. In Chicago, it’s 11:00 on WBEZ. I’ll call an NPR truce for today, kay?

Chicago JKSC member Patrick Melcher will be featured on the cover of Big Brother magazine next week. Big Brother is 2SB’s favorite skateboarding magazine, (no prize for naming our least favorite), a tasteless, perfect mix of Jackass humor and skateboarding. Patrick skates for Black Label, and is the one of a long line of scootering pro skateboarders including Lance Mountain, Matt Hensley, and Geoff Rowley. The article includes a photo of Patrick with his scooter, and he talks about the Jedis and scootering in the interview. Pick it up! Thanks to Chad for the tip and the photo. A 2SB interview is in the works.

Note to self: A Russian camera makes us all look that much cooler. Our friend Ana from Kansas city took some great Lomo camera photos at Slaughterhouse. Don’t forget there are schloads more SH8 Photos (many added last week) at scoot.net.

I just stumbled across this on the web: From Scooter to Scooterist, a senior thesis by Mary Anne Long (Miss Mary Mess). A well-researched, longish piece on scooters and scooter culture. Not too much that most of us don’t know, but a great read for the newbies.

Honda has revealed part of their ’03 line, including what just might be the ugliest scooter ever. And I like it. Down with retro!
Thanks, Lu$, for the link!

I’m proud to be a Jedi, although I only faintly remember being knighted.

The new Wired features a story about Piaggio and their X9, due soon in the US. Like most stories in Wired, it’s regurgitated PR, but interesting.

“Big business it don’t like you, it don’t like the things you do, you got no money, you got no power, they think you’re useless, and so you are, Punks!” Nothing is sacred.

Driving to work this morning, Mary on WLUW played Flaming Lips, Pavement, “Here Comes a Regular” (DUH, that’s where the The Regulars got their name, how did I not get that) and closed the show with “What Goes On.” Some days WLUW is all I have going for me, and knowing it’s doomed to be bought by an NPR station is killing me.

Don’t leave this near the campfire at rallies: Rob Cheshire’s Matchstick Vespa. I wish I had as much spare time as the English. Thanks to Lu$ for the link.

The ChiScooterList presents: Chicago Scooterist Mini Golf Tournament and Ride, Sunday, September 15, 2002. Meet at 11am at Sweet Mandy B’s, 1208 West Webster, for eats. At noon, the ride leaves for Par King Mini Golf in Morton Grove (6711 Dempster). After golf, there will be a bbq at Kathy’s Grandma’s house. For more info, check ChiScooterList.

From Gothenburg, it’s the Babes Scooter Club. R^varsprAket is apparently the Ubbydubby of Sweden. Thanks to Kathy for the link!

Last Friday, 2SB finally got a chance to see the Stella firsthand and talk to Colin Shattuck of Genuine Scooters. We even got some pictures [front view] [legshield] [back view] [front wheel] Saturday at Slaughterhouse.
Continue reading “Stella, in the flesh”

Well, Slaughterhouse is over, and it almost killed me. I don’t even remember it. I don’t think I drank more than a beer or two after Thursday night, but all i remember is weird bits, and some of them don’t even seem real. Did Mega Super Ultra really play “I Found That Essence Rare?” Did Matthew actually pick me up and throw me? All I can do is piece it together with pictures. Hopefully someone else can write up something about it. I’m told it was fun.