Surprised I’ve never seen this, it’s from 2004… Elvis just hepped us to Mark Joseph’s “Bringing Back Those Memories” video. It’s a fantastic clip with lots of vintage scooters and a great retro mod feel, but the song isn’t really my thing. The opening riff sounds like Bettie Serveert, but it quickly descends into teen-idol neoOasisness. Sure, I’m the only person in the world who doesn’t like Oasis, and Mark apparently made quite a stir in the UK when it came out, and Cy probably has a Mark Joseph tattoo on his arse, so maybe I’m crazy, you might love it.
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Do the Motorscooter
Oakland, CA band The Hot Toddies encourage you to “Do the Motorscooter.” Great tune, sort of like our old favorite Cub, but able to sing in tune without Canadian accents.
You’ll dance to anything…
I can never remember exactly when or why I started coveting Vespas, but it might have something to do with Dave Gahan’s Isetta breakdown in the Italian countryside. Luckily, Anton Corbijn happened to be there to catch it all on film. I forgot how much I used to like this song before the “Route 66” remix ruined it for me.
Lloyd I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken
Here’s a moddy pop masterpiece from Camera Obscura with a great video to match. It’s the Smiths, Belle and Sebastian, Style Council, and Kirsty MacColl all wrapped into one and dropped into a world of IKEA lamps and Repro Depot fabrics (Not a terriblly manly song, no). “Don’t You Dare Cheer Up Tracyanne” (from the comments) should be their next single.
Fire up the willing engine, responding with a roar
Canadian TV host Rick Mercer has driven a lot of different vehicles while interviewing celebrities and officials, but nothing could be better than riding a Vespa following Neil Peart of Rush to the band’s “Batcave” for a drum lesson. Peart, aside from being an amazing drummer, has written two books about motorcycle touring, and another about “road music.”
Viva la Vespa (the podcast)
Trevor from Southern California wants a Vespa, and has decided to document his journey into scooterdom in a podcast. He’s still trying to sell his car, and doesn’t have the bike yet, but he’s determined. It’s sort of the podcast version of the Scooter Snoop blog. Trevor will thus be happy to learn that Scott from Scooter Snoop finally passed his test last Wednesday and has his GT200 on the road! (Thanks for the link, Rye.)
Whole Hog
One Plus One Equals Three’s tribute to the motorscooter: All those Vietnamese scooter photos with six kids and a pig, all collected in one place. Nice. (Thanks, Delahoyde. Yes, I got scooped by a co-worker.)
Ryan in Valencia!
Ryan’s photos from the Valencia MotoGP race. I have a feeling I’ll be fortunate enough to see the Vespa g-string in person someday.
“Wheely-Man”
Bad techno music, shirtless rider, shaky camera work… all the hallmarks of the Gilera Runner wheelie video genre. It’s sort of like porn: no plot, but plenty of hot wheelie action. (Via Moto-Blog.)
2sb Photo Gallery
I finally figured out how to prevent personal photos from appearing in the menu bar, so now you’ll see only randomly chosen marginally-scooter-related photos there. If you actually enjoy perusing pictures of my relatives and vacations, you can always visit the Gallery directly, they’re still there (in fact, I just uploaded many new family photos and sorted everything a little better). (Above: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, photo by Vina Vroom)
Ready To Ride? Baron Von Scooter ad
Chad dug up Baron Von Scooter’s long-lost television commercial, featuring several Chicago scooterists shilling the tupperware. This and another version, with a Harley dude suiting up then riding off on a scooter, were regular fixtures on late-night basic cable for a few months circa 2002.
Amerivespa, No Direction Home Photos
G-MP, Nelly, and Biddle devo-lve at Amerivespa
I finally uploaded some photos: 2sb’s Amerivespa Gallery, Jordan’s Amerivespa Gallery, and 2sb’s Minneapolis gallery. Scoot.net, of course, has many more.
Genuine Blur 150: a first look
Genuine unveiled their new Blur 150 at the Minneapolis rally this weekend. We had a good look at it, and a brief ride, and we were impressed. Here’s a photo to whet your appetite, we’ll post a review and more photos tomorrow. (Photo © 2006 2strokebuzz)
MSF’s group riding video
From Scooter Diva: The MSF has produced a Group Riding Safety Video (right-click to download, it streams poorly). It’s definitely worth watching for some good tips (hand signals!) and Lindsay Buckingham-esque guitar riffs.
Spacehopper Quadrophenia
The mighty Spacehopper Quadrophenia, endorsed by no other than Pete Townshend, who describes the original, “…it’s just a boy getting on a train, and going to fucking Brighton.” (Thanks, Cha-cha)