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Ryan let us know that the Moped Army has started a Chicago chapter, and they’ve planned their first event at 1:00 on August 2nd in Wicker Park (flyer). “Bring some food and your ‘ped (working or non). Interested non-owners are welcome too. Meet other Chitown ‘pedders, talk shop, fix up your ‘ped and cruise around town. Help decide on a name for our Chicago branch. Residents of Chicago and other outlying counties are welcome. For more information contact chimopeds@burntmail.com, Curt Cameruci or Chris Reilly.”

So there’s this scooter guy here named Ian who I’ve met a couple times, and people have told me his band, Happy Supply, is really good, and I finally heard them on WLUW a few weeks ago, and wouldn’t you know it, they’re awesome, then I find out they broke up. Damn. Check out the mighty “Sparky Song” from Crucial Cuts, only $7 from Dutch Courage Records

Deanna reminds us that Wednesday is Ride To Work Day. Also, don’t forget that Thursday is “pick up your bike at the tow yard” day.

Durso just sent me another file to crash my mac. So I haven’t seen it, but apparently it’s a movie trailer with some cool scooter stunt riding: Taxi (wmv).

I came across this one afternoon while doing research on “RFP Search Engines” for work. It’s a small but interesting collection of Vespa commercials in Italian and English. Unfortunately, they’re .wmv files, so they only work with Windows Media Player. I think my favorite is VESPAPAP.

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Scooterist Jeff Tudor’s band, The Shifties, are going to tape their segment for Chicago’s favorite dance show, Chic-A-Go-Go this Saturday night (July 12) at 6pm at CANTV studios. 322 S. Green St., Chicago. If you’ve never been to a taping, go, it’s like Soul Train, but hosted by a hand puppet and Miss Mia, and they play really diverse music and anyone who shows up dances, some people dress up in costumes, people bring their kids, it’s a blast.
In the meantime, check out the Shifties’ Can’t Go On (mp3).

Finally, a rally for Mods without the nusiance of scooters: Wilderbeat, in Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada, August 15-17, a mere CA$75 at the gate. For CA$22 you could see the Rolling Stones, Flaming Lips, AC/DC, and Rush play in Toronto on July 30.

JKSC has organized a group rideout from Chicago to the Screw City rally, meet at ScooterworksUSA Friday at noon. The time Ryan and I rode up, it took like seven hours, but we had issues.

19-year-old newcomer Shamim Khan wins the Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally and LML suffers defeat at the hands of a, wait for it, Kinetic Marvel.

Seriously, look out for bottle rockets and don’t drink and ride.

Racecar Bob and Ana just got back from ten days in Italy. In Rome, after grabbing a stack of Vespa Granturismo brochures, then they bought “Helmet Ears” by Tucanourbano. Tucanourbano has lots of other cool stuff, too, like riding gear for kids, the perfect baby shower gift hint hint.

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Our friend Chris Bednas posted this story on some Chicago motorcycle lists this week, it’s a great story, and he’s given us permission to reprint it here:
Continue reading “Not My Last Ride After All”

I’ve really been digging these guys lately, and I wanted to link up to their catchy pyschedelic track “Strawberryfire,” but they have some kind of crappy deal with eMusic so you can only get a 30 second sample. But they DO have a sweet go-karting, Davida-and-jumpsuit-wearin’ video for their new single, “Please.” Don’t they look like dorks we would hang out with?