I made my way out to the Do-Over at Crane's Tavern for their weekly Sunday Drink-a-thon and met up with a few folks to enjoy a nice tall cold beer after the long bike ride to get there.
After that, it was a ride over to Bicycle Kitchen in East Hollywood for the bike-a-thon that was the Block Party dedicated to the LA Bicycle Film Festival. Bike enthusiasts from all over LA were there, bike in tow, enjoying bagged 22s and bicycle craziness.
There was even a small (and I mean small) section devoted to live art...
I was trying to mix it up, getting into the middle of it. Check out these action shots as I almost get hit by flying bikes...
Nothing like seeing lycra-clad, helmet-lecturing bicyclists toast in camaraderie with showerless, law-unabiding bike nazis.
A ride to the 101 for dinner and then to Echo Park finished off my evening as the after-party ended up at concert booker Marisa's house. Guess she is good friends with a lot of the acts, especially from hip-hop. Here is a picture distorted on her computer of her good friend and Def Jux hero Mr. Lif on a visit from the East Coast a few weeks ago. Who knew?
Go check out his Emergency Rations EP, which has been a steady fixture in my CD Changer since 2004.
Funny story on Mr. Lif... his lyrics, for the most part, are very political and/or socially conscious. He is, to many, a sort-of next-gen Chuck D. I expected him to carry the same demeanor... but nope, there he was, all 5'9" of him, at 5pm at Coachella a few years back after he performed, walking around the grounds completely hammered with these two extremely heavy-set gals (who towered over him - dwarfing him), one on each arm. It was one of the more ridiculous sights I had ever seen... made even more by the fact that this was Lif! Hey, guess you can't be on your game 24 hours a day, 7 days a week...
mike
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