Mess+Noise Curates Bikefest
News posted Thursday, November 11 2010 at 12:00 PM.
Related: Aleks And The Ramps, East Brunswick All Girls Choir, Megastick Fanfare.
When we were asked to curate a night of bands at for the upcoming Bikefest – a five-day celebration of bike culture in Melbourne – how could we go past Aleks and The Ramps? Puns aside, they’ve got a great new single out called ‘Bummer’ and an “armada” of newborn songs, which they recently took to Japan.
They’ll be joined by Sydney’s Megastick Fanfare, who are making the journey up/down the Hume just for us (thanks guys!), and East Brunswick All Girls Choir who sent us this fascinating inventory of their transportation: “Liam owns a bike, a small BMX that he rides to the train and then to work. Marcus owns a Lancer Wagon, Rie owns a Toyato Yaris and Rob owns some kind of Ford Glxi taxi style ride, Rie doesn't own a bike and perhaps Rob does. We should also probably mention the cyclist in the band, Liam, most of the time actually just drives a Patrol 4WD Wagon, trust no-one.”
The gig will take place at 1000 £ Bend (ie. the place where we put on our Lunchbox series) on Friday, November 26, 9.30pm. Entry: $12.
For a full Bikefest program click here.
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''bike culture''
There is no bike rack at 1000 £ Bend. I have heard several Lunchbox attendees curse this fact.
Bikes 4 Lyf.
I see what you did there.
They should get Dane Certificate to play, that dude used to roll up to shows with a bike trailer didn't he?
Edited out all the drug references in inventory.
It's like 1984 all over again, again
When you were four years old and still shitting your pants?
Wait, you're not that old. Either way.
Aka. Big brother is watching
Errr kind of maybe. But not really at all.
Will this event be full of moustached hipsters riding $2500 fixed-gear bikes?
one can only hope.
What is the ultimate expression of ''bike culture''?
Going backwards in circles with no hands?
Track stand?
Mustachioed backwards track stand?
he wuz a sk8r boi
I went down to Fitzroy to get a fix and all I came back with was this stinking bike.
look at the flange on that guy's hub. What a bloody hipster.
I miss big brother. Will channel 10 bring it back?
What's this got to do with bikes?
Why not call it 'Indie-bandfest'?
http://www.melbournebikefest.com.au/
its part of that?
Jeremy Spoke in class today.
i would prefer if they curate breakfast
security by CORBS
no town bikes?
Well you're not making the trek down as far as we're aware.
Ouch!
funtimes said 5 hours ago:
I do this all the time. Saves shitloads of money on cab fares and keeps me fit.
It's gonna be full of knobheads on fixies.
The fixed gear bike craze is seriously the stupidest fad ever. 'Hey, let's be cool and buy a $2500 colour-coordinated bike with no brakes'.
This trendy Euro bike craze is whack. It's not like skateboarding, where you actually need guts and years of skill. It's just getting from A to B. Just another reason to spend heaps of money on shit.
It never ceases to amaze me how many threads this picture is relevant to:
timewaster, your jibe re fixies is about 3 years behind the times. Get with it!
daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.
Zing!!! :]
I only found out what a fixie is about three months ago.
You can ride a fixie to work, to deliver mails and to the safehouse after your undercover mission. Can you do it with your sk8board? Just saying.
Also...you can buy a fixie for $400. Handbrakes are included.
I got mine for $300 with breaks. it's a nice bike
Or, for $400 you can get a bike with 21 speed Shimanos, front suspension, disc brakes and a padded saddle.
Personally I am waiting to see the first fixie to go for old-school, pre-Dunlop solid rubber tyres. VALVELESS.
the other day I saw a dude riding a BMX that had gears...that was strange
i saw a fixed gear with solid front tyres last night, on a wheel made for harness racing.
Sulky Mobile?
Looks fugly though.
I'm not even a fixie rider or like fixie. I was just replying to Timewaster's Fixie VS Skatebroad talk and 2500bucks fixie talk.
Skatebroad
TONIGHT
Has anyone read the blurbs of these BikeFest events? Some of them are fun, but some read exceedingly stupidly.
I wandered past this on Wednesday night, all looked rather silly and I felt rather old.
*I felt rather old. *
We played a show at ding dong with that Jonathon Boulet character some months ago. After sitting for a while either Rob or Ryan turned to me and said ''When the fuck did we get old?''
Motherfuckery.
that
and they are not free event.
Free beer.
I feel like I should start the socks and sandals now to avoid confusion.
one step ahead of ya...
...ahhhh Sweet socky freedom...
The bookend footwear of life.
My primary school get up consisted of the jesus boots and socks. Highly discouraged on rainy days. The only advantage being you could slap students with your wet sock.
Having spent more time in Invercargill than is socially acceptable for mating, I have seen so many varieties of the sock & sandal getup that I feel my life long dream of making a coffee table book has now collided with its subject matter.
Somebody should bring back the Penny Farthing in different colours n' shiz...
The don't have brakes either so hipsters would take to em' like crazy.
The accidents would be amusing.