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Organizer Clifford Greer tells The Clog that the 2010 edition of the Philly Naked Bike Ride will take place on Sun., Sept. 5, at dusk! I can barely keep my clothes on I'm so excited.
We'll give you more details as we hear 'em. In the meantime, go reminisce about last year's freak show by watching Neal Santos' video above.
PREVIOUSLY>> Grin and Bare It: Are you ready to bike in your birthday suit?
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| Photo | Rachel Playe |
In The Clog's infrequent feature Day Tripper, we'll chronicle our trips most of them bikeable to little-known gems in and close to Philadelphia.
"Real America," and all its charms and flaws, is only a 40-minute drive away.
Pilesgrove, N.J. is home to the Cowtown Rodeo, the longest continuously running rodeo in the country. It's also full of cowboy clothing stores, bucolic camping grounds, lakes to swim in and one of my favorite parts of Real America good ol' boys who wear Wranglers so tight you can spot their Skoal containers a mile away.
My friends and I originally planned to bike to Pilesgrove this past Saturday, but the rain wrecked our hopes. (You can check out the pretty simple biking directions we were going to use here. Biking would have taken 3 1/2 hours.) We drove instead.
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| Photo | Rachel Playe |
Immediately upon entering our temporary home, the Four Seasons Family Campground, we were greeted with a depressing sign: "No Open Fires." Because of the drought, we weren't able to do the most virtuous of summertime activities: barbecuing. I suggest calling ahead of time to find out if fires are allowed, so you can plan your meals accordingly. Other than that, Four Seasons was pretty solid: It cost only $15/night for each person to pitch a tent on the grounds, and there was a beautiful sandy beach and lake to swim in. Apparently, there were also card games, a basketball court and karaoke on the grounds that we never got around to enjoying.
That's because we had a higher calling to attend to: Cowtown's epic rodeo. Starting at 7:30 p.m. every Saturday night throughout the summer, some of the nation's best cowboys and cowgirls ride gnarly bulls, rope calves, and the best event by far jump onto steers from their galloping horses and then wrestle them to the ground in a great Man vs. Beast duel (check out the image above to see what happens when you lose). It was all beautifully athletic.
Did I mention the event is BYO? That's fun. The pulled pork sandwiches available at the rodeo are also a joy.
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| Photo | Rachel Playe |
The only flaw of the event, as far as I could tell, were the commentators. (That and the Cowtown "flea market." Avoid it unless you're interested in buying BB guns or a trash bag full of cheap sunglasses.) The commentators employed a to-be-expected redneck sense of humor, which took fair swipes at liberals ("Why didn't so-and-so win? Cause of George Bush. Everything's his fault!") as well as corny, sexist swipes at women ("Why did the woman cross the road? Who cares?! Why was she out of the kitchen?").
But hey, what'd we tell ya? This is Real America, just 35 miles away.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know our fans are totally loopy. But really, TAUNTR, do you have to make a game about it? "WILL PHUCK FOR TICKETS" along with everything else purposefully misspelled with a "Ph" is not clever, damnit. Saddam Hussein as a Phillies fan is kinda funny though. So is the "Mature: Contains Philadelphia" tag.
OK, fine, the game is a little fun. Play it here.
phag...awfully clever eh?
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Lord knows I cant spew enough hatred toward dog-killer Michael Vick; even more so toward those (Philadelphia Eagles, various charities) whove turned his PR teams strategy changed ways into a tale of redemption. To borrow an old Southwest Philly expression: "He should get hit by trains and eaten by dogs."
I digress.
The NY Post ran a story about one of Vicks old dog-killing buddies getting shot at Vicks b-day bash over the weekend in Virgina Beach. Vick is barred from seeing any of the assholes he formerly ran with, so I guess Vick dissed Quanis Phillips when that co-defendant in Vick's dog-fighting case showed up. Rather than leave gracefully, Phillips threw cake and some of it hit Vicks face. Dag, that mustve made Vick look like the little bitch that he is. Philips was ejected from the party still screaming and this is where things of course get blurry somebody shot him in the parking lot.
Yeah. Some benchhawk called Pronger names and Bob Brady put on a Chicago jersey but I can't give a shit right now. Circus is over. Flyers fought hard, defied all odds and expectations, and lost.
MyfoxPhilly has done it again, delivering to the public this scoop:
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And this shocking video of the alleged "drinking" (it looks empty to me):
Now I don't have any babies of my own, but I did used to live with one, and she loved beer bottles: picking them up, putting her mouth on them, banging them on stuff they're just satisfyingly shaped or something.
I think this whole baby beer bottle thing is being overblown, and I offer the following pictures, but a small subset of the results from my "baby beer bottle" Google search, as proof:
Meanwhile, send us your beer baby pictures! We'll publish them here let's call it a contest!
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Are you betting on the Flyers? This guy is.
Think Pierre Maguire is the most useless hockey commentator of all time? You're right. But Canadian TV viewers appear to be in their own personal hell.
Do the Flyers make you want to be a better person? @earth_lovin's feelin' like that: "I realize I haven't been very nice lately but, that can all change if... the #Flyers win tonight. Let's Go Flyers."
Flyered up on the pregnant belly. Wow. Flyered up on the highway. Yay. Flyered up on the highway x 100000!!! Watch Flyer Frank spraypaint his car orange. Holy crap, dude.
There's a pep rally at noon today at the Wach.
Hey Wayne Gretzky. BOBBY CLARKE IS ALIVE. You have to be dead to have a ghost, usually. But we thank you for your support.
Leighton will start. But will he?! Yes, TSN. Stop pretending.
Ooh, there's gonna be a TV show about NHL refs. "Bill McCreary has seen it all over nearly three decades of officiating NHL games..." Really? Pretty sure he missed a bloody high sticking call on Sunday.
Tonight, people.
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| awesome photo from Nick Sixers/flickr |
| It looks photoshopped, but it's not. His head just looks like that. |
Yes, I saw that Conan was wearing a numberless Flyers jersey at the Tower show last night (click on that 700Level's got lots of clips). And Trey Anastasio was wearing a Briere jersey. I assume the song is still winding down. I got more Flyered seeing a dude rocking a Brashear jersey on my way to work.
This is funny, but after the last game it has a little less bite. This gets old. This is funny still.
Never forget: Patrick Kane is the kind of guy who would beat up a cab driver for 2o cents.
What's your favorite Flyers symbol subversion? This one with a heart for a dot is nice, but I would loooove a shirt with this one from the Philadelphia Ghostbusters site. That is sweet.
Dear referees: Look at the blood. You effed up.
Are we living in the present? Rich Hofman of the Daily News thinks the Flyers need a new J.J. Daigneault. Then he types his thoughts up for us to read. He's right, though. We need a hero.
Here's some tweets of inspiration from @TastyBakingCo, @Mike_Tursi and Peter Laviolette.
Tomorrow night, people.
Youtube commenter MrKickyourazz sums up the situation sharply: "That is mast up.Kids shoud not be? drink."
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he handles the beer bottle so expertly...
I think my brain just exploded when reading this post. Awesome work.
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- Guess what? God is on our side. And this dude. And on the Black Hawks' side? This guy.
- The Hawks are splitting up their top line. Pronger's like whatever.
- Dumbest sub-subplot of the Finals so far? Gotta be this stupid "Flyers Flash Mob" story. C'mon.
- Okay, here's where you can download that insane "Briere Betts and Pronger" song.
- There's a big bike race going on, and at least one of the racers is Flyered Up.
- The Philadelphia Union are Flyered Up in Chicago. Ballsy! I hope you guys get the use of your hands soon.
- Patrick Kane: "I've heard from different sources that the town's not happy with us right now."
- Your refs tonight? Bill McCreary and Dan O'Halloran.
- Claude Giroux is awesome.
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