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Archive: September, 2009
As promised, CP's Neal Santos was on the back of a tandem, shooting video of Sunday's first-ever Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride.
If you rode, head on over to the Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride Facebook and post your photos and get in on the commenting.
Oh, and take our PNBR poll:
[...] Coverage (actually quite the opposite) at The Philadelphia City Paper’s Staff Blog: THE CLOG. At the end of the night, the warrior is finally de-masked Posted by mandy4mck Filed in [...]
[...] towards the ladies. (Although, I urge all of you to try and stay covered, unless there’s another naked bike race I don’t know about.) So remember beer-drinking day? Well, that’s postponed until after [...]
I'm all for liberation, body acceptance, and the like, but stunts like this and critical mass do more harm than good for bicycle advocacy. While attempting to make the point that bicycles and bicycle commuting are normal (not fringe) activities and should be integrated into the mainstream (which I fully agree with - there's no better way to get around a city), acting just the opposite is an inane way to get the idea across. All you're doing is self-perpetuating your own marginalization while also pissing off motorists who have somewhere to go.
I completely disagree with Wear-a-pant-Tuesday's comment. I don't know if you rode in the ride--I did--and there were significantly more non-participant supporters than hecklers along the route. That fact alone is a testament of the success of the naked bike ride; furthering initiatives to lessen one's carbon footprint (via biking), popping the fashion bubble (via nudity) and creating and promoting a sense of community (via communal biking). The bikers did not hurt anyone by doing what they did, whereas many insouciant drivers continue to abuse the luxury of having a car--driving it when unnecessary--even when a bike is a much more viable alternative. It's in persistence, in this case, that acceptance is achieved. I don't see why bikers should concede the the impatience of many motorists, which is the cause of many accidents. All motorists have somewhere to go, but for many of them, they can't get there fast enough. And so, the naked bike ride is a token of traveling more salubriously and patiently. So what's wrong with that?
At 5:30 on a Sunday night during the middle of one the weekends which the cities residents escape to the shore??? I think they picked the perfect time to do this ride. It's once a year and if any driver was annoyed by this they should really get off the road before their rage kills someone.
Whoops! I meant I disagree with the comment posted by Nate. My bad Wear-a-pant-Tuesday.
IT WAS FUCKING AWSOM I HAD A WOODY THE WHOLE RIDE SCREW VIAGRA
I agree completely with Aaron in that "many insouciant drivers continue to abuse the luxury of having a car-driving it when unnecessary-even when a bike is a much more viable alternative." My issue is not with the goals of the ride, which I completely stand behind. I just doubt that most people witnessing the ride were thinking anything about bicycle advocacy. If they were supporting the ride, they were supporting the "happening," but were they thinking about the bike as a viable commuting vehicle? I hope so, but I doubt it. My issue is with bikes being presented as something special and out of the ordinary, when I think that in order for them to be accepted and respected on the road, they need to be seen as a completely normal element of life on the road. Maybe that's unrealistic? Whatevs - I'm glad that all had fun on the ride, and hope that it contributed positively to people's thoughts about bikes.
Ha, no worries Aaron. I got really confused there for a second :P Just for the record, I have no problem with naked biking. More power to the nude bikers!
Typical Philadelphia; barely any of them were naked. If this were NY or LA, or any capital in Europe everyone would be starkers! Half-assed, as usual Philly!
Let us know when those cities actually do it.
They already did, L.A. as early as 2004. http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/index.php?title=List_of_rides#United_States
Hey Ghost, half-assed or not I live in Honolulu and this town was destroyed by missionaries long ago. They're way too repressed to even entertain even the concept of the WNBR. As an inveterate cycle commuter I can only say, "I wish!" You bet I'd be there in Philly —and naked.
It was a hoot. It should be a once-a-month thing. Bicycles, nudity, freedom, exercise...a no-brainer.
well this is something you won't see everyday.Like who would be stupid like daaaa they must hav something over there brains
This is a very cheeky event, I am not sure what the purpose of the first ever Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride is but I support all riders. An event sure to have massive appeal. I would have joined but my wife does not like it when I show off my boobs in public, outdoing most women is not something she likes me to do very much. I could see this event happening one weekend a month. Ride a bike, ride it naked, why not.
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| Photo | Brian Howard |
| The ride concluded at Fifth and Fairmount |
City Paper's Neal Santos, who documented the ride from the back of a tandem bike, will have more and better shots from the first ever Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride shortly, but for now here are the shaky shots I snapped while on the ride.
[...] Staff Blog• Philadelphia Naked Bike Ride: First Look• Follow Brian Howard at the PNBR• And away we go: Are you riding in the Philadelphia [...]
can you focus a camera?
This thing is happening. And apparently it is rather naked. Go figure.
Follow BH's naked ride on Twitter here.
The first-ever Philly Naked Bike Ride kicks off in just a few hours.
Are you riding? Still on the fence? Ride co-facilitator Clifford Greer answered some FAQ's here.
The ride's Facebook.
The ride meet-up information has been sent via e-mail.
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Nothing to do tonight? Don't worry, we've got you covered.
It's the perfect night to view a breezy outdoor art installation during your First Friday gallivanting, no? Dennis Ritter, who's studying at Tyler and working at the Clay Studio, has handmade more than 200 porcelain birds and hung them from a net 15 feet above Bird Park (Third and Arch, across the street from Starbucks). "Together, they create a swirling sculpture, over 15 feet high, reminiscent of a flock taking off into the air," says Amy Brisson, who gave us the heads-up about the exhibit which opens at 6 p.m. today with Ritter in attendance. The title "Emergence" is fitting — because of an illness that lost him his job three years ago, Ritter, 33, chose to follow his passion for ceramic arts instead, and from the looks of it, he made the right decision.
Fri., Sept. 4, 6 p.m., free, Bird Park, Third and Arch streets.
thanks for the kind words
Oh shit, it's about to get Fringe-y up in here. You have so many shows to choose from, but may Mama suggest a microcosm of the whole fest, or what about a torrent of social media shows? Check out some and report back. There will be a test.
Friday: Holy art deluge, Batman! In addition to all of the Fringeness, it's also First Friday and, as per usual, our gal Lori Hill gives it to y'all straight up. But it's lonely gallery hopping by yourself, so head of to Tritone to find your own Punk Rock Girl (or Boy) to hold hands with and talk about the merits of a Dez Cadina-led vs. a Henry Rollins-led Black Flag at the Punk Rock Dating Game.
Saturday: Get all of those suck puns out of your system with Dracula's Ball, proving that preserving that palid pallor was worth the time and effort for the goths and goth-ettes. If you're trying to avoid getting black lipstick on your teeth, check out he newly opened Sa Va, which houses all local, all the time clothes and pays it's employees a living wage.
Sunday: Even though you have the duds, you're certainly not going to need them for the Philly Naked Bike Ride, which is ⦠exactly like it sounds. But for god's sakes, put your clothes back on when you go to Johnny Brenda's for tonight's Benjy Ferree show.
Did I ever mention to you that Molly was my mom's name? She was an awesome writer.
Double good news: First, our mammoth Fringe issue is live and on the streets. Pick one up and read all about cover boy Brian Sanders' JUNK and 49 more worthy-of-your-time Live Arts/Fringe happenings.
And second, we've still got a handful of tickets to Mike Daisey's How Theater Failed America (more info at livearts-fringe.org) — so here's a brand-new trivia question:
Which Live Arts choreographer hosted her 2008 show inside a moving vehicle?
Remember the whens and wheres and whatnots of this particular giveaway:
Saturday, Sept. 5, 8 p.m., Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.
Hit me up at carolyn.huckabay@citypaper.net for a chance to win! Remember, you'll get two (2!) tickets to the Saturday night showing of How Theater Failed America if you can correctly answer the trivia question (and our tickets are limited, so be quick about it). Please include your name and mailing address with your answer.
No plans for tonight? Don't worry, we've got you covered.
thecollaborative.org
The Collaborative, a nonprofit events org for young Jewish Philadelphians, is hosting a "New to Philly Happy Hour" tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at Time (1315 Sansom St., 215-985-4800, timerestaurant.net). If you're Jewish, in your 20s or 30s and new to our city, this is a good opportunity to mingle and ask the staff questions about Philly. Oh, also drink specials: $3 draft beers, $5 wine and well drinks. While you're there, check out the grub — from the looks of the menu, you've got some tasty kosher options.
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We're giving away a limited number of PAIRS of tickets to Mike Daisey's How Theater Failed America.
Here's what the guide has to say about the show:
From gorgeous new theaters standing empty as cathedrals, to "successfulâ working actors traveling like migrant farmhands, to an arts culture unwilling to speak or listen to its own nation, Daisey takes stock of the dystopian state of theater in America: a shrinking world with smaller audiences every year. Ship in freeze-dried actors from New York City? Certainly! Create generations of theater professors who have never worked in theater? Absolutely! Earn no pay and have no hope of a living wage? Sign us up! Daisey gives a darkly hilarious and truthful dissection of the art thatâs being made, the legacy we leave to the future, and just who it is the theater believes it's speaking to.
The whens and wheres and whatnots:
Saturday, Sept. 5
8 p.m.
Suzanne Roberts Theatre
480 S. Broad St.
These tickets run $30 a pop, so answering this theater trivia question is well worth your (and your plus-one's) while:
Which Philadelphia theater company produced a play in its 2008-09 season featuring the unlikely meeting of Sigmund Freud and Salvador DalÃ?
Hit me up at carolyn.huckabay@citypaper.net for a chance to win! Remember, you'll get two (2!) tickets to the Saturday night showing of How Theater Failed America if you can correctly answer the trivia question (and our tickets are limited, so be quick about it). Please include your name and mailing address with your answer.
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CP's Twitter (which you should be following if you aren't already) just announced a killer giveaway:
7 pairs of tix to KILL ME NOW (http://tr.im/xJb7) 9/6, 7 pm @ Arts Bank. E-mail CAROLYN.HUCKABAY@CITYPAPER.NET w/ name/address to WIN!
Hit me up directly for a chance to win, and follow us at twitter.com/citypaper for Fringe news, reviews links, giveaways and much more!
[UPDATE: 3 p.m.]: Contest is over! We have seven winners. Congrats to you all. And keep watching the Clog — we're giving away tons of tickets to Mike Daisey's How Theater Failed America today and tomorrow.
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