Bike Love, Portland

Percantage who Commute by Bike in Portland, OR 2008.
Percentage who Commute by Bike in Portland, OR 2008.

This is what a city with real infrastructural support looks like in 2008, despite a rainy season and plenty of hills. Imagine what naturally bike-practical, flat cities like Philadelphia, New York and Denver could do!  Portland is really at the forefront of breaking past biking as a subculture or a casual means of exercise, it’s seen as a tool for EVERYONE.  I love seeing parents pick up their kids from school on BIKE rather than a minivan.

I currently live in the yellow area (Inner Southeast) and will be moving to the blue region (Inner Northeast) at the end of the month.  I would say bicycling is our primary source of transportation, followed by walking, car, and transit.

Read more from BikePortland.

Obama is ‘Socially Promoted’ to President

Not only was he “never challenged” but he’s going to carry out a “wholesale firing of competent white men in the United States.” If there’s one thing conservative pundits are good at, it’s COMPLETELY MAKING UP STORIES void of using ANY FACTS. I hope the vitriol these pundits spew continues to break down the Republican’s hold on fairy-tale fundamentalism, racism, and economic inequity.

From Media Matters

During the November 18 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage said, “You haven’t seen any of what’s coming in this country. You are going to see the wholesale replacement of competent white men, and I’m targeting exactly the group that’s gonna be thrown out of jobs in the government. And I’ll say it, and I’ll be the first to say it, and I may be not the only — the last to say it. I am telling you that there’s gonna be a wholesale firing of competent white men in the United States government up and down the line, in police departments, in fire departments. Everywhere in America, you’re going to see an exchange that you’ve never seen in history, and it’s not gonna be necessarily for the betterment of this country.”

Grubstake on YROCK – Available For Download

From our pal, Jake Rabid:

Y-ROCK LOCAL TRACKS Presents: GRUBSTAKE

If you haven’t heard the tracks GRUBSTAKE recorded at Y-Rock On XPN for
Y-Rock’s LOCAL TRACKS SESSIONS this is your warning…

The session was recorded back on
July 27 ,2008, and the songs “Tuesday Evening”, “Kill Your Boss” “Meteor Shower,” & “Get Rid Of The Signer” were performed live in our studio by GRUBSTAKE .. members PaddyWacks McHugh, & Steve NoTV in a rare acoustic performance .

Have you heard the tracks yet from this incredible live performance?!

If not,this here is your chance, because right now you can download the tracks from GRUBSTAKES‘s Y-Rock Local Tracks Session for free at the official myspace site of the Y-Rock Philly Local www. myspace. com/YRockOnXPNLocalMusicShow

Don’t slack because the tracks are only available for a limited time, and soon those tracks will be pulled from myspace and returned to the Y-Rock archives….

So this is it, your chance to hear the tracks theY-Rock Local Tracks Session recorded by GRUBSTAKE

Give them a listen, or get the tracks for yourself.

Get on over to the official myspace site of the Y-Rock Philly Local right now.

www. Myspace. com/YRockOnXPNLocalMusicShow

Thanks to GRUBSTAKE,
& Thank you
for supporting Philadelphia music,
and Y-Rock On XPN!!

For More Information on GRUBSTAKE visit:
www. myspace. com/GRUBSTAKE
or check out their website at
www. grubbies. net