GET ON YOUR BIKE AND RIOT LIKE IT'S 1968.

Dear Deer,

Antler up kids, it’s time for some riotous frantic fantastic two-wheeled, Parisian, midday leisurely, support-your-friends-who-got-robbed-and/or-hospitalized, sin destroying goodness. Welcome to the weekend. Fuck work, let’s get dirty.

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1) Critical Mass! Be there. 4 meeting points or more, you know the drill. Union square for newcomers. 7pm sharp. Ride on. Last crit mass we made it all the way to Williamsburg through Queens and it was the best thing ever) 7pm. free. http://www.times-up.org/calendar/detail.php?calendarid=354

2) message from God re: his fave band: Sin Destroyers cleanse you of all that bad shit you did that you’re sorry about. Nasty thoughts erased too. Dope god-wielding band. 256 Grand St. midnight $7. sindestroyers.com

3) TRUE LOVE! offered by Kathe Izzo at Cinders Gallery. opening 7-11pm 103 Havemeyer b/w Hope & Grand in Williamsburg cindersgallery.com ||||||||||||||||||||||||SATURDAY|||||||||||||||||||||||| 1) 1968 Paris Reenactment! "Sous les paves, la plage!" Come and participate in a dramatic and full-scale reenactment of the events of Paris in May 1968. Dress as a mod French student or a disgruntled factory worker. To participate: dress up, bring your flags, handkerchiefs, helmets and portable radios to Grand St. Park ( Kent & Grand in W'burg) Saturday July 30th, 6:45 pm sharp [via matt levy events actiondirection.org] 2) PARTY TO BENEFIT THE EMPTY VESSEL PROJECT! The Empty Vessel Project Presents: A Twilight Dance Party and BBQ Fundraiser Keeping our Boat Afloat by Shakin It

*With DJs Porkchop and Dirty Fingers of the Black Label Bicycle Club and Imaginary People. Cheap beer and open barbecue: Throw your burgers on our grill. We provide the ketchup and mustard Speed- drawing re-design-the-boat contest. *This is an afterparty for the Re-enactment of the 1968 Paris Student Riots. A group bike ride will leave Bedford and North 7th for the party immediately following the mayhem (around 7:30). 106 Beadel Street at Vandervoort, Williamsburg Brooklyn L train to Graham station (but you should really ride your bike) 8-11p; $2-10 sliding scale [via nonsensenyc.com]

3) 3QuarksDaily and Flux factory Present: 3QD Ball with the inimitable Dan Balis on the wheels of steel 3838 43rd Street, Long Island City NY 11101 9:15pm http://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/3quarksdaily/2005/07/1st_annual_3_qu.html

4) Anton Newcombe & David Cross spin at Scenic. open bar 1-2am. 25 Ave B NYC scenicnyc.com

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1) help us raise some dough for super duper awesome people that had the misfortune of being robbed (twice!). there is going to be some really pretty people there. so come. drink. smile. dance. enjoy. good things for good people. bands: NECKING NIGHT SHADES UNITED STATES POORBOY JOHNSON & THE GODDAMN RATTLESNAKE sunday. july 31st. 5:00 PM (the afternoon!) 265 mckibbin. 4th floor. bushwick. brooklyn. 11206.

2) Tracksploitation! Trackstar and Crumpler Present: Tracksploitation Registration 10am Sunday July 31 at Kissena, Queens. BBQ. FUN. kissena.info trackstarnyc.com

3) East River No Ordinary Monkey Party. Grand St. & the east river 2-9pm w/local hero DJ Tim Sweeney sponsored by I Heart, Nom de Guerre, Seize Sur Vingt and friends. noordinarymonkey.com

||||||||||||||||||||||||SAVE THE DATE|||||||||||||||||||||||| From Hisham: Hey Ya'll, I'm playin a pretty sweet show next Thursday so come check it out, this rad band from So Cal is playin so let's all headbang together! xoxo Hisham aka Soft Circle August 4th Thurs. At Tonic (on Norfolk off Delancey) 8pm start * Dim Diamond (our friend Avi's solo project) * Wives (from LA) *Growing (Kranky records killer drone stuff) * Soft Circle

with love from antlers.

(ORIEN & THE OLD ANTLERED STEED, PRE-MAKEOVER.)

SUNDAY benefit.

HELLO? THIS IS M.I.A.

the lovely robyn last night at joe's pub where there i sat right across from M.I.A! also spotted, A-ron & dave from chromeo. sweetie pies that they are. last night the incredible, wonderful troublebrass cooked up the yummiest dinner ever. and i have a whole new bike. the supernice kids at trackstar gave it some serious love, putting monster awesome new brake pads on, straight handle bars, truing the front wheel and the nice little finishing touches like cleaning and preening. they're my favorite bike shop. you should go there. just in time for critical mass tonight! la la la.

my new bike in action. this is brad who fixed it taking it for a test drive. note the straight handle bars.

look what i found yesterday. some pro-choice street art that was crossed out. no shit.

free monkey.

BLOGTASTIC BLOGMATIC.

yo i'm liveblogging. so goddamn meta it hurts. here's a screenshot of me playing Japanther for a video chat room visitor from egypt with people from my work. That's leedoo, chat, and mike. ben just bounced. you can use this video chat room thing i'm launching real easy here. ya gotta create a login.

AH LIFE.

Cutey Kim last night during Matt & Kim's set. That was nice. I got 2 more fillings and had both the upper and lower jaw numbed. 2 shots in my gums. yuck. Today I woke up at the crack of dawn to go to the gym and eat breakfast. It got late and I ended up just eating. Then I took my ride over to trackstar where it's being turned into a hot rod steed today. i'm so excited i can barely contain myself. yaaaaaay. then tonight i'm noshing at sammy's and i can't wait. num num num.

the noise stuff was cool but the drumming was the best.

necking last night.

check it. tonight at joe's pub. get sweaty and gorgeous.

RATTLESNAKE SAYS:

sunday. july 31st. 5:00 PM (the afternoon!) 265 mckibbin. 4th floor. bushwick. brooklyn. 11206. help us raise some dough for super duper awesome people that had the misfortune of being robbed (twice!). there is going to be some really pretty people there. so come. drink. smile. dance. enjoy. good things for good people. bands: NECKING NIGHT SHADES UNITED STATES POORBOY JOHNSON & THE GODDAMN RATTLESNAKE see you there. -g.d.rattlesnake p.s. very special apocalypse lounge show on the august 5th. mark your calenders.

DRILLIN' FOR GOLD IN MY MOUTH WITH NO ANAESTHETIC.

(pic of free blood) Yeah so yesterday I got my mouth drilled on the top and bottom molars and I got ceramic fillings. On the upper teeth I had to get a shot--a freaking needle in the gums---and on the lower teeth they did that shit with no anaesthetic. holy shit. it was way deep. i have to go back for 2 more fillings today. so to feel better after this smell-of-burning-drilled-tooth-jaw-open-for-an-hour-straight business i ride down through insane traffic from the upper east side to the east village where the very nice kids at trackstar gave my bike some serious love. little did i know, but it's a full service bike shop even if you don't ride a fixed. after brad described my brake situation as a death trap, i've decided to take the plunge and put on straight handlebars. plus, they replaced a brake cable and a nut on my brakes. god i love it when bike shops tinker with your bike and do everything nice they can think of. it's like taking your bike to the spa or something.

COME SEE THE RAD MATT & KIM AND Aa TONIGHT!

WEDNESDAY JULY 27th Aa MATT & KIM NECKING 152 LUDLOW. CAKESHOP.

BUSH V. CHOICE BLOG

stay up on it.

EDZIPCO.COM IS ALIVE!

muahahaha. edzipco.com has replaced a certain extremely long url-ed bloggo. haha.

ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS. SO GOOD.

ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS in concert at Town Hall Thursday, July 28, Town Hall, NYC 8pm. Tickets: $22.50 - $26.50 www.ticketmaster.com ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS: I am a Bird Now The critically acclaimed new album is available in stores and through antonyandthejohnsons.com More info: www.antonyandthejohnsons.com

FEAST ON THE BEAST TONIGHT

FEAST ON THE BEAST! After-Work Get Wet Pirate Birthday Party. Monday July 25th: 6:30 pm sharp. Circle Line Cruises, 42nd St and the West Side Highway. $free, BYO feasties and drinks. RSVP: 718. 930. 4768, events@actiondirection.org Yarrr mateys. Come dressed in your pirate best and storm The Beast! - a high velocity jet boat speed ride that normally only sees its share of landlubbing families from out of town. We will be storming the beast and telling pirate jokes while we whisk up and down the Hudson, terrifying tourists and chanting along to classic rock music on the high seas. We will feast on jelly worms, oranges (to prevent scurvy), pirate birthday cake for the Captain of the Pirate Brigade and anything else your pirate heart desires. The boast ride is guaranteed to be the funnest, stupidest half-hour you will spend all week. YOU MUST RSVP FOR A TICKET! We only have 14 tickets left (from 25) to hand out, and only those in Pirate garb get a ticket, one per person. (Tickets normally cost $17.) Hi ho, hi ho, its off to sea we go!

THRASH AND BURN WEEKEND

goddamn. japanther was so awesome. SO awesome. Spent nine and a half hours in a parking lot in LIC at the todd p show. Thanks for putting it together todd p! it was a behemoth effort. Japanther, Matt & Kim, Parts & Labor, Big A Little a, Afrirampo, Free Blood (with members of !!!) and all the other rad bands who played were totally fantastic. The show was so long and intense that I took all sunday to recover. One highlight of the show was watching the incredible hulking black label bicycle club do security. they totally regulated on the fuckers who were crushing japanther and running all over their little stage during their set. good show.

japanther was really really really awesome. i think they're becoming like my favorite band.

Big A little a.

afrirampo killed it so hard.

afrirampo.

parts & labor. dope dope dope.

Matt & Kim were SO good.

free blood.

HERE COMES THE WEEKEND.

yeah i can't wait to sit on my ass and read and catch up on all the stuff i'm working on. tonight i've got a meeting and there's a weetle party at happy ending and then tmw i'm going to that todd p show in a parking lot with so many rad bands you could cry. i think you have to get tix in advance. sunday i will paint my toenails and ride my bike. maybe you wanna come over and bbq some vegan vittles on my roof? i dunno. call my ass. Saturday July 23rd - STARTS 3PM @ PARKING LOT IN LIC LIVE MUSIC BY : == Lightning Bolt ==== Afrirampo ————————> lady duo from Osaka, Japan ====== Aa / BIG A little a ======== UISAISAMONSTER ========== Free Blood ————> members of !!! aka Chk Chk Chk ============ Eloe Omoe ============== Japanther ================ Parts and Labor ================== Growing ==================== Matt & Kim WITH SPECIAL GUESTS : Talibam . Necking . Puttin’ on the Ritz VISUAL / PARTICIPATORY ART CURATED BY : == Cinders Gallery ————-> http://www.cindersgallery.com == Metro Color Collision ——-> http://metrocolorcollision.com/ PLUS PAINTINGS BY : == Patrick Henry Foran > http://www.tapesrecords.com/patrickhenry.html [ PARKING LOT IN LIC ] SE Corner of Jackson Ave & Queens Blvd / 28-10 Queens Plaza | LIC, Queens 7/N/W to Queensboro Plaza or E/G/R to Queens Plaza | no phone | all ages | $10 | 3PM –> tickets will ONLY be available in advance starting 7/16 @ EAT RECORDS

fuuuuuuuuun tonight.

VICE 2005 PHOTO ISSUE PARTY LAST NIGHT.

the lovely and awesomest i miss her so much girl, aurel. So last night's photo party was cool. Those kinds of ginormous everyone-you-know-is-gonna-be-there parties are always really fun if only for the free booze and reunion factor. Sightings included all the nice kids below, dave from chromeo who missed the damn thing, j. deitch and gideon yago. The nice girl above is especially nice to bump into, as we spent every waking minute working on the swoon show (especially her) and then it just ended. weird how that works. it's like workworkwork and then poof it's over. on to the next huge undertaking.

sucka in the flesh.

this doesn't quite capture it, but the girl was like shaking her shit all over that fan. it was a little too hot for me.

pammy. she's both personally awesome and roommate to awesome sammy.

dudes. rob & brad.

that sofia champale we were all sucking down was nasty.

just look at this hot mama. she's so cute! you just wanna cuddle her cute little face.

james. lil' cherub. he's got 3 pics in the issue i hear.

vice photo issue party crowd at groupe last night.

the ever-so-fantastically dressed and sweet as pie austin.

everybody's favorite grand man and complete sweetheart, tommy saleh.

pre-party at seize sur vingt. they have an amazing backyard.

erica maeyama & alex! [thanks anonymous] he's really nice.

RALLY TODAY TO SAVE THE COURT

RALLY TODAY AT 5:00 PM - UNION SQUARE PARK, NYC This is it, Judge John Roberts has been nominated by President Bush to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court. Roberts openly opposes Roe v. Wade. His nomination to the Supreme Court will put a woman's right to choose in extreme jeopardy. WHO: NARAL Pro-Choice New York, Planned Parenthood NYC, and other Progressive Organizations WHAT: Rally to Oppose John Roberts and Save the Supreme Court! WHERE: UNION SQUARE PARK - South End WHEN: Wednesday, July 20 (TODAY) @ 5PM Questions? E-mail Emily at ewynbrandt@prochoiceny.org.

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TOM. YOU REALLY FUCKED UP THIS ONE.

Tom, the sellout developer of Myspace has sold it to NewsCorp who owns Fox and is hands down awful. Thanks for selling our personal info, dude. gawker's on the case too. thanks for the tip, fauxtographer

I SURE WILL MISS YOU.

So. A little sadness in antlerland. Last night my fish died. His name was Cogi. It was this little feeder fish someone had rescued from a lab at my college and then orphaned at my suite door at the beginning of my senior year. I took care of him ever since. In other news of missing stuff, I miss muffin. In less somber news, I joined a gym yesterday and I'm SO psyched about it. It's funny to be all amped about going to the gym. I never though I'd be like that. Tonight's the 2005 Vice Photo Issue party. Will be a blast. And "Speak Out: I Had an Abortion" screens tomorrow at the Tribeca Film Center. Come on down if you haven't seen it yet. Then there's a Saturday show with Japanther & other rad bands.

THURSDAY SHOW AT CAKESHOP

Says Chouette Shop Amanda: Tomorrow's Friend is performing on Thursday with: Blood on the Wall More Dogs and Mirrors at the Cakeshop on Ludlow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xo-a

click to enlarge. isn't that fucking nuts? no more room for you, potential friendster. and i know this lament is like so 3 years ago, but um hasn't friendster gotten to some next-level wackness?

SUPREME COURT NOMINEE EMERGENCY-BUSH NOMINATES ROBERTS

Bush announces Supreme Court nominee Dear Friend, In a devastating move, George W. Bush has nominated John Roberts to replace Justice O'Connor's swing vote on the U.S. Supreme Court. By nominating John Roberts, George Bush has issued a slap in the face to every American who values personal privacy and a woman's right to choose. We need your help NOW. Please click here to make an emergency contribution to help us oppose his nomination. With Bush in the White House and Congress in the grip of anti-choice leadership -- a woman's right to choose cannot afford to have John Roberts on the Supreme Court. The worst news, John Roberts has actually argued before the Supreme Court that Roe v. Wade should be overruled. As a person who values privacy and personal freedom -- we need you with us at this moment to ensure a woman's right to choose is protected. Click here. I know NARAL Pro-Choice America has asked you for your financial support several times in the last few weeks, and the entire staff at NARAL Pro-Choice America thanks you for your generous support of our work. But the simple truth is anti-choice hardliners are pouring millions of dollars into this fight to pressure Senators to confirm a nominee hostile to Roe. That's why I must ask you once again to support our strategic Choose Justice plan with a gift today. In the next few weeks, our work could determine whether the Supreme Court continues to recognize Roe v. Wade as a constitutional right or whether it swings to the right as payback to Bush's anti-choice base. We have never, in the thirty-two years since Roe v. Wade first ensured a woman's right to choose, faced the possibility of such immediate and monumental change on the Supreme Court. We must educate and mobilize pro-choice Americans to vigorously oppose John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court. Right now, the radical right is pouring millions of dollars into an effort to force anti-choice Supreme Court nominees through the confirmation process in the Senate. But we will not let them. We may not have the White House in our pocket like the radical right does. But we are America's pro-choice majority. If all pro-choice Americans stand together, I have no doubt that we can succeed in demanding the U.S. Senate protect this freedom from a stacked court. Please stand with us right now. We will need your help every step of the way. But we must seize this opportunity to let our Senators know that we will not simply stand by and accept a right-wing takeover of the Supreme Court. Too much is at stake -- the lives of countless ordinary Americans will be affected by the outcome. Please click here to take action -- and to take your place in history. Thank you -- I know that together we will prevail. Sincerely, Nancy Keenan, President NARAL Pro-Choice America

Then take the next step... Forward this message. Tell your friends to sign up with NARAL Pro-Choice America. WHAT IT MEANS: The confirmation of an anti-choice justice to the Supreme Court could mean the end of Roe v. Wade, which protects a woman’s most basic right to privacy, the right to choose.