Emma Williams contacted me a few weeks ago about including one of my photos of Echo Park in this year’s Schmap guide to Los Angeles. It’s not one of my best photos, by far, but I am honored it was included. In July 2008, during my summer biking autopia, I snapped this photo as the [...]
Genuine vital integrity does not consist in satisfaction, in attainment, in arrival. As Cervantes said long since, “The road is always better than the inn.” The very name is a disturbing one; this time calls itself “modern,” that is to say, final, definitive, in whose presence all the rest is mere preterite, humble preparation and [...]
“A Special Place in Hell for Bike Thieves” Phillip Barron published in Urban Velo, Issue 8 (download the whole issue or read it online) A neighbor recently posted a note to the neighborhood listserv that his daughter’s bike was stolen. The bike was unlocked, leaning against another (adult) bike, which was locked. Both were on [...]
I have a story in the eighth issue of Urban Velo, which is released for download tomorrow. As soon as it’s tomorrow, you can click the image to download the latest edition of bicycle culture on the skids.
I posted a hastily written short story at Helium.com to test their platform. Read it here if you are curious, or download a pdf here.
C’mon in. After last night’s Critical Mass, we invited folks back to check out the show. Stop by Bull City Arts Collaborative any Friday from 12 — 2pm or by appointment to see it in person. Call Dave Wofford, 949-4847, to set up a time. OR, stop by on Friday, March 21st, 6 — 9pm [...]
March 7 – 28, 2008, Bull City Bicycles gathers historic and contemporary photography of bicycles in Durham, NC. A celebration of the aesthetic simplicity, utility, and joy of bicycles, this show documents Durham’s sense of place from two wheels. Sources of photography include The Herald Sun, The Durham County Library, The Rare Book, Manuscript, and [...]
Phillip Barron This piece ran as an op-ed in Sunday, November 25 Herald Sun I spent the weekend before the election in Washington, D.C. being reminded of the passion for critique on which our country was founded. Standing in the rotunda of the Jefferson Memorial, it’s dizzying to read “I have sworn… eternal hostility against [...]
A few weeks ago, a local listserv debate over the Constitutionality of bike lanes devolved into a rather asinine comparison between vehicular separation and racial segregation. In an effort to raise the level of discussion over whether bike lanes are good for cyclists, local cyclist Steve Goodridge and I wrote point/counter-point Op-Eds for the Herald [...]
I have a short story in the April issue of The Raleigh Hatchet. If you’re not already a reader, pick up a copy at Bean Traders or Francesca’s on Ninth St. It’s a great local rag. I wrote an earlier version of the story for The Urban Hiker, which was one of the best collections [...]