Ceramics / This Bike is a Pipe Bomb

We had a Freeschool at Inertia on ceramics this past Tuesday. My friend Marie Myers whom I work with taught it. She brought a lot of clay so everyone could keep what they made, gave us a few pointers on making things and if we want them fired how to / where to - and we were off. Notable creations... a pegacorn (a mixture of a pagasus and unicorn) , a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle ashtray. Complete with the weapons (Raphael - anyone? what are those weapons called?) and his guts on the bottom of the ashtray part. A little girl made Ren and Stimpy. Then got bored and made them a stage with microphones and said "They're singing Happy Happy Joy Joy."


Ok. Alot of this blog will probably talk about rad shit that went on the weekend before, etc. This week I was literally thinking "sweet, my next post is going to be about the art show - and most definetly about how killer This Bike is a Pipe Bomb is..." And then I got kinda bummed because maybe if I didn't post about the shows on this new bloggy thing then someone might miss it.


So first and foremost - The art show is of Clay Dorian's and Terri Littleton's new stuff. It's at inertia Records and Books / Heartworks in 5 points across from Subway on 820 Lomax. The show is from 7-10. And duh, it's free.

This Bike is a Pipe Bomb are playing at The Pit in Riverside (er Brooklyn technically) this Saturday, July 13th. The show starts at 9:30 and is $5. Other bands like Tomatoes and Peace Trout are playing, plus my friend Lily from Tampa.

I set up alot of shows at this place. Here is the myspace page. It's basically a
warehouse - and since the shows are outside, it's bands playing in a parking lot. If it rains we can do it inside. We have fires when it's cold, and we put up lights on the roof. We set up the PA. Also every show is $5 and you can bring your own drinks, food etc. I'm not trying to sound silly, but that's sort of the bare bones of it. Alot of the character of events at The Pit are brought out by the people who attend them. We've had costumes and grills and people bring there own firewood in winter. We had a ridiculous volcano thing once, people kept jumping in it. Alot of people show up on bikes. I dunno, basically it's a great independent place for bands and the like. This picture is from a show - I think it was Lightning Bolt...

Bands like This Bike! They are from Pensacola, Fl. They tour all around it seems. I remember hearing about they were on NPR and talking about the tour they did of Alaska. Basically they kind of have a country punk / folk punk sound. I remember seeing them in Daytona for the first time - they pulled up this old yellow ghostbuster looking car that said "Ramen Car" on the side of it.

This is a picture I took of them at that show in Daytona. Go to the Daytona Hardcore page to see more.

I heard they played Stripmine records before too, when is was in 5 points I think. I've seen them a handful of times since. The last time I saw them in Jacksonville was when they played at my house on Ernest St. It was chaotic. Many people in a small room trying to dance. A band I was in at the time was playing, Regression. Funny, because Becky was in Regression too, and she's in Tomatoes and Peace Trout (who are also playing with This Bike). Geebuz Becky! Oh and she has this boots made of straw that are killer.