BIG QUESTIONS – THE JAZZ BUTCHER – What Is Your Point Of View? – R.I.P. Pat Fish
Social Studies . Songs For The ApocalypsePat Fish, the guitarist, lyricist, songwriter, and bandleader best known for his work as the Jazz Butcher, died on Dec. 5, 2021. He died of a heart attack supposedly brought on by chronic sleep apnea. The news was shared by his longtime collaborator Max Eider and his former label, Glass Modern. Fish was 64. He was fittingly described as
The Acknowledgement – The Wave
Motorcycle Vapors . Social StudiesThe motorcyclist wave, also known as the biker wave, is a gesture used by motorcyclists to acknowledge and show camaraderie with other riders while engaging in a mutually satisfactory and existentially necessary activity. It is a courteous and sometimes awkward or inconvenient way of saying ‘hello’ and expressing community among fellow motorcyclists. It is a two
The Centers Of North America – There Be Monsters – Part Two – Mission Aborted
Motorcycle Vapors . Social Studies . Songs For The ApocalypseOne of the markers of whether a ride was a success or not is whether anything broke during the trip, whether I got stranded or whether I lost any gear or not. This trip, aside from the challenges and anxiety of being vulnerable in a meteorologically challenged world netted a loss of one banana and
An Almost Selkirk Loop – And A Border Crossing
Motorcycle Vapors . Social StudiesOnly 1609 Units Travelled – One Unit Equals One Kilometer A NOTE ABOUT THE FREEDOM OF MOTORCYCLE RIDING – Riders will often proclaim that they enjoy the freedom of riding – the 360-degree stimulation of the senses, the open-air concept of riding with perhaps some faint knowledge of the movie, ‘The Wild Ones’ starring Marlon
The Centers Of North America – There Be Monsters – Part One
Motorcycle Vapors . Social Studies“You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be monsters!“― Hector Barbossa to Jack Sparrow “I’m just going to go for it” – Noraly Schoenmaker (AKA Itchy Boots) Here there be monsters, or here be dragons, are phrases used on geographical maps. It derived from the inscriptions on first maps of the mostly unexplored world that
Do We Have A Right To Unmedicated Water – Another Plea To Government
Poly Tics . Social StudiesFollowing is yet another letter to our provincial and municipal governments to stop poisoning our water supply. Legal challenges are being met with bureaucracy and lawfare. Proven scientific data and common sense is being ignored lending credence to the reality of another agenda. Appeals to the ethics, morality or humanity of forcing medication on a
Are You Seeing And Hearing Things That Aren’t There? What The Fuck?!
Mutterings And MurmursHate is a strong word. It’s open to misuse and abuse. It’s so subjective, made more so by progressive politically correct speech. These days anything can offend and get you arrested and charged and or jailed and or lynched. The Liberal Grievance Gestapo will batter down your door for an errant tweet that offended the
Riding Down Under
Motorcycle VaporsThe epic Australian adventure happened a lifetime ago it seems. I’ve delayed finishing this piece for reasons I’m only now beginning to come to terms with. After watching the leaked news out of Australia during the brutality of the worldwide COVID grift pandemic of international concern I wondered if I would ever get to see
Once Were Warriors
Social Studies‘Once Were Warriors’ is a 1994 New Zealand film directed by Lee Tamahori. It was based on Alan Duff’s 1990 novel. It presents a bleak depiction of Maori culture in modern New Zealand. The film tells the grim and tragic story of the Hekes, a dysfunctional city dwelling Maori family living in South Auckland. The story depicts their problems
Lolo Pass, Lolo Passed, Lolo Past
Motorcycle Vapors . Social StudiesMay 29 – June 2, 2025 – Total Loop 2050 Kilometers I begin, relieved to be on my way, away from my troubles and worry, away from an iffy ignition switch and away from a very Canadian Jones Plantation truth doom scrolling news porn treadmill – and back on two wheels instead of four. I