It’s a win-win as Chuck Prophet pushes Guns of Brixton in a new direction while keeping true to the original.
Chuck Prophent plays Guns of Brixton
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Blind Faith concert in Hyde Park 1969
I watched “Beware of Mr. Baker” tonight and now I’m on a tear to find as much footage of Ginger playing as possible. Luckily there’s plenty of stuff to watch including this performance with Blind Faith in Hyde Park in 1969. They do a great version of “Under My Thumb” which starts around 22:00.
Cary Grant’s Sunglasses
Apparently Bob Dylan’s famous Wayfarer-style sunglasses aren’t the only ones people are interested in ID-ing. Slate.com’s article The Coolest Sunglasses Mystery puts out a call for any information people might have on the make/model of the sunglasses Cary Grant wore in Alfred Hitchcock’s movie “North by Northwest.”
You can see my earlier 3-part post related to Dylan’s sunglasses at the links below (sorry folks, the actual make/model still haven’t been conclusively determined):
Bend Mountain Biking Trip, September 2013
To celebrate my half-century mark, I was granted permission by mission control to travel to mountain biking heaven: Bend, Oregon. We rented a guest house in Tumalo—about 10 miles north of Bend—for a week and spent 5 days hitting the local trail system.
For those who have not experienced Bend’s extensive system of trails, it is truly an amazing setup. These are trails designed, built and maintained by mountain bikers, so there are very few stretches that aren’t wonderfully curvy and flowy. Trails like Whoops have numerous jumps as well and there’s a wild flow line on Tiddlywinks that is thrilling.
We didn’t get the best weather and, as the photo shows, we even had snow at the top of the Flagline Trail (just under 7,000 feet). I’ll take riding in snow over rain any day!
No major injuries in all that riding, though I did bruise or crack a rib on Day 1 when I was riding solo. I hit a curve that was like a sandbox and my front wheel dove, sending me over the handlebars. Luckily the pain in my ribcage wasn’t bad in the riding position and didn’t keep me from the riding days to come.
We used the shuttle services of Cogwild and even took their Bachelor to Bend guided trip one day. Once I had a couple days of navigating the trails, I was beginning to regret that I’d signed us up for the guided trip, but it proved to be a great day. Our guide Dillon was a young, recent college grad who had grown up in Bend and knew the trails extensively. Super nice guy. Other than our party of 2, there was one other woman who rode with us and she was well matched in terms of riding speed/skills, so we never had to wait for anyone very long.
I’ll definitely return to Bend for more mountain biking in the future!
To P2P, or not to P2P…
As I tap away at this post, riders in this year’s Passport to Pain (P2P) on Vashon are getting ready to ride 30, 50 or 80 miles of Vashon Island’s toughest hills. For the 80-milers, that means 10,000 feet of climbing (and descending). The past 2 years I’ve participated, doing the whole enchilada. Alas, this year I’m sidelined with one of the worst sore throats and developing colds I can remember.
For me it’s been a tough summer for riding. Ever spare minute I’ve had has been taken with painting our house, so I’ve had very limited saddle time. It’s been especially tough since the Puget Sound has enjoyed some of the nicest summer weather in years, if not decades.
I had adjusted my riding expectations accordingly and planned on doing the 50-mile route at P2P this year—as did my riding friends Dirk and Tim who, due to injuries and a similar shortage of saddle time, respectively—also felt that the 80-miler was too much this year.
Next year!
RVelo 