Taylor Phinney

Taylor Phinney wins Men's Track Pursuit again in Copenhagen. That kid is too fast...

RIP Alex Chilton

Singer, songwriter, legend Alex Chilton  died today at the age of 59.

The name Alex Chilton first came into my head when I heard The Replacement's song "Alex Chilton'. That song had such an amazing, unforgettable hook; I had to find out who this man was Paul Westerberg seemed to be infatuated with. So after some digging around I came upon Big Star and I understood. While critically praised his work went under the radar of the mainstream. In a perfect world, Chilton would be widely appreciated and get the credit his career deserves. Maybe with his passing his music and words will be heard.

Tour de Murrieta

Took 12th in the Grand Prix Crit and took 7th in the Circuit Stage Race. I didn't do the Time Trial but I ended taking 10th in the Omnium. I need to upgrade soon so I don't have to race at seven in the morning. Working on it!

Ry-Ry-Ryding MIX

Vincent from Afghan Raiders was kind enough to make a riding mix for me! I always enjoy talking music news and gossip with him over a few drinks. This month Vince and fellow raider, Mikey, will be performing at Las Vegas's Neon Reverb, Austin's SXSW, and a DJ set w/ Neon Indian in SF! Busy, busy boys! Unfortunately I will be racing in Murrieta this weekend.
Again, much appreciated buddy!



Delorean "Deli"
The Hundred In the Hand "Dressed in Dredsen"
Little Pictures "Owl+Owl"
Via Audio "Babies"
Chew Lips "Play Together"
Wallpaper "Ddd"
Simian Mobile Disco "Audacity of Huge"
Discovery "Osaka Hoop Line"
The Golden Filter "Solid Gold"
Scott Brandon "Voyage Into the Dark"
PNAU "Wild Strawberries"
Sleigh Bells "A/B machine"
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip "Thou Shall Not Kill"
Metronomy "Thing For Me"
Cold Cave "Life Magazine"
Joe Goddard "Go Bananas"

Music and Murder

Q. Could the music of Insane Clown Posse cause fans to kill?
A. Only beneficial if they kill each other.

TRON LEGACY trailer released

DGAF AVATAR. I have been hyped on TRON LEGACY to come out for a few years now, and I do not get hyped on movies often. As a kid I watched a lot of 80's sci-fi movies, The Last Starfighter, Flight of the Navigator, Short Circuit, etc, and TRON sticks out particularly. Every couple of months a new teaser would come out from Disney but now the official trailer is released. Apparently, it previews before the new Alice in Wonderland movie. Pass.  Daft Punk is doing the soundtrack....and possibly appearing in the movie!? We shall see.

mad props goes to....

...Joesph Patterson (Cat2) from Herbalife/LaGrange, on taking first in Island View Crit last weekend! Got a chance to talk and hang with him at Callville Bay. Hope to catch the LaGrange guys this weekend!

"It was a skinsuit to winsuit weekend." JP

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sound of rain + burrito + ZION I on vinyl = bliss

Callville Bay Classic Results

February 26th / Time Trial / 9th place / 11:06:00
February 27th / 46 mile Stage Race / 11th place / 2:12:47
February 28th / Criterium / 19th place / 27:27

OVERALL // 9th place

Stage 1 // Early TT then went to check out my sleeping situation. I'm on a boat!

Stage 2 // Pro1/2, lots of heavy hitters and lots of rain!

Stage 3 // I had an early Crit and waited around to watch the LeGrange guys!

life according to my camera.

As of late, I have been living off of bread, nutella, cliff bars, and water. A lot of exciting things are going to happen. This is what I have been seeing...

Ohh Dharma virtualmixtape05

These artists played a large part in cold recovery last week. Like audio zicam.

Sun Kil Moon "Untitled 2"
Mount Eerie "Lost Wisdom"
Grouper "Disengaged"
Grizzly Bear "Boy From School (Hot Chip cover)"
The Bad Plus "Anthem for the Earnest"
A Sunny Day In Glasgow "Failure"
Underworld 'Twist"
808Beloved "Everything Purple"

mad photo cred to Anatoly Zenkov

Callville Bay Classic

Still working like a dog and trying to get some proper training hours in. I'm excited to finally have a race that I do not have to drive to LA to. This weekend brings racers from all over the country to Las Vegas for the three day stage race, Callville Bay Classic.

Friday: 12.37pm (Time Trial)
Saturday: 7:20am (Road Race)
Sunday: 9:15am (Criterium)

Races are pretty early in the morning, feel free to come by and support. We can drink mimosas lakeside afterwards.

BSS Returns

Please excuse my silence on here, do not take it maliciously. With a mixture of terrible sickness and MAGIC week, long work hours and painfully longer hours of staying up congested kept me from this.

Some great news to report. After five years Broken Social Scene returns!! This band means a lot to me and I get a warm nostalgic feeling when I hear 7/4 Shoreline. Feel Good Lost is still on heavy rotation when I need to unwind. The members of the Canadian indie collective had some success with solo projects (Feist did okay for herself. Apple is still writing checks.) and now they are presenting their follow-up to 2005's self-titled LP.

So album art, tour dates, songs, and news came out on their new album Forgiveness Rock Record and the cover art predicts something epic and wonderful. Click the pic to hear a new track.



I have so much more to post but I gotta ride over to the East Side Crit and get ready to leave for Dominguez Hills Criterium tomorrow. Cheers.

Parisian Love. Search On.

I had the idea to post this immediately after I saw the ad yesterday. But ISO50 beat me to the punch haha. I give credit where credit is due. Google's first ever advertisement on the Super Bowl may have gone unnoticed in many sports bars and parties. I for one was akwardly watching the game at my father's house accompanied by my Step-Mom, Step-brother and token step-friends. It went unnoticed.

This slow and quiet ad was quite unique to the usual loud, abrasive, and not-so-funny commercials seen during commercial breaks. Google has been running with these commercials for a bit. The birth of Batman and two friends making a makeshift Christmas-light-SUV comes to mind. This story follows a guy who goes to Paris, takes some classes, falls in love, marries, and proceeds to marital bliss...all with the use of Google search engine. Life is like that.