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May 4th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
New D.O.A. Kickstarter Campaign!
April 7th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
D.O.A. is starting work on a new studio album. The band started in 1978 and is known as Canada's punk pioneers. Canada's godfather of punk: Joe Shithead Keithley originated the term 'hardcore" back in 1980 and the band pushed the term into the common vernacular with their landmark album Hardcore 81. Now the band needs funding to help pay for their new 12 song studio album HARD RAIN FALLING. Joe with the help of his notorious rhythm section, Paddy Duddy (drums) and Mike Hodsall (bass) will record an album that harks back to the basics of early punk. It will contain fast, short, frantic songs that dive deep into urgent issues of out time: racism, war, gangs, oil pipelines and environmental degradation. |
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April 13th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
New Pointed Sticks album in 2015!
March 30th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
Sudden Death Records is very pleased to announce that Pointed Sticks are working together on the upcoming new Pointed Sticks 2015 studio album, release date to TBA. In the meantime Sudden Death is very happy to say that we are distributing the excellent 2009 Pointed Sticks studio album, 3 LEFTS MAKE A RIGHT available on LP and CD. |
No Oil Pipelines in B.C. Tour 2015
January 13th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
Brian "Wimpy Roy" Goble Tribute show
January 7th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
Last night 250 people jammed the Wise Hall to say goodbye to the late, great Brian Goble aka Wimpy. Preceding the musical tribute to our fallen comrade were tearful and funny memories recounted by a long list of friends. Performers included the Frank Frink 5 , The Bughouse Five and The Bloated Cows. The Cows are Ford Pier, John Card Mike Graham and myself. We played 10 of Wimpy's great songs he had written for The Subhumans and D.O.A. The Cows were joined on stage by a great bunch of guests including John Wright (No Means No) Nick Jones (Pointed Sticks) Gerry Hannah (Subhumans) and Jesse gander (d.b.s.) The whole evening was fitting farewell to one Canada's greatest musicians, a great father and one of my best friends. - Joe Shithead Keithley
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D.O.A. benefit show to fight Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion
Joe Keithley founder of legendary punk band D.O.A and lifetime activist has joined in the fight to try and stop the expansion of the Kinder Morgan oil pipeline and the quadrupling of tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet. The concert will be held at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver on Saturday January 31st. Joe is putting together an all star cast of BC's best musicians to raise money for the legal defense of the pipeline protesters and to keep the public engaged and aware of the potential harm that this pipeline expansion represents. "It's outrageous the way Kinder Morgan is trying to bully peaceful protesters, the city of Burnaby and the province of BC. It's up to us, the people, to protect our rights and our democracy. The National Energy Board hearings are looking more and more like a sham with a per-ordained outcome. " Joe recently said. "It's only going to take one spill to destroy our beautiful coast. We're going to be pro active and try and put a stop to this. Transporting bitumen through inland coastal waterways is insane."
The pipeline which runs from Edmonton, Alberta to its terminal in Burnaby, British Columbia has applied to Canada's National Energy Board to triple its capacity and will greatly increase the amount of tanker traffic in Vancouver's Burrard Inlet carrying unrefined bitumen. A dangerous move that is being pushed by Canada's risk taking ruling Conservative Party. The federal government has made only the token of effort to try and speed up our transition towards renewable energy. After a recent D.O.A. tour Joe said "While touring Germany and I was stunned by the amount of wind turbines and solar panels providing renewable energy, especially when you compared to Canada. We are failing a great test as a country, we should be ashamed."
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Brian Goble aka Wimpy aka Sunny Boy aka Sunny Boy Roy has left us and this world is much poorer because of that. Brian, just 28 days short of his 58th birthday died of a heart attack on Sunday December 7th, 2014. I am writing this because of the loss and heartache I feel out of losing a lifelong friend, but also to remember what a vital and amazing person Wimpy was. The toughest part is the thinking about the children he has left behind, his son Dillon, his daughter Sarah and his step son Cole, who Brian helped raise. My most heartfelt condolences to them and to Brian's older brother Roger.
I first met Brian in 1963 walking home from Lochdale Elementary School in Burnaby, BC. Around the same time I also met Gerry Hannah (Gerry Useless) who lived very near Brian, they were six years old and I was seven and we all lived on Burnaby Mountain. About four years later the three of us befriended Ken Montgomery (Dimwit), whose family had moved to the Lochdale area. From elementary to high school our friendship grew, through our collective love of music and social/political consciousness till we became the best of friends and inseparable. It occurred to me later on in life that we truly were "The Four Amigoes".
The four of us started our first high school band called Misty Grey and we were terrible, but we were learning. In 1975 when we were around 18 and 19 years old we left Vancouver in an attempt to "get back to the land". We were kind of junior hippies in a sense in the small BC towns of Lumby and Cherryville, that was a lot of fun but ultimately that fizzled out. We moved back in Vancouver and started a cover rock band called Stone Crazy, Brian on bass, Gerry on vocals, Dimwit on drums and Brad Kent and I on guitar. We got our first booking in Merritt BC and promptly got fired and our collective asses kicked out of town before "the locals cut you guys in two with their chainsaws".
Well that unfortunate booking led us to abandon that predictable approach to rock n' roll and to take on the new ground breaking style of punk rock, which we did with an unparalleled zeal. We started Vancouver's second punk band in the summer of 1977, we called it The Skulls. Brian was becoming a stalwart on bass, Dimwit was well on his way to becoming one of Canada's greatest drummers ever and Simon Werner was an ace on guitar. That left just me, by default I became Joey Shithead, "That maniac on vocals". We were soon dubbed "Vancouver's most hated band by Tom Harrison of the Georgia Straight. We played around Vancouver for awhile, then in October 1977 we all moved to Toronto to join the "scene" there. Gerry Hannah, looking for adventure, moved to Toronto with us and this is how the legend of "Wimpy" was born. Gerry was writing songs but had no band, so we had Gerry play bass, Wimpy sang, Simon played guitar and I drummed, we called this obnoxious outfit Wimpy and the Bloated Cows. Thus Brian finally had a great punk rock nickname and also the tradition of "fuck bands" was born, where people traded instruments and made up instant bands.
At the start of 1978 Wimpy and Simon moved to the U.K. with a plan to have The Skulls invade London! Good plan but Dimwit and I screwed up the plan by moving back to Vancouver, Wimpy was broke and freezing in London, so he soon followed. When he got back, Wimpy started the early Subhumans along with Dimwit and Brad Kent. (this was about the same time I started D.O.A.). That line up soon merged with The Stiffs, solidifying the Subhumans classic line up of Wimpy on vocals, Gerry Useless on bass, Mike Graham on guitar and Dimwit on drums. Notably left out of the arrangement were good pals Zippy Pinhead, Sid Sick and Brad Kunt. But one of Canada's greatest bands were on their way.
Featuring the great songwriting of Wimpy, Gerry and Mike, the powerhouse drumming of Dimwit, the Subhumans were led by Brian Wimpy Roy Goble, the most original front man as you could find this side of Iggy Pop. It's not totally clear but I do believe that Wimpy invented "crowd surfing" when Mike would start playing lead Wimpy would jump into the crowd, then one night the crowd caught him and held him up, I had never seen anything like it. Brian was a powerhouse vocalist, our old soundman Hutch believed he had a special power to fire out vocals louder than any human ever had! The Subhumans put out two sterling albums as well as a number of singles and a four song EP, before they broke up in 1982. They later reunited (with Jon card replacing Dimwit) and released two albums.
So in March 1982 Brian joined D.O.A. along with Dimwit (RIP). They replaced Chuck Biscuits (Dimwit's little brother) and Randy Rampage as our rhythm section. Exceptional they were and the two of them, along with Dave Gregg (RIP), myself and producer Thom Wilson recorded in Los Angeles for five days and cut D.O.A.'s 3rd album "War on 45" (some call it an 8 song EP) in any case I would rate that album in D.O.A.'s top four. On that record you hear just how innovative that Brian was on the bass.
Brian was a huge part of D.O.A. from 1982 -1996, we went through personnel changes that included great musicians like Jon Card, Chris Prohom, Ken Jensen (RIP), Ford Pier, Brien O'Brien, John Wright amongst others. I recorded seven albums with Brian: War on 45, Let's Wreck The Party, True North Strong and Free, Murder, 13 Flavors of Doom, Loggerheads and The Black Spot and a number of other releases. After well over a thousand shows around the world, Brian quit D.O.A. after 14 years, making him the second longest serving member of D.O.A.
There are some things I'll never forget, when were both about 11 or 12 Brian introduced me to hockey, we played on the street in our rubber boots with golf balls, boy did that hurt when he would take a slapshot at my net and I got it right on the ankle. Brian and I also played minor hockey together in Burnaby and he later became a devastating hard hitter playing right wing for the D.O.A. Murder Squad. There was the time in Germany when Italian army deserters tried to steal his passport and he ran out of the bar with only one shoe, yelling "Hans Peter help me! Hans Peter help me!". Or on an early tour in Europe when him and I had never seen a mini bar in a hotel bar before, so on my advice we drank the bar dry and in the morning we had to make a run for it from the hotel staff when they wanted the dough! Or the time he was two fisting bottles of wine at a gig in Slovenia and the ride back to the hotel ended up with a Technicolor yawn on the side of the van! There was also the sense of self preservation when Brian, Dave, Dimwit and I barely escaped L.A.P.D. billyclubs at a couple of different police vs. punks riots in Los Angeles. This is indelible stuff that I shared with Brian, that is now part of my very soul and being.
Brian was a humanist, a great father, an incredible singer and bass player, he believed in free speech, was always against war and he would speak up against bullshit. He was also one of my best friends and I'll miss him forever.
Long live the spirit of Wimpy!!! Rest in Peace.
Joe Shithead Keithley
*Musical Benefit/Wake for the Late Great Wimpy Roy - Wise Hall, Vancouver BC, Tuesday January 6th Featuring three great bands: Frank Frink Five, Bughouse Five and The Bloated Cows (Joe Keithley, Ford Pier and John Card) Playing Wimpy's songs from The Subhumans and D.O.A.
Admission by donation, all proceeds will go to Wimpy's family.
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Will Johnson of The Nelson Star has posted an article about Joe and an upcoming radio show that he will be doing.
From the article: "It's been nearly 40 years since punk activist Joe Keithley founded the legendary band D.O.A., but the 58-year-old singer show no signs of slowing down. While he continues to tour and write with D.O.A.— who have been cited as influences by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Rancid and the Offspring—he's also developed a solo acoustic career.
And as if that's not enough to keep him busy, he still found time recently to be on the front lines of the protest against Kinder Morgan's pipeline expansion on Burnaby Mountain."
Read the rest of the article at the Nelson Star website.
D.O.A. is back for keeps! New studio album and Worldwide Tour in 2015
D.O.A. is back for keeps! New studio album and Worldwide Tour in 2015
True North Strong and Free Tour in support of Welcome to Chinatown Live Album
Beau's All Natural Brewery creates Hardcore 8.1 Malt Liquor in Tribute to D.O.A.
D.O.A., Canada's most politically astute, controversial and always wildly entertaining band is back. The godfather of hardcore Joe Shithead Keithley, had announced his retirement back in 2012 to take a run at formal politics in his native British Columbia. That is out the window and D.O.A. is all set to come back with a vengeance. As Joe recently said "When I lost my nomination by five votes, I was pissed. But I soon realized that I had not forgotten how to write songs, how to sing and play guitar and how to kick ass up on stage! So I am ramping up D.O.A. again and we're going to let our street politics tell the stories about what's really happening!"
D.O.A., the Men of Action have a ballsy new lineup featuring the additions of Paddy Duddy on drums (Circle The Wagons, Rusty Nails) and Mike Hodsall on bass (Circle The Wagons) They are starting work on a new studio album (their 16th) that will be out March 2015 and are making plans to tour the world. Which will include Europe, North America, South America Japan and China (for the 3rd time!).
This fall D.O.A. will the road this fall on their True North Strong and Free tour that will support of their latest album Welcome To Chinatown, a 28 song live classic. The D.O.A. tour will take the band through Ontario and Quebec before heading back west for dates in Alberta and B.C. Fans around the world have always proclaimed for the last 35 years that D.O.A. is one of the greatest and one of the most exciting live bands ever, the Welcome to Chinatown album backs that up in a big way.
Welcome to Chinatown released by Sudden Death Records delivers an unbelievable cultural and musical thrill ride with this epic release. The band gives you a tension filled ride through punk classics pulled from albums like "Something Better Change", "Hardcore 81", "War on 45" and "Northern Avenger".
The dates in Ontario will be sponsored by Beau's All Natural Brewing, who created Hardcore 8.1 Malt Liquor in tribute to the band. The brewery states that "Beau's created Hardcore 8.1 to pay tribute to an iconic band we revere: Vancouver's D.O.A., true pioneers and 35+ year veterans of the hardcore punk scene." It's the only certified organic malt liquor in the world. The beer will be available at all Ontario D.O.A. shows. No doubt, D.O.A. will be pulling out all the stops at their live shows, including their punk-i-fied version of Roll Out The Barrels, where they will invite the audience up to try and polish off a entire bomber bottle of Hardcore 8.1 in a single go on stage. www.beaus.ca Joe is really excited to backed by Beau's "It's a natural fit, D.O.A. and beer!" Joe remarked. D.O.A., just like the beer itself could be described as a classy, certified organic interpretation of the iconic punk rock style. In fact you could say, that D.O.A. are close to being the last real punk band in the world: The last band standing, so to speak. So don't be a fool, go see them while you can.
Saturday December 6th, Joe Shithead Keithley - Kootenay Coop Radio, Nelson, BC, Doors 8 PM
Friday January 30th, Gator's Pub, Abbotsford, BC
Saturday January 31st, Benefit Show Against Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion, Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC
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Paddy Duddy - Drums, Joey "Shithead" Keithley - Guitar + Vox, Mike Hodsall - Bass + Vox
Obituary: A godfather of hardcore punk
Thanks very much to John Mackie at the Vancouver Sun for his article about Dave.
Read the article HERE.
Long live the spirit of Dave Gregg !!!
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D.O.A. guitarist Dave Gregg - Rest in Peace
D.O.A. guitarist Dave Gregg - Rest in Peace
It is with unbelievable sorrow that I have to talk about the passing of Dave Gregg. He died of a heart attack this past weekend. I can't even come close to being able to express strong enough condolences to his wife Cathy and the rest of Dave's family.
Dave was a member of D.O.A. from 1980-88 and played some screaming guitar licks on the following albums: Something Better Change, Hardcore 81, War on 45, Let's Wreck The Party, True North Strong and Free and finally on Murder. He was a great guitarist and an unbelievable showman.
But more importantly he was genuinely nice guy and a caring human being, who had one of the most wicked senses of humor I have ever come across.
On long D.O.A. tours Dave (usually the overnight driver) and I along with our comrades Chuck Biscuits, Randy Rampage, Ken Lester, Dimwit (R.I.P.), Brian "Wimpy Roy" Goble, Greg "Peckerwood" James and Jon Card would while away the hours with almost endless conversation. But it usually came down to Dave and I still gabbing into the wee hours. We would scheme about how to change the world and possible wild scientific breakthroughs as we endlessly put up really shitty music on the radio (not much has changed). Dave and I also became very familiar with prices of every kind of crop grown across America and many a gospel preacher on that same radio in the Dodge van we called the Blue Bullet. At one point when D.O.A. had been playing close to 10 years, Dave and I calculated that we had spent four of those 10 years in vans, traveling to shows. As Dave drove he would furiously work his way through bag after bag of spits (sunflower seeds), he would deposit the shells in the door sill of the driver side door until the pile would reach a height of about 12 inches, that was a badge of honor.
On our first tour with Dave he got really drunk at the second show and forgot about half the arrangements, as he stood on the opposite side of the circular bar at the venue we had just played, he smirked at me with a particularly dazed look, I realized I had to get him to shape up, so I threw my 3/4 full can of beer across the bar and nailed him in the forehead. Dave rarely forgot an arrangement after that and went on to become a consummate musician and performer.
I could probably write a book about funny Dave Gregg stories and maybe even promote his one man organization: The New Spartans! LOL
I really wish I had one more chance to sit down with him and cover some of that ground again and explore new avenues of thought, but I can't and that sucks.
Dave, we will all miss you tremendously, but you will live on in our hearts.
Long live the spirit of Dave Gregg !!!
Joe Shithead Keithley - March 31st, 2014
(Photos by Amy Mann from a show called The Eastern Front 1981 Berkeley, California.)
D.O.A. To Hell N' Back DVD
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D.O.A. - Welcome To Chinatown
New 25 track D.O.A. double live album and 28 Track live CD out now! Get yours HERE!
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Sudden Death 30th Anniversary reissue of D.O.A.'s classic WAR on 45
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"Delicious" is too mundane a word to describe the 2013 Taste of Cape Town festival. So is "scrumptious". Because this year's event was simply DIVINE! Now in its sixth year, the Taste of Cape Town was held at the chic Green Point Cricket Club from Thursday April 11 to Sunday 14 April, 2013, with some spectacular upgrades and additions that added to its phenomenal success.
Your Cape Town weekend: foodie things to do from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 April, 2013
We're just hours away from a scrumptious weekend in Cape Town, the delicious Mother City. So gear up for 48 hours of incredible smells, tastes and sights. Whether you're a fine-dining lover, a fresh-goods fanatic or a food and wine aficionado, there is something for everyone in our delectable town this weekend.
Where Would You Rather Be Wednesdays in Cape Town: sights to see
It's Wednesday, Cape Town lovers, and that means I am once again asking you Where You'd Rather Be in the Mother City today.
The 2013 Cape Town International Jazz Festival free concert: photos
We want more! We want more! This was the refrain of the crowd at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival free concert on Wednesday 3 April, 2013.
Where Would You Rather Be Wednesdays: best beaches to visit
It's my favourite day of the week, Mother City lovers, and that means I want to know Where You Would Rather Be in gorgeous Cape Town this Wednesday.
2013 Cape Town International Jazz Festival road closures
If you're enjoying a guitar being strummed, the soulful sounds of top international musicians and the sultry notes of a saxophone, you know for sure the Cape Town International Jazz Festival has once again descended on Cape Town, the musical Mother City.
Jupiter in Cape Town's Space Orbit: April Fool's joke
On Monday 1 April, 2013, we reported, via our Twitter and Facebook channels, on what looked to be another planet, namely Jupiter, spotted in the sky above our beloved Mother City and boy, did the video footage below look realistic.
Where Would You Rather Be Wednesdays: top outdoor and adventure spots in Cape Town
If, like me, you wish you could be out in nature this Wednesday, enjoying the great outdoors and the exhilarating adventure activities sunny Cape Town has to offer, then you're in good company.
Where Would You Rather Be Wednesdays: places to visit and things to do in Cape Town
It's Wednesday, Cape Town fanatics (and tomorrow is a public holiday), so I ask you: Where would you rather be today?
Do it in the dark in Cape Town: things to do to celebrate Earth Hour
Mother City lovers, it's time to dim the lights and do great things in the dark in Cape Town for the annual celebration of Earth Hour on Saturday 23 March, 2013. Earth Hour is the largest mass global participation event, in which people the world over switch off their lights for one hour, to reflect on our impact on the environment and renew our commitment to protecting our planet.
Cape Town Carnival 2013: Photos
The fourth annual Cape Town Carnival once again had the streets of the Mother City awash in colour, festivities and entertainment when it was held on Saturday 16 March, 2013.
Top 3 Capetonian entries for My Destination's Biggest Baddest Bucket List competition
Usually we Mother City lovers don't need much to boast about our amazing hometown. But when you're dangling a six-month trip around the world and a US$50 000 cash prize in front of us in exchange for a video tour of Cape Town, like My Destination is currently doing with the Biggest Baddest Bucket List competition, you can be sure that not only will we grab the opportunity with gusto, we'll also blow your minds with our entries!
A music aficionado's guide to the Cape Town International Jazz Festival
With just a month to go to Africa's grandest music gathering, the 14th Cape Town International Jazz Festival on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 April, 2013, the Mother City is abuzz with excitement. To be held once again at the impressive Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), this year's festival is set to thrill jazz lovers with world-class music.
Where Would You Rather Be Wednesdays in Cape Town
Call me crazy, but if you had to ask me where I'd rather be on a Wednesday in Cape Town, I couldn't tell you … simply because I'd want to be all over the Mother City at once!
Your Cape Town Weekend: top 3 cocktail spots
It's Happy Hour in Cape Town, Mother City lovers, and you know what that means … delicious, fruity, half-priced cocktails to kick start your weekend in our gorgeous hometown! Whether you're a Cosmopolitan, Sex on the Beach or Mojito fanatic, you'll find them all right here on our sunny shores, so join me at the following cocktail spots from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 February, 2013:
Fazielah's Top 3 Weekend Nature Activities
If memories of your leave are quickly fading away and you want to maintain some semblance of tranquillity, you can't do better than enjoying some of Cape Town's nature activities top this weekend. Join me for the following activities in the Mother City from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 January, 2013, and discover why you don't need a holiday – you need Cape Town.
Fazielah's top three festive weekend events in Cape Town
Deck the halls with cheer and holly, Cape Town fanatics, because it's officially festive season in the Mother City! What that means, party animals, is that we are free to let our hair down and boogie like there's no work on Monday…
Name Your Hood Initiative Kicks Off in Gugulethu
The Name Your Hood initiative, which kicked off in November 2012, is set to create a sense of pride and identity in one of South Africa's most famous townships, Gugulethu.
Take a photo of our Facebook man in Cape Town and win big!
Mother City fans, your opportunity to win an R2 000 V&A Waterfront shopping voucher is here!
To enter, all you have to do is snap a pic of our Facebook Man in and around Cape Town this week, from Monday to Sunday, December 3 to 9, 2012, upload it to our I ♥ Cape Town Facebook fan page wall or tag @CapeTownTourism on Twitter with the #wheresyourprofileat by Monday, December 10, 2012.
Festive season: How Cape Town fans will celebrate Christmas 2012
The festive season is nearly upon us in sunny Cape Town.
From the illuminating switch-on of the festive lights in the city centre to special lunch menus and bustling markets, the Mother City is decking her streets and halls with cheer and holly.
Fazielah's Top 3 Cultural Experiences in Cape Town
Colourful Cape Town is such a vibrant melting pot of cultures and it is here that you can truly immerse yourself in the stories, the food and the traditions of the wonderful people who live in the city.
Join me at the following events from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 October and discover why there is so much more to the Mother City than the eye can see:
Top five spring breakfast spots in Cape Town
True to your mother's word, breakfast is the most important meal of the day and in Cape Town, you're sure to find several establishments that serve up the tastiest meals like no other.
Fazielah's top three weekend experiences in Cape Town and surrounds
My ideal weekend in magical Cape Town is a mix of culture, nightlife and food. Luckily for me, the following events and activities, from Friday, October 19 to Sunday, October 21, 2012 provides the perfect combination of them all:
Fazielah's top three nightlife things to do in Cape Town
When the sun sets in inspirational Cape Town, her streets and people come alive in a bustling fashion.
Join me at the following nightlife events and venues from October 15 to 18, and discover why the fun never stops in the Mother City:
Fazielah's top three things to do outdoors in Cape Town
The sun is shining and the weather is sweet in Cape Town this weekend. So, get out there and enjoy the following fabulous outdoor activities in the Mother City, from Friday, 12 to Sunday, 14 October 2012…
Fazielah's top three things to do in Cape Town – October 8 to 11, 2012
Rise and shine, sleepy heads! It's a beautiful Monday in our inspirational Cape Town and it's time to plan your weekday activities.
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Gentoo ftw !
Useful as live repair or installation media. Ah, good old Gentoo was always booting somehow, even when other distros failed. Probably due to ambitioned graphical installers, they all messed up on the ECS G320 (Via C3 and CLE266) but Gentoo just booted with plain text or a plain VESA console.
I might get it if I should really need it (emerging stuff live might be useful if you need some special package for repairs, if that is not on GRML) but Gentoo users are rarely excited about "releases" of Gentoo since we have rolling release all the time. Still a good demo for people who want to try out and see the current state of Gentoo or as a quite reliable live CD/DVD for whatever purpose you need a live Linux.


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Wow yay, this is unexpectedly soon (was expecting to see this tomorrow)- but big congrats, glad to see it either way! :D
I'm so glad this won! Congrats boots!
Wow, congrats boots! sokowa tomorrow, I'm sure. You seem to have broken the curse. :D Anyway, I find this picture very amusing, and people who are concerned about freezing feet are just silly. x3
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Not my taste
This was my favorite shirt that made it to the fog. So glad it got printed!
way to go Boots! Congrats on another fine design!
She is the BootsBoots, that stomps in the night!
Considering how cold the water must be, I doubt the man (thing?) fishing would notice if the fish just took his feet - thus the donuts must be a diversionary tactic!
yay! I'm looking forward to sporting this one about town.
I can't wear this color shirt but I love this design. Funny concept, and I like the art - very Dr. Seuss-ish! Congrats!
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That is a cool design hopefully you make more good art work
This is too cute! And I'm not the only one reminded by Dr. Suess! Very one-fish-two-fish.
Congratulations on the print! It's a funny shirt.
YAY!!! Go Boots!!!
prateeko wrote:Considering how cold the water must be, I doubt the man (thing?) fishing would notice if the fish just took his feet - thus the donuts must be a diversionary tactic!
The manthing is a homeotherm, unlike the poikilothermic fish, so his feet are probably in intense pain as his blood tries to keep them warm. It is a losing battle for his feet, but the heart will keep pushing the blood out there anyway.
Yeah, my third Boots shirt. All is right in the world with this being printed, and I can now go to bed happy. I just wonder if I'll end up getting this one before the Cameesa one.
Clearly you've never met a Wisconsinite/Minnesotan. They'd never care about the feet when a donut is on the line.
It'd take more than a simple donut for me to... OOH, MAPLE!
The water can't be that cold, the fish are sweating.
Congrats on the print. Your style tends to lend its self well to these types of designs.
mkidtrigun wrote:It'd take more than a simple donut for me to... OOH, MAPLE!
I see you suffer from ADHD: Attention Deficit...Holy Donut!!!
Wow, 16 votes separated 2nd from 5th this week. Respectable chance that we'll have a tie tomorrow, woo!
I Really Like this Shirt. I'm in for one :D
Josephus wrote:The manthing is a homeotherm, unlike the poikilothermic fish, so his feet are probably in intense pain as his blood tries to keep them warm. It is a losing battle for his feet, but the heart will keep pushing the blood out there anyway.
May I point Mister Big Words to the obviously sweating fish, which seem to imply that the water is of a temperature that does not actually cool anything and perhaps serves to make things warmer? And you call yourself a scientist. ps: Tr0nn has my back on this
Wouldn't that fellow's feet be freezing?
Haha, I see we have an explanation for the frozen feet. Since I just ate an entire box of take out fried donuts from Peking Taste... I can't really argue with that logic. Congrats on the shirt btw! Love your style. :D
Those fish have no dorsal fins!
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if i were that fish, i'd be going for those toes over that itty bitty worm :P
Yay Boots! Congrats!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Jigokudani_hotspring_in_Nagano_Japan_001.jpg I believe this picture applies to the shirt. Congrats boots! Also: Don't wear this shirt: to the annual "Don't Wear Any Clothing With A Fish Drawn On It round-ish thing, um, ah..." that your shirt company holds each… wait, hang on, are we the only shirt company with three-dimensional circles? Brilliant write up as always, but this made me laugh.
Where did them crazy fishes find a doughnut?
WootBot wrote:(12:10 AM, today) Josephus pretends to be Dr House.
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congratulations on another print jamie...you seem to be on fire here lately. sadly, it only reminds me that at some point in the future there will be some sort of anti-bootsboots movement that will happen here when the masses or some new group of wooters join and decide you win too often. let's hope that day is a long, long ways away. in the meantime: celebrate, enjoy your $$, and keep making awesome art for us to enjoy.
JadenKale wrote:Clearly you've never met a Wisconsinite/Minnesotan. They'd never care about the feet when a donut is on the line.
as a wisconsinite, i resemble that remark...
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First-place O's trust Gausman in first-half finale
Yankees counter with Whitley in Camden Yards rubber match
Having won nine of 12 games, the Orioles are starting to look like the team most capable of separating itself in the American League East.
The O's will enter the All-Star break in first place, and they'll look to extend their lead over the third-place Yankees in Sunday's 8:05 p.m. ET series finale at Camden Yards.
"Any time you play the Yankees here, it's always fun," said right-hander Kevin Gausman, who will take the hill for the O's in the first-half finale. "I'm sure the place is going to be packed. It's going to be fun. I'll just try to end things on a positive note."
The Orioles will recall Gausman to start Sunday's game and take the roster spot of righty Ubaldo Jimenez, sidelined with a right ankle sprain. Gausman (3-2, 3.51 ERA) has been up and down numerous times this season, but with Jimenez sidelined, the youngster will likely remain with the Orioles coming out of the break.
The Yankees were pleasantly surprised when rookie right-hander Chase Whitley started the season 3-0, but he has since regressed. Over his last three starts, Whitley has allowed 17 earned runs in nine innings.
Sent to the bullpen after the Yankees acquired starter Brandon McCarthy from Arizona and rookie right-hander Shane Greene impressed in his first career start, Whitley will be called on to make the start on Sunday in place of injured ace Masahiro Tanaka.
"No one is going to plug that hole; he's the best in the league," Whitley said of Tanaka. "I just hope to go out and pitch -- just pitch and see what happens."
Yankees: Tanaka will not attend Classic
On the disabled list with a small tear in his right ulnar collateral ligament, Tanaka has decided not to attend Tuesday's All-Star Game at Target Field.
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"I think it's really unfortunate, because he had a great first half and he's not able to be a part of it," manager Joe Girardi said. "But for some reason, I think he's going to get a chance to be a part of another one."
Orioles: Gonzalez optioned; Clevenger up
The Orioles optioned starter Miguel Gonzalez to Triple-A Norfolk in order to keep him on a regular pitching schedule during the All-Star break.
Gonzalez will start on Thursday for Norfolk and will be able to attend his daughter's first birthday party, then he'll return to the O's rotation on July 22 at Anaheim.
Steve Clevenger was promoted to serve as a left-handed bat off the bench, and he flied out in a pinch-hit appearance in the eighth inning of Saturday's 3-0 loss to the Yankees.
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• Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda is inching back toward game action. Pineda threw a 25-pitch bullpen session on Friday at the club's complex in Tampa, Fla., and reported no issues. His best-case scenario is a big league return in mid-August.
Jamal Collier is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Biking, Walking into the future with Beaverton's Civic Plan
Midweek, bikeportland published a story on its main page, briefly introducing Beaverton's Mayor Denny Doyle and providing info about upcoming opportunities to meet, listen to and ask questions of mayor Doyle about Beaverton's Plans to improve Beaverton's downtown by way of a redesign, and through its long in development Civic Plan...areas of Beaverton beyond downtown for better ease, practicality by which to travel about Beaverton on foot and bike.
Story received a modest number of comments, but in one of them, somebody thought to include the link to the Beaverton Civic Plan/The Land Use and Transportation Strategy pdf(one of three companion documents), which anyone can download and take a look at to study for themselves, to get a sense of what type and degree of improvement to walking and biking infrastructure has been conceived of and included in the list of projects at this point. This is a 20-30 year plan. Some things in the plan will be taken on very soon. Others may have to wait years and decades before being built. The plan gives some specific ideas about the timeline for projects itemized. I encourage everyone with an interest in urban and neighborhood livability, and being able to get between their neighborhood and places to shop, get some chow, see a show...to take as close a look as they can at this document. It's not easy reading or easy to understand, but I think most people will find it worth the effort for the insight they'll gain about plans in the works. Since I live in Central Beaverton just east of the Beaverton Transit Center, my personal interest happens to focus in particular on the Central Beaverton neighborhood. It's not just my own personal priorities that account for my interest in improvements to be made to Central Beaverton's walking and biking infrastructure. Central Beaverton is essentially the heart of Beaverton...its downtown, spread out and bisected as it unfortunately is by at least two regional thoroughfares. The Civic Plan should be seeking to have walking and biking infrastructure be more than a modest concession on the part of growth. Whether the plan actually is more than a modest concession, is something I'm curious about what other people think, especially the thoughts of some of you people I've come to know here in the forums. So...take a look at the Civic Plan...if you dare. If you've got some ideas about it, post them. I could go on and on about things I've read in the plan...but there might be more to gain if everyone takes a look at the plan themselves and throws some ideas out there. Last edited by wsbob; 03-03-2012 at 10:30 AM. |
I've been reading the Beaverton Civic Plan's Transportation Strategy plans, with particular interest in 'Appendix Three: Proposed Bicycle Improvement Projects', and hope some of you also have been taking a look as well.
What the civic plan seeks to address, is the challenge of finding ways to better link the Beav's neighborhoods with its various commercial and public areas, such as Downtown, the multi-shopping/entertainment centers to the northwest and east, and the Library to the south of Downtown. Plans in the works are for more miles of bike lanes; new ones and connection of existing ones with each other. People from the neighborhoods will be having an easier time of getting to town, work and so on without necessarily having to ride main roads as these bike lane projects are completed, in quite a few instances, after many years have passed. For any town, of course, being able to travel within Downtown is particularly important. For Beaverton, this is a particularly difficult challenge because of the two east-west thoroughfares and the freight rail line running through town. Broadway business owners naturally want to draw more business to their shops, and of course, thinking of people, customers and potential customers that drive is something they're aware of and seek to provide for. The city hears this and supports them, but at the same time, in its civic plan, gives biking considerable recognition for the potential promise this mode of transportation represents as a means for people to practically and enjoyably make their way around town. With this in mind, the city has proposed among its Proposed Bicycle Improvement Projects, a north-south pedestrian/bike corridor on Main Ave that would travel from Allen Ave to the south, north to Farmington, and from there, manage its way across the freight rail line and intersect with Broadway. Rose Biggi Ave, currently stopping north of Canyon Rd, but roughly in line with Main Ave would likely connect with Main Ave, providing bike traffic with a route to what the city calls Beaverton Central. BC is home of the The Round and a light rail stop. Page 46 of the civic plan says about Rose Biggi: Sorry to be so long winded. What I'm working up to is to point out what I'd hope people might consider to be a couple alternatives, or additional possible pedestrian/bike boulevard counterparts to the Main Ave/Rose Biggi Ave route that would connect Broadway more directly with Beaverton Central and major points north, such as Cedar Mills Crossing, than would the Main/Rose Biggi corridor."... while Rose Biggi will serve as the primary bicycle connection between Beaverton's OldTown (south of Farmington) and emerging development and activity centers north of Canyon. ..." West Ave traveling north-south from east-west Canyon Rd tees right about smack dab in the center of Broadway between Hall/Watson. East Ave...logically, east of West Ave and Hall Blvd as well, travels just to the east side of the Beaverton Bakery's annex building and tees with Broadway, looking out over the Holland properties...tenant Ringo's, Stark St Lawn and Garden, a machine shop, and some others, as well as a huge undeveloped chunk of land.The candidate streets would be West Ave and East Ave. These streets currently do not show up as bike boulevards on the maps in the Beaverton Civic Plan pdf. Additionally, West Ave is not indicated on those maps as extending north of Canyon Rd, however, there is a Beaverton Civic Plan circular with maps that do indicate West St for extension north of Canyon. I'm posting some pics, which I hope will help you visualize the potential for a great pedestrian/bike boulevard using these streets. Both face considerable obstacles to actually becoming bike/boulevards, as the accompanying notes will help explain. A Beaveton Bike Map, which you can get free (thanks to your tax dollars through Metro) at bike shops and city hall, will be a great aid to visualizing what these pictures attempt to show. The above pic shows East Ave in Damerow Ford country, from Millikan Way, looking south across Canyon Rd to where East terminates at Broadway. The stacking of the image elements because of the telephoto lens makes it hard to pick out details, but Beaverton Bakery's annex would be to the right at the intersection with Broadway. Holland properties and Ringo's just across Broadway on the right. Beaverton Pharmacy on the left. Same camera position, wider angle shot to establish that these shots were taken from Millikan Way. Same camera position, but facing east down Millikan Way towards the Beaverton Transit Center. The importance of what this shot shows to a possible East Ave pedestrian/bike boulevard to Broadway, Millikan Way's use as a bike route, is that the barricade indicates the present termination point of Millikan Way. Literally 200'-300' feet past the barricade is Lombard Ave and the transit center. People have established this short distance as a connection to the transit center, by walking regularly over the bare earth. Establishing this important, useful connection as an official city street is in the project list, but isn't scheduled to be paved anytime in the near future, reducing its attractiveness and function as a route to Millikan Way and potentially, Broadway. It seems the least the city could do is talk now instead of later, with whoever it is that owns the property on which the muddy path traverses, come to some agreement with them and throw some chip seal down to create a safe,level, clean surface for people to walk on from the transit center and points west. The property the path traverses is actually part of a project in the plan, Project 14, pg. 77, but that particular plan is designated 'Long Term'. Work won't be commenced for 11-20 years. Notice in the picture, a guy that's just come from having to push his toddler in a stroller across the muddy path. It's important that I note that these picture cannot really represent what traffic is like on these streets. East Ave near Damerow sees very little traffic. Canyon Rd sees a h-u-u-g-e amount of very ugly traffic which I selectively timed the shot to avoid, so cars would not block the terminus of East across Canyon. With a pedestrian crossing signal at East Ave, timed to coincide with that of the signal on nearby Hall Blvd, East could become a superb pedestrian bike boulevard between Millikan Way and Broadway. The following post will have pictures and notes for East Ave's counterpart across Hall Blvd, West Ave. Last edited by wsbob; 03-06-2012 at 12:18 AM. |
West Ave ped/bike boulevard visualizing
From Millikan Way, south across Canyon Rd to Broadway, this shot depicts a view of East Ave's counterpart, West Ave to the south of Canyon Rd. The two story red brick colored building in the pictures background, front Broadway and are vintage structures along the stretch of Broadway between Hall and Watson. As you can see, the parking lot in the foreground of this shot roughly aligns with West Ave across Canyon, but in actuality, is just a parking lot, and is not currently designated a street. A parking lot serving a decrepit and unoccupied building. Consulting the Beaverton Bike Map is helpful in understanding West Ave's potential future route, and where it currently stops. The map will verify that West Ave does not presently exist north of Canyon Rd. In the right side foreground is the unoccupied building, most recently a Chinese restaurant. Left of foreground, out of camera view would be the Beaverton Carwash. Between Canyon and Broadway on both sides of West Ave is part of Lanphere Enterprises. Same camera angle, but closer, to show the existing West Ave with the aforementioned buildings. At one time, the white building on the left was the home of the Beaverton Pharmacy. Vanek's Shoe repair...buy some nice Tony Lama's there. West used to be straight. Somehow, for some reason coinciding with Lanphere Enterprises acquisition of adjoining properties, the street acquired the twist it has now. No problem...makes for a nice departure from the usual. People working on the Broadway Redesign effort have ideas for West Ave, going along with the idea of Broadway becoming a kind of 'festival street'. I see pedestrian/bike boulevard. A nice brew pub with patio seating out in the sun on the asphalt area around the entrance to the white building. This shot is almost exactly 180 degrees from the First camera view, looking roughly north. The idea is that it will help to show the potential for a continuation of West Ave north, at least to Millikan Way, which is the street just past the parking area and sidewalk the guy is strolling along. Notes about details in the picture: building with the balconies and slim red roof, shown on the left of the picture is The Round complex. The light rail runs east-west past the complex. In the background, the building with the blue detailing is an older high rise office complex. It's quite a ways further down Hall. Lens compaction makes it seem closer than it is. Ideally, arrangements with property owners north of Millikan Way could be made to allow for a continuation of West Ave north...let your eye visualize a route through the parking lot in the middle ground of the picture. Realistically...what is the likelihood that arrangements would be made with property owners to extend West Ave north through these parking lots for the purpose of making a pedestrian-bike boulevard? I would think it's quite a small one. There's money paid out to property owners for loss of property value, and tax revenue losses to the city to consider, future development potential which a central pedestrian-bike boulevard coursing through these areas of land could conceivably present an obstacle to. Last edited by wsbob; 03-03-2012 at 11:43 AM. |
Main Ave bike boulevard/Rose Biggi primary bicycle connection proposal
^ From a position on Broadway, 600-700 feet west of Watson, we're looking south across the freight train tracks and Farmington road, which the rail bed blocks the view of, to Main Ave . Pg 76 of the Civic Plan lists Main as a future 'Bike Boulevard'. Notice the use path through the ivy? You can tell that people are already hoofing it across the tracks. Maybe to go get a snack at the DQ ? (you can see the edge of the store's sign on the red pole.). Making Main Ave and Rose Biggi Ave (read next photo caption.) a primary bicycle connection obliges the use of a track crossing that offers some safety feature. Pg 82 of the Civic Plan shows an overhead graphic visualization of what the crossing would be...a sort of chicane gate affair. This shot is an about face from the photo above. What it shows is critically important to understanding Beaverton's plan for a north-south bike boulevard extending north beyond Main Ave's current termination at Farmington Rd. The foreground of the photo with cars parked there is at present...simply a parking lot. Same basic situation as that described for West Ave in the earlier posts. The road just beyond the parking lot is the very busy Canyon Rd (doesn't look very intimidating in the photo, but trust me... .). The funny shaped multi-story beige building is part of The Round complex, Beaverton Central, light rail crossing, etc. You've got to use your imagination here, and a map if you've got one, to get a sense of what the route for this bike boulevard might be. They aren't directly in line with each other, but basically, the suggestion in the Civic Plan is that Main Ave and Rose Biggi Ave would meet to: Looking at the picture, Rose Biggi is somewhere off to the left(west) of the funny shaped beige building."...serve as the primary bicycle connection between Beavertons Old Town (south of Farmington) and emerging development and activity centers north of Canyon. ..." pg 46/civic plan Last edited by wsbob; 03-02-2012 at 09:54 AM. |
O.K., now you've seen the pictures...so let's look at some of the Beaverton Central bike infrastructure projects listed in the Civic Plan, and schedule information indicating when construction on them will individually take place.
Page's 74 and 75 list the "...four categories of implementation priority immediate, short-term, mid-term, and long-term..." which basically are: 'first year', '1-5 years', '6-10 years', and '11-20 years' respectively. Next, it's necessary to refer to table 1 in the Civic Plan on pg's 76 and 77 that lists the various projects. There's nineteen projects listed in this table. Projects 1 and 10 through 15 are the projects addressing the general area north of Farmington to Beaverton Central/The Round. This is the area about which to consider whether more, possibly better plans that would support travel about Beaverton-Broadway, Beaverton Central, and Cedar Hills Crossing, independent of a motor vehicle, by foot and bike, could be made. Project 1 relates to the Main St. Bike Boulevard. There's two parts to the project, detailed on Table 1. The 'Proposed Facility Type', or what's actually to be installed on the street, are sharrows and wayfinding signage. The two parts have an immediate and mid-term priority category assignation respectively, so the wayfinding signs could be going up soon. Main Ave meeting up with Rose Biggi Ave's to be constructed extension south to Farmington, being a mid-term priority, will be 6-10 years down the road before the extension is built and the chicane across the freight tracks is installed. Projects 10-15 : Like Project 1, these projects have their own category in the plan, and its name is 'Downtown (North of Farmington) Bike Improvements/Corridors' Project 14 is most important to take a look at, because it involves extending Millikan Way, east, the short 200'-300' distance over presently muddy ground to connect with Lombard, which borders the Beaverton Transit Center. Project 14 actually has as its idea, creating a motor vehicle traversable street, extending further east from Lombard, through the strip mall to 117th. Whether encouraging motor vehicle traffic to travel through the area beyond Lombard Ave is a good idea is something I'm not sure about enough to say. My tendency at this point is to say 'No, it's not a good idea'.I'll only detail Project's 10 and 14, because only they deal with the general area the photos I've posted, address. Short term priority Project 10 puts up ODOT Bike Lane merge signage to attempt to mitigate the adversity bike lane traffic must contend with due to Hall Blvd and Watson Ave's notoriously sporadic bike lanes. Where they exist, Hall and Watson's bike lanes are quite good, but then, as you well know if you've ridden the streets, in certain places...they just end, sometimes rather abruptly, obliging bike traffic to manage some kind of safe merge into Hall and Watson's extraordinary hectic main lane traffic. The project info on the table says this treatment will be to portions of the street north of Farmington. As to the short span of muddy ground between the present east terminus of Millikan Way and Lombard, it seems that this short section of ground should be given some sort of paving...immediately, so that its availability for use can encourage more travel by bike and foot rather than motor vehicle. Unfortunately...Project 14 has a 'Long Term' priority designation, implying that people wanting to walk or bike from Millikan Way to Lombard instead of walking around using Canyon Rd, could possibly have to be traversing the muddy path for the next 11-20 years. |
West Ave ventures south in 'fantasy urban planning' mode.
Having looked at the idea of enhanced pedestrian-bike travel infrastructure between Broadway and Beaverton Central to the north (and hopefully to Cedar Mills Crossing, eventually.) using the Civic Plans' officially designated project which would extend Main Ave to Rose Biggi, and also, my 'out of the blue' idea of possibly extending West Ave to the north of Canyon, extending it Millikan Way and beyond....let's do a little more fantasy urban planning, and look at the idea of extending north-south running West Ave further south from Broadway across the RR tracks, Farmington where it could meet up with a street it's in line with.
As a geographical reference, get out your 'free' Beaverton Bicycle Map...did I say 'free'? ...available at your local bike store or City Hall, or it you're determined to use google mapview, be that way. Ignore the fact for the moment if you will that there's, well...a building in the way of West Ave's route any further south from Broadway. Look at the map. Notice that in line with West Ave., directly south across the RR tracks and Farmington is Washington Ave. Actually, you may like to have a little more informative map than the Beaverton Bike Map, because though the street is indicated on the map, the name is not there. just note the single parallel running line between Hall and Watson: That's Washington Ave. There's a number of very appealing qualities that 'West Ave meets Washington Ave' offers as a pedestrian-bike boulevard. First of all... obvious, is that the route these streets would provide, is away from the awful, motor vehicle traffic afflicted streets of the evil Hall-Watson couplet. Second appealing quality, is that the route takes you directly to the Library and the big park adjoining it, and also, to the big parking area that's the home of the extraordinarily popular Beaverton Farmers Market on Saturdays. Only problem is...well, hey...not the only problem but...(shrug)...the building on Broadway that's directly in the way. And...it's a vintage building, not excellent architecture, but one certainly having sentimental and some historic associations. it doesn't need to come entirely down...it just needs a redesign, with a striking arch that would allow people on foot and on bikes to pass through it (An esplanade is what I'm thinking here, a refuge from motor vehicles.). 15'-20' wide would be nice. I'll look around for a picture, but think something like from Oxford or Paris, but probably more modern, less expensive. A redesign of the vintage building, or a replacement, could add stories to make up for space given over to the provision of a pass through arch. Not finding pictures of arches in width's and height's that would be exactly right for West Ave-Washington Ave at Broadway, but here's some examples to start to get a general idea. Think proportions and radius of the arch top rather than style. B&W pic is Stanford. Second from top color pic is something 'JMU'. Top two arches appear to have a width that would be just about right for shared walking and biking. A bit wider maybe a foot or two might be good. Height seems about right. Second from bottom pic is of another Stanford arch, nice, but seems too wide for a West Ave-Washington Ave at Broadway. Bottom pic of twin arch is attractive and functional. Note: I searched the web for some stock photo pics of arches, found some, posted info to them I thought would make them visible here. They were visible, but have now become invisible even though the source info is still visible on the compose page. Sorry if I've inappropriately borrowed pics for a use I wasn't entitled to. I'll try to either take some pics of arches that would be useful in a reconfiguration of the West Ave-Washington Ave building, or find some others that are able to be used and visible here, because I think some kind of visualization of an arch incorporated into this building for the purpose of a bike pedestrian boulevard is important to helping people consider how effective that feature could be. P.S. ...if the 'views' count indicates at least someone is actually reading and thinking about the subject this thread deals with...and I hope someone is...here's some bonus info...kind of a homework assignment, because in the next week, with the next post, I'll be leading up to something I think you'll find interesting associated with the 'fantasy' extension of West Ave South to Washington Ave. . The assignment: 'O' story about how Oregon City people are learning to use Amtrak's Cascade service. The link to that story: Amtrak gaining popularity among commuters who ride between Portland, Oregon City and Salem/rose/oregonlive Last edited by wsbob; 03-24-2012 at 10:20 PM. |
In comment 3, I showed a photo of West Ave north of Broadway at Canyon Rd looking south to the bank of vintage buildings aligned with Broadway's east-west orientation, effectively creating an impermeable wall to further travel along West Ave beyond that point. Well...not exactly a wall to further travel south on West Ave, because West Ave actually ends with the 'T' intersection it makes with Broadway. As I mentioned in comment 6 though, if the vintage building were to be redesigned to incorporate a public pass-through arch into the building, West Ave could meet with Washington Ave with which West Ave is almost in perfectly in line with. For Beaverton, or even a larger city, something like this would be a substantial undertaking, but it looks like it could be a worthy one.
Also in comment 3, I mentioned how West Ave from a visionary perspective might conceivably become an extraordinarily nice 'through city' pedestrian bike boulevard extending at least from Millikan Way, which is north of Canyon Rd, and maybe even further north from Beaverton Central, home of The Round...offices, residences, retail, restaurant, and possible new home of City Hall, Police Department, assuming the city goes on to purchase the Coldwell-Banker building that's part of The Round complex. Returning to Broadway and the bank of vintage buildings aligning Broadways south side and blocking continued travel along West Ave. West Ave 'T's with Broadway and ends here. It does not continue on the other side of the bank of buildings; but another street in line with West Ave, Washington Ave...does resume southward travel somewhat south of bank of buildings. Washington Ave picks up on the south side of the major east-west thoroughfare, Farmington Rd. And of course, there is the single track freight railroad between the bank of buildings and Farmington. A West Ave-Washington Ave pedestrian-bike boulevard's strength is multi-fold. One of it's strongest though, is that it could provide a direct link between Beaverton Central, Broadway, and 6 blocks further beyond the RR tracks and Farmington Rd...to Beaverton's Central Library with it's beautiful architecture...the big city park with its splashing fountain and numerous neighborhood events...and the Saturday Farmers's Market. Let's look at some pics.... . First one will be the earlier posted pic of the 'T' intersection of West Ave and Broadway from the north side looking south: West Ave and Broadway from the north side looking south, showing the bank of vintage buildings This view shows from Washington Ave across Farmington and the RR tracks, the same bank of vintage buildings from the south to their back side. It's basically 180 degrees from the previous shot, but from the buildings' south side. If you stood with your back to the window with the shade in the picture above, this is what you would see, looking south down Washington Ave to the park in the distance. The angular column of orange you see in the distance is a modernist-pop sculpture in the park. From Washington Ave, a closer view of the sculpture in the park. The number of motor vehicles traveling Washington Ave is a typically very low. It's a very laid back street, particularly at its terminus at the park, which is part of the reason the kids you see in the pic are able to lounge comfortably right in the street itself. When I was studying the street for a good view, they were relaxed, skating around, having good fun. Last edited by wsbob; 03-18-2012 at 06:33 PM. |
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