Zen and the art of being a motorbike pillion rider

On the road to Ba Na Hill Station James remarked over email that he couldn't imagine me scooting around in Vietnam on a motorcycle ... I got to Vietnam, I've been on a motorbike at least every other day, and then often for the better part of the day. And it's been great. As they say, there's no better way to see Vietnam than [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 17:31:08

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Absurd Motorcycle Law in Vietnam

motorbikes in Vietnam It seems that the Vietnamese government is thinking of banning people who are too short, ... of Vietnam’s 20 million motorbikes. Motorbikes account for more than 90 per cent of the vehicles on Vietnam’s chaotic roads. This will make it even harder for Vietnamese citizens to get to work because [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 15:00:52

Honda Vietnam Inaugurates Second Motorcycle Plant

Vietnam - Honda Vietnam Company formally held an Opening ceremony for its second motorcycle plant in Vinh Phuc province. The second factory is 300,000 square meters in area and is located right [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 02:30:00

The Omituary Must Die

The New York Times Online has a wonderful feature, Talk to the Newsroom, in which readers send questions to a different editor or writer each week ... Hawaii on his honeymoon, in a motorcycle wreck in Vietnam, at the hands of her husband ... that I have written obituaries for my father-in-law, my mother, a friend from book club [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 13:38:29

Saigon Autotech 2008 opens

A show for automobile and motorcycle industry in Vietnam (SAIGON AUTOTECH 2008) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 6 ... and motorcycle sector. It showcases technological products, accessories, spare parts and services of Vietnam ... such as BMW, Vento, Ala, CPI, Ducati, Sachs and Harley Davidson and Vietnam’s favourite cars, the show [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 12:34:54

The Power of Imagery — A Fugal Flow at the Chicago IFVP

I visited Chicago recently, and had a wonderful conversation with my past. The 13th International Visual Practitioners Forum started it ... . In 1968 this very location was overflowing with people being beaten by the Chicago cops. Vietnam ... a friend’s motorcycle and went down to look at what was going on. I haven’t been able to shake the image [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 00:03:11

Entertainment For Bikers Now Available - Demo DVD & 3 Books

Happy New Year everyone!A demo DVD for our documentary reality series and three of Edward Winterhalder's books are now available at Amazon ... with the Vietnam Vets Motorcycle Club in Pennsylvania""Out In Bad Standings: Inside The Bandidos Motorcycle Club - The Making Of A Worldwide Dynasty" (Blockhead City Press/Seven Locks Press - Santa Ana, CA [more...]

Date: 2007-12-27 21:15:00

Remembering the ultimate sacrifice

Veterans in Grand Haven are raising money to erect a WWII memorial in Central Park. Meanwhile, the Vietnam Vets Motorcycle Club Chapter Z of Michigan hosted a POW/MIA flag ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Causeway Park Sunday. (Chronicle photo/Kendra Stanley-Mills) Read [more...]

Date: 2008-05-27 14:14:07

Finally, a Russian girl between my legs.

Let me introduce you to Sasha (the name of JD’s scooter on Scrubs and Russian for Schwinn III) ... is that Vietnam does not allow any motorcycles larger than 125cc to enter. This generally means a smaller moped ... are not allowed to purchase and register motorcycles. Since you can’t register them into your own name [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 14:08:24

Playa del Fuego!

Perhaps you recall an entry made last July that paid a visit to Assateague Island, the birthplace of Playa del Fuego ... by the DE chapter of the Vietnam Vets Motorcycle Club. It’s a special treat to be granted the use ... was the Naked Slip and Slide contest. Judged by the Vets, this was a no camera event of epic [more...]

Date: 2008-06-10 22:39:07

Saigon Autotech 2008 opens

A show for automobile and motorcycle industry in Vietnam (SAIGON AUTOTECH 2008) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 6 ... and motorcycle sector. It showcases technological products, accessories, spare parts and services ... names such as BMW, Vento, Ala, CPI, Ducati, Sachs and Harley Davidson and Vietnam’s favourite cars [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 05:13:11

Did you know Hamlet rides a Harley?

The best play I’ve ever seen was a production of Hamlet at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. I’d seen my share of plays before ( ... focuses on Jackson “Jax” Teller (Charlie Hunnam), the son of the California motorcycle club’ ... veterans after the Vietnam War) than what the club had currently [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 20:54:00

Living On The Edge - Riding With The Vietnam Vets Motorcycle Club In Pennsylvania

Click on the flyer to see a larger image, or go to Blockhead City Entertainment.Filming for this episode is now complete, and post-production editing has begun; there will be a link to the trailer for the show posted here soon. [more...]

Date: 2007-08-22 11:01:00

Motorcycles!!!

Hey guys!!! Yup, I'm back from Vietnam... Actually, I did come back on the 20th, as I said in the earlier post... I was right!!! mwahahahahahahahahahaha... Vietnam was OK... Somebody told mummy that Ho Chi Minh city (where ... , there is the whole motorcycle thing... I only have one word to describe it, and that is: SCARY [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 15:36:15

Hayden Pannettiere Hates Germs

Hayden Pannettiere Hates Germs ... her face like this. Drunken Stepfather Mickey Factz plays general on the new Vietnam Vol 2 mixtape ... rides his motorcycle in church. Double Viking Check out the Olympic version of the Hyperdunk [more...]

Date: 2008-07-29 23:25:15

Closing Alice's Restaurant

Way back in the day, back when I was raising pigs in South Vietnam, a woman who I scarcely knew sent me a letter of news from back in the states ... her name, but she wanted permission to publish my writing in some Vietnam thing where she taught school ... her for a motorcycle ride. I think she fell for me at the time, but I don't think she loved me [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 01:20:17

Broken Spoke brings Moving Wall to Sturgis ‘09

Broken Spoke Campground, Highway 79 N, will host the Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall™ at the 69th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in August 2009 ... . Sturgis, SD, United States, 11/04/2008 – "The Wall will be the center of daily ceremonies to honor the fallen soldiers of Vietnam and other wars, as well as active duty military who continue ... [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 23:55:50

Middle of the week mix.

I am being boring tonight, so shut up and enjoy this mix damn it! The Black Angels The First Vietnam War (These guys remind me of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) American Music Club Relax The Gaslight Anthem The Navesink Banks (Recommended!) Sebastien Grainger Love Can Be So Mean (Former Death From Above [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 02:45:32

Pardon Me? November 23, 2008

Posted by judylobo in Animal Videos, Photography, Politics, Videos, wildlife ... History class at RISD when a kid on a motorcycle went screaming down the street that the President ... (1974),  Vietnam Draft Dodgers (1977), Mark Felt [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 12:24:46

Saigon, Vietnam: Tue-Fri 8/06, Days 76-79

Sooo, the general rundown of highlights. We spent Tuesday pagoda-hunting in Chinatown, ... !" Mr. Bao, a nutty motorcycle driver who befriended us on our way to a jazz club ... Vietnam and the US, Vietnam's (bad) history with China, etc... Then he looped around and started [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 22:37:42

Good Morning Vietnam

Saigon wakes up early to take advantage of the cool morning breeze before the sun breaks through the haze ... French boulevards sing with the he buzz of motorcycle engines, squeaky bicycles, and small cars ... Saigon Traffic Saigon Traffic Goodmorning Vietnam. By midday, as temperatures soar [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 09:19:08

New Books: October 13, 2008

October 15, 2008 Here’s a list of books we have recently acquired. Click on the links to check availability and location ( ... and now : on the trail of Robert Pirsig and Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. New York : Alfred ... Americans from China, Japan, India, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Laos / compiled by Joann Faung [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 17:38:21

Sky-High Fuel Prices Hammer Mondolkiri

At his small wood-and-thatch home in Mondolkiri province, Nuon Vanna stared at his Korean-made motorcycle, which had gone neglected for days ... per week, he could still take his motorcycle to the woods and collect resin, he said. “ ... . The fuel is imported from Vietnam and distributed throughout the province’s districts, but the prices [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 09:07:18

I Missed My Chance

Early one morning last week as the HM and I drove the Cherub to a doctor appointment (the new brace is not working well anymore, nobody knows why) ... is a brilliant student and athlete whose older brother, Preston, gets involved with a motorcycle gang, loses ... the mother of Preston's child. Dogs are crushed by cars, the Vietnam War is rehashed. [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 12:28:00

My First (Forbidden) Fish Pedicure

Jump to Comments (Writer’s note:I recently analyzed the business implications of introducing fish into the nail salon work force, ... in war-ravaged Vietnam, mine in relatively tranquil Boston – you would never expect to see our paths ... in motorcycle helmets, so letting us dip our bodies into buckets of flesh-eating fish doesn’t seem [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 04:16:29

welcome to vietnam

ah whats up peoples, its been a long time as some of you know i’ve been MIA in Vietnam ive been here for like 2 weeks so far, place is pretty dope ... the street watching haha i also saw the end result of a truck hitting a motorcycle - not pretty ... town, some buildings are lie 400+ years old (which is OLD in vietnam, considering most citys were [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 06:34:57

Comment by ABATE Kevin on Harley Davidson - How Do I Hate Thee

I grew up around riders and "bikers" and being nearly 38, I didn't see many "sports bikes" back then ... was less of a man for riding a Yamaha or a Kaw, he paid his dues in Vietnam and here on the street ... and more into public awareness. Look twice and save a life, Motorcycles are everywhere! When I ran my 2 local [more...]

Date: 2008-05-21 20:05:20

What to do in Ho Chi Minh City

This is my last night in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and I can’t even wait to get back to Singapore before I write this ... of basil and lemon-smelling meals, friendly people with limited English, motorcycle fumes, maddening ... countries or your country), then start at half that. The sellers take US dollars as well as Vietnam Dong [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 16:07:35

A Muso’s Top 10: Bonehead

Since his departure from Oasis at the turn of the millennium, ... in Reverse 7. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Spread Your Love 8. The Staple Singers - When Will We Be Paid For the Work We’ve Done 9. Jimmy Cliff – Vietnam 10. The Creation – How Does It Feel to Feel [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 18:09:56

Interview with William Lucking from Sons of Anarchy

The San Francisco Chronicle has interviewed William Lucking who plays “Piney” the Vietnam Vet who rides a trike while wearing an oxygen mask ... he has been in. Source Article “William Lucking rode many a motorcycle in films” Source: www.sfgate.com [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 14:01:15

Biker gangs! Guns! Drugs! 'Sons of Anarchy' ups the cable ante - but to what end?

In the world of cable dramas, where edginess reigns supreme, the ante has been raised yet again. “Sons of Anarchy” (9 p.m. Wednesday, FX) ... of a blank slate. “Sons” depicts a close-knit motorcycle club in Northern California, and there’s a “ ... of idealistic outsiders to a disciplined yet violent band of men who sell weapons to drug dealers [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 20:03:26

My Vet Can Still Kick Ass

I bought the above patch for my Vietnam Vet and gave it to him last week because that’s exactly how I feel about him and he said ... . When we first got together it was fun going to all the different swap meets and motorcycle functions ... . I intend to actually learn to ride my little Suzuki next year because this is my life and I’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 08:23:58

Questions

1. Why did I wake up this morning thinking about Saxby Chambliss? I don't even have a dog in that hunt anymore ... of the Vietnam War (where he lost those three limbs, btw) as unpatriotic and, perhaps, even a traitor ... ? I do not know. A student walked by, saw me getting off my motorcycle and strapping the helmet to the bike [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 15:10:00

Could You Shut The Hell Up Please?

Like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald before me, my writing has been snakebitten by alcohol. Hence, the delay between posts. Maybe this will be my For Who The Bell Tolls or The Great Gatsby. Anyways, for years, after I was involved in a funny situation or heard a really funny story, I always said, "Man that's awesome! [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 04:03:38

Heading towards the South of Vietnam involves planning everything carefully

Monday night.  There are five days left of my trip and still a little under 1,000km to go before Saigon ... some nearby plants, “a goddamned motorcycle!”.  I snapped myself out of my Scrubs-inspired ... .  “Motorcycle?” came a distant voice.  I ignored him and made my way in the general direction [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 13:20:21

dvd review: STONE

The low-budget American biker flick came into its own in the 1960s, and with a few exceptions, was pretty much played out by the end of the decade ... ), a member of the Grave Diggers motorcycle club witnesses the assassination of a local politician ... Stone (Ken Shorter), a motorcycle-riding, long-hair loner cop who decides to join the Grave Diggers [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 18:43:32

Here's An Embed Who Got It - Steve Featherstone

Steven Featherstone’s article, “Human quicksand for the U.S. Army, a crash course in cultural studies,” in the September, 2008 issue of Harpers Magazine is a much more insightful piece of analysis than anything I’ve seen lately from journalists. Mr. Featherstone embedded with an HTT (Human Terrain Team) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 19:30:00

Tropic Thunder

The problem with trying to do over-the-top Hollywood parody is that someone’s most likely already done it, only straight. Tropic Thunder Single-Disc Edition Buy this DVD For instance, the opening war movie scene, with the excessive blood spurting and the body jerking way too much from the bullets hitting [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 13:24:28

Party Favors: The Bunny Hop

CARSON CITY - Sunday morning is quiet time at the Bunny Ranch. The crisp mountain air rejuvenates the lungs after a night of breathing in a whirlwind of carnality. The parlor is tidy so there’s no remnants of Saturday night’s parties. The space is so calm that you can imagine cloistered monks nearby [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 02:52:01

Veterans Day Messages From Across The Nation

Veterans Day Messages From Across The Nation There are so many different messages I have come across, that I decided to gather them all together under one heading.  Then you can pick and choose or read all of them if you wish.  There is no special order. Bush Salutes Troops' Sacrifice, Service American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 17:28:05

Interview with Donna Volkenannt, Runner Up

Congratulations Donna! Donna Volkenannt is thrilled to be a winner in the WOW! Women On Writing and Seal Press Spring 2008 Flash Fiction Contest. She has learned that entering writing contests and belonging to a good critique group are the best ways to polish her work, which has appeared in: A Cup of Comfort for Women, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 19:56:53

STONE

STONE - director: Sandy Harbutt; starring: Ken Shorter, Sandy Harbutt The low-budget American biker flick came into its own in the 1960s, ... of the Grave Diggers motorcycle club witnesses the assassination of a local politician. Of course the fact ... ), a motorcycle-riding, long-hair loner cop who decides to join the Grave Diggers with the hope [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 18:38:54

it is important to remember that we are loved.

Cleaning out your inbox can make you cry. I have so many beautiful, ... about my dad in Vietnam and poet whispered- This is all just the blink of an eye. collage:i tried ... of lights beside your house on google earth, maybe motorcycle headlights or an image flaw [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 00:43:22

A Tale of Two ‘Nams

A Tale of Two ‘Nams November 19th, 2008 by Craig     We made it out of Vietnam, just barely…Vietnam brought on a series of emotional states for us ... . Thus, the “Tale of Two ‘Nams”.       Northern Vietnam was our first taste of the country ... up their economy and provide jobs for thousands of their fellow citizens. As we entered Northern Vietnam [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 12:27:16

Bus rides - Vietnamese Style

Remember when you were young and when your mum told you that you can have a bite of chocolate cake, ... , with their motorcycle helmets on, started turning up on the bus, I thought to myself “geez, poor things ... the motorcycle onto the bus. The bus was full and conceited me thought, this should be a fast ride since [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 15:30:08

Southern resident scours the country for old motorbikes

Travellers seeking to relax on the beaches of Phan Thiet City’s Mui Ne district often stop by Tien Dat Resort to take a look at one of the country’s ... said his love for motorbikes began as a child. “Our house was close to a motorcycle repair store.” ... , despite your love.”   Loc often travels across the country by motorcycle to find items and organises [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 13:07:35

Angels From Hell Poster Biker Movie Classics: Angels From Hell / Black Angels Saturday, June 14 / Sunday June 15 Alamo Drafthouse Downtown ( ... , the Alamo is here to give them to you. This Saturday and Sunday, in honor of the huge motorcycle ... ; incomprehensible plots, loud rock music, and unmotivated motorcycle stunts. While no one will call [more...]

Date: 2008-06-13 15:01:07

Basic Rider Course

Last Tuesday and Wednesday was spent attending the Basic Riding Course at the Honda Rider Education Center in Colton. Passing the course meant that I did not have to take the motorcycle skill test at the Department ... on a motorcycle after completing this course.There were seven of us in the class. Most interesting was Dave, a 70 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 01:58:00

Reality Check Checklist + the Best Foreword in the History of Man

My new book, Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition is now available ... buy it as a gift for people who don't know as much as you do. Reality Distortion I worked for Steve Jobs, what can I tell you? Here’s some reality distortion to convince you to buy the book [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 16:16:23

Vietnam is (un)Wired

If you can’t tell from my postings - all of Vietnam that I have seen so far is both wired and full of wifi ... with the societal disconnect I always enjoy on an extended travel. Trying to see Vietnam in 10 days is a worthy trip but to see the older Vietnam that still hasn’t been thrust into the new world order [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 01:04:18

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