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Naked bikers needed for Flaming Lips music video to be shot in Portland next week

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Art Bike Parade at Cirque du Cycling-58
The flash of naked riders
is an annual sight in Portland
(Photo © J. Maus)

The World Naked Bike Ride doesn't roll around again til June, but Portlanders will have a chance next week to ride naked around Mt Tabor as part of an upcoming Flaming Lips music video.

I spoke about the shoot, set for Wednesday, with Flaming Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne during a break in preparing for the band's appearance tonight on the Colbert Report.

Coyne was enthused about his plan. He said he got the idea from the scene at the end of the musical Hair: "You know how it's a bunch of freaked out naked people climbing some mountain with blood and fire and finding some new civilization there -- so I thought of Portland, right?" (more...)

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An Xtracycle-powered, 'Pleasant Revolution' is coming to Portland

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
The Ginger Ninjas playing an
impromptu gig in a plaza in
Guadalajara while locals pedal
to generate electricity.
(Photo: Ginger Ninjas)

A bike-powered band that roams the globe on fully-loaded Xtracycles to bring the good word of a sustainable lifestyle to everyone that cares to listen. If that's not the type of band many Portlanders can get behind, I don't know what is.

The Ginger Ninjas -- a band headed up by Xtracycle co-founder Kipchoge Spencer -- will be riding through Portland this weekend and they're looking for places to put on their "pedal-powered rock show".
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