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NSFW (but safe for people): 5 questions for Portland’s brainy bike pornographer

The inimitable Phil Sano.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) For some people, the connection between bikes and sexuality starts and ends with 5,000 nude bodies at this Saturday’s World Naked Bike Ride. For seven years, the man who created Bike Smut has been proving that those people aren’t thinking nearly big enough. Next Wednesday, Portland-based porn pro … Read more


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New, weekly ‘Bike Smut’ show coming to Clinton St. Theater

Phil Sano outside the Clinton Street Theater last Friday.(Photo © J. Maus) Fresh off his “Bike Smut” world tour, filmmaker, nudity activist, and bike fun provocateur Phil Sano (a.k.a. “Reverend Phil”) is launching a new weekly show at the Clinton Street Theater. Here’s more from Sano via a press release sent out this morning: Bike … Read more


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Updated: Movie trailer: What happened to Critical Mass in Portland?

What has happened to Critical Mass in Portland? A trailer has just been completed for a forthcoming documentary that will explore that question: A Post Critical Mass Portland: Living in a Post-Revolutionary Bicycle Age. You can watch it here: A Post-Critical Mass Portland: Living in a Post-Revolutionary Bicycle Age from Joe Biel on Vimeo.


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Phil Sano found guilty for traffic violations in taser incident

Photo from the scene on June 10th, 2008.(Photo: Ian Stude) Phil Sano was in court today to fight two traffic violations related to an incident that occurred back on June 10th. Also in the courtroom to testify were both Portland Police officers involved in the incident; Ron Hoesly and Erin Smith. The officers allege that … Read more


Man on a bike is tackled, then tasered by Portland Police

Photo from the scene at SE 7th and Alderlast night.(Photo: Ian Stude) A Portland man says he was tackled, pushed off his bike, and then tasered repeatedly by a Portland Police officer in Southeast Portland last night. The Portland Police Bureau, in a written statement about the incident, say that Phil Sano (a.k.a. “Rev Phil”) … Read more