Beginning in June 2005, members of Visual Resistance have been creating small and somber memorials for New York City bicyclists killed by automobiles. Each time a biker is killed, a bicycle painted all white is locked to a street sign and a small stenciled plaque is bolted in place above it.
The installations are meant as reminders of the tragedy that took place on an otherwise anonymous street corner, and as quiet statements in support of bikers’ right to safe travel. It was inspired by Ghost Bike Pittsburgh, which was in turn inspired by a similar effort in St. Louis. In recent months, Ghost Bikes have appeared in cities across the country, as well as in the UK. visualresistance.org/wordpress/ghostbikes
Unfortunately this doesn’t seem to be available on Google Video, whose player has random access along the timeline. The You Tube player annoyingly needs to load fully before you can choose a location, and it doesn’t seem to cache in my browser. So I’ve had to restart the damn thing three times, and listen to the intro three times and still haven’t gotten to the end of the lecture. This isn’t so bad for the usual under-ten-minutes You Tube Video, but this one is almost an hour long. We’ll listen to the end together.
Cory mentions some problem he has with Google Video’s drm, that I guess does not apply to You Tube. Maybe this is why it is on You Tube.
Actually: “The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo,” a Dada Cabaret act, what Danny Elfman (on trombone) was doing prior to Oingo Boingo and creating lots of great film music for Tim Burton among others. You get to see some classic Chuck Barris, Shari Lewis, Bill Bixby and Buddy Hackett as well. Very entertaining.
Via Boing Boing
