Lately I find myself craving for a bike ride in the city. The main reason for holding back: fear. Not being used to driving on the left hand side and not being used to share the road with lorries and big double-decker buses is making me think twice about this event. Just recently former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne has released an audio book on his bicylce adventures in many big cities. The introduction is to be downloaded for free via a link on his website. He explains what has drawn him to riding his bike and how various cities have developed in becoming more or less bicycle-friendly. Strangly enough popular bicycle cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen are not to be mentioned in his book, perhaps with a reason; those cities are already massively explored by bike and need no introduction or motivators. I came across his audio book while searching for Talking Heads' "Life during wartime" EP. I have the vinyl record, but wanted to add the digital version to my library as a cratch on the record disables me from listening the song properly.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
butter cheese eggs
