Snakebit Sam »
11 December 2008 »
In Editorial »
I was fooling around listening to some old music on YouTube the other day. I like going there and watching the creative videos people make with the songs. Some of them use computer created images but a lot use old photographs which bring back memories of when I was the young buck on the block.
Anyway I wanted to hear “Bomber” by the James Gang because it has underlying elements of the songs “Bolero” and “Cast Your Fate To The Wind” in it. The video I chose had an old picture of the group riding two radical choppers on a back road in the snow, pretty neat stuff.
I started thinking what other album covers had bikes on them?
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Tags: "Bolero", "Bomber" James Gang, "Cast Your Fate To The Wind", "Motorcycle Mama", easy rider, Janis Joplin, Sailcat
Snakebit Sam »
15 August 2008 »
In Events »
Museum Goes Hog Wild
The Reading Public Museum will be going “Hog Wild” when a new exhibit “Born To Be Wild, Adventures In The Art Of Motorcycle Design” opens on October 3, 2008 and runs through January 4, 2009. The exhibit will showcase 46 motorcycles of both classical and contemporary design. Centerpiece of the display will be the iconic bikes from the classic cycle movie EASY RIDER.
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Tags: arlen ness, born to be hog wild, born to be wild, captain america, easy rider, exhibit, museum, Reading, readingpublicmuseum.org