Krista, una antigua estudiante Erasmus de Alcalá nos ha escrito pidiendo que demos publicidad a una camapaña de una ONG que está moviendo. Nosotros encantados de ayudar :)
Tell Us Your Story is giving people the opportunity to recognise and reward others who have made a positive impact on their lives or in their community over the past year. Entries are submitted online here.
For every entry Aviva (who launched the campaign) will donate £1 to the Street to School Programme – a global initiative helping get kids off the streets and back into education.
With a weekly prize of £1000 be awarded to the local hero that captures the hearts of visitors to the site and receives the most votes and an overall winner will be chosen by a celebrity judging panel for a prize worth £10,000 – they may be saying Thank You right back.
Eate viernes os dejamos con Ginzhu, un grupo belga que fue de lo mejor que vimos en el Werchter del año pasado. En directo desde Ancienne Belgique, una de mis salas favoritas.
We start the weekend with Ginzhu, Belgian group that rocked last year’s Werchter, much to our delight. This video was recorded in Ancienne Belgique, one of my favourite venues.
Germán, Lema, Gordo y yo deberíamos estar en Cuba para pedalear durante 3 semanas por la isla. Casualidades del destino hicieron que una compañía aérea quebrara y nos quedásemos con ese sueño. Bueno pues el jueves por la noche, como una noche cualquiera de verano, nos juntamos con Germán y en un medio calentón se nos ocurrió subir el Gurugú en bici. Lema se lo perdió porque esá en Finlandia, aunque dudo que hubiera consentido a este ataque de épica. Acabamos viendo amanecer sobre los cerros mientras íbamos a Azuqueca a desayunar huevos fritos.
Right now we should be in Cuba with Lema and Germán. Unfortunately, the airline went bust and we were left with little more than a dream. The other night we met with Germán here in Alcalá, and we decided that climbing mont Gurugú, near Alcalá, was a nice summer night’s bravado. And so we did. Pitty Lema was missing, although I’m not sure he would have been so keen to join… Later, we watched the sunrise over the ‘cerros‘, the mountains that surround Alcalá, while we cycled to Azuqueca to have some fried eggs for breakfast.
we seldom get to post while we both are in the same place. This week’s video was suggested by Bea, and it’s the first single of the New York band Scissor sisters. With love, from Madrid
Rara vez tenemos ocasión para postear cuando estamos en el mismo sitio los dos. Desde Madrid, esta semana el video que os presentamos es el primer single del nuevo álbum de los Scissor sisters, por recomendación de nuestra colega Bea.
Esta semana nuestro vídeo de la semana tiene que ser Muse en directo. ¿Por qué? Porque el miércoles estaremos en el Calderón viéndoles tocar. ¡Qué ganas por favorrrr!
This week our TGIF video has to be Muse playing live. Why? Because on Wednsday we will in Madrid watching them rock. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
A few posts ago I was telling you about the Giromania! in Amsterdam. Later that same day I went to the Bicycle Film Festival (BFF). The BFF is a global festival that’s held in different cities every year and that showcases films about bikes. I must say it was as cool as it sounds. Really.
The Festival was divided in three sessions. First there was a collection of Urban bike shorts, and the second and third session each had a short and a long film. You can read the complete programme here: http://www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/amsterdam/
As in any festival, some films were better than others, but overall I really enjoyed it. Bicycles, films, beer… what’s there not to like! I’ve searched for a few of the short films I liked, and here are two I found: Bike Ride, by Tom Schroede.
And the trailer for Soul of Steel, a Portrait of the legendary Italian Frame Builder Giovanni Pelizzoli aka “Ciocc” . Ciocc shares his wisdom and life story while handbuilding a revolutionary new frame for urban fixed gear cycling. Ciocc demonstrates that the tradition and craft of framebuilding’s Golden age can be re-born and push the technical frontier of Cycling’s future.
ANIMA D’ACCIAIO
(SOUL OF STEEL)
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN (SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH)
A film by Daniel Leeb of Cinecycle Productions
After the festival, we went to the opening of Sur Place, and exhibition about urban cycling and fixed gear bikes. Lots of bike porn, pictures of riders after near-death experiences and a cool wee track that went around the whole place.
On top of the beers and the good music, there was a sprint competition -naturally.
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