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Are you going to let our emotional life be run by Time Magazine?

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Hoag

America by Allen Ginsberg America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing. America two dollars and twenty-seven cents January 17, 1956. I can’t stand my own mind. America when will we end the human war? Go fuck yourself with … Continue reading →

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Fun House Gold Sprint

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Hoag

Not Quite Valentines Scavenger Hunt and Roller Race, Funhouse, 2/13/10 There aren’t a lot of opportunities to play Slayer and De La Soul in the same DJ set. An indoor bicycle race is one of those opportunities. I thought I … Continue reading →

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Buy a Dank Bag

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Hoag

Bike Messengers are disappearing quicker than icecaps, and pretty soon all that will be left are those Jimmy Johns delivery dudes, and Mark Pilder’s fantastic cornucopia of photos spanning 10 years of athletic-alcoholics in Seattle. We should all go buy … Continue reading →

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One Less Seattle Bike Messenger

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Hoag

22 Jase catchin’ out for Chicago. So long Treebeard

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Checking Out a New Bar

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Hoag

Ross is learning how to weld and he made these bull-moose handlebars. Jealous!!!

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Memorial

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Hoag

Adam’s memorial services at the Belltown Underground last night were one of the last times that so many members of Seattle’s messenger community will be in the same room together. I saw people that I hadn’t seen in years, but … Continue reading →

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When Messengers Rode in Critical Mass

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Hoag

I’ve saved this Stranger clipping since about 1997 (wow.) The cop pulls the kid off of his bike for not stopping, the kid breaks his arm in the fall and is unconscious, every body forms a circle around the cop … Continue reading →

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50 Craig Smashes One for the Workers

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Hoag

  photo by Seth Holton   Just because 50 Craig is one of the fastest messengers in Seattle doesn’t mean he’s reckless with his packages, so it was unusual when he dropped the brown-paper wrapped item out of his bag. … Continue reading →

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Mechanical Husbandry

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Hoag

I love getting paid to ride my motorcycle all day, but I also like to drive my car for work when it’s super cold and wet, because I can listen to NPR all day with the heater on. My co-worker Lee, … Continue reading →

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