PROPS: TOY RIDE
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deesimple at 12.15.07 - 4:31 am
So TOY RIDE is done..Thanks to all that put that hard work into it.
The entertainment was kicks ass .Too bad the setup affected it and the power going out did not help.
All efforts was on volunteer basis
Thanks to MONTE NEGRO for fucken playing after 3 times that power died.
Damm fucken sports..
Thanks to Self Help
Thanks to Nelson,Patrick ,Raymond,Eric,Celeste and the route leads.
Nixon,SpeedyBrian,Marcus,PC,Dak,Fuzzbeast,User1.
Im a bit dissapointed on turn out.Guess we gotta get some new blood doing the rides.I tried.Oh well , kids will be smiling.
Dedicate it to my 12 yr old brat and all the brats in your families.
Peace and Happy Holidays
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I was expecting "hugely fucking enormous" and it was merely huge. Was it something we said?
It was still good, though. We came up with a nice pile of toys for the rug rats. That always feels good. Also plus too, I got a present!!!1!!!11!! Drew from San Diego presented me with a brand new one of those foldy cup things--not just a foldy cup thing, but a foldy cup thing ensemble! Sustainable boozing is on like Lincoln Fong!
Anyway, for those of you who showed up and brought your toys and whatnot, you made a banana very happy.
PC12.15.07 - 5:11 am
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deesimple - you rock man!!!
yummy tamales, kick-ass band, free beer = very tight party!!
speedybrian200012.15.07 - 9:56 am
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Great Ride..FUN TIME..THANKS MONTE NEGRO!!!!!!!
2bikes12.15.07 - 10:21 am
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Great ride Dee thanks to all of you and self help graphics and the tamales were fucking AWESOME
A sincere Thankyou to JOE BORFO and MR. ROLLERS for printing and laminating the Hollywood route spoke cards!! where was Borfo last night anyway??
Roadblock12.15.07 - 11:47 am
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I was wondering the same thing Roadblock: Where the hell was Borfo?
Agent Orange12.15.07 - 11:51 am
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ChelleFish here. I was a Midnight Ridazz virgin and had my first ride last night. I can't remember having so much fun! Drew from San Diego mentioned it last weekend, and now I'm hooked. See you again soon!!
ChelleFish12.15.07 - 12:34 pm
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those tamales were so goddamn good. i should have bought some to take home.
dave c12.15.07 - 12:34 pm
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Fun ride! It was a long one, but me & the unwrapped toy in my backpack were feeling good. Thanks to the Westsidazz who let me catch a ride back with them. Here's the approx route that we took: (did we turn on Fig or Main?)
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1499384
hatehills12.15.07 - 12:51 pm
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Last night while I was helping collect the toys many people asked me where would they go. I had no idea and I felt weird about that and so did the people who asked me.
Trickmilla told me "Toys for Tots". Is that correct? If it is I have a problem with that.
I have no doubt that the toys will be distributed to needy children but if it's from Toys for Tots they will be distributed by US Marines in uniform. No offense to my US Marine vets bike buddies but I don't want little children brainwashed that Santa is a soldier. I'd rather tell them that Santa rides a bike.
More info on Toys for Tots
here
Since the Fire Dept was collecting the toys I think it probably wasn't Toys for Tots but it was LAFD's
Spark of Lovetoy program and I'm fine with that.
marino12.15.07 - 1:42 pm
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I was under the impression this was a toy drive for the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Fire fighters and a Santa Claus distributes toys to families who are in need or have suffered a catastrophic event, (fire, head of household job loss, etc).
I believe this is a better image for kids anyway, fire fighters are always the unsung heroes of our society.
skd12.15.07 - 2:02 pm
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that was SO AWESOME!!!
SUPER PROPS to everyone involved!!!!!!
redridinghood12.15.07 - 2:19 pm
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Toys went to LAFD Spark Of Love-
Mr Rollers -man, major props ,true volunteer spirit.
Borfo-where were you?
Thanks to all Ridazz..
They forgot to take a small yellow hotwheels tractor.
Sorry to say its mine now.
Some one forgot a gray Camelbak I got it , hit me upif its yours.
deesimple12.15.07 - 5:40 pm
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someone left a scarf at the after after party. Let me know if it's yours.
brassknuckle12.15.07 - 7:17 pm
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props all the way around. dee, raymond, trickmilla, monte negro, tamale vendor, self help graphics, beer drinking bike nuts...props to everyone who did anything to make this happen.
eric12.16.07 - 12:27 am
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BTW, that was so cute how everybody was exchanging spoke cards all night. "Ooh, can I have one of your Hollywood cards?" "I'll give you a Long Beach one for a NELA one." "Here, have a West Side card, they're hand-colored!" What a bunch of fucking nerds. <3<3<3
PC12.16.07 - 4:16 am
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Just because no one would trade with you, doesn't mean you should pick on the cool kids. Maybe you should re-evaluate who the 'nerd' must be.
With love....
and Watt still has it even if he was sick.
stevo412.16.07 - 7:01 am
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does any one have extra cards, i did not get a hollywood,Westside or LBC,or NELA.?
deesimple12.16.07 - 11:37 am
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ruinedbyidiots says he got a NELA card even though he didnt do their route. huzzah!
skano12.16.07 - 11:43 am
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Lots of Hollywood spokecards left over. I'll throw some in my bag; hit me up when you see me next.
mr rollers12.16.07 - 1:05 pm
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I want one.
PC12.16.07 - 1:41 pm
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Someone left $12 on the LA River path. Jeronimo picked it up and is saving it for you since the liquor stores in Burbank were already closed. Just give him the serial numbers and their yours.
toweliesbong12.16.07 - 3:36 pm
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I had been looking forward to this ride all fucking week, than I knocked my teeth out biking to school that morning and to spend all day and night in the hospital getting pumped full of morphine and vicodin.
bone_yer_bike12.16.07 - 5:46 pm
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PC! I sure am happy I'm not one of those spoke card trading nerds... pshh. who likes spoke cards anyway!?
But seriously, if you forget to give me a Long Beach spoke card I'll turn you into banana baby food!
mixtemotions12.16.07 - 8:16 pm
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Mr. rollers,
Please shoot me one of those sweet Hollywood spoke cards, for the arvchive I am starting. Thanks!
P.C. gave me a Long Beach card (the ride I actually did), Skidmarcus gave me two West L.A. cards (as each was unique) and Tern gave me a East L.A. card already.
Sorry I didn't see you or RRH at the party, I had to leave to catch a train.
Creative Thing12.16.07 - 8:21 pm
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Damn bone_yer_bike, sorry to hear your story. I hope you're feeling better today!
Here's ~~~*~~~*~~~ sending ~~~*~~~*~~~ positive ~~~*~~~*~~~ healing ~~~*~~~*~~~ energy ~~~*~~~*~~~
Thanks to all that put out alot of time and effort to make this thing happen. Especially deesimple, trickmilla, Mr. Raymond and all you others behind the scene. A big big THANK YOU to Self Help Graphics for getting behind us and supporting us. I hope we left your place cleaner than what we found it. If we left on good terms, can we use you guys as reference next year?
Really I think we are a tribe that likes to stay outdoors, even if the party's inside. Next year I hope we can do it all outside. Doesn't matter if it's Under Spring or somewhere else, we rock it outside!
And lastly a BIG UP to everyone that was from out of town that came to roll with us! It was such a treat to see all you guys and girls roll up. You ridazz freakin rule!!! You made the ride happen!!!
User112.16.07 - 8:48 pm
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Definitely big thanks to you organizers and volunteers, Deesimple, Trickmilla, Mr. Raymond, and all the musicians and ride leads. I hope the night was memorable for all!
Also for the westside card helpers I really wanted to thank you personally, Mixtemotions, Kathryncubcakes, Fuzzbeast, Steveo4, Richtotheie, Spiraldemon, Cabhauler, Roger and I am not sure if you colored any but also Kyber, KatacyclesNY2LA, Stevestevesteve and GarySe7en. These guys all colored the cards and should be loved, appreciated and showered in accolades too! To those that have one, you should be able to find who colored it written in color on the card.
Richie and I had a blast driving the "PaceCar" for the ride. Not only did allow us to carry more and larger presents, it also freed our hands and lungs to make even more noise! Thanks AlexThompson for the megaphone!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL UNIQUE AND SPECIAL SNOWFLAKES!!!
SKIDMARCUS12.16.07 - 9:29 pm
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Sweet, some person on the westside ride who shall remain nameless didn't believe they were unique. Nice to know that SANTA IS REAL!
toweliesbong12.16.07 - 9:54 pm
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Money on the bike path...that would be my buddies beer/King Taco money he cried about losing.
jdaz3212.16.07 - 9:58 pm
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Here's your man Towliesbong
jdaz3212.16.07 - 10:03 pm
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Jeronimo still has it and was going to wait to see if someone posted the lost cash so I guess I kinda fucked up and spilled too much infomation too soon! Email me contact info at lodesprotosites at gmail.
toweliesbong12.16.07 - 10:16 pm
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Roger that....emails away!
jdaz3212.16.07 - 10:23 pm
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Just keep in mind that it was JERONIMO's idea to hold the cash in lost and found. If it was up to me we would have spent it on booze on the way home. hahahah. Since we're up here and jeronimo's down in OC I'll talk to you guys tomorrow.
toweliesbong12.16.07 - 10:40 pm
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Please Please hook me up with a WESTSIDE hand colored card..That is the shotsnick..
Marcus-Please tell me you ,someone has pics of you guys in a fuckem pace car..Thats fucken money..Were you gusy yelling on the megaphone?
deesimple12.17.07 - 12:28 am
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duh they were yelling in the megaphone. i want to see the pics of me fighting not franz.
ruinedbyidiots12.17.07 - 12:36 am
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Yeah Dee, you were one person i really tried to get one too! I will save one for the next time.
Yeah, where are the Pacecar pics????? Richie's got AWESOME footage of us not getting arrested and riding DT and the tunnel!!
MIDNIGHT DRIVAZZ!!!
SKIDMARCUS12.17.07 - 12:57 am
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Pace car eluded the cops too! Whoever was driving has got some skills!
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User112.17.07 - 1:21 am
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Awesome times!
Many Dee and Mr.Ray cannot be thanked enough for all the behind the scenes work AND hooking up the loot to put this on.
This simply would not have happened without them.
There is way too many to thank but most have been listed above so let me just say I love Midnight Ridazz moe today than yesterday but not as much today as tomorrow...
@ Marino: sorry I was handing out bad information during my DJ set I was uninformed about the exact name of the charity and was trying to decide if the ridazz wanted metal, new wave, or booty bass.
trickmilla12.17.07 - 5:24 pm
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Back safe in SD.
A huge thank you to all who put in so much time and effort to make the ride so fun. And for giving my friend Michelle (chellefish) such a great first taste of MR life.
Mostly though I wanted to thank ALL OF YOU for your warmth and generosity at every turn. What an amazing bunch of people you are.
See ya in the street,
Drew12.18.07 - 12:24 am
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PS: Anybody know the girl in black to the right of the guy with the yellow shirt? She rode the ride and was taking photos like crazy. She said she was "working" but wouldn't really say who for. I don't need any info on her. But if you know her; tell her she owes us some pictures posted on the site.
I'm just sayin,
Drew12.18.07 - 1:05 am
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Glad to meet you and Chellefish on the Gold Line. Fun riding with both of you.
mk452412.18.07 - 8:05 am
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Was she asian????
I remember at the start of the Murder on the Moon pre-party she was taking pictures.... I think she is the one that posted a couple of weeks back asking for ride details to take pictures for her (newspaper, magazine???) article. We told her to meet up with the toy ride start point for the bigger ride.
DeKadenzy12.19.07 - 10:43 am
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Her name is Linda and Meandmybluebike knows her.
stevo412.19.07 - 10:52 am
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Cool,
Annie, if you do in fact know her; can you see if she'll gift us with pics.
She was shooting more than Blackwater.
Errrr.....Ummmm ...... you know what I mean.
Drew12.19.07 - 11:03 am
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props to dee dee for really doing a whole lotta work to make sure everyone had a good time.
great job Dee!!
Mr. Raymond12.19.07 - 1:02 pm
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I'm sure some of you saw the news awhile ago regarding Self Help Graphics. It looks like they've lost their building due to some fucks that could careless about keeping it going, and the child abuse scandal that's rocked the Catholic Archdiocese.
The Archdiocese did not notify Self Help that the building was for sale or pending sale. "Given our organization's close history with the Catholic Church, we are shocked and dismayed that not only were we not afforded the opportunity to purchase the building, this deal was conceived in secrecy," said Armando Duron, Self Help Graphics & Arts board of directors president.
From their site,
Press Conference Announcement.
Barring a miracle, (pun intended), I doubt the artists that call this site theirs will have reprieve from this decision. Sure we could root them on, but I think now is the time to look at plan B for our toy drive this December.
A birdie told me that
Under Spring @ Farmlab would be an awesome place to have our shindig. So I would think the sooner we ask about this, the better position we'll be in getting it.
You can read more about the sale of this valuable community resource
here.
Two Sexy Four This Tread07.14.08 - 10:23 pm
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