The low-down on the show-down

I am reduced at this point to posting an e-mail I sent...hope you can all make it for a historic Friday.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mellow Yellow
Date: Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:03 AM
Subject: Bike Power funspill continues to wreak havok on mundane life!!
To: brooklynmass@lists.mutualaid.org

Hey you. Yeah, you, looking so good on that bike, or unicycle. You on those roller blades, or that long-board. You, loving yourself, your streets, your city, and your community. Its summer! After a week recovering from that epic WNBR, I think I am not the only one ready to roll out together again! Below are some suggestions to maximize your good times in the coming weeks. Spread the word (FB pleez!), spread the love...

TUESDAY 6/22

OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP DANCE RIDE!
7pm Tompkins Sq Park
Dress funky fresh and ready to bust a move

FRIDAY 6/25
DITMAS (HEART) RIDES
7pm Vox Pop (Cortelyou @ Stratford, BKLYN)
Relaxed, family-friendly ride reclaiming the beautiful streets of BKLYN every Friday however the participants want!



MANHATTAN "CRITICAL MASS" + DRAG MARCH?!? (aka Revenge of WNBR NYC!) 7pm Union Square North Everyone keeps asking for more naked riding, but we will have to settle for the fact that this month CM coincides with another "un-permitted parade": The annual NYC Drag March! I will be scantily/sparkly/gender-
bendingly clad myself, and you all should join in the fun! Come early for BODY PAINTING ~5:30pm, as our pro from WNBR can't get enough either! Police presence will be heavy, so bring lights and bells...our preemptive strike of fabulous skin, wild wigs and sequined-outfits will undo NYPD's bad motorized mojo.
Followed by...
DRAG DANCE RIDE
10pm Sheridan Square at 7th and Christopher Street
From XsUp web site: "Because forty-one years ago, we learned that nothing says resistance like a street full of queens in six-inch heels. Tonight well have hundreds of them. Plus a sound bike! A festive celebration of bikes, colors, streets and New York's unique culture of resistance. Drag is what you make it."

FRIDAY JULY 2

!ST FR!DEAY!
7pm Union Square North
Pirate radio transmitting funky music for the new Critical Mass on the First Friday of the month! Two bike sound systems plus an army of FM radios strapped to our bikes will have the streets of NYC booming with bike power. This is serious!!!!

DITMAS (HEART) RIDES
7pm Vox Pop (Cortelyou @ Stratford, BKLYN)
Relaxed, family-friendly ride reclaiming the beautiful streets of BKLYN every Friday however the participants want!

STATEN ISLAND CRITICAL MASS
7pm Meet at Steps of Staten Island Borough Hall

Alrighty, thats plenty for now. My apologies if you get this multiple times, as I am still fine-tuning the list. If you want to get off of this spam-train, just let me know and I'll pull the emergency break and take you off!

If you just can't get enough of this, please follow on twitter and check out the blog which will someday soon be updated again!

Ride Safe,
Mellow Yellow
twitter: critmasspanic

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