Monthly Archives: September 2015
How safety gear saved this rider’s skin in a motorcycle accident
VIDEO: Paul Bunyan is hollow but worth 50 points
VIDEO: New Maine film depicts sex, drugs amid Downeast blueberry harvest
Maine writer and filmmaker Crash Barry says drugs like Oxycontin were not hard to come by in 2004, the summer he spent raking blueberries Down East. They were everywhere. “As soon as you’re in the fields, like, drugs are readily available,” he said in an interview on Monday in Portland as he talked about his […]
VIDEO: Time-traveling banjo showman comes to Maine
Leroy Troy took to the late night stage at the Thomas Point Bluegrass Festival in Brunswick Sunday with the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band and, with the twirl of his banjo, opened a rift in time/space, whisking the crowd to the late 19th century when vaudevillians roamed the Earth. He sang funny songs, drawled jokes and […]
Take a free experienced motorcycle rider course Sept. 12-13
I took an experienced rider education course a couple weekends back courtesy of some federal grant money administered through the Maine secretary of state’s office. Read my blog post about that HERE. If you missed it, you’re in luck, they’ve got money left over that has to be spent by the end of the year. […]
VIDEO: If you look down, you’ll go down
I was motoring down Park Avenue in Portland on two wheels today, muttering to myself in my helmet as I turned left on Forest Avenue. “Head up. Squeeze both brakes. Let off. Roll on the throttle,” I chanted. “Look through the curve. You’ll go where you look.” I’ve been doing this for a solid week, […]