Willie Kyle

Video: Moscow motorcyclist's crazy high-speed commute — Autoblog

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:06:59 -0500

Video: Moscow motorcyclist's crazy high-speed commute — Autoblog

Where’s Matt?

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:20:22 -0400

Where’s Matt?

Horrified squirrel makes heroic escape, shoots amazing amounts...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:08:27 -0400

Horrified squirrel makes heroic escape, shoots amazing amounts of pellet turds out of ass on the way out the front door.

Grown men weep with joy/relief.

Scaredy squirrel busts out from behind the fridge.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:35:47 -0400

Scaredy squirrel busts out from behind the fridge.

Scaredy squirrel all up in the studio part 1

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:08:00 -0400

Scaredy squirrel all up in the studio part 1

Just heard one of my diddies in an arby’s commercial! Go me! Everyone else can suck...

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:09:59 -0400

Just heard one of my diddies in an arby’s commercial! Go me! Everyone else can suck it. ‘Cause you know, if you wanna rock ass, you RAWK in a fast food advertisement. I would never eat their HFCS laden, taste like ass, “food” though. Actually I totally would. Then I’d piss out my ass. Anyhoo, I fuckin rock and you don’t. Also the song I wrote is the opposite of rock. Which still tears your face off. Bitch ass.

themattsmith: danielholter: I’d advise you, should you have an...

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:04:53 -0400

themattsmith:

danielholter:

I’d advise you, should you have an extra $70,000 sitting around and you’re contemplating buying that beautiful 7’ Steinway B you’ve always wanted, to save your money… here’s TheMattSmith, inspired by his $20 organ purchase this morning, recording an overdub on the upright Baldwin piano that I got, for free, from my parents.

Pfft, that Steinway sounds FINE, if you like your piano in TUNE and shit.

Never mind that 414 that cost me $500.

Jerks.

i miss owning a motorcycle.

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:03:44 -0400

themattsmith:

altidude:

themattsmith:

(via thankgodtitsfriday)

i would very much like to own a motorcycle.

Doooo iiiiiit Matt! Some good deals on Craigslist right now.

I need to take the rider’s safety class and everything. I’ve never driven one before.

Yeah well, don’t EVEN think about having like 1 drink and then tooling ‘round town on it.

I did, and I ended up face down next to a heap of metal that used to be my bike.

I was OK ,but that was last time I rode.

Anyway, ENJOY!

If this doesn’t put a smile on your face then go fuck...

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:41:26 -0500

If this doesn’t put a smile on your face then go fuck yourself.

My 21 year old daughter and her party till you puke crew hosted...

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:13:07 -0500

My 21 year old daughter and her party till you puke crew hosted my old ass at Radford U this weekend. I participated in several beer games, laughed at the drunken kids, and at the moment this picture was taken, I was carded!

Matchbox cars collection circa 1976. I was shocked to learn this...

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:07:27 -0500

Matchbox cars collection circa 1976. I was shocked to learn this stuff brings the money it does at auction. I believe this picture shows $500-$750 worth.

18 pounds of bad attitude and dander

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:03:05 -0500

18 pounds of bad attitude and dander

Sitting in an airport for 4 hours waiting to take a 15-20 minute...

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:01:03 -0500

Sitting in an airport for 4 hours waiting to take a 15-20 minute flight. I could drive home, drive back here, and drive back home in the same amount of time. Unless my flight is delayed :)

jesuisme: (via myhelterskelter)

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:26:40 -0500

jesuisme:

(via myhelterskelter)

themattsmith: littletinyfish: For TheMattSmith, who is in need...

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:41:24 -0500

themattsmith:

littletinyfish:

For TheMattSmith, who is in need of a primer regarding Fixed Gear culture:

A fixed gear bike is a bike with only a single gear and a direct drive train. There is no freewheel, only a fixed cog, so when the bike is moving you have to be pedaling. No coasting allowed. Fixed gear folks believe you have more of a connection to the road, similar to the feeling you get when driving a standard transmission car versus an automatic.

The single gear ratio means that you have to find the correct gear ratio for your environment which can be difficult in hilly areas. If your ratio is too low your legs will be spinning like crazy on the downhills. If your ratio is too high you’ll be killing yourself on the uphills.

In an area like Milwaukee, with only a few steep grade hills, I run a ratio of 44 teeth in the front and 16 in the back.

The first bicycle was fixed, but even after further developments it was apparant that the direct drive was still ideal for track racing. Short distances around the velodrome didn’t require more than one gear and the races were more like sprints…go as fast as you can…and less like marathons in which strategy and energy need to be taken into consideration. Fixed gear culture started it’s rise to popularity within the bike messenger scene. Long hours in constant traffic make a fixed gear ideal because of the relatively few parts that can break down. Because you can stop yourself by pedaling backwards you can ride without handbrakes. Because it’s a singlespeed you don’t have to worry about front and rear derailleurs. It also makes the bike significantly lighter.

Fixed Gear culture has kinda gotten a bad name because of the elitism as well as the priviledge that has turned it into a fad. Fixed gears rose it popularity because they were cheap, but the market eventually got to it and some deluxe parts have turned it into a pricey venture. For some riders it’s about finding a discarded bike and converting it. For others it’s about riding a track bike on the street. And yet others ride stock fixed gears specifically designed for city riding. For some reason fixed gear riders also like to color coordinate their bike. This is probably mostly due to hipster vanity, but it also kinda makes sense. If you love your bike, you want it too look good. It’s easy to get over-excited about a fixed gear. It’s a zen-like ride that is also fun so it’s easy to believe that it is the pinnacle of bikes.

Then trick culture started up and people started treating their track bikes like BMX bikes. This kinda pisses off the BMXers, who believe Fixed Gear tricksters are actually taking a step backwards. BMX bikes were designed for tricks; Track bikes were designed for the track. Nevertheless this hasn’t stopped local darlings like Ben’s Cycle/The Milwaukee Bicycle Company coming up with some very cool innovations. Doublewide reinforced chains and internally threaded front brakes (so you can do barspins without getting your cables all tangled up).

I didn’t understand the point of the bike until I got one myself, but now I love it. But I also love my singlespeed Bridgestone mountain bike with big fat tires and fenders. And I love my Ten-speed Univega…but I love and understand my Univega more now because I spent a few years on bikes without gears.

There is a lot more specific elements I could talk about, but I’m not entirely sure what you’re curious about or if I’ve bored you already, so if you have any other questions let me know.

Thanks so much! That was EXACTLY the kind of primer I needed.

Gotta be careful with a fixie folks. You may lose a finger changing a flat. Really.

Record grooves under an electron microscope

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:20:40 -0500

Record grooves under an electron microscope

Guitar-playing birds

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:19:00 -0500

Guitar-playing birds:

The finch with the stick fucking rocks ass

We want to use a 1910 ice box as a fridge. Tell me it’s a...

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:08:38 -0500

We want to use a 1910 ice box as a fridge. Tell me it’s a good idea.

Porno groove pink vinyl pumping nasty through a pilot 590 pre...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:42:05 -0500

Porno groove pink vinyl pumping nasty through a pilot 590 pre then penetrating deep into a pilot 232, finally squirting all over some dirty Jensen drivers.

danielholter: Ok, what?! I love my Benchmark converters as much...

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:14:17 -0500

danielholter:

Ok, what?!

I love my Benchmark converters as much as anyone, but an iPod playing mp3s through a $2000 DAC? I think not.

Putting an mp3 through a high end DAC is like shoving a turd through a sausage maker.