Acid Sweat Lodge

See? It doesn't take much. The Acid Sweat Lodge is the definitive guide to retro counter-culture and aspects of the universe that lie just under all of our horizons. You can pledge your support in three benefactor levels, and they've just released the GOONS Report, a visual rundown of the last year's category updates.

Ariel Books

Dropped by Ariel Books in The Rocks at lunch, look at all the bikes!

Had my fingers around the back of your chair, you'd never miss a thing but you missed me there

File under: Inspiration. James Bowden is a very talented and enterprising photographer. He and his mates have created this beautiful book about their bicycle and surfboard powered adventure down the western coast of France. Quite the extraordinary tale is told, in The Bourgeois Bicycle Caravan. Head over to James Bowden's website to read the rest of the intrigue and purchase your copy, a must for any bicyclophile or adventure photography enthusiast. Via the Bike Blog Book!

Each time the wind blows I hear your voice so

Here's a sneak peek of some of the illustrations Chris Koelle has created for Bike Snob NYC's book. Loving the casual editorial style, and how apt are these genres! Via My Love For You!

It's skin week on 002, here's a grand bit of ink from Daniel Albrigo. He's also put out a book of his incredible paintings with an intro by Genesis P. Orridge from Thee Temple of Psychick Youth. Who? If you have to ask, you'll never know!

The Saint by Leslie Charteris

From the vault: The Saint by Leslie Charteris. What about Patricia Holm?

Don't read books on Gaian Theory

...it gets you excited about space colonies. And bicycles. Via Scott Hansen.

When the wall starts talking back

Always interesting and inspiring to see what Dmote's up to. Check his RVCA blog out here. While you're at it, check out Erin Wasson's RVCA blog too.

Hell's Angel

Reading this at the moment, a great insight into the world of Ralph 'Sonny' Barger and the Hell's Angels. He actually says he would prefer to ride a BMW but there you go, we shape our environment, thereafter it shapes us.