So the first test run of the Bus was at AS220’s Foo Fest. Students From New Urban Arts Summer Zine Team dreamt up the Zine Factory- A one day submission to publishion machine! From 1 until 5:30 we were asking folks to make a page in response to the question- Where have you been? Where [...]
Archives for the Month of August, 2009
Wonder Boy.
Friday, 14 August 2009
Have you ever met Chris Ryan, he is un-assuming and extraordinary.
I was driving the Bus downtown late on the eve of Foo Fest. . . well after the bars closed. He was riding his bicycle west and he immediately signed on to helping me get the photocopier from the AS220 printshop.
Not only did this [...]
Fixing the lights and filling up the tank. . .
Friday, 14 August 2009
So the bus needed some work on the rear lights. Meg Turner and I hunkered down with the mess and scratched our heads like the silly silly greasy greasy print monkeys we are. . . and underwent a basic training in automotive wiring.
Hot tip from my dad- before you take everything apart, take a photo.
Lesson [...]
Painting
Thursday, 13 August 2009
In order to get ready for the Bus’s big public debut at Foo Fest much work had to be done including giving the exterior a semi-comleted new paint job. Thanks to Hardware in the Square for hooking up the great paint deal. Really big thanks to Ian and Mere for hanging out and being really [...]
Tearing up the floor
Monday, 10 August 2009
So, the old floor in the bus had gotten a lil greasy. . . It has a certain charm, one I kinda wanted to perserve, but also tighten up a little. Walker, Mikey, Jay, and Lizy came over one day and helped to rip up the old floor boards and give the interior a quick [...]