http://www.undertheconcrete.org Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:10:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How can you resist her? She has been spayed and has all her shots. http://www.undertheconcrete.org/2010/03/08/yes-pedal-is-still-looking-for-a-good-home/ Check out the print version of the Noise to read a nicely edited version of this article. Chuck does good work. Here is my article before the sweep of his magical editing pen... Note: this is the first installment of a bicycle-related column in The Noise. If you or someone you ... http://www.undertheconcrete.org/2010/03/01/city-shenanigans-leave-bicyclists-with-no-options/ Pedal needs a home! On the second day of riding to Big Mountain, we pedaled into the night. It was dark and snowy. About 40 miles from the base of Black Mesa, we found a puppy. Or rather, a puppy found us. Carly and I were riding side by side ... http://www.undertheconcrete.org/2010/02/06/adopt-pedal/ I count 35 sheep, which means one is missing from the herd. I quickly retrace the tracks in the fresh snow that fell the day we arrived, pausing to scan the snowy landscape. Squinting through sagebrush, veering from one juniper to another, zigzagging through narrow washes and frozen ponds and ... http://www.undertheconcrete.org/2010/01/31/pedaling-for-big-mountain-where-resistance-is-self-defense/ The NO COAL Pedalers, is a pedal-powered caravan up to the Big Mountain region of Black Mesa, where we will be volunteering our labor and as many resources as we can bring, assuring a safe winter for those communities resisting relocation efforts by the US government on behalf of the ... http://www.undertheconcrete.org/2009/12/07/joinsupport-the-no-coal-pedalers/ Novelist H.G. Wells once said, “When I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the human race.” Given that the Arizona Daily Sun recently reported that “according to the city's 2012 Regional Plan, about 9 percent of all trips in Flagstaff are made by bicycle. The ... http://www.undertheconcrete.org/2009/12/07/hg-wells-flagsprints-and-rebuilding-the-pedal-powered-community/ In a recent appearence on the Havasupai reservation, Flagstaff mayor Sara Presler voiced strong solidarity with Native and environmental groups who oppose the expansion of Snowbowl and the making of artificial snow with the City's reclaimed sewage water. Listen to the whole thing HERE She says that she uses this case ... http://www.undertheconcrete.org/2009/10/12/flagstaff-sara-presler-is-against-snowmaking/ I'm a bit late posting this, but below is the third installment of my series on the Peaks fiasco. The below peice is unedited. If I were you, I'd pick up a polished copy of The Noise, pronto! .......... By denying the petition to hear the case regarding local tribe’s religious and ... http://www.undertheconcrete.org/2009/10/06/no-reallywhat-is-in-the-wastewater/ The Universe is our Holy Book The Earth our Genesis The Sky our sacred scroll The Animals our teachers The Mountains our prophets The Winds our equations The Birds our prayers The Flowers our miracle The Sun our source The Moon our messenger The Waters our testaments The World our study The Great Mystery our Grandfather and Grandmother, indeed Our Beginning and our ... http://www.undertheconcrete.org/2009/08/28/the-peaks-in-context-part-2-a-thousand-different-mountains-on-the-san-francisco-peaks/ This is the Taylor Fire, burning 22 miles or so, southeast of Flagstaff. For two days, now, we've had these strange (fake) sunsets. It is supposed to be monsoon season, not fire season. Weird shit! The fire was reported in the morning on the 16th. Here is the Forest Service's "fact ... http://www.undertheconcrete.org/2009/08/17/this-sunset-is-brought-to-you-byforest-fires/