PAINT BIKE!

As a follow up to our beloved short FABRIC BIKE.... from the back alleys of Toronto we bring you our next project PAINT BIKE! (Creative with the names no?) Major thanks to our pals Jesse Bennett & Thomas Dagg for helping us film, to Nathan, Sonny, Adam, Tom & Sara for their guest appearances, and to all our friends for generally being rad & supportive. Enjoy!

TALL BIKE BABES JOUST OFF.

Mediocre song. AMAZING video. How have we not seen this sooner (ie. two years ago).

SNOW SNOW SNOW.

Today we got our first snowfall. Now that it's officially winter in Toronto, I was reminded of these pics I took back in Brooklyn in October.... ie. the last time we biked in lots of snow during Bike Kill 8. What an awesome horrible disgustingly wet day (and still creeped out by Thomas of Horse Cycles' get up). Bring it on winter.

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope all your holidays are as shiny and awesome and ridiculous as this bike. Now go hang out with the people you love!

xoxo.

DNS

SPANDEX CATS WE LOVE!

So I'm always really interested by our blog's analytics! It's always really neat to see where people are hearing about us from, and what countries we're being visited by.

But my favourite, is that the most commonly googled phrase (second to "deadly nighshades") that leads to us is "spandex party" (appropriate) and our top post for ALL TIME (four years) is this. People sure love their spandex and cat pictures (Nightshades included - Irene has an entire wall in her house dedicated to cat art, vintage feline-themed wallpaper and all).

So, in a news update to please the masses:

1: NEW KITTENS ARE THE BEST! (although I'm officially getting no work done at home anymore). I'm usually a hardcore dog person, but this little guy is promptly winning me over.

2. (although not spandex or cat related - tricked!) As well as our short film being premiered in New York this June, the Fabric Bike itself is going to be unveiled as a part of BFF NYC's JOYRIDE art exhibit. So you should probably come to New York, check out some art, check out some films, and say hey!

Bonus points if you're wearing spandex, or have a kitten for me to hold...

TOP SECRET REVEAL: FABRIC BIKE!

It's time. The top secret project will be secret no longer.

Over the past 3 months, the Deadly Nightshades have come together on a project that combines our love of fashion, art and cycling. Documenting our process step by step, we've created our ultimate bike out of unconventional materials - to scale, 3D and down to the tiniest detail. So, after hours of sewing, constructing, screen printing, problem solving, filming & editing - we reveal our top secret project, a sneak peek the bike that has (literally) taken over our lives, and present the trailer for our short film FABRIC BIKE.

And in true DNS fashion, at the 11th hour, we're submitting it to the Bicycle Film Festival's shorts category. So wish us luck!

CYCLOTROPE.

Thanks to the ever-talented-finder-of-all-things-I-love Rozy for pointing me towards this gem. xo.

PARTY PARTY PARTY PARTY

Dear Vancouver,

See you this Friday.



A bicycle-themed dance party at the huge indoor space at W2 Storyeum. Polo starts at 6pm, the party starts at 9pm!

Featuring:
- DJs: Robin Bank$, FreeStyle Focus Group, Adam Hoogeveen, Estro-Testro! (aka Lester), Thomas Picket & others for your dancing pleasure
- Gastown Sprints
- indoor bike polo tournament
- live performances from the B:C:Clettes
- bicycle-themed projected photography, art & video from: Krista Bailie, Danielle Baker, Barbara Clayden, Shauna Eve, Greg Fenske, Randall Foster, Marc Johns, Marina Leclair, Rich Lehl, Peter Lojewski, Amanda McCuaig, Museum of Vancouver & Propellor Studios, Alyssa Nassner, Suzanne Pinn, Heather Renney, Revphil, Ernie Sunndwn Shergold, Holly Truchan, Chelsea Tully, Maitland Wright, and more!

Bring your bike in from the cold, lots of indoor bike parking. Note that beverages purchased outside W2 will not be permitted (so don't bring your own booze).

Produced by Jim Hoehnle, Chris Bentzen, and W2 Community Media Arts Society.

2010 t-shirts, Featuring art by Chris Wong. Only $10, available at the party.

$10 at the door

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Poleriders Were Inspired by the Deadly Nightshades?!

It's true. Even we had a hard time believing it, but we went over our tapes from New York with a fine tooth comb and found a quick - not to mention totally unnoticed at the time I taped it - off-camera sound bite from Andrew Katzander (this guy) claiming that the Deadly Nightshades were an inspiration for him when he started Poleriders...

For those of you who have never heard of the Poleriders, they're a team of poledancing babes who dance in costume (not naked), on a bicycle propelled platform with pole attached. Hilarious.

The video is posted here - notice the slightly sinister laugh at 0:22!!!

11pm. Bloordale. Scavenging for abandoned bike parts.

Tri-tri-tri a little harder

NEW ORLEANS, April 27th, 2010 - A three wheeled wonder from New Orleans has finally fulfilled one of humanity's greatest dreams, while also restoring hope to millions of Americans. The conceptual art world had claimed it was impossible, the bike community said it couldn't be done - but the mysteriously named 'Miss Karina', as she's known to her on-line friends proved everyone wrong when she finally discovered that it was in fact possible to turn a tricycle into a unicorn. With golden wheels, mane, horn and hooves, the unicorn trike was everything that pundits and fans alike were waiting for.
"That wrinkly, piece-of-s**t shark at the Met can lick my b**ls," said one on-line shopper. "This is what art fans have been waiting for. Did a Hirst installation ever transform my meaningless 9-5 existence into a sublime, life-altering, transcendent experience like this does? I don't f**kin' think so."
While Miss Karina was unavailable for comment, one of her assistants was on hand to inform us that "There are two pieces that can both be removed from the tricycle. The front piece can be removed and hung on a wall like a taxadermy deer or the like. The wings are on hinges so they can be out to the sides all the way or closer to the rider. There is a pretty large trunk that can smoothly be opened and closed. The bike runs surprisingly smooth. The back legs spin as you ride giving the effect that the unicorn is running. The eyes have lights in them that are LED tap lights. The structure is made from rebarb, chicken wire, papier mache, and spray (expandable) foam. This piece is designed to last forever if properly cared for."

Art Bikes by Slimm Buick

Slimm Buick seems like a bit of an eccentric who boasts on his website that he avoided traditional art school because it might "corrupt his talent", and is a former bike messenger whose work has been in the Gene Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles.  A crucial stop if I ever visit there.   

horse bike.

eyeball bikes.

fish bikes.

art bikes.