well we checked into a hotel courtesy of Chino Josh, (thanks Josh), and headed out for some SLO nightlife........... Josh had something up his sleeve..........

and it turned out to be a lovely young dentist from San Francisco......bastard.

some crazy college kid shit going on,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, her parents are so proud of how she`s doing in school
.....keep up the good work, honey...mommy and daddy love you....

she was very helpful serving drinks a natural behind the bar.

fuckin` Josh...................

we rolled in, it was dark, we didn`t know were the fuck we were, let alone going...... so fireman Clayton being the man of action he is, took off and found out about some parking lot with some vintage bikes and a big screen playing that movie called the last, fast, indian? i don`t know, what ever. BORING..........

SLO .......big deal enough of those boring `Vintage` stock motorcycle photos please.......

so we decided to head up the coast to Neptunes in Malibu for some "beverages" and of course someone, Clayton, ran out of gas........ it always happens right? he gets to the station sweatin, we`re all just casually smiling. you`re not supposed to laugh out loud. hell we were ready to go. after neptunes, we got a goin`, and little by little things started falling off my bike.......really. only the best quality of craftsmanship goes into MY bike. half way between malibu and san luis obispo my coil wire kept popping off and i eventually let go of a muffler. just one though. i felt bad, everyone kept stopping until i finally said to split and that i would catch up. .... which i did at the very last gas station before we rolled into SLO.

SLO BLOWS.............. what? who said that?

I disappeared but i`ve slowly come back.........to bad fuckers. well there was this show called SLO rally and it sucked except for the people i was with and the riding. really? are shows or rallies that fun? if you said yes, you might be an idiot. they are just giant pissing contests. the best part is riding there then ridng back. the born loser and myself headed up to santa monica to meet Chino Josh, Clayton the Fireman and some crazy vegan photographer from canada named Scott. enough said. the Loser and I got messed up and spun around and I showed up at Yoshi`s without him. after some cell calls all that was known was that his bike was stuck in first gear, Damn it. he was one of the two people i like riding with the most. we all waited in santa monica to hopefully hear that his bike could be band-aided but unfortuantely that was not the case. fuck.

these two brothers are rad.... peek into the future

the bots.......................two brothers........................@ the roxy 11/13/2009.......afro punk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaorlpexbU8

Sugar Bear @ Born Free m/c show..........

i had sent an email to Sugar Bear inviting him to the Born Free Show and to my surprise i got a return reply that said, "Cya there". well i ran into him at the show and said hey and he said`Nash?`. yep.............. then i froze and probably fell into a really lame smile. luckily, Wil came along and saved me from self-imploding into a bunch of tiny floating particles. thanks Wil, i owe you one....................hey Wil, if you`re reading this, i still have those pictures/paintings for you. get in touch with me. Sugar Bear in all his glory........... check out the documentary called "Rockers: the Black Biker Experience". great section with Sugar Bear talking about early L.A. m/c history..................

Literature Lesson #8/ Movie Review

These five movies are my favorite with Night of the Iguana being my #1..... It is so incredibly fucked up and hysterical......... church tour to mexico, defrocked minister, under-aged blond bombshell, uptight potentually lesbian church lady, and an amazing Ava Gardner running a hotel deep in mexico...... this shit is amazing.

Baby Doll is right for all the wrong reasons..... men wanting something so bad then wondering what the fuck they were thinking.........

Here are two of Tennessee`s movies with Paul Newman in them.....Newman is perfect for his movies...................

And of course, everybody knows this movie, not my favorite but an absolute masterpiece..... I don`t know.... check these out i guess........

Literature Lesson #8 / Movie Review

Tennessee Williams is one of my favorite writers....... everyone has probably seen most of his movies but his written word is still by far one of the greatest. He loved dysfunction in every aspect........ emotionally, monetarily and sexually. His main characters were always so fucked up but so cool it was scary. He wrote about real life emotions and the lame things people do.......and their dirty little secrets. Some of his best writing was done while he was living in New Orleans...... the city were folks really live. unfortunately Tennessee died while he was putting eye drops in his eyes, he would pop the top off the eye drops and put the top in his mouth, lean back and put the drops in........... he ended up choking to death probably because he was so high......Tennessee loved to get high, alcohol, barbiturates and amphetamines....... it may have diminished his gag reflex. Such is the case. I know I probably bore many of you with my crap about writers and their books so I`ve decided to list my favorite movies of his.....they are all pretty amazing.

i`ve seen 4-5 bikes out right now with bits and pieces of aspects of this bike on their bikes......

best show of the year........hands down.......hard work and determination

nice meeting you takada,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

kio is #1 ..............................

chino josh is the next wave of new builders to watch.................don`t be afraid, accept change....

thank you japan..................you`re very inspirational with motorcycles and art.......... hope to see you again soon.

born-free show.................

harpoon`s paint...

i think this guy is in some band called Hanson............ i think.

brothers...........

everyone was playing so nice.........

everybody had their boys club card ready..............

who`s that criminal with the glasses in the background.......wish i knew how to photo shop.........

fear the the hand.......accept the 4q...............

ebony model.....................we`re so lucky to have him for our own in so.cal......................

these fellas are very photogenic................in real life they are hideous................

pretty pictures of birdies......................

adios fellas........................

dynamite joe......fucked up

we went back to the born-free show to pick up joe`s OTHER knuckle........ mother-fucker..... he`s sexy when he`s drunk, isn`t he...............

MASA SCULP.........................

cool guy.................... amazing artist.

time to takes some of my own medicine.........MINDPILLS

well.............since my mind has been in other places, i`ve had the luxury and good fortune to have a buddy in N.Y. send me this little blogging goody.... thanks jowers

Oy Nash,
hey I went to the Barber Vintage Festival in Alabama couple weeks ago so I'm gonna send some photos.
Vintage racing, swapmeet, amazing museum and most importantly, tons of interesting bikes and people.
Got me thinking that I have at times been such a narrow-minded wanker regarding what bikes I thought were cool or un-cool. They're bikes dumbass, they're all cool, and anyone who puts one ounce of creativity into their ride has to be ok on some level.
It's amazing to be around thousands of people and feel a connection that's focused.
Beginning to sound like an epiphany!! Shut Up.

Clay Rathburn's (Atom Bomb) latest - beautiful work

and this.....Supercharged! and check the front end!

and this......

and this.....must get to Bonneville for speed week next year

Too much love
more to come, JJ

R.I.P.

the masque and club lingerie were THE places growing up in so.cal. in the late 70`s. and mullen was the man that made it happen.