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... a little blue one actually) and ever since then, I discovered the joys of riding my bike everywhere! This is why the Bicycle Diaries caught my eye and I was eager to read it.
What a ... heard of David Byrne but he was never really someone that interested me - until I discovered just how artistic and sensitive he actually is. The Bicycle Diaries is a loving memoir about enjoying the freedom (for the ...
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Louise the librarian writes to inform us that "Bicycle Diaries" by David Byrne is available at the Fresno County Public library. Get in line now... ... list to check it out. Here is a review from another mailing list, in case you haven't heard about this book yet:
I picked up a copy of "Bicycle Diaries" for 30% off at Powell's across
the street from the Bagdad event, ...
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Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This isn't really a book about bicycling. Sure, David Byrne does bring up bicycling quite a bit as a great way to experience different places and cities, but THAT's the focus - the experience of different places. It's the thoughts of a modern citizen of the world as events take him from New York to Berlin to Buenos Aires ...
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Bicycle Diaries
(David Byrne, 320pp)
Great topics (bikes, cities, and a bit of art), but very flat writing. Byrne mentions in the foreword that he aspired to echo WG Sebald, which may have helped him sit down to write this, but it doesn't help the reader. Some things are just left out by his impersonal tone (e.g., what kind of folding bicycle did he use? Apparently, it's a Montague CX).
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... tip
Never lose the ground
You never gonna slip
If you never lose the ground Always draw the line
Never wear the frown
Should've got myself some bicycle wheels
Should've got myself some bicycle wheels
Should've got myself some bicycle wheels
On the wings of steel
There's dinosaur's in countries
Everyone that I've seen
There's dinosaur's in ...
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... that there are some great people that do try and care for cities, and for their future. The bicycle community in Texas might be very very small, but it is there. And wagging ;-)
I don't think that was ... and commutes by bicyle David Chiu, also gave interesting personal bicycle stories and points of views about our beloved city and what direction we are headed.
Your city diaries.
Shahum also said ...
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