EDINBURGHWhen I was a Glasgow courier Buffalo Bill used to pester me at Messenger Events to start a BMA but I had to repeatedly* explain to him how little time the then members of Westcoast Messengers spent sober and I could tell he was disappointed at our lack of enthusiasm for bureaucracy. Well he can be happy now because it looks like there's finally going to be a Scottish BMA to work Head-to-Head with the London BMA ...what's that? London doesn't have a BMA anymore? I blame the influx of lollygaggers like myself for the demise.
In all seriousness though, if someone from the new Scottish Bike Messenger Assosciation is reading this send in some more info about what it's all about and we'll help promote it.
CHICAGOWe're working on a METAL! Al**ycat with Headwrecker that was originally planned for Halloween but got postponed which was probably for the best as it's now turning into a bit of a monster ( how far do you think you can throw a TV ? ). Depending on how quickly the weather turns to shit this winter it could be a while before it actually happens, but at least that'll give us enough time to get together the 40 sponsors it seems al**ycats have to have these days**.
Remember Roller monkey well here's an Art someone made about it:
A few months after the Roller Monkey saga I saw the guy but without the mask. I was standing on the curb just sort of staring into the traffic waiting for my controller to sort out a problem with the pick up I was trying to do when he comes flying along on his rollerskates hanging onto the back of a truck one handed while queuing up songs on his Ipod. The truck stopped right in front of me and he looked over with the eyes of someone who's taken so many drugs he ain't never coming back and gave me a huge smile and a thumbs up, then the traffic started again and he was off, still hanging onto the truck. I would appear to be the only courier who's had a nice Roller Monkey experience, maybe I've been on the road so long that crazy street people now class me as one of their own.
I hope I don't end up like the old guy who used to cycle round Glasgow on a Raleigh Shopper with cats living in his huge beard.
*Repeatedly because I was so drunk I'd forget I'd already told him to fuck off.
**That's just not going to happen. If you're lucky there might be three sponsors and from now on anything organised by HOP will only be sponsored by rider owned companies.
