May all ye opposed to participating in Bike to Work Day this Friday witness this: One of the finest (and most suicidal) displays of bicycling I’ve seen in recent history. In case you haven’t experienced them for yourself, biking on the 405 and I-5 freeways in L.A., slow traffic withstanding, is BAT CRAP NUTS.

The 27 people involved this week were part of Crimanimal Mass.

Thanks to Beaver Inn owner Brian Waller, who called today to clarify one of the tips we listed from B’DAMN’s “Things your bartender wishes you knew” brochure.

In number 34, bartenders warned “You’re not legally considered 21 until the business day that starts on your birthday (sorry — we know this rule sucks).” But according to Brian (and Susan Reams of the Washington State Liquor Control Board), you’re legally 21 at 12:01 a.m. the morning of your birthday.

Brian’s staff also asked that we add this tip: Never EVER go behind the bar. It’s a surprisingly common irritant for bar staff.

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So one of the main stars is dead and the other one still can’t act, but hey, why not make a sequel to Point Break 17 years after the fact? Yep, Jan de Bont (Speed) will direct an Asia-based follow-up to director Kathryn Bigelow’s original according to The Hollywood Reporter. The new film will again feature Keanu Reeves as an FBI agent, 20 years after the disappearance of one of the bank-robber-surfers (Patrick Swayze) he cased in the original.

And you thought the Indiana Jones sequel was poised for failure.

The only person who knows how to post slideshows is on vacation, so here are a handful of Chris Fuller’s photos from Rumors’ Band Fight Night Sunday, though in a less snappy format.

Tapeworm

Holy Tailfeathers

Guinness

Guinness

Forget about accepting what nature gave you.

Next Friday it’s all about out of this world hair for the second annual Wig Out. I am always surprised and a bit sad when I realize that I don’t actually own a wig, so today I picked up three, count ‘em three, wigs to call my own.

And as a judge at the Wig Out May 23, I’ll have to be tressed to impress for the Wig Walk, starting at 5 p.m. at the American Museum of Radio and Electricity, and the party afterward.

For those interested in the contest, here are the judging categories:
Best Total Look with Wig
Best Wee Wig (for kids only)
Most Creative Handmade Wig
Most Outrageous and Silly Wig
The Wigster Violet Memorial Award for the Wig with the Most Attitude, in honor of Wig Out co-founder Violet Malone

Are you planning to get your wig on for the Wig Out?

The new season of American Gladiators starts tonight at 8 p.m., and staff at the Ranch Room promised months ago that they’d continue their Monday night ritual of turning off the jukebox and turning up the TVs in honor of the event.

“Justice” never looked so good.

I stopped into the Fairhaven Pub and Martini Bar last night to check out the Pink Party, and I’ve never seen so many lovely ladies!

Here are a few pictures from the end of the evening for the Girls Night Out in Fairhaven. Local girls in clothes from local shops, it doesn’t get much better!

Did you guys have fun at Girls Night?

Don’t miss Friday’s CD release show from the cream-of-the-crop of Bellingham’s myriad alt-country groups: Chuckanut Drive.

The band’s Myspace promises that Fidelity Grange will include “lush pop production utilizing organs, horns, and even a gospel choir.” If it’s half as good as 2004’s The Crooked Mile Home, we’ll be in for a treat. For $15 you get a night of great music, a copy of the new CD and the best beer selection in Bellingham at the Green Frog Acoustic Tavern. Any fan of Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown, the Jayhawks and other brands of whiskey-soaked alt-country shouldn’t miss out.

Just when you think you’ve seen it all, here’s a Korean toddler doing a surprisingly decent version of The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” for someone who hasn’t even learned to use a toilet yet: