{"id":7488,"date":"2011-06-27T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/?p=7488"},"modified":"2017-09-21T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T19:04:30","slug":"dont-steal-bikes-bro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/dont-steal-bikes-bro\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Steal Bikes Bro!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7489\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/dont-steal-bikes-bro\/5872959387_84a150124b_b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"683,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5872959387_84a150124b_b\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?fit=500%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?fit=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?resize=500%2C749&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"5872959387_84a150124b_b\" width=\"500\" height=\"749\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7489\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7489\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/dont-steal-bikes-bro\/5872959387_84a150124b_b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"683,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5872959387_84a150124b_b\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?fit=500%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?fit=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?resize=640%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?resize=125%2C187&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?resize=500%2C750&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?resize=534%2C800&amp;ssl=1 534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I met Kurt Boone over the weekend, at the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bicyclefilmfestival.com\/new-york\/\">Bike Film Festival<\/a> street fair. I first heard about Kurt a few months ago when I saw a screening of his poem &#8220;Alley Cats&#8221; (below), a quick verbal summation of pedal-powered work &#038; life on the streets of NYC, delivering the goods. Kurt is a poet, a Queens resident (from Jamaica), and NYC&#8217;s fastest messenger; he&#8217;s also super friendly, oh and he has an ongoing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koldcast.tv\/video\/manhattan\">Messenger Poet Show<\/a> on KoldCast.TV<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kurt Boone NYC&#039;s Fastest Messenger &amp; Poet\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ErFCGZB0P0A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kurt Boone\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p3AXSK6jNec?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I met Kurt Boone over the weekend, at the annual Bike Film Festival street fair. I first heard about Kurt a few months ago when I saw a screening of his poem &#8220;Alley Cats&#8221; (below), a quick verbal summation of pedal-powered work &#038; life on the streets of NYC, delivering the goods. Kurt is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16],"tags":[659,721],"series":[],"class_list":["post-7488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-video","tag-bicycle","tag-kurt-boone"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5872959387_84a150124b_b.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6OfVu-1WM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7488"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19282,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7488\/revisions\/19282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7488"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=7488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}