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The Other BLM Episode Transcript. Length - 38:03 
Magnetofunky No. 193. It's Monday, October 18th, 2021. [intro theme] Yeah. Larry here. Quite a bit of movement in the last three weeks, only partly being my sorting out the non-helpful BLM (no, not the Black Lives Matter movement, the other namesake - the Bureau of Land Management) as far as being bike nomad-friendly. Meanwhile, I managed to make the ball break to score my own stimulus (if the GQP don't crash the economy before Xmas). Anyway, the music is a few very fresh tunes with a lead off from K Gizzle... [song] - 01:23 Ok, that was Insane, by the Multi genre'd Artist Musician "Basstarist" K Gizzle from down in Stone Mountain, with the final version of this brand new cut. Nice... This is a laid back (and often explicit - you bet your ass) underground international personal journal of extremely eclectic music and progressive politics, with a focus on mobile energy independence and creative West Coast wanderlust. My podpage is 1223studios.com/mfunky.h. The Twitter is @Magnetofunky, and while I have a FB account up, the page is /larry.winfield.967. [Grid Theory] - 05:59 Bureau of Land Management Bust In Grid Theory, Continuing the compiling of my Tour Bible, aside from the state beach bike-friendly campsites, the next resources of interest are BLM boondocking locations. The Bureau has two types of sites, developed campgrounds and public lands for dispersed camping. The developed sites are generally inexpensive, fees vary from as little as $5 up to $20/night, and have some facilities, but there are no separate hike & bike sites. The no-fee public lands let you setup for a limit of 14 days within a 28-day period in one spot, then you have to move at least 25 mi. to a different spot to do another 14 days. There are 3 California divisions - Northern, Central and Southern. I'm cutting out Northern for now... The Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument is the closest area N of SF in the Central division, stretching from Napa County NW to the mountains of the Mendocino National Forest (inland, in the mountains and still pretty far N), and has a number of formal campsites in 8 different wilderness areas, with seasons for some running from April to the end of Sept. A lot of these individual sites are RV, off road vehicle and hunting adjacent spots and single track mountain bike specific. According to the brochure and map, Kowalski Camp and Wintun Camp in Indian Valley are the only specifically named dispersed campsites. Kowalski is boat or foot access only, and I didn't see any photos of bike-friendly boats. Wintun is a single isolated site that people apparently take their dogs to run wild. In that case, only unofficial dispersed sites would be ideal, away from the noise and harrassment of other people who might act like I don't belong there. Without prior knowledge of those boondock sites, so much for Barryessa... The rest of the Central Division is boondock spots well inland, or the few designated camps also RV and off road friendly The coastal monument sites are all day use only. So much for that... Southern sites are also mostly inland, desert areas and off road vehicle friendly: Jawbone Canyon near Mojave is open to primitive camping, likewise Johnson Valley near Barstow, but too many are too remote, meaning a good chance of running across yahoos with guns likely to take the opportunity to go recreational coon hunting... So, after all this drilling down it looks like BLM boondocking along the coast is largely a bust, but if I do go inland, that state benchmark map will do best pointing out private land to avoid while showing non-motorized trails and secondary roads where I'd find my own stealth camps. What's left are the purported and misc. 'free campsites' listed on the Google that may still be RV and camper van-oriented, then the thin references to bike-only specific sites, which may be limited to joints like Warmshowers. We'll see----[bell] Ok, getting on with the Pre-Launch stage in a bit... [Back To The Stage] - 10:32 Ok, Back to The Stage, continuing the brief set of new submitted tunes, under the subhead of 'Spirited', which could also go under 'Not Religious' or 'Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow.' Anyway, two tunes - first, Month Of Sundays - Elise Morris, a singer, pianist, bandleader, and emerging artist in the Bay Area, painting abstract paintings based on nature. This is her first rollout for this new season, a brand new video for her song that drops on YouTube today, Monday the 18th... [song] - 11:17 Ok, wrapping up with I Was, the newest single from New York City gothic industrial outfit Ludovico Technique. A thoughtful Alternative Electronic Rock/Metal track that cuts deep to the core of existential philosophy... [song] - 16:43 ["Geeknotes"] - 21:02 Geeknotes: DIY Stimulus... Hey, Geeknotes! Ok, I would get into the latest political atrocities, but it's all repeats, even worse, it's starting to smell like the rat bastard treason party is about to jack the midterms (again), with the help of Dixiecrats Manchin and Sinema setting fire to the rest of Biden's term, as the Corp. Media refuses to explain what Build Back Better actually means. This time I'd rather indulge in my own crap - a strictly personal checklist that ended up helping move my bike nomad Pre Launch stage forward... First, the rent that takes most of my SS, and one reason for my bugging out. Well, in Aug. I got wind of a change in city policy, and subsequently an actual rent reduction kicked in this month, a housing subsidy program local activists have been demanding for the last 3 years, treating a previously excluded group of 2800 SRO units like 'Section 8' 30% of income housing, but, the subsidy program has become a pet project in Mayor London Breed's budget, and may only last as long as she's the mayor, so thank you, but it don't change my plans. The other issue, my hitting 65 this month, meaning automatic enrollment in Medicare. My efforts to mitigate the Medicare premium bite were successful, avoiding a big dent in that check, adding to my very good luck in not having an ongoing condition that requires medication or regular visits to a hospital or clinic (knock on wood). Long story short, my efforts have scored me a DIY Stimulus over the next few months that kinda makes up for not getting that Golden State Stinulus. Fine, call it a middle grid segment, cause it gets tiresome whipping up another snarky potshot at the the fascist-friendly Corp. friggin media... If you like, or hate the show, go to ratethispodcast.com/mfunky. And, if you have non-Zoom promos, pluggers, gig info, an art opening, etc, send me an email. The address is [email protected]. And bands, artists and poets - download links, no attachments, please, and no promises... [Grid Practice] - 24:39 Pre Launch Shopping Ok, In Grid Practice, As in the bike nomad project continuing the Pre Launch phase. So, first things - I got three more support brackets for the middle cargo frame shelf and went to Lowe's for the last 18 x 24 edge glued board, which turned out to be 1/4" short (and I'm friggin done with Lowe's). Drilling the holes for the shelves took a few hours because the cordless drill batteries at five years are almost useless. For the bike tool kit I got my spare whole chain, the last piece of gear for 'worst case road repair scenarios'. Not on the shopping list, but small enough to go in the cargo trailer - a foot pump to get the tires to a proper psi where the hand pump gets me minimum pressure. I bought at the local Decathlon store, which I'm liking more and more, there stuff is holding up so far... The two mobile power items remaining - a smart charger for the 12V batteries and the solar power bank - were ordered and delivered during the week, and on the 8th I put the T-Mobile data plan on the new phone and next day bought the California Landscape map. Meanwhile, the cargo frame itself needs more odds and ends - to tie down the mobile batteries I'm going with eye screws and heavy duty zip ties, and I had to forget using Tung Oil because I'm not set up to safely deal with the hazardous flammable rags from using a brush-on liquid. I had to go with a clear spar urethane spray (Minwax Helmsman) which will require turning my whole unit into a damn Dexter room for a day or so, so that's gonna take a while... Lastly the zinc plated eye nuts to secure the solar panel to the frame, and a solution to solve the problem of the cargo trailer hitch. The Master lock tying the eye bolt to the rear rack is fine, but the eye bolt only has a regular nut tying it to the cart handle. To fix that I ordered a breakaway security nut to permanently secure that end. The eye nuts came in on the 15th, but the security nut is in some kind of limbo... Meanwhile, the smart charger ended up being a dumb piece of crap that didn't work. I will say this about Amazon; their return and refund process only took a couple days. Anyway, this time I looked for a strictly local brand name solution and found a smart charger made by NOCO, the Genius 2 Amp unit that was on sale for $50 at Battery Systems of SF, a shop in the Lowe's neighborhood. So far it works like a charm, topped off all three batteries with no fuss. So, starting next week I'm planning a few long distance rides to tone up before doing an overnighter. There are a number of mapped trails around the bay and up the Marin Headlands, day-long rides to work out the kinks before the rainy season comes in December. As far as overnighters, I checked again and there are still many wide open Hike/Bike Campsites at the Francis Beach Campground in Half Moon Bay State Beach, $7.00/night. 30 spots availabke, reserve at the camp office... [One More Tune] - 29:21 Ok, for this week's One More Tune, we close out with First Light (Primordial mix), a brand new single and video, and the first peek at the upcoming album "Latent Powers" by NYC dark electro dreampop band Ships In The Night, led by Alethea Leventhal. This debut album on Cleopatra Records will drop on Oct 27th... [song] - 29:52 Ok, [Music Bed] - 34:11 The music bed is Call of the Divine (based on Raga Bihag) - Mark Seelig, longtime collaborator with Steve Roach/Byron Metcalf. This is from his 2005 first solo release Disciple, reissued by Projekt Records. A meditative/spiritual album based on classical Indian Ragas and their devotional aspects, with Mark featured on Bansuri flute. Well, OK. [Closing] - 35:23 Hey, this show is a 1223studios joint. I'm on almost all the popular podcast platforms, including Apple Podcast Connect. Show notes are on the podpage. Send email to [email protected]. If you like the show, tell your friends, and, Concerning 'Defund the Police', a move that hasn't been implemented anywhere even as the rabid right wing declares it's sweeping the country (just like Critical Race Theory). Anyway, a few small diversion projects are being tried, but here's my radical proposal - instead of 'defund,' how about 'Wefund the Police'... Seeing as oil companies can pay for local cops to brutalize anti-pipeline waer protectors (one of many examples), maybe the only way black and brown folks get decent police officers is if we pay for them ourselves. Since our tax dollars already pay for services not rendered, how's about a targeted 'Black tax' or a percentage of city police budgets go to selecting, training and deploying peace officers who won't act like the damn Slave Patrol/Death Squad in our neighbordoods, a different flavor of privatizing what should be a reliable public service. It's a topic worthy of debate, if y'all can do it in good faith... Show themes "Rocket Power" & "Spy Glass" by NY musician and composer Kevin MacLeod. Some additional audio from freesound.org. Next episode will be after we fall out of DST; I'm kinda done with the Halloween theme with all the monsters either already on or auditioning to be the next Nazi Channel/OAN race war hero. Jagoffs... I'm Larry, trying hard to stay chill at my garrett in the Mission, and this is Magnetofunky, from San Francisco, where we go through, not into, the darkness. |
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