journal features

me and "Cycle Toronto"

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2013.10.29

I've signed up with an organization called "Cycle Toronto", formerly known as the Toronto Cyclist's Union. They're involved with the promotion of cycling and cycling safety in our (once) fair city, and I'm pleased to see that they have an effort in place to have a much-needed "contra-flow" cycle path on a street in our neighbourhood that is one way for a brief duration. That small one-way portion means I have to cycle half a kilometer out of my way when coming home, or choose an unsafe route.

I'm looking forward to helping out.

rand()m quote

For a long time I was very bitter that the people who controlled the means of anybody ever hearing my songs were never gonna play them. They only favored music that I specifically and particularly hated, and I wanted them dead. Suddenly, there was another avenue. I started hearing my stuff coming out of bars and then it started to happen little by little — a movie song here or a TV ad there.

—Iggy Pop