In what is ostensibly the first installment in a short series to be released before SST#8, this musical montage depicts the first hours of the Shasta Trip in year #7, during which we were successful in running roads that were traditionally taken on the last day in earlier Trips, and discovering, to our great satisfaction, that the previously unknown roads we tackled were not only passable, but high adventure with challenges including multiple creek crossings, slippery mud, galumphing bovines, irate country-folk, and the requisite rocks in the road. Accompanied by (and paced to) by a rockabilly instrumental rampage courtesy of "Ratgasket", this is one clip to enjoy with your sound up!
Offered in three different file sizes to accomodate various connection speeds....the bigger files are of better quality, naturally. Running time is 2:16, Windows Media Video.
Small size: 5.5MB 240x180 345kbps
Medium size: 13MB 240x180 779kbps
Big size: 21MB 320x240 1285kbps
This is the kind of rampage engaged in when not madly obsessed only by our destination ... a rampage of opportunity, so to speak. Both Hippie Tim in the Mutant and Richard Kimbrough in the Rustybus partook, although most of the existing footage lent itself to focusing on just one of the two. From SST#3, on a Road on the right near Kettenpom, this older edition was heretofore unreleased, and contains some older editing practices, with a bluesey musical score by Slinky Funky and the Gangrene Monkeys.
Small 7.5 MB, 320x240 641 kbps
Big16 MB, 320x240 1394 kbps
Exorcism: 3.8 MB 1:05 320x240 525 kbps
Bizarre, but amusing enough in its strangeness to compensate for the embarassment I feel in exposing a side of myself I had not previously been aware of, this short clip was shot by Richard as I attempted to use Rubber Chicken Voodoo and some considerable speaking-in-tongues action to rid the Rustybus of the infestation of unpleasant demons it had been plagued by leading up to and during the Shasta Snow Trip in 2006. It must have worked to some extent, which prompts me to offer these services to you for a nominal fee. Bus exorcism: Send me $19.99, a picture of your bus, some part of your bus, a rubber chicken, and a description of the symptoms of possession, and I'll perform the rites necessary to prevent your bus from spinning in the air, misusing crucifixes, projectile vomiting, and exhibiting other unpleasant behaviors such as leaving you stranded, getting stuck, and breaking expensive parts. (Do not attempt this at home-it is for trained lunatics only, and botched exorcisms can lead to psoriasis, digestive disorders, and quite possibly, a stay in a padded room!)