Important post-trip news

Ladies and gentlemen of the Moishe Mobile, we have a serious situation: the imfamous skeet hat is nowhere to be found, in addition to Kiersten's black bra (last seen on Aaron Small's shoulders). If anyone has any information on these essential items please spread the word. Also Kati's Gypsy hat is in the bus right now.

Finale

I will keep you posted as the journey continues.

Top of the world looking back.

I wish my camera could show you what i see.

Notes from the road!

We have a new filmmaker onboard the bus.

Memphis

We're in memphis TN celebrating yakov's birthday. Earlier today some locals told us to take advantage of martini mondays. Morris for mayor.

Widespread wow!

I made it back stage somehow.

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Jack white shredding and closing out the festival.

Backstage at Bonnaroo

Hello from Bonnaroo where I am currently working backstage at artists catering. its awesome. need i say more? free internet access, drinks, food, etc.

peace to the lorax

Yaakov amidst the Bonnaroo

Hey all. Im blogging from the D-link internet tent in the middle of "centerroo" at the Bonnaroo music festival. I am currently on a 5 min break from my job with clean vibes, where I am instructing festival goers which bins to dispose of their festy refuse in: Compost - Recycle - Trash. Every plate, fork, knife, cup, etc served by a vendor at this 100,000 person music festival is made of corn starch, and thus can be composted.

I am about to bring in Shabbat the " heady, chillavistic shabbat experience" that I advertised all over bonnaroo via 18x11 inch flyers. We will be making kiddish on, hamotzie on challah, l'chaims on some fine single malt, and enjoying a great night of singing and joyous feasting with (hopefully) many new faces.

Au Revoir the real world

Yaakov from Bonnaroo

To Hot for Nashville

At the Bonnarro Music Festival it's too hot to wear conventional outfits. What can I say? It's important to stay cool. Have y'all seen us on tv and in the paper?

Katiyana and edie ready for the big day

Greasy goodness given graciously by gregarious guys

There is nothing more fulfilling than t

There is nothing more fulfilling than teaching children about sustainability under the summer sun.

We stayed with reshef family im okc, an

We stayed with reshef family in okc, an island of liberal hope in a sea of republican ideals.

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Hello from the road. After enduring and eric night of packing and planning we prevailed and got on the road at 6:30. I wrote this from my phone and will keep you all posts.

Day 2.9

So here i sit, downstairs in my wonderfully woody host family's house...cookies in the oven, coffee pot set on a timer, we are definitely being spoiled...well after spending almost 24hrs in the bus driving from Flagstaff to Oklahoma City- i couldn't ask for anything else.

Flagstaff Farmer's Market summarized in a Haiku:
Kids drum, art galore
Families smile...fun is fun
teach, laugh, sing, dance, dream

So tomorrow we are set to run a series of workshops at Camp Chaverim here in Oklahoma city-my host "mom" is the program director at the summer camp and I am getiing pumped to see how much oil we get to pump :) Workshops will include the "States of Change" art quilt, a diverting waste- What is Trash- workshop where kids will compete to properly separate a bag of waste into compost, trash, and recycling... oh and don't forget about the interactive "oil drive" where we will be teaching the kids about veggie power and solar energy--and they will pour some of their veggie oil brought from home (canola, soybean, olive, etc) right into our engine.

Well, I am pooped- time to rest my head on a real bed. Its only been 3 daze and has been so amazing so far- the encounters with strangers, the interviews, the unity of the Chillaroo Crew, the weird stares we get on the road...and now that Yakov/Jake is on the bus- who knows what could happen...only time will tell...
till then... the felixmeister

Jake and Joe from O (klahoma yaw)

[disclaimer: CAPS=JAKE lowercase:joe]


JOE SEEMS TO FEEL THAT JAKE SCRIPT IS UNTINTELLEGABLE TO THE AVERAGE OPTICAL SO he will add his own fabulous flowing flavor of prose to his already overly oppulant array of authorship. JOE SMELLS LIKE MOULDY WALNUT MULE. which is better then the raw stench of freshly applied petchuli oil that exudes from yaakov's pores.

WE SIT, BELLIES AFULL AND DREAMILY CONTENT IN OUR STATE OF 'THIS', INSIDE THE FANTASTIC HOUSE OF OUR HOSTS FAMILY HERE IN THE OK SITY. as we sit in the comfort of a clean home(not on the dirty yet amazing moishe mobile) we can only wonder WHAT QUIRKY ANTICS THE FELIXMEISTER HAS BURROWED FELICIE BRAINGARDEN INTO ACROSS THE HUMID PLAINS OF CENTRAL AMERICA (the heartland of the good ole' u s and a). we look forward to spending the night nestled in the beds of our gracious hosts AND THEIR DECEPTIVELY INNOCENT LOOKING BLIND DOG- BEAR (BEARS=GODLESS MAURAUDING KILLING MACHINES ACCORDING TO STEVEN COLBERT)

I AM HOT! YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW THIS? BECAUSE JOE HAD TO RELEASE THE HEAVENLY FLOODGATES OF RED CYLLINDRICALLY ADMINISTERED FLAME RETARDANT WHEN I FIRST BOARDED THE MOISHE MOBILE (THAT MEANS A FIRE EXTINGUISHER ENGULFED OUR modestly sized steel bubble on wheels) yes, it is true, mr. lehman made such a dazzlingly exciting entrance from the ok airport i was forced to unleash the fury of white flame retardant yummyness into the eyes and mouths of all fellow chillaroos, OR MOISHEMOBILENIKS, AS OUR HOST AT THE OK JCC SO APTLY PEGS OUR COLLECTIVE NOMENCLATURE AS.

SOME INTERESTING STATS: 11 NOSEBLEEDS, 2 FIRE EXTINGUISHER RELEASES, one fire, 2 STRAINS OF PLAYDOUGH, and 5 spontaneous dance-offs.

PEACE BE WITH THEE, FROM THE CITEE OF OKLA-HOMIE-G
all my base are belong to you....

JAKE
joe

On the bus- day three! We are having an amazing time and meeting awesome people! Better than i could have imagined. More updates to come! Keir

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Anyone remember brett the guy who used to panhandel outside of the santa barbarachipotle with his dingo. Well we we just fed him some me o

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Hello from the road. After enduring and eric night of packing and planning we prevailed and got on the road at 6:30. I wrote this from my phone and will keep you all posts.

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Hello from the road. After enduring and eric night of packing and planning we prevailed and got on the road at 6:30. I wrote this from my phone and will keep you all posts.

A great day at the Flagstaff Community Market

We woke up at dawn and navigated towards the Falgstaff Community Market where we were greeted with open arms by a band of Zonies (Folks from Arizona. We parked and set up the bus, and to quote Field of Dreams, "If you build it, They will come." Host painting, interactive music, and bus tours children and adults participated in our journey. One woman even donated her unused vegetable old.

For our States of Change project Molly created a giant canvas of the United States and invited people at the market to paint their vision of a better world. My favorite drawing was a done by a 5 year old. He drew a road with plants cracking through the pavement, a vision of a future without roads.

The day was full of wonderment. I saw two women weaving dog hair into yarn. They said the dog hair makes great slippers and if you are going to wear it anyway you may as well like how it looks.

At one point levi initiated some improvised music which soon turned into a great parade around the market. With Aaron on guitar, Levi in the bongos, and a new addition, the pretty girl on the saw (you heard right, she played a saw with a bow), they created a wonderful melody and entertained the whole crowd.

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Tha Way I Go

June 10, 6:24 Am. London

Away I go, a way I shall not stay. The sleep meter is reading zero, as I have been finalizing my preparations for my 10:30 am departure this crisp sunday morn.

I finished my last final exam on Friday, writing a whole lotta historical bahooganay on world empires:

1. The Spanish metropole (ie spain) did not benefit from its overseas colonies as much as elites in the periphery (Spanish America) did

2. The United States is, and always has had, imperial tendencies.

3. The Manchu Qing dynasty adapted institutions from the previous Ming dynasty when it supported their claims to authority and legitimacy.


In more recent news, 2 hours ago (4 am) I drove with 2 of my roommates down to a synagogue to pray morning prayers with about 30 other holy Jews who routinely pray at sunrise. It twas a holy holy holy experience, and supercharged me with the will, might, and strength to manifest fantastic mental landscapes in the physical world ahead.

With intent I go, through intention I shall follow.

And now off to the a tube (subway), which will take me to another tube, which will take me to a train, that will take me to the airport, that will take me on a plane to Charlotte, where I will transfer on another plane in Vegas, transfer once more and finally arrive in Albuquerque Sunday night at 11pm.


Shalom from Britain, Moishe Mobile here I come
Jacob Scott

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Hello from the road. After enduring and eric night of packing and planning we prevailed and got on the road at 6:30. I wrote this from my phone and will keep you all posts.

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Hello from the road. After enduring and eric night of packing and planning we prevailed and got on the road at 6:30. I wrote this from my phone and will keep you all posts.

[gettin] ready for takeoff

we're hours away from the start of our journey. wait,correction, the jouney began months ago,witha dream, a vision, and after massive food runs, solar panel installations, and subsequent battery fires, we're ready to pack up.

we're t-6 hours.

not yet on the road but that all too familiar surreal feeling of travelling is beginning to sing.

exodus! when you sethe light! and the life you're living..

gonna go figure out how to do mobile posts. wish me luck!

-aaron

Reb Yonah of Jewlicious

Thanks to Reb Yonah of http://www.jewlicious.com/ for giving us a proper shout-out on his widely read blog.

Chillaroo: A Chilla Vista Send Off

Sunday June Third was a slightly overcast, but warm and beautiful day in Isla Vista, perfect for the Chilla Vista Festival. It was the first opportunity the I had to Show off the Moishe Mobile to an enthusiastic crowd. Armed with the captain's hat and some killer shades I proudly displayed the inner workings of our Lovecraft Vegetable oil conversion. At first a was a little shy, but after a little Rouge hazelnut brown ale and some practice I was on fire. By the middle of the day I was describing the intricacies beneath the hood of the bus, explaining how the coolant lines actually heated the fuel to make it less viscous so it can pass easily through the fuel lines and into engine and how that bypass lines allow fuel to flow back to the tank when necessary.

I also had the pleasure of meeting the ever so lovely Molly Prentiss. Joe, Molly and spent some time wandering around the festival meeting old friends and getting to know each other. It was a wonderful introduction and I can't wait to get on the road with such wonderful people.

Chillers-to-the-Roo

So London is very nice this time of year, sun abstaining from its orbital retirement until ne'er 10:30 in the nights bloom. However, I do dream; American summer skies, gracefully soothing eyelids long strained. Sparkling rays of sunshine dancing through the collective aura surrounding a certain aggregation of Chillaroovians, perusing their way 'cross concentric rings of geographical perception, ever stoking bonfires of the heart's content.

Currently, I am sitting in the library at the London School of Economics diligently revising a years worth of material for my last final exam. As the Moishe Mobile prepares to depart California on Friday, I will taking a 3 hour exam in my class entitled Empires Colonialism and Globalization, covering some 13-14 different world empires as well as a host of themes, ideologies, and crosscurrents of global history.

Im looking forward to rendezvousing with everyone in Albuquerque, NM Sunday June 10, a week from today. Thanks to everyone for busting the preparatory maneuvers that my present locale prevents me from busting.

Happy ChillaVista to everyone as well, wish I could be there.

Much pez
JaaCov

A long day of work on the Moishe Mobile in Long Beach... Its coming together! Thanks a lot to Robert Johnson, AJ Mendoza, Mike Burt and my family for lending helping hands. The Bus will be making an appearance in Santa Barbara for the annual CHILLA VISTA community festival on Sunday June 3rd.

Whole Earth Festival, UC Davis

A sustainable festival that we can all learn from, reusable dish ware, recycling, composting, music, good people, and good times!!

San Fransisco Earth Day

I love California, and I'm glad that SF loves California!!!

May Day Festival

A couple of weeks a go "My family-Sustainable living Commune" put on the 15th annual "May Day Festival". Every year we invite hundreds of our most loving friends to celebrate the renewal of Spring. We dance to the sound of drums around a huge 40ft phallus like pole with ribbons in our hands weaving in and out of each other. The phallus represents the fertilization of the earth and the dance represents... well you can figure that out. Then we eat local organic food from the farm and listen to live music like "Groundation", "Pato Banton" and "Sol Hirozin". May day allows my little hippie child shine. Next year you are all invited to celebrate the earth with the hippies of Sebastopol!!

When I can't ride around in the green Moishe bus...

Nice Sexy Legs Huh?? I've been working out!!

I have found that living without a car has improved my life. I have lived without a car for almost four years now. The initial reason for my transition from car dependence to freedom was financial. I could not afford to pay for insurance, maintenance, or the increasing price of gasoline. After selling my car I realized that there are many other benefits to not owning a car, including minimizing my ecological foot print, feeling healthy and in shape from riding my bike, and the exciting possibility of meeting a cute guy on the public transit system.

My personal circumstances have made it possible to live without a car. In Santa Barbara the bike lanes and bike parking was extremely well integrated into the school and urban planning. The bus was free for students, and I had many friends who were willing to help me out. I also lived in Barcelona, Spain for a year, where buses, the metro and trains were my primary means of transportation. I also lived in South America for three months, where buses run 24 hours a day, and go just about anywhere you need to go. After living abroad I have learned to appreciate public transit, and good city planning. All over the world city planners are creating new and exciting projects to improve the overall quality of life, with Bus Rapid Transit, bike co-ops, recycling programs, water conservation, and affordable housing. I have been fortunate to see these projects first hand. I have been inspired to continue this sustainable path of our parents in order to provide a better future for our children.

(I am also privileged to have a father who collects old Volkswagens and converts them to bio-diesel, and has no problem with lending me a car when I am in need)

Renewable Energy Day

For the second day in a row, the Moishe Mobile crew consisting of me (Joe Madden), Matt Harnack and Levi Felix has been learning, filming and inquiring about everything there is to know concerning veggie-oil conversions. The crew here at Lovecraft Biofuels (who was generous enough to give us parts and labor all free!) has worked diligently on our beautiful green bus as we curiously peaked over their shoulders in an attempt to familiarize ourselves with the veggie conversion. Today was a huge day for the renewable energy portion of the Moishe Mobile- not only do we now run on clean burning veggie oil but we have just acquired two 64 watt solar panels for the roof which will more than handle our energy needs for the entire trip. As we continue to ask our acquaintances how they might suggest to make the world a better place we are really feeling the project come together. The three of us are getting very excited about the trip and anxious to unite the full group in Santa Barbara at the end of the week. GO MOISHE MOBILE!!!!!!

Gaining Composure

GAINING


Adorned was I to be born.
Yet soon deceived
through garments of scorn,
hapless and forlorn,
prerequisites for a life lived torn.
(Satiated was i, un-capitalized.)

Inspiring sparks!
fire to contemplate.
Meditate upon the state;
in which my mind gyrates.
It is a ordered plate!
that precipitates
my fate.
B'seder

Now! Gently,
Step upon step
filling the chambers of momentum
with cautious breath.

Cultivating emotion
and challenging desire
"Retire your wanton fire!"
I scream towards beasts of moral mire

Apprehending vistas of peace,
ascending clarity's peaks.
Resilient are the boots of pure intent.
Formative be the path which sincerity seeks

Treacherous be the path
of unchallenged rote,
desperation lurks in the shadows
of its sensual slope.

Radiance to be gleaned:
Standing tall,
The Mountain of Hope.
Engage a thought
become the pen,
transcend the margins of the note


COMPOSURE

Tripping with Yaakov

To all the Chillaroo crew,

Hiya, from Ohiya (or Ohiyer if you speak hillbilleh dialek). Its great to see all the enthusiasm that surrounds this project. Id love to spend the next couple weeks dreaming with all of you in person, yet I am soon headed back to my dwelling 2 Islands east of greenland.

Via London, I hope to stay engaged with all of these wonderful visioning sessions, yet I extend a preemtive apology: I have 3 final exams occuring within the next 3 weeks, which all count for 100% of my grade, so I may be a bit distant...

Other than that, I am planning the workshop (roughly) entitled- Globe Tripping With Yaakov. It will be focused on the history, abstact theory, as well as practical implicaitons of globalization based on my academic traning at UCSB (BA Global Studies) and at London School of Economics (MsC Global History), as well as my own experiences in 40
countries across the globe. I may also give an elementary introduction to Speaking and Writing Mandarin Chinese, of which I am in my 4th year of study. Maybe those who artistically inclined could assist and we could create a collaborative project of Chinese characters to put on the side of the bus or your face (Levi).

I am also highly encouraging Levi to sequester sufficient funds for us to engage in the superfluity of intellectual and emotional stimulation derived from utilizing one of modernities greatest achievements in creativity: Play-dough. Heaps of playdough, preferrably edible. I encourage all of you to join this admirable campaign...


The bus is merely the vessle, our light shines from within

Yaakov

Getting The Bus

This last monday, I woke up from my comfy bed in San Francisco at 6am. I was running late so I ditched my favorite hat (that I couldn't find) and jumped on the muni- san fran's finest public bus, and started my adventure to pick up the renown Moishe Mobile. Scrambling to find the Caltrain, I ran down the street with backpack and sleeping bag in tow excited to get to the San Jose STA bus lot. After a few hours of hopping from one form of public transportation to another, I arrived at the lot to find my beautiful yellow short bus.I exchanged a few words with Greg, my trusty bus sales man, and I was on my way. Driving down the 101 in a short yellow school bus, I never imagined the goofy and confused stares I received. "What's that 80s sunglass fro sporting 20-something-year-old doing driving a school bus on the freeway," I could hear a woman say. Me and my trusty Moishe Mobile, sweating to the oldies of the radio, I had never been so happy. Only one thing would make me more excited: painting it bright green...oh yes, it's bright green now and will soon be packed with 9 other sweaty crazed kids trying to make the world a better place...

Moishe Mobile

Chillaroo

The Chillaroo crew, a team of 10 diverse young adult activists, environmentalists, musicians, and artists- will set out on the Moishe Mobile to learn, grow, educate, and inspire those they meet as they enhance their relationship with the earth on a journey across the country to the music and arts festival Bonnaroo. The veggie powered Moishe Mobile will make stops in several cities where they will touch the lives of adults and children asking the question, “How will you make the world a better place.” Setting up an interactive camp wherever they go, the group will collaborate with local organizations and lead discussions on the environment, facilitate self-growth workshops, lead sustainability discussions, create communal art, jam out on musical instruments, and inspire others to make a difference. From attempting to eat only organic the entire trip, composting everything possible, and leaving 0-Waste behind, this will create an eye opening documentary for young and old alike. Catching this voyage on hand held cameras, these 10 pioneers tackle the obstacles that face them on the road to Bonnaroo… and on the road to a greener and better world.