Oh, man.

I got this announcement in my e.mail:

Rev Phil: Exposing the Portland Icon

Hollywood Theatre
Friday June 10 at 7 p.m.
$5 donation goes to NW Documentary Arts & Media

An expose!

I have a few things to say about Rev Phil, myself.

I’d been dying to meet Rev Phil for for-ever, but it was Summer 2003 and Rev Phil was drugged up most all of the time. Something about bionic knees and all that robotic goodness. In any case, my friends were all warning me: that dude’s intense.

The first time I met Rev Phil, I had to tell him not to get fresh with me.

The second time I met Rev Phil, he kissed me. And every time after that. At least until he met El.

Last summer, Rev Phil, Timo (two parts of the Trash Mountain Boys ^[1]), and our posse paused on the Fremont bridge during Bridge Pedal ^[2] to sing “Bicycle Girlfriend” ^[3]. What a great song. We made lots of folks happy with our singing, but then Allan started climbing the bridge cables and some folks got unhappy and that was TOO BAD. Allan was just hanging out, y’all.

Also: the scene from “Mountain Bomb” where Rev Phil’s left contact separates from his eye while he was descending Hood ^[4] on his zoobomb ^[5] bike? I was in stitches. And totally grossed out.

Hey. Just google ^[6] him, all right? Then go to the movie.