The weather is warming up and it’s time to pedal bikes and get “Totally Spoked“, with a visual feast of all things two-wheeled. Fifty 24PDX Gallery in Portland is hosting the bike-art show opening on June 3rd. Artists include Mike Giant, Andy Jenkins, Marco Zamora, Will Barras, Tommii Lim, Aesthetic Apparatus, Bradley Delay, Joker, Brenton Salo, and Joe Vollan.

Poster Cabaret is once again hosting their bicycle print set, featuring posters from Invisible Creature, Vahalla Studios, Aesthetic Apparatus and more.

Pearl Jam’s 10 Club is presenting the Rock Art & Poster Convention this Sunday the 23rd at the Showbox at the Market. Some of the best poster artists in the business will be there including Ames Bros., Brad Klausen, Dan Stiles, Guy Burwell, Jeff Kleinsmith, Jeff Soto, Jesse LeDoux, and Munk One. Lots of amazing limited edition posters will be available to purchase at this one-time event only.  Did I mention it’s FREE? I’m there.

This year the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) has hundreds of great movie screenings, which is making hard to choose. Their new SIFF iPhone app, created by POP, has a SIFFter visual film filter that let’s you search by country, genre, venue, title, director, or keyword. It also let’s you buy tickets right from your phone.

Here’s my picks so far for the festival: Holy Rollers, Wheedle’s Groove, Disco and Atomic War, The Chef of South Polar, Bodyguards and Assassins, and finally Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields performs 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Via Tribunali Neapolitan Pizzeria is partnering with Peroni Beer, The Stranger, Caffe Vita and The City of Seattle’s Bicycle Program to raise funds for the Seattle biking community. Each Wednesday for five weeks, beginning May 12, Via Tribunali will open its doors from 5-7PM for free pizza. You can get all the info here.

Spokane Artist Jim Koch stopped by the office and I got a peek at his Nitro Bud toy he did for Jamungo. He added a lot of vintage Redline BMX styling in the helmet and striping. You can pick up yours at Jim’s site.

There’s a lot of buzz about the new Seattle’s Best Coffee rebranding and simple new logo. I asked around the office and these are the first comments upon viewing the new logo:

“What’s that thing in the back of your throat? It looks like a Uvula hanging down.”

“It looks sterile and old.”

“I see a blood donation center sign.”

“Looks like an old oil company logo.”

Not one of the people I showed it to liked it over the old logo. I think Starbucks and their design firm Creature jumped the shark on this one. Verdict: FAIL.

This incredible app lets you make your own picture combinations by sliding the black and white drawings together. After you’ve found the art mash-up you like you can send it to your friends. Thumbs up!

I’m going to check out the Parskid “Isolated Frontier” solo show this week. The show opening is on May 6th at the Flatcolor Gallery in the Pioneer Square area. I look forward to seeing where he takes his characters next.

Only the worst Sci-fi/Fantasy book covers make it onto the site Good Show Sir. Great stuff!