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ShirtPocket Productions, in all of its established entities, is not a "business."

It makes not money, it sells no product or service, and it doesn't "monetize" through clicks, hits or subscribers.

02/12/2025

ShirtPocket Productions might go, but so far we haven't heard a thing from any of our "biker" friends, so, maybe not... Maybe we'll just spend the day in the garage working on the '82 FXR build. Because, is quickly becoming our new sweetheart.

Just a few more weeks. Need any gear? Bike is good to go? We can Help.

02/04/2025

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12/31/2024

SPP hasn’t been entirely inactive this year, but we haven’t been entirely active, either. At some point in the future, maybe. But for now, it’s all fun and games. Mission for 2024 accomplished.

#2024

11/07/2024

Some thoughts about all these thoughts.

I have remained silent on all my anti-social media platforms. As much as I have wanted to respond, correct, engage and persuade, I have…

10/31/2024

February 11, 1979
Deadwood City, CA

10/27/2024

It's not just me. Lots of people aren't buying that s**t. Sometimes they smile and nod, but they're just being nice, they know better. However, too many are happy in their oblivion. Take heart, the effort put into connecting incompatible dots, the stretching of both common and uncommon sense to its absolute limits, the unbridled arrogance (to say nothing of the courage) needed to float what is certain to sink in an otherwise rational world should be applauded. That effort not only should be rewarded, it is, by the adulation of countless minions who believe every last word.

10/26/2024

That lull in between motorcycle builds where all I am able to do is wait for parts to come in. But, I can look for more parts that I may or may not need, and, then... buy said parts. Could be worse - worse things to do with my time and worse things to spend my money on.

10/24/2024

On this day, 14 years ago, in my blog archives (michaelalthouse.com) is a piece I wrote about writing and communication. While I was still in school, still working on getting my credentials, I wrote about that a lot. In it, I wrote, "I just abandoned a piece of garbage that will languish in my documents folder, titled 'unfinished stupid s**t.' I can’t bring myself to delete it, but it will likely never be re-opened again, either." I wondered if it is still there, "languishing" (an interesting choice of words... but I digress) somewhere in my computer's files.

Through many computer upgrades and the file transfer process that goes along with them, it is, in fact, still there. I searched for "unfinished stupid s**t" and my MacBook Pro took only a second or two to find it. And, contrary to my prediction 14 years ago, I opened it. Upon re-reading it, I was surprised not only that it survived, but also that I remember writing it and, more importantly... it is neither "stupid s**t" nor is it "unfinished." While it was not proofed or edited for final publication, it is complete - it has a beginning, a middle and an end.

And, no, I'm not going to publish it now. It is not exactly relevant anymore. The point is that perspective and experience has a profound influence on how we view not just art, but everything.

10/23/2024

Life is what happens behind you when you're Fakebooking.

10/11/2024

If you never knew what it was like to have someone pump your gas, check your oil, inflate your tires, and wash your windshield; if you have can't remember grocery stores bagging your groceries, taking them to your car and then loading them; if the idea of calling a company and reaching a real person who then directs your call to the appropriate real person is foreign to you, then you will never demand or expect the customer service or respect your money deserves from the companies that do everything they can to avoid servicing you, their customer. That's why they continue to disrespect us, because you allow them to. It's your money and they want it - make them earn it.

10/09/2024

Losing friends because of what others say, whether it's from careless gossip or its more malicious cousin, slander, isn't as bad as it seems. First, they never were friends to begin with. Second, if they are so easily swayed, if their loyalty is so fleeting, if their character is that weak... who would want that kind of friend, anyway? When it feels like everything has burned to the ground, just wait for the ashes to blow away - eventually, they always do. Those left standing are the real ones, the true ones, the strong ones. They are loyal and don't have to take sides to do it. They are the ones who think for themselves and don't give a single f**k what anyone else says.

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Hazel & Madison
Fair Oaks, CA
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Just a super quick @adobe #premiererush video of a pretty cool late morning/early afternoon annual New Year’s Day Ride. This ride started informally and has stayed that way. It, originally, I guess (I don’t know, it predates my 20-ish year involvement), just seemed like the best way like-minded souls knew how to start the new year off. As the years have gone by, it has also been used as a moment to pause and remember those we’ve lost throughout the years - too many now, sadly. But, it was not doom nor gloom, despite the foreboding skies. It was, in fact, a good day and a good ride. And, compared to the juvenile bullsh*t that preceded January 1st by just one day, it was, in fact, a very good day. #ride

The good folks at ShirtPocket Productions go to our field office in Copperopolis on the shores of Lake Tulloch with some regularity, and from time to time, we will fly our newest drone, the DJI Mini 4 Pro. And, the more we fly it, the more impressed we are. While it does not track autonomously as well as the Skydio 2 we once had, it does everything else better - much better. Anyway, this video was created with Adobe Premier Rush,, which doies not have nearly the versatility of Premier Pro, but it also is much easier to use. The music is royalty-free (bots - f**k-off), and necessary because drones don’t have mics and even if they did, all they would record is the buzzing of the props. We really like tis drone will try to pay more attention to our YouTube channel - we know we neglect it terribly. We’d ackowledge that it’s “bad for business,” but no one here (meaning me) pretends that this is a business anyway. #ride #drone #dji #lakelife

This is a very long f**king way down

The good folks here at ShirtPocket Productions have another installment. This one is way the f**k down!!

Cold start - 1960 Harley FLH Duo-Glide. This is an AMCA award winning bike (93.75) and is currently for sale. I am in no hurry, but if not sold by June, it will be at the AMCA national meet in Dixon, CA with a “for sale” sign on her. For info, DM IG: @shirtpocket_productions @harleydavidson #panheadforsale #panheadsforever #harleydavidson # @fortsutteramca

Posted @withrepost • @vtwin_voyager The date was August 12th, 2021. That could only mean one thing, this was somewhere between Tranquility Base, CA and Sturgis, SD. It was, like always, epic. #nbd #peace @shirtpocket_productions @lightningproductionscorp @leroy_the_only_one @colemandalke

Posted @withregram • @shirtpocket_productions 1960 Duo-Glide #panhead cold start. After sitting for about three weeks, she’s still a one-kick bike. #panheadsforever #1960duoglide #nbd @harleydavidson #peace For the HD version, click here: https://youtu.be/FCbcPKDb83I

The good folks at ShirtPock productions just cant get enough of our #1960duoglide. Even if it's just a quick spin around the block (and, until we get the break-in maintenance issues addressed, that's all it is for now), we love stepping back in time. Adding a little @sktdiohq drone action, in all its AI, fully autonomous splendor to the... um, picture, is just icing on the H-Fi turquoise cake. And the weather here in Northern California's Central Valley is, arguably, the best in the world. Yes, it's good to be the good folks at SPP.

Posted @withregram • @bikerprofessor Live from @shirtpocket_productions studios #panheadsforever #streetglide @harleydavidson #nbd #peace

Duo-Gilding - The good folks @shirtpocket_productions have not produced much content lately, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have something to say. Today, we let our pristine 1960 @harleydavidson Duo-Glide do the talking. There is nothing fancy here - just a little video synced to its audio with a little fade in and fade out. That’s it, that’s all, that’s enough. Happy New Year from the good folks at SPP, see you in 2022. #peace

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ShirtPocket Productions: How We Got Our Name

One gloriously sunny February day in 2014, our founder, self-proclaimed videographer, content creator, CEO, head cook and receptionist found himself doing the perfectly mundane task of running a few errands at his local Walmart. Since he wasn’t buying anything very large, he took advantage of the weather and rode his 2007 Harley Road King the short ride from his home down Highland Road in Baton Rouge. Although he was no stranger, at the time, to “action cam” video, having experimented with ride video in the past using two or three different so-called action cams, as well as some from his iPhone when mounted to the bike, this particular ride was not exactly video worthy - “glorious,” “sunny,” and other equally lofty adverbs and adjectives notwithstanding.

The planets, at least a couple of them, had to align just so for ShirtPocket Productions to come into the world. It was a bit of a fluke, really. There was (and to some extent still is) nothing “intentional” about SPP, the “good folks” who run it or any of the other adventures that have materialized in “another ShirtPocket Short form the good folks at ShirtPocket Productions.” And while “we” have been speaking in the plural first person about “our” founder, and sometimes in the third-person “he,” that person is yours truly. This mode of writing allows me to step outside myself and assume a more collective and detached persona and that persona is, often, very different. But I (we, he) digress... what about those planets?

At the time, action cameras were still in their formative years. There were a few on the market, but GoPro was quickly becoming the industry standard. In October 2013, the Hero 3+ line was released - it was the start of rapid technological advances in on-the-go video technology that continues to this day. However, GoPro was not the first and I did play around with a couple of its predecessors. There were two big limitations with action video - particularly motorcycle video: Sound and vibration. With current, modern image stabilization technology, vibration is no longer a thing, sound is much better, but still has room for improvement. Smart phone imaging was improving, as well, and, like today, the Apple iPhone was leading the way. The planets were foretelling the birth of SPP, but it we were not there yet.

The first planet was the dissolution of my short-lived marriage in Sacramento. This allowed me to maintain just one residence in Baton Rouge to complete my graduate studies at LSU. That, in turn, allowed me to move my stuff - all of it - out of my house in the Fair Oaks, CA (now SPP’s world headquarters) and take the essential stuff with me to Baton Rouge where I would live full-time. One of those essential things was my motorcycle. For my first two years at LSU, my Harley stayed in California where I would ride when I returned home at various times during the year. In the fall of 2013, home was Baton Rouge and my bike was with me. Finally, there was the iPhone 5 in 2012 and the iPhone 5s in 2013. The 5 series had a new, taller form factor such that, when dropped into a shirt pocket, it stuck obtrusively, even inconveniently out of a standard sized shirt pocket. Where its predecessors remained hidden out of site, the iPhone 5 series were not so discreet.

Once in alignment, the final factor was that run for errands on a beautiful, winter day in the Deep South. I really don’t know why it took so long. Perhaps it’s because most of my t-shirts don’t actually have pockets, but on that day it hit me: The phone sticks out of my pocket-the camera lens is at the top of the phone-turn on the video-put the phone in my pocket with the lens facing out-ride. And in that moment the very first ShirtPocket Short was created. It worked much better than I expected - it solved the vibration issues (human bodies make excellent image stabilizers) and helped a lot with the audio. I posted that video on Facebook with this caption: “Put your iPhone on video, hit record and drop it in your shirt pocket. That's how you get a shirt-pocket short.” From there, ShirtPocket Productions grew - very slowly.

In the past few months, SPP has grown more than ever before. We have gained more views, “likes,” comments, interactions and general interest than in all prior years combined. It’s still very small, it’s still just me, it’s still nowhere near anything anyone would call “professional” and it still has not made a dime. We are not/I am not in it for the money - not at the moment anyway. We have spent some money on equipment and the ShirtPocketProductions.com URL, but as far as “business expenses” go, we will cross that bridge when we come to it. Will ShirtPocket Productions grow into a real production company? Maybe, maybe not. Right now it’s fun and if it’s fun and makes money, that’s cool. The minute it becomes not fun, we/I pull the plug.

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#peace