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KROQ Weenie Roast 2009

2009-04-29T08:47:00.001-07:00

Weenie Roast...hmm Silversun Pickups, Pearl Jam, Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Cage the Elephant, Green Day.....Mark my prediction!!

For Birdman

2009-03-12T08:53:00.000-07:00

Thought Birdman might like this

The yearly pre-Coachella shows at The Glass House are becoming as anticipated as the festival itself. Silversun Pickups are the latest in this year's line-up to confirm a Pomona performance. The Pickups will play an intimate show at The Glass House on April 12th. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 12:00pm Pacific Time.

Also that NINJA poster I created...Dave Navarro posted it on his site at 6767.com then sent me a twitter saying good job on the poster...pretty cool I thought

BTW I am on Twitter way more than I am on here...come join us

NIN/JA Tour

2009-03-04T08:45:00.001-08:00

Zero-Sum (2022 Remix) Final Cut

2009-03-01T18:20:00.000-08:00

Please enjoy this final cut of my Year-Zero remix

Happy Weekend...Go Buy This!

2009-02-20T15:54:00.000-08:00

Noooooooo !!!

2009-02-19T11:30:00.000-08:00

2.16.09: A note from Trent and a wave goodbye

Towards the beginning of my career in Nine Inch Nails, our biggest break came in the form of an invitation to perform a series of shows with Jane's Addiction. These performances essentially created and defined the term "alternative" rock in the US, created an ongoing festival franchise that is still thriving (Lollapalooza), set the stage for Nirvana to shift popular taste a few months later, and were really fucking FUN to play and attend - truly the best times I've had. The shows were epic. So epic, they propelled NIN to the "next level" (whatever that means), but caused Jane's to implode. The band broke up at the end of that tour.

Fast forward to the present. Corporate rock STILL sucks. A friend tells me they saw the original Jane's lineup play a tiny show in LA that was unbelievable. I break out my Jane's records and am amazed by how vital they sound. These guys were the real deal and in this current climate mostly dominated by poseurs and pussies it was refreshing to hear something that sounded dangerous, volatile, beautiful and SINCERE.

Emails were sent, phone calls were made, dinner was arranged, ideas were discussed and the next thing I know we're in the studio experimenting. We laugh, we get to know each other, we cry, we yell, we almost quit, we record LOTS of guitar solos, we discuss, we actually begin to all communicate, we yell some more, we become FRIENDS, we laugh again and we do some great things. I get to see first hand why they broke up all those years ago but I also get the chance to see four distinct personalities that become an INCREDIBLE band when they're in the same room.

In NIN world, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of our first releases. I've been thinking for some time now it's time to make NIN disappear for a while. Last year's "Lights in the Sky" tour was something I'm quite proud of and seems like the culmination of what I could pull off in terms of an elaborate production. It was also quite difficult to pull off technically and physically night after night and left us all a bit dazed. After some thought, we decided to book a last run of shows across the globe this year. The approach to these shows is quite different from last year - much more raw, spontaneous and less scripted. Fun for us and a different way for you to see us and wave goodbye. I reached out to Jane's to see if they'd want to join us across the US and we all felt it could be a great thing. Will it work? Will it resonate in the marketplace? Who knows. Are there big record label marketing dollars to convince you to attend? Nope. Does it feel right to us and does it seem like it will be fun for us and you? Yes it does. Look for tour dates soon and I hope to see you out there.

Trent

Cast your vote!

2009-02-18T13:07:00.000-08:00

I have a debate going on at work between a guy who we will call "Ludo" for now and myself.

Who is the better musical artist? Visit the right side of my blog to vote!

David After Dentist

2009-02-17T14:00:00.000-08:00

One of the funniest clips ever!

Coldplay

2009-02-13T08:09:00.000-08:00

Coldplay makes their return to Southern Cali...I'd love to go see them again but from what I hear the tickets will start out at about $97 dollars EACH! Then move down to $75 and finally $40.

What happened to Coldplay and their management...really...

When they first played out here I saw them for $10 bucks at I think the Troubadour...They are an AWESOME band but in these times who can really pay that much money for a ticket...I'm sure Birdman can but what about everyone else?

Best craigslist post ever!!

2009-02-10T20:12:00.000-08:00

Curb Alert Piece of Lasagna (IE)
Reply to: sale-1029899324@craigslist.org [?]
Date: 2009-02-10, 7:54PM PST

I have a leftover piece of lasagna and some home fried taters for free.

The lasagna is 4 layers thick with a small bite off one corner.

No i'm not stupid, the taters weren't served with the lasagna, they are leftover from breakfast. The taters are brown in color, most are in grat shape, some have pepper on them.

These things won't last, hurry up and get em, they're on the curb

* Location: IE
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

PostingID: 1029899324

Only in Fontana

2009-02-04T17:02:00.000-08:00

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released photos taken from their evidence room of several ceramic lawn donkeys (see below) seized during a drug raid in Fontana on Tuesday evening. Authorities found 200 donkeys each containing several kilograms of marijuana.

The bust resulted in 15 arrests and the discovery of 1,800 pounds of marijuana.

Bonnaroo Festival

2009-02-03T17:04:00.000-08:00

Why couldn't Coachella give us this kind of lineup...Instead, you have to go to Tennessee in June to see the following at the Bonnaroo Festival...

Headliners
* Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
* Phish (2 shows)
* Beastie Boys
* Nine Inch Nails

* David Byrne
* Wilco
* Al Green
* Snoop Dogg
* Elvis Costello Solo
* Erykah Badu
* Paul Oakenfold
* Ben Harper and Relentless7
* The Mars Volta
* TV on the Radio
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs
* Gov't Mule
* Andrew Bird
* Band of Horses
* Merle Haggard
* MGMT
* moe.
* The Decemberists
* Girl Talk
* Bon Iver
* Bela Fleck & Toumani Diabate
* Rodrigo y Gabriela
* Galactic
* The Del McCoury band
* of Montreal
* Allen Toussaint
* Coheed & Cambria
* Booker T & the DBTs
* David Grisman Quintet
* Lucinda Williams
* Animal Collective
* Gomez
* Neko Case
* Down
* Jenny Lewis
* Santogold
* Robert Earl Keen
* Citizen Cope
* Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
* The Ting Tings
* Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
* Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
* Kaki King
* Grizzly Bear
* King Sunny Ade
* Okkervil River
* St. Vincent
* Zac Brown Band
* Raphael Saadiq
* Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
* Crystal Castles
* Tift Merritt
* Brett Dennen
* Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
* Toubab Krewe
* People Under The Stairs
* Alejandro Escovedo
* Vieux Farka Toure
* Elvis Perkins in Dearland
* Cherryholmes
* Yeasayer
* Todd Snider
* Chairlift
* Portugal. The Man.
* The SteelDrivers
* Midnite
* The Knux
* The Low Anthem
* Delta Spirit
* A.A. Bondy
* The Lovell Sisters
* Alberta Cross
* More Artists to Be Announced!

Twitter

2009-02-02T16:43:00.001-08:00

NINJUNKIE951 is my twitter handle if anyone twitters

New Layout

2009-01-30T11:51:00.000-08:00

Hope you enjoy the new layout...

I added an RSS feed from Rolling Stone on the side...Hopefully it will update

Disappointed...except for Night 1

2009-01-30T07:20:00.000-08:00

Night 1 seems to be the only good night....

200th Post...Coachella Lineup

2009-01-28T10:24:00.000-08:00

My 200th post is going to the Coachella alleged lineup....and here it is

Friday:
Nine Inch Nails
Morrissey
Orbital
Franz Ferdinand
Puscifer
Katy Perry
Digitalism (live)
The Presets
K's Choice
Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band
X
Metric
The Black Keys
Shpongle
Turbonegro
Bassnectar
Fair To Midland
Ladytron
Cage
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Hercules & Love Affair
Mickey Avalon
The Gaslight Anthem
Laura Marling
The Whip
The Bloody Beetroots
Kristina Sky
The Airborne Toxic Event
Friendly Fires
Straight Line Stitch
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
Shadrach Kabango
Los Campesinos
O'Death
The Wishing Tree
Floater
Alias Westlord
Snailhouse
Asteroids Galaxy Tour
Miyavi
Kevin Rudolf
TINARIWEN
Heartless Bastards
Drop The Lime
Lucent Dossier

Saturday:
The Killers
Neil Young
Primus
Basement Jaxx
TV on the Radio
Mike Patton + Rahzel
Adele
Immortal Technique
Atmosphere
One Day as a Lion
Girl Talk
Primal Scream
Coolof (of The Knife) (DJ set)
KT Tunstall
Crystal Castles
Amon Tobin
M.A.N.D.Y.
She & Him
Roni Size
Kimya Dawson
Glasvegas
The Black Marquee
Jade Everett
Jamie T
Foals
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
No Age
Late of the Pier
Sebastian Tellier
Peanut Butter Wolf
The Flobots
Radio Luxembourg
Ice Cream Floats
Flying Lotus
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
The Bug
White Lies
The Knux
The Captains Intangible
Mad Marge & The Stonecutters
N.A.S.A.
Mexican Institute of Sound
Eric Mcfadden Trio
Soniko
Kira Willey
Lucent Dossier

Sunday:
Paul McCartney
Foo Fighters
Public Enemy
Chemical Brothers
Keane
Poe
MSTRKRFT
Fleet Foxes
Band of Horses
Lupe Fiasco
Skunk Anansie
Planet of the Drums
Jenny Lewis
Imogen Heap
The Heavy
The Shins
Black Mountain
Asobi Seksu
Gus Black
Alabama 3
The Faint
The Sounds
The Ting Tings
Yeasayer
Conjure One
The Bees
Bizarre
Surkin
The Greencards
The Hold Steady
Uh Huh Her
Christopher Lawrence
a place to bury strangers
Carolina Chocolate Drops
The Death Set
Florence & The Machine
Anna Ternheim
Weston Boys
Tommy Mills & The Jade Amenity
Gutevolk
Buraka Som Sistema
Lucent Dossier

Best News Story for 2009!!

2009-01-24T06:47:00.000-08:00

I found the best news story for 2009 already...check it out

Fri Jan 23, 6:07 pm ET

LAGOS (Reuters) - Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.

Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after trying to steal a Mazda 323.

"The group of vigilante men came to report that while they were on patrol they saw some hoodlums attempting to rob a car. They pursued them. However one of them escaped while the other turned into a goat," Kwara state police spokesman Tunde Mohammed told Reuters by telephone.

"We cannot confirm the story, but the goat is in our custody. We cannot base our information on something mystical. It is something that has to be proved scientifically, that a human being turned into a goat," he said.

Belief in witchcraft is widespread in parts of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation. Residents came to the police station to see the goat, photographed in one national newspaper on its knees next to a pile of straw.

Coachella 2009

2009-01-20T21:34:00.000-08:00

While the line up hasn't officially been announced, here is what i have gathered so far:

Confirmed:

* The Airborne Toxic Event —
* The Bug —
* Buraka Som Sistema —
* Crystal Castles —
* Drop The Lime —
* Fleet Foxes —
* Flying Lotus —
* Franz Ferdinand —
* Girl Talk —
* The Hold Steady —
* The Killers —
* No Age —
* Noah and the Whale —
* Late of the Pier —
* Los Campesinos! —
* Lupe Fiasco —
* Peanut Butter Wolf —
* The Presets —
* Sebastian Tellier —
* Themselves —
* Tinariwen —

Rumored:

* Band of Horses —
* Basement Jaxx —
* The Black Keys —
* Bloc Party —
* Booker T. Jones —
* The Comedians of Comedy —
* Four Tet —
* The Gaslight Anthem —
* Glasvegas —
* Green Day —
* Gui Boratto —
* Gus Black —
* Heartless Bastards —
* Hot Little Pony —
* Jose Gonzalez —
* Keane —
* KONGCRETE —
* Lily Allen —
* Mastodon —
* Mexican Institute of Sound —
* Monotonix —
* Morrissey —
* Mr. Lif —
* N.A.S.A. —
* Neil Young —
* OutKast —
* Pavement —
* Plump DJs —
* The Pretenders —
* The Prodigy —
* The Replacements —
* Red Hot Chili Peppers —
* Roni Size Reprazent —
* The Smiths —
* The Thermals —
* The Ting Tings —
* Turbonegro —
* We Are Scientists —
* White Lies —
* The White Stripes

Line up should be announced soon

A New Year is Upon Us

2008-12-29T10:34:00.000-08:00

Christmas 2008 has come and gone in a flash.

I received some pretty cool gifts including a nice trenchcoat wool jacket for work, a nice wallet, even received an e-mail Christmas Card from Bean. The present I am desperately waiting for is my new house. Mrs. Audio and I have been waiting for this gift for two months and it is finally closing today. Its a nice size house about 2000 sqft and a huge lot. Its no longer in Riverside but in Fontana...Fontucky...Funktana...but its in a nice area of the city. I can't wait for the 4th of July because I think it is still legal to do fireworks so i'm pretty hyped. If the closing gets postponed a third time I will seriously be pissed.

With that being said, new years doesn't look like much will happen on the eve. With all the B.S. that happened on a personal level this year I am glad to see it go with a hell of a lot better things going on next year.

Have a good and safe new year!

Merry Christmas!!

2008-12-24T07:49:00.001-08:00

Almost Acoustic Christmas review

2008-12-14T15:58:00.000-08:00

Quick Update...I heard Kanye West is the surprise guest for Night 2...totally blows as they coulda used him last night

Well, before I went to Acoustic Christmas I almost sold my ticket but chose to keep it.

Do I regret it? No not really, but the concert itself wasn't that spectacular.

I missed Hollywood Undead and Slightly Stoopid because well, I rather stay outside and watch interviews of bands. I listed to some of Hollywood Undead before I went just to see if I wanted to see them, and well, yeah...not so good...Sorry Mama can't give a review of them for your daughter.

Three Days Grace- Pretty good set. I wasn't expecting much from them but they had some good tracks and hard bass and drum lines. I hate everything about you was their big hit of the night.

Staind- I have ALWAYS liked Staind since back in like 99/00. Their sets are always good and this one was no let down. I thought it was weird that they didn't play Outside or Fade...then again they have been played on the radio so much that it was nice to hear the not so played out songs.

A.F.I. - My first time EVER seeing this band and I have to say they were THE BEST of the night. I thought it sucked that KROQ gave AFI a half hour set while Rise Against took an hour, then again all the teenyboppers like Rise Against right now. AFI played ALL their hits including one from 1993. The pit finally awoke during their set and everyone in the building was standing for AFI. They said they would be back during summer for a tour. During the Kevin and Bean interview there was a hint that they would be at the Weenie Roast. Silver and Cold, as well as The Leaving Part 2 live....totally awesome!

Stone Temple Pilots - I was really excited to see this band live as I had only seen Scott Weiland with Velvet Revolver. Into the second song of STP's set, my excitement turned to disappointment. STP just didn't look into it. First, Scott Weiland came out looking like The Undertaker from the WWE with a big black hat,black coat and a gray scarf. By the third song, Weiland was stripped down to a Mr. Furley type shirt, and black pants while sweating horribly. Between songs he would mumble about who knows what and the music would just start in the middle of him talking. Horrible horrible...My friend was watching from home and she texted me saying she is selling her STP tickets for New Years Eve based on this performance. Weiland needs to kick the drinking...

The Offspring - Was excited to see this band as well as I have never seen them before either. Umm...Did someone force Dexter to "Come Out and Play" (pun intended) because he looked like he did not want to be there. Noodles looked way more into it than Dexter. They played all their radio hits and while the crowd was going off, Dexter would just sing and stare into the crowd. Their set was so boring I left half way through their set.

My last acoustic christmas I saw NIN, System of a Down, and Korn and I think that concert was the best yet and nothing except for Radiohead back in August has compared.

Here are some pics from the show...i'll post more later

Kroq Acoustic Christmas

2008-12-11T18:18:00.001-08:00

Night 1...I will be there...8th Row Orchestra!

Winter time is coming...I think

2008-12-09T08:02:00.001-08:00

I saw this posted on Drudgereport today and was shocked...I LOVE odd weather from hail to thunderstorms to strong winds...but am super excited if this is to occur next week

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - December 8, 2008 (OWSweather.com) Rare 50 year Arctic Blast Sets Sights On Southern California.

With a week away, and a sure sign of things to come, OWSweather.com is making preparations on the server to handle the traffic from this next event. UJEAS is in line with the majority if not all the other models in keeping a near historical arctic air mass into the Southern California region.

With a warm November, Southern California is finally ready for cold storms to make their way in. Resort level snow will be likely next week, and in pretty hefty amounts if things stay on track. OWSweather.com Meteorologist Kevin Martin predicts a 50 year event. While Martin is usually conservative on these events, the pattern highly favors it. "We are in a pre-1950 type pattern, "said Martin. "We know we are due for a winter storm sometime this year. The type we may be dealing with will be ranked up there with the known years before 1950, which set record low daytime temperatures into the forecast region. With this, may come low elevation snow."

Forecaster Cameron Venable is seeing very cold temperatures in the Los Angeles areas as well. Torrance is not usually known for winter weather, thus making this an interesting event for Venable to track.

"Temperatures in Siberia, Russia will be -81 degrees this week, "said Martin. "With those type of temperatures the arctic air mass has to spill somewhere. Our answer of the exact track will become more clear this week. All residents in the mountain communities should prepare this week for very cold, winter weather, with snow."

Indications are a second, colder storm could hit near the 18th-22nd time-frame. The details on that will have to be sorted out.

OWSweather.com

For the Fishes

2008-12-08T17:00:00.000-08:00

Ok so I am not a good pet owner...

I had two fishes last week and this week they simply disappeared. I have NO explanation for it whatsoever but they are gone. I checked their little cave, the filter, and the table and its surroundings.....Nothing

Sigh...

Grandma...how could you.

2008-12-01T16:56:00.001-08:00

I think she is related to Birdman some how.

Grandma caught in a stolen car

HTG

2008-11-27T08:02:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Week at a glance

2008-11-24T14:19:00.001-08:00

To those in the Fire areas, be safe out there this week. This includes you Birdman and the rest of the Merc.

If Reena is any danger you best sacrifice your body so she can float down the street on it. =oP

2009...year of music

2008-11-22T16:48:00.000-08:00

2009 is already ramping up to be a HUGE year in the rock music scene

In case you haven't heard by now, NO Doubt has reunited and WILL be touring in 2009. Their website confirms this with a chat session between band members on their home page.

Jane's Addiction has also reunited with their original line up. They have been playing small gigs throughout Los Angeles and rumors are that they will be headlining one night at Coachella. 6767.com is Dave Navarro's blog and he updates everyone on their gigs.

Another reunion that has rumored to take place and are set to tour in 2009 is none other than Led Zeppelin. Zeppelin reunited this past summer to play a gig in London which totally kicked ass.

Another group planning on reuniting before Coachella is The Smiths...Not a big Morrissey fan even though I'm hispanic...Sorry...

And for those into Country music, the following is confirmed for Stagecoach 2009

STAGECOACH 2009: official lineup as of 11/6/08
Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Reba McEntire, Kid Rock, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Poco (Rich Furay, Jim Messina, Rusty Young, Paul Cotton), Charlie Daniels Band, Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum, Reverend Horton Heat, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Stanley, Lynn Anderson, Doyle Lawson, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Danielle Peck, Dale Watson, Zac Brown Band, The Duhks, Waddie Mitchell, Randy Houser, Hot Club of Cowtown, James Intveld

Night Two: K.A.A.C

2008-11-20T17:12:00.000-08:00

The Killers
Death Cab for Cutie
Paramore
Franz Ferdinand
Scott Weiland
Snow Patrol
Vampire Weekend
and
The Cure....

Night 1...Kroq Almost Acoustic Christmas

2008-11-20T14:11:00.000-08:00

Well...I was right and I was wrong.

My Picks:

Night 1 (Saturday): The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, ~~Slightly Stoopid~~, Cold War Kids, Vampire Weekend, Jack's Mannequin, Shiny Toy Guns

Night 2 (Sunday): Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, ~~The Offspring~~, ~~AFI~~, Weezer, ~~Rise Against~~, ~~Three Days Grace~~, Finger Eleven

Actual Lineup:

Night 1 (Saturday): Stone Temple Pilots, The Offspring, AFI, Rise Against, Staind, Three Days Grace, Hollywood Undead

Not too shabby...Picked most bands but not all

Night two announced tonight at 5

Quick Update

2008-11-19T20:00:00.000-08:00

Quick update to my predicted acoustic christmas lineup

Night 1 (Saturday): The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Slightly Stoopid, Cold War Kids, Vampire Weekend, Jack's Mannequin, Shiny Toy Guns

Night 2 (Sunday): Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, The Offspring, AFI, Weezer, Rise Against, Three Days Grace, Finger Eleven

The actual line up will be announced tomorrow at 7:15am

I can ALMOST guarantee night ones line up minus shiny toy guns. Night two will most def be the harder night.

KROQ Acoustic Christmas

2008-11-12T21:15:00.001-08:00

Its that time of year again for predictions to the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas happening December 13th and 14th.

The following was posted on a site but taken down really fast which leads me to believe that this is the real deal.

Night 1 (Saturday): Nine Inch Nails, The Offspring, AFI, Weezer, Rise Against, Three Days Grace, Finger Eleven

Night 2 (Sunday): Metallica, The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Slightly Stoopid, Cold War Kids, The All-American Rejects, Jack's Mannequin, Shiny Toy Guns

I can almost confirm NIN for one of the dates as they are playing Las Vegas on December 12th.

Lars from Metallica mentioned somewhere that they were playing night two.

Nicole Alvarez from KROQ started talking about the concert and was saying I REALLY hope these guys are playing acoustic christmas and Offspring was mentioned.

New albums from the Killers, AFI, and no appearance by Weezer at Weenie Roast moves towards them playing KAAC this year.

The line up will be announced soon...keep tuned in

Hardcore Rave in the Sky

2008-11-10T23:26:00.000-08:00

I just found out today that a DJ i used to look up to and was inspired by passed away. Jeff Besler aka DJ Tron from Chicago passed away doing what he loved best, in his studio preparing for a DJ set here in Los Angeles...He was 34.

I got into the underground Rave scene back in 1996. Tron (Torturous Rage of Noise) was one of the first DJ's I heard of. Known for his harder, darker, and extremely fast genre of Techno music, he was a huge inspiration for me to begin mixing what is known as Hardcore / Gabber underground music.

One of my best memories of him was a Rave in 1999 called Oracle. This rave was held in 3 different buildings in downtown Pomona with the Hardcore Techno room being held at Yesteryears night club. Tron was spinning an insane set. Picture the room about 100 x 100 feet. Two of the four walls had speakers from the ground to the ceiling with the dj booth in the middle. The crowd was the most insane I had ever seen. Speedcore at its finest with Tron going back to back with Delta 9, another famous Hardcore Techno dj. This was the first time that they had played together that I could remember. It was a fun night that ended with some bruised legs and ringing ears. Thanks Tron for the memories and inspiration. You will not be forgotten!

North Korea and Amusement doesnt go together

2008-11-09T06:45:00.000-08:00

Found this link of an amusement park in North Korea!

Its not Disneyland....Hell its not even family fun center...but its something

http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22249/59401-eerie-amusement-parks-north-korea

2nd post of the day

2008-10-30T15:34:00.001-07:00

Had to do it...Ladies and Gentlemen, enjoy Huell Howser

No Birdman that is not a relative of mine in the background

And if you get a chance, watch the clip directly under the above video called Is that Dog eating an Avocado?

Finally good news

2008-10-30T15:28:00.001-07:00

Finally some good news...An offer on our dream house was accepted! Thank God

Hey There

2008-10-27T23:05:00.000-07:00

Sorry...been going through some more drama courtesy of the a-hole of the f-i-law. Hopefully things will get better soon so my mind is clear enough to write.

I don't know why, but this song is getting me through this drama

Kanye West - Throught the Wire

golf

2008-10-13T20:51:00.000-07:00

sorry about that dark post yesterday...just felt like that...same crap happening day in day out....

today was better though...ended a 4 day weekend (i love government jobs), with a golf tournament held by where I work...Today was the perfect golf weather...75 degrees, 40 mph winds, and dust storms...btw it was in indio...awesome golf course though...i didn't play my best game but i did aight...all those trips to the family fun center helped on my putting game...in the end our team didn't win but it was fun to get out and hang with some buddies outside of work

what a weekend....

2008-10-12T21:34:00.000-07:00

Halloween...

2008-10-09T08:14:00.001-07:00

With Halloween just around the corner I thought this post would fit the season...Odd ways of dying.

You always hear about deaths that revolve around natural causes or diseases...but what about those weird deaths that you just shake your head and say what?!?!

Here are some notable odd deaths.

Carol Gotbaum, died trying to escape from police. No, she didn’t get shot down in a desperate escape. No, she didn’t careen off the highway on a high speed chase. She died by strangling herself trying to escape out of handcuffs.
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In 2007, an unlucky cab driver found two bodies. One of a man and another of a woman, both attire-less and dead at a base a 50 story building in Columbia, South Carolina. Apparently the authorities found their clothing and identification at the top of the building. They fell off the building while having sex.
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Jennifer Strange, died of water intoxication during a “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” contest in Sacramento, California. Can we say that the Wii is boring after 20 minutes and is only fun when you’re drunk. Oh…one more thing, she came in second. If you’re going to die for a Wii, you better well come in first place.
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A 28-year-old Korean named Lee Seung Seop, (p.s. I am so ashamed. Way to represent my race, man), died in an Internet cafe after playing 50 straight hours of Star Craft.
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You might have heard this guy, Timothy Treadwell, the subject of that documentary, ‘Grizzly Man.’ He lived with Grizzly bears in Alaska for 13 summers and one day, he was half-eaten by one while another ate his girlfriend. I used to live in Alaska, bears will eat you and they don’t want to be your friend. Period.
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Brian Wells, rigged himself with a bomb around his neck and proceeded to rob a bank. This pizza deliveryman hatched the grandest of schemes that would make a heist in Ocean’s 11 seem tame. He would tell people that someone told him to rob a bank or the bomb around his neck would go off if he didn’t. Well, Brian forgot that he inadvertently made a real bomb and it went off. Thanks Brian, you still make people smile, four years later.
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Canadian attorney Garry Hoy in Toronto wanted to show a group of potential lawyers how unbreakable the windows of the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower were by hurling himself at them. After two demonstrations and 24 stories later, Mr. Hoy met the ground.
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Isadora Duncan is a legendary dancer, but in 1927, she got herself into an ultimate fight against a car wheel. While riding in an automobile in Nice, France, her long silk scarf got caught in the wheel and dragged her until she died before the driver realized she had fallen off. Moral of the story? Don’t wear fashionable silk scarves in an open top car.
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Former U.S. President William Henry Harrison showed that you really need to put a jacket on in the cold. He died one month into his term as President because he didn’t wear a coat during in inaugural speech. He died a month later of pneumonia.

Hope you enjoyed...Oh...and WHAT THE F IS UP WITH THE STORES SELLING CHRISTMAS STUFF ALREADY!!!! THE KOST ISN'T EVEN PLAYING CHRISTMAS MUSIC AND WAL FREAKIN MART IS SELLING CHRISTMAS MERCHANDISE!!!!

Dinner Conversation

2008-10-02T06:25:00.000-07:00

So yesterday, the wife and I met up with some of her friends to have dinner at Claim Jumpers. They lived in Vermont while going to school for a few years so there was some catching up to do...

One question that I asked them half way through the dinner...

Me: "What airline is Vermont's regional airline?"

Them (including wife): "Huh?"

Me: "You know, like Southwest is the cheap regional airline for here, what's Vermont's?"

Well about 15 minutes of them trying to answer my question it came out that jetBlue was Vermont's regional airline.

I did the research for you and found the following airlines are for regional flights...
* Allegheny Airlines
* AmericanConnection
* ATA Connection (defunct)
* Bonanza Air Lines
* Continental Connection
* Continental Express
* Delta Connection
* Frontier JetExpress
* Frontier Airlines
* Midwest Connect
* Midway Connect (defunct)
* Mohawk Airlines
* North Central Airlines
* Northwest Airlink
* Pan Am Express (defunct)
* Piedmont Airlines
* Southern Airways
* Southwest Airways (renamed Pacific Air Lines in 1958)
* United Express
* US Airways Express
* West Coast Airlines
* America West Express (defunct, now operates as US Airways Express)
* American Eagle (extant, for detailed information about the brand refer to American Eagle, as discussed under Executive Airlines operations, and American Eagle Airlines code-share operations inherited from TWA Connection)

Something New

2008-10-01T06:21:00.000-07:00

I tried something new today...

Using my computer mouse with my left hand. It was awkward at first but started getting used to it right away. I had to switch back though cause the cord wasn't long enough.

Confucius says: "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."

Long time....

2008-09-25T21:44:00.000-07:00

Hello friends...non friends...

been a long time since i posted and i will tell you why...There were some illnesses in my family so i was keeping tabs on that...then...we get a call that my wifes grandmother had hours to live...so we raced after a day of camping to the hospital...she made it through the night but passed the next day...the wife took it really difficult yet she kept pretty quiet...with all these stresses as well as others i just didn't have it in me to write...but as time passes i will continue to write more....

now then...

Radiohead at the Hollywood Bowl:

Hollywood Bowl is one of the most awesome places to see a concert...but parking sucks really bad...i forgot you could take food into the venue so ended up spending 20 bucks on a water...soda...hot dog...and chips...

This was my first time seeing Radiohead live but have always heard of how awesome they were live...They surpassed my expectations...From the beginning of their set to the end was a light show from these tubular light bulbs hanging from the top of the stage to the bottom...the colors changed colors with the beat...there was then a still video camera on each band member that was shown on each side of the stage that kind of had an old style appearance.

Thom the lead singers voice is awesome live...First band that I have seen that is BETTER than their cd....

Another amazing part of their set was during their song "National Anthem", Jonny Greenwood, guitarist searches for radio stations and plays them on a delay...and different commercials are played during the song...its freakin awesome...at the end of National Anthem the Fletcher Jones Mercedes commercial was played...Rancho Cucamonga, Can you Hear Me?

My favorite song of the evening was Faust Arp...Freakin AWESOME live!! You see the still shot in this video

All in all was probably my favorite concert ive been to since Acoustic Christmas 05.

Setlist:
1. 15 Step
2. There There
3. Morning Bell
4. All I Need
5. Pyramid Song
6. Nude
7. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
8. The Gloaming
9. National Anthem
10. Wolf at the Door
11. Faust Arp
12. Exit Music (for a film)
13. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
14. Idioteque
15. Climbing Up The Walls
16. Bodysnatchers
17. How To Disappear Completely
FIRST ENCORE
18. Videotape
19. Dollars & Cents
20. Paranoid Android
21. Street Spirit (fade out)
22. Reckoner
SECOND ENCORE
23. House of Cards
24. Lucky
25. Everything In Its Right Place

sorry

2008-09-04T03:22:00.000-07:00

been nearly a month and i havent posted anything...sorry

just been down in the gutters not feeling up to posting....i will soon though...

i will post my reviews about Cirque De Soliel:Love
and a review of Radiohead's concert at Hollywood bowl on August 24th (AWESOME!!!)

http://exodus8one.org/blog/

2008-08-09T13:42:00.000-07:00

http://exodus8one.org/blog/

Motorboat Def...and Prison

2008-08-07T06:46:00.000-07:00

This is for The Wrider

This is the definition for Motorboating and is from UrbanDictionary.com

The placement of one's face, specifically the mouth, into the area between a well-endowed woman's breasts, followed by a rapid shaking of the face in a side-to-side motion accompanied by yelling. The resulting sound that is created sounds similar to an outboard boat motor.

Sherry was wearing a low-cut top and Mike approached her and started motorboating in her cleavage.

Keywords:breasts cleavage motor-boating tits boobs

by BMan01 Nov 27, 2005 email it 0 comments

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This is my original post

PORTLAND, Ore. - A New York man who pleaded guilty to murder in Oregon in exchange for buckets of fried chicken will get calzones and pizza to go with his life sentence.

Tremayne Durham, 33, of New York City, admitted last month that he fatally shot Adam Calbreath, 39, of Gresham, in June 2006. Durham wanted to sell ice cream and ordered an $18,000 truck from an Oregon company. He later changed his mind, but the company wouldn't provide a refund.

The would-be ice cream man came to Oregon and killed Calbreath, a former employee of the company, while looking for its owner, authorities said.

Durham agreed to plead guilty to murder — but only if he could get a break from jail food. The judge agreed and granted Durham a feast of KFC chicken, Popeye's chicken, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, carrot cake and ice cream.

After Wednesday's sentencing, Durham was to get the rest of the deal — calzones, lasagna, pizza and ice cream, his defense attorney confirmed. They will pay the tab.

Durham also got married Wednesday in a civil ceremony at the Portland courthouse. The wedding to Vanessa Davis, 48, also of New York City, was not part of the plea deal that will give Durham a chance for parole after 30 years.

Deputy District Attorney Josh Lamborn said Multnomah County Judge Eric Bergstrom made the right call in allowing the unusual plea agreement because it saved the expense of a trial and possible appeals.

Ticketmaster

2008-08-06T08:03:00.000-07:00

I was on ticketmaster.com today looking to purchase some tickets. You know that scrambled word that you have to type out to make sure you are actually a person and not a computer trying to purchase a lot of tickets...well...look what scrambled word popped up for me.

Scars

2008-07-21T20:21:00.000-07:00

For those who like System of a Down...Enjoy Scars on Broadway...EXCELLENT album!

Oh Yeah...One more

2008-07-15T06:50:00.000-07:00

Doesn't my airline flight attendant on the way home look JUST like Adam Carolla??

Flight Attendant

Adam Carolla

Vatican Pt3 - Finale

2008-07-15T06:48:00.000-07:00

Vatican Pt 2 - Notice The Vatican pics contain a creepy unknown blur in some pics

2008-07-15T06:44:00.001-07:00

Roma Pt3 - Vatican City

2008-07-15T06:39:00.000-07:00

Roma Pt2

2008-07-15T06:36:00.000-07:00

Roma

2008-07-15T06:31:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the delay...had some technical difficulties putting up the pics from Rome...Here is the first batch

Vacation

2008-07-10T06:27:00.000-07:00

Took some pics and want to share them...enjoy

Hope you enjoyed...I will post my pictures from Rome tomorrow.

adios

2008-06-18T06:33:00.000-07:00

First...What Los Angeles team showed up to the NBA finals?

First and a half...where are all the Laker flags today?

Second...I called Boston winning the series in 6 games and I was right! WooHoo

Third...I'm off to Italy and France early Friday morning so this will be my last post until I get back...I'll have fun for you Mama...and Birdman, I will try and not get turned on by the hairy armpits...=)

Adios

finally inspired

2008-06-05T21:23:00.000-07:00

well a picture tells a thousand words...advisory is suggested for the queezy...

a while back birdman wrote about dude with different stances at the urinal...well now its my turn to write about dudes taking a deuce...

Types:

Quiet dudes....these guys don't make a noise let alone drop a deuce until other dude in the bathroom leaves...this same dude also won't wipe until other dude leaves the bathroom as he is afraid of being seen...

Sigh Guy- There is nothing worse than walking into the bathroom and hearing another guy sigh or slight moan when one gets released. there is just something very unnerving about it...

Blows it out dude- there is always dude who just blows it out and doesn't give an F if anyone else is in the bathroom. You could be washing your hands and dude says whats up on his way to the throne...you then hear the flaps and drops with no care whatsoever...he just blows it out to the point where it sounds like it hurts...have some respect Blows it out dude

Guy on Cell - besides Sigh Guy, nothing can be worse than to hear someone on their cell phone while taking the kids for a swim. I'm sure the other person on the phone can hear the echos off the porcelain but dude doesn't care. He wants to dial his faves while doing his fav...

Please place your other observations if any....

VVVVIIIIIIIIOOOOOLEETTT HILLLLSSSS

2008-06-04T20:10:00.000-07:00

hmmm

2008-06-03T17:46:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted in some time now because well...i just didn't have anything interesting to write about...

i did start my new job in the criminal side of hitech crimes but can't talk much about it...all i can say is i have to keep keep work at work...what i can say is that its 5 minutes from home

i leave to italy and france in a few weeks...

the wife graduates a week before that finally

and am still looking for a house....

see nothing too interesting

2008-05-23T21:58:00.001-07:00

tell me why...

2008-05-14T15:17:00.001-07:00

tell me why Snoopy is labeled as a beagle and does not look like one at all...

Observation...and Mr. Stokes

2008-05-07T06:21:00.000-07:00

I drive the freeway on a daily basis...about 50 or so miles with tons of traffic see a lot of the same people each day. Well I observed something that really bugs the hell out of me. I would say that two or three of the same cars I see everyday have GPS units on their dashboard. Are they really needed? NO! They drive the same damn route everyday and just want to look cool. "F" those people who have a GPS unit just to go to the same damn place everyday.

The Wrider Dos and I are probably the only two that recognize the above people in the photo. They were the Weather Channel's lead broadcast meteorologists. Well the Asian guy Bob Stokes and Hillary Andrews were both fired....why you ask? Well Stokes asked Andrews,"Will you lick my swizzle stick?" as well as made other sexual advancements to her. Andrews is suing the Weather Channel for wrongful termination...Stokes is probably taking a Stroke...and I'm still enjoying the Weather Channel

why I love me some family guy

2008-04-23T23:04:00.001-07:00

Birdman and Wrider would know this better than anyone...I love me the random...I say random things that totally make sense to me and no one else...which is why i like the family guy...i swear i feel like someone stole my mind and made a cartoon of it...

anyways...this clip is the funniest thing i have seen on family guy so far...it makes no sense what so ever but i love it...i can only imagine what Seth MacFarlane was thinking when he wrote this...btw...how catchy is this song

Happy Earth Day

2008-04-22T17:57:00.001-07:00

The Wrider

2008-04-15T06:18:00.000-07:00

I don't think that The Wrider has mentioned this at all...

Please Laugh

2008-04-11T22:43:00.000-07:00

I laughed for 5 minutes at this literally....please laugh also so I won't feel bad

Radiohead remix by yours truly

2008-04-08T06:03:00.000-07:00

Please listen to my remix of Radiohead's track "Nude" by pressing the play button below. If you like it you can vote on it as well which will give me a chance to have Radiohead listen to my version called "Thirteen Nude Ghosts".

I made it over the course of about 4 hours so please enjoy.

Happy Birthday...

2008-04-04T08:55:00.000-07:00

to the peace sign as it turns 50 years old today.

my things

2008-04-01T20:37:00.000-07:00

ok since everyone is doing it i thought why the hell not

Name one thing you do every day

Sit in 2 hours of traffic...

Name five things/people that make you feel good:

Head Scratching- I'm with Birdman on this one...no not the jock itch kind but the one where you can see pieces of your scalp rain down on you

Music- Everyone that knows me, knows i like me the music. I can think back to a time when I was a kid and the only thing that would calm me down after a big earthquake was music.

Watching a good fight - It could be wrestling, boxing, mma, or two drunk latinos at a Doyerz game but I love me a good fight. I saw two of the Best fights this past weekend literally an hour apart from each other. If you haven't seen it, google Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le. This match totally kicked ass and would make an MMA fan out of ANYONE. Second fight I watched was Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels. Yeah wrestling is fake but this was Ric Flairs last match and the emotion behind it was so strong. Before Shawn Michaels ended the fight, you can read his lips saying I'm Sorry, I Love You then goes on to superkicking Ric Flair into retirement. The two immediately braced and you can see Ric start weeping right away. Google that fight if you get a chance also.

French Fries Who doesn't love French Fries?!?

Stand up Comedy Love me some stand up comedy except Dane Cook and any woman comic. Sorry but they both suck. My friend gave me tickets to the laugh factory once so I took the wife, her friend and my self to Hollywood. Big mistake as it was Lesbian Trucker night at the stand up. Dave Chappelle, Dave Atell, Bob Saget, Craig Shoemaker all awesome and make audio laugh out loud

Name four things you love to eat but rarely do:

Lobster

Lasagna

Steak

Mrs. Knott's Chicken

Name three things that remind you of childhood:

Huffy Bike I broke it

Summertime by Will Smith- Always jammed this tune the day school was out

Playing Two Hand Touch Football

Name two things you wish you could learn:

Italian- So I could kick it with George Clooney at his mansion when I go to Italy this summer

Driving stick shift

Well - that is about all I got and it was not easy......

The M...

2008-04-01T16:04:00.000-07:00

I am coming back to the M!!

Will be in the M1 team as Senior Config Analyst.

See you soon.

April Fools

I'm Californian and you are....Nutmegger?

2008-03-27T19:08:00.000-07:00

I'm a geek when it comes to things like this but I thought it would be fun to see what people in other states are called

Alabamian, Alabaman, Alabamer, 'Bamer
Alaskan
Arizonan, Arizonian
Arkansan ,Arkansasian, Arkansawyer
Californian,Californiac
Coloradan,Coloradoan, Highlander
Connecticuter, Nutmegger
Delawarean,Delawearer
Floridian,Floridan
Georgian
Hawaiian,malihini (newcomer)
Idahoan,Idahoer
Illinoisan,Illini, Illinoyer
Indianian,Hoosier, Indianan, Indianer
Iowan,Iowegian, Iowigian
Kansan, Kanser
Kentuckian,Kentucker, Kentuckeyite
Louisianian,Louisianan
Mainer,Down Easter
Marylander,Marylandian
Massachusettsan,Bay Stater
Michiganite,Michiganian, Michigander
Minnesotan
Mississippian,Mississippier, Mississipper
Missourian
Montanan
Nebraskan,Husker
Nevadan,Nevadian
New Hampshirite,Granite Stater
New Jerseyite,New Jerseyan
New Mexican
New Yorker,Empire Stater
North Carolinian
North Dakotan
Ohioan, Buckeye
Oklahoman,Okie
Oregonian,Oregonner
Pennsylvanian
Rhode Islander,Rhodian
South Carolinian
South Dakotan
Tennessean
Texan,Texian
Utahn,Utahan
Vermonter
Virginian
Washingtonian,'Toner
West Virginian
Wisconsinite,Cheesehead
Wyomingite

2008-03-18T20:01:00.001-07:00

Yeaaaahhh

2008-03-03T05:45:00.000-08:00

Well...I haven't posted in a while...been working killer hours at work for our Audit that has been going on...so if i haven't been working 12 hour days, i've been traveling...Since my last post I went to Chicago and Frisco...Chicago was nice but it was literally 15 degrees and a windchill of like negative 5...I will post my pics of that soon...

Tomorrow I leave to New Orleans ....

With so much traveling I am going to sound like this guy pretty soon

To answer DOM Dan's question that wasn't me on KROQ the other day...Its funny because even though I knew it wasn't me, I get nervous when I hear my name on the ROQ...Don't know why though...I haven't called in sometime...If anything you will hear me on AM570's PMS show as I call into that a lot more than I do the ROQ...Speaking of the PMS show, there is a Zubaz and Stupid t-shirt party...I would be there but can't cause of the above mentioned travel...

Zubaz and Stupid T-Shirt Party

Fookin Recap

2008-02-11T06:20:00.000-08:00

First of all, the crowd looked WAY bigger on TV than it did in person. There were probably 500 max and it looked like 1000 people on TV.

Second, the Asian girl that one, it looked like she was told on the side that she won because when they came out on stage to announce the winner, she was all smiles and the other two looked bummed out.

Now the timeline...

Arrive at 1pm and see a line of about 300 people. A black limo bus kept coming by but they weren't picking anyone up hmm....

Around 2:30 they announce they will be taking us to the location...walking....they also announce Foo Fighters will be doing three songs before they go live and some songs after....kick ass, a full concert!!

2:45 arrive at the Nokia Live Theater and a stage is set up...looked way smaller in person..

3:45 still waiting for the Foo's to come out

4:45 Jason Bateman comes out and practices his lines...still no Foo's

5:00 We hear the Grammy's have started so i'm like cool, the Foo's should be coming out shortly for the three songs

6:00 Lady's and Gentlemen the Foo Fighter's!! We go to a commercial

6:15 or so..They introduce the winner who is the Asian girl...still no Foo Fighter songs

6:40 or so..The Foo's start playing the Pretender...John Paul Jones was there but no one really even seemed to care...so sad

6:45...Song ends...Foo's walk off stage...they are supposed to come back and play

6:50...Lights are all out and the stage is being dismantled....this doesn't look good

6:52...Security comes by...EVERYONE EXIT THE WAY THEY CAME IN

6:53...Everyone is pissed off! 6 hours of waiting and only 1 Foo Fighters song! No explanation...No Goodnight everyone...they didn't tell anyone shit...Just walked off stage and that was it

Fook You GRAMMY's...Shutup Dave!

Grammy's update

2008-02-09T12:04:00.000-08:00

I just found out at the Foo Fighters performance tomorrow, John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin will arrange a special orchestral version of the Foo Fighters' hit single "The Pretender" and will serve as special guest conductor of the Foo Fighters' orchestra. KICK ARSEEE!!

I'm going to see Foo Fighters

2008-02-08T15:42:00.000-08:00

I just got a call from KROQ and I will be going to see Foo Fighters at the Grammy's!!

I will let you know how it goes....

.....Sigh.....

2008-02-07T12:37:00.000-08:00

Remember Where on Earth (in the world) is Carmen Sandiego?

Well...the title should be changed to Where in the world is Audioslave...

This week San Francisco...next week I just found out I have to go to Chicago where it is going to be 28 degrees!!! ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THAT COLD ANYWHERE!!!!!!...Then in early March it looks like I will be heading to New Orleans ...then im off to New York for a week...nice huh...

28 Degrees though...come on!

Snooper Tuesday

2008-02-05T22:23:00.000-08:00

With super Tuesday upon us I figured why not write about Snoopy. If you want to read about super Tuesday may I suggest reading CNN.com or Drudgereport.com but not here at 909pride.blogspot.com baby!!

You may say, captain random strikes again! Or, why the h e double hockey sticks is this guy writing about Snoopy. I am in SF again (zZzZ) and my manager has a picture of of this airplane that he wants to buy...one like avman has...well while he was gone today i switched that with a Snoopy one as he took on the Red Baron! (see below)

Ok now I know that isn't the real Snoopy / Red Baron picture but it is really close to the plane my Manager wants to buy.

Here is Snoopy and the Red Baron

Now I know what you are asking. Who if not Snoopy is the Red Baron?

Well they never show who the Red Baron is...and there are no waa wah waa wah waaa sounds. You just see Snoopy's dog house with bullet holes (he must live in the o.c.) When Snoopy's house gets shot up, Snoopy gets pissed, throws on a WWI hat, some goggles and a scarf then goes to war against the Baron...Snoopy also tends to yell out CURSE YOU RED BARON!!!!! FYI, the Red Baron in real life was a WWI pilot...in Snoopy's case I've heard its the cat next door.

For those who like nostalgic things, here is the first peanuts comic strip that featured Snoopy...enjoy

Yes...Part 2!

2008-02-04T18:52:00.001-08:00

STP! STP! STP!

2008-01-31T20:14:00.000-08:00

From NME.com

Stone Temple Pilots are gearing up for a reunion this summer when they will reportedly return to the live circuit.

According to Scott Weiland’s Velvet Revolver bandmate Slash, the band will get together this summer for a few shows, but no further details have been revealed.

Scott Weiland earlier this week reportedly told the Miami Herald that a reunion is on the cards in the coming months. Stone Temple Pilots split in 2002.

*****

I saw Velvet Revolver when they first got together...I guess they didn't have enough material so they broke into some STP and the crowd including myself went wild (I Came home with a ripped shirt). I can't wait until STP reunites!

Music Mondays

2008-01-28T06:28:00.000-08:00

Their previous album had some good tracks then they fell off the face of earth...With this new track, they seemed to have resurrected themselves from the music graveyard (96.7 KCAL) haha...Anyways, Boys and Girls please enjoy Psycho by Puddle of Mudd

Sonic Youth's Superstar

2008-01-26T18:18:00.000-08:00

My bad...the video initially went away...here it is again

How awesome is this song by Sonic Youth called "Superstar"

It is a cover song originally created by the Carpenters dontcha know. It also came out in the movie Juno

some stuff

2008-01-22T20:29:00.000-08:00

First off...RIP Heath Ledger...

If it turns out that he committed suicide then I will edit this post and take that off and replace it with something else....

Second....Coachella line up TOTALLY sucks this year...come on with these three headliners....

Friday - Jack Johnson
Saturday - Portishead
Sunday - Roger Waters (Dark Side of the Moon set)

I would only go to see RW but not for $90 a day...BTW Kraftwerk's set on Saturday night is going to be done by Robots...kid you not

Third

Cloverfield was so damn awesome...Coming home I felt like something really happened to New York...And by the way...why is it ALWAYS New York that gets the brunt of all destruction...I think the last time LA was destroyed was during that Volcano movie which totally blew...

Go see Cloverfield!!!

I don't get it

2008-01-18T06:20:00.000-08:00

I don't get why Toyota Prius cars are allowed in the carpool lane so they can get wherever they are going faster...Aren't these the cars you want on the road longer since they don't pollute the air...Give carpool passes to pre 1980 cars and hummers!

And Infiniti's =)

I like me some PMS...

2008-01-17T19:18:00.001-08:00

The Petros and Money Show...

Their show PMS is very interesting...it combines sports talk with just everyday normal things and they totally pull it off...If you like Kevin and Bean, you will like these guys...PMS has quickly one of my top radio shows to listen to almost neck and neck with K & B...

Petros who used to be a tailback for USC trojans is one half of the duo...hes top of the game when it comes to college sports..he is also loud...funny...and sometimes plays the goof of the show...

Money is of course formerly of the Kevin and Bean show and is the man behind the Los Angeles Lakers pregame show...strong knowledge in all sports and style of comedy compliments that of Petros...

The format of their show goes something along the lines of this....

Every day at 6pm on their show they somewhat drop the sports talk and do some comedy bits...

Monday - La Lista de las Lunes...PMS ::clap clap clap:::..This is a list of 5 things ranging anywhere from annoying high school people to crappy movies that people think are good

Tuesdays - Fight Club Forum...this is something like that celebrity claymation boxing that MTV had on a while back...they put together two people and set up fight scenes between the two...

Wednesdays - Film Fight...Two films by the two dudes...one represents each...callers call in to see who wins...this week was 300 vs. Gladiator

Thursdays - Lance Romance...Petros' alter ego as the guy giving romance advice to whoever calls in...this is a hilarious segment...Petros doesn't even change his voice...i called in once because i can't dance worth shit...he told me go to a reggae concert and dance....the people there are so high they won't notice...

Fridays- It used to be a day when Vance Finance, Money's alter ego appeared and gave financial advice...its now turned into and I kid you not..." Fffffff " Their version of freeform Friday...anything goes...it is also Hip Hop Friday so they play classic hip hop coming in and out of segments...

I wouldn't doubt that if on April Fool's this year they tried something funny with K & B....its been a few years since K & B have done anything...

But seriously...give them a try...AM 570 or if you don't get the station...570KLAC.COM to listen live over the net

Only in the 9

2008-01-10T05:59:00.000-08:00

Two charged with making tainted 'bathtub cheese'
By Rod Leveque, Staff Writer
Article Created: 01/06/2008 08:19:47 PM PST

CHINO - San Bernardino County prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a man and woman suspected of producing and selling illegal homemade cheese, some of which was contaminated with a harmful bacteria.

Authorities say Floribel Hernandez Cuenca, 31, and Manuel Martin Sanchez-Garrido, 44, manufactured the so-called "bathtub cheese" inside a home in Montclair, and then sold it in an open-air market outside a Chino meat-processing facility.

At least some of the cheese confiscated by authorities was tainted with salmonella, a bacteria known to cause illness, Deputy District Attorney Jeremy Carrasco said.
"I think that the possibility that somebody could become sick is increased when people start manufacturing and selling cheese products out of their home," Carrasco said.
Cuenca and Sanchez-Garrido are each charged with a felony count of processing unpasteurized milk products and a misdemeanor count of selling illegal milk products, both violations of the state's Food and Agriculture Code.

The pair is to be arraigned Jan. 24 in Chino Superior Court.
Carrasco said an undercover police officer bought a round of cheese for $13 from Sanchez-Garrido on Oct. 20 at the market in the 7300 block of Pine Avenue.
Sanchez-Garrido then led police to Cuenca, who took officers to a Montclair home where the cheese was being produced, Carrasco said.
Authorities seized some 375 pounds of illegal cheese, included panela,

gotta vent

2008-01-08T18:45:00.000-08:00

REMOVED

Happy New Years

2007-12-31T12:47:00.001-08:00

Hope everyone has a safe and happy new years...

i have a lot to get off my chest including the return of the a-hole father in law...

Take care

Christmas Pic

2007-12-21T08:44:00.000-08:00

I thought I would share this Christmas picture with you...Read the stockings and you'll know who its from.

Pics

2007-12-06T22:45:00.000-08:00

Last day in Emeryville so I thought I would take some pics of whats on my tv....

Day Three

2007-12-05T21:02:00.000-08:00

Well, I sit here in my room on day three listening to some Led Zeppelin and drinking a Disaronno on the rocks because i have friends that seem to leave me hanging alot...2 of them said oh yeah we will hang out...well i called them and none are around...i ate lunch in my hotel room by myself...on my way back, the vice president of our west coast division sees me walking and pulls over...shes like didn't anyone tell you we are going to lunch...nooooope...so i hop in and drive with her to a restaurant where the rest of our SF office is at...so i had two lunches...but still..i left work at 4 because i wanted to go around town...$30 later after taking a taxi to and from amoeba records im back in my hotel with some new records...well they aren't new...they are used...i take that back...one is new the other three are old. As you may know I am a huge Beatles fan so

I bought

Beatles 1967-1970 (Vinyl)

The Beatles Again (Rare Mint Vinyl)

As well as a limited edition Vinyl by Paul McCartney (Live at Amoeba Records in Hollywood). Only a certain amount were pressed

and a Woody Herman Big Band collection that my Grandpa has been wanting for sometime now. I got him the original vinyls! Nice

Yes I love vinyl...it has a nice crisp sound and I do have a record player

Two things

2007-12-04T17:08:00.001-08:00

There are two things I can't really stand about Emeryville,CA...which is where i'm staying..

1) These things are supposed to be art work...

They are scary especially at night when there is a light beaming down on them...

2) The smell in the hallways at my office...It smells like an old lady's purse...I'm waiting for a pack of doublemint gum to appear in front of me

MNF

2007-12-03T20:55:00.001-08:00

WOW!!!

Did anyone see that Monday Night Football Game!?!??! OMG It was probably the best game this season!

ONT to SF

2007-12-03T12:34:00.000-08:00

Well im here in san fran looking at the beautiful view of the san francisco bridge and alcatraz...wasn't the birdman from there?

Anywho as I do when i fly, I sat by a window...looking from a plane, I realized how beautiful this Earth really is....we need to do more to take care of it...recycle..reduce...and reuse...and close the loop...remember that old commercial? haha

but like i was saying, I saw about three dry lake or river beds which kind of sucked..sucked because you know that one day probably not too long ago there was water there where the animals from the hills would come drink...not anymore..on a day like today where the sky is very clear, you can appreciate what this planet would look like with little or lower polution than what we put out...you could see for miles and miles...no smog lines...not factories polluting...nothing..just earth...i can only imagine what Ohio looks like...probably clear like this all the time...its no wonder why the Wrider is moving there...

Just take care of this Earth...we are messing it up pretty bad...

I'm really tired from an early flight so if this doesn't make sense sorry...oh and i did bring my chasity belt Birdman...and I have my keys attached like a janitor so they won't fall...

oh yeah..my hotel room is awesome...couch...flat screen tv...a view of the mountains..and a kick ass lounge....

going back

2007-12-02T14:56:00.000-08:00

to san francisco this week...woo.....hoo

Personnal License Plate

2007-11-28T06:00:00.000-08:00

I saw this license plate yesterday and couldn't figure it out...can you help..

It read:

GONGERS

HTG

2007-11-21T06:11:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving All!

If you have nothing to do over this weekend may i suggest watching this movie..What Would Jesus Buy? It is a documentary about how Christmas has been turned into nothing but commercialism....they call it the Shopacolypse...Looks good...it is created from the same guy who created 30 Days, and Supersize Me.

Enjoy

oh Traffic...how do i hate thee

2007-11-19T08:58:00.000-08:00

I left home early today to see if i can beat traffic; if there was any being Thanksgiving week...well..I left at 6:30 and I got to work at 8:30...yeah...didn't help...so since my week is filled with 4 hours of commuting each day, i thought I would post the following which comes from the Daily Bulletin here in the inland empire...

A Sig Alert, which is a warning broadcast by radio stations telling of unusual or hazardous traffic conditions, was named after the man who first coined the term, the late Loyd C. Sigmon.

Back in the '50s Sigmon was an executive at KMPC, a Southern California radio station.

In an effort to boost ratings for his station, Sigmon came up with a brilliant idea. He called the LAPD and asked them to telephone the radio station every time there was a significant traffic jam so that KMPC could broadcast the information to its listeners.

The LAPD informed Sigmon that their officers were far too busy doing things like catching bad guys and trying to keep order in a county of a few million people to stop and call a radio station every time there was a traffic tie-up. So Sigmon came up with a better plan. He proposed that the radio station could install a receiver that would be linked directly to the police.

Whenever a significant accident occurred, a signal could be sent from the police station that would allow the radio engineer to tap directly into police broadcasts of the traffic problem.

William H. Parker, the chief of police at the time, finally acquiesced and allowed the receiver to be set up, but only on the condition that all radio stations that were interested in broadcasting the alerts had access to them.

So while Sigmon did not gain the competitive advantage that he had hoped to achieve for his radio station, his system was successfully implemented in 1955. A skeptical Chief Parker was quoted as saying, "We're going to name this damn thing `Sig Alert."'

Sig Alerts, which are unique to Southern California, are now transmitted electronically through computer networks and are administered by the California Highway Patrol. The CHP will launch a Sig Alert if there is any unplanned event that causes the closing of one lane of traffic for 30 minutes or more, as opposed to a planned event like road construction.

The next time an overturned big rig or three-car collision ruins your freeway drive and pushes your stress levels to the boiling point, you might just want to head down to the pier in Santa Monica where you can slam your car into another car without having to worry about causing a traffic jam.

The Pacific Park bumper car ride is aptly named "The Sig Alert."

Night Two

2007-11-14T09:28:00.000-08:00

I was way off...

Muse
Feist
Jimmy Eat World
Modest Mouse
Silversun Pickups
Spoon
The Shins

I did pick Spoon...other than that I was off...Birdman must be happy that Silversun Pickups are playing...I'm a huge fan of Muse...I've seen them live before and they were one of the opening acts at Inland Invasion. They totally blew everyone else out of the water...Awesome....Did you notice Jimmy Eat World shortened is JEW...I've always wanted to see the Shins too...If i go...I will go to night 2...

Re-Post

2007-11-13T06:09:00.001-08:00

Sorry...I had to repost this

i have to say i left san fran on a sad note....if you havent heard there was a oil spill in the sf harbor area as a cargo ship crashed into the golden gate bridge sending over 50,000 gallons of oil into the water...the oil started drifting towards the area where my office was at and a boat came with these flotation devices to capture the oil...not more than 100 yards away from this were about 100 ducks and birds just kicking back in the water not knowing that danger and death were close. you see once the oil gets on the birds wings...they are unable to fly and eventually drown...so sad...

to go along with the sadness of the oil spill, i was reading my beatles book that i purchased while in SF...in it was a story of how the song Octopus Garden came to be. before reading this story, i always liked this song but just thought it was one of their acid trip dreams...anywho it is a real story as told by ringo. ringo was out on a fishing trip one day when the captain asked him if he wanted to have some octopus...ringo turned it down but the captain went onto a story about how an octopus lives its life day to day swimming along the bottom of the oceans floor collecting up shiny objects and stones to build a garden...crazy huh? ringo thought it was the happiest story he ever heard and thought to write a song about it...

Song of the Day..Octopus Garden - Beatles

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus' garden in the shade

I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus' garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade.

We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus' garden near a cave

We would sing and dance around
because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade

We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)

We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden with you.