New Layout

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

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

200th Post...Coachella Lineup

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!!

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

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

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!!

Almost Acoustic Christmas review

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

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

Winter time is coming...I think

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

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.

I think she is related to Birdman some how.



Grandma caught in a stolen car

HTG

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Week at a glance

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

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

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

Night 1...Kroq Almost Acoustic Christmas

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

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

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

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!