Let's Talk Music

So I decided that since I started this thing intending for it to be a blog mainly about music and I never really blog about music that today I will blog about music(Yay!). So in recent news Brenden leaked the title to the new Lawrence Arms 7" out sometime in the near future on his blog(if you don't read it GO CHECK IT OUT!!!!!! badsandwichchronicles.blogspot.com) The title is "Buttsweat and Tears". Brilliant right? Well I will be awaiting the release of that record. They are also coming out to Hollywood to play the Troubadour(our fav place to see 'em) in Nov. That should be fun. I'm gonna try to get tix soon before they run out. What else???............Oh yeah, I went into Amoeba Music today for the first time in a few months and they rearranged the set up. It's cool though now the Cd's and Lp's aren't mashed together. I seen a couple things I need to pick up but could wait cause they'll be there next time I go or are readily available online. But there was one golden nugget I found today-a Tiger Army record. The second album limited to only 1300 copies on Moon-Yellow Vinyl. Tiger Army II: Power Of Moonlite- a good album in great condition(sealed[that's right never been opened!!!]). Now here is the tricky part it was the most expensive record I have ever bought to date. But I couldn't let it slip away! I have too many times not picked up a record cause I thought it was too expensive or that it might be there next time when I have more $$ but it never is. And most times I never see it again or it is at some outrageous price on ebay that is only gonna get higher if anybody else sees it(which they will). So I picked it up this time. $50-fifty bones-that's what I spent on one record. Now there are a lot or record collectors that might think "Oh dude that's nothing!" But that's a lot of cheese for me my friends. But it was worth every hard earned penny let me tell you. There is nothing like the smell of opening a new sealed vinyl. And this record is from 2001 so it's been ageing for eight years. Getting ripe for me to pick. It's nice to be the first person to put a needle to this record eight years later! So the other records will have to wait until next time I make it to Amoeba(oh well). How was that? Was that cool? I did it a blog about music! Ya!

Just A Gripe!!!

O.K. So this is just going to be a HUGE bitchfest so if you don't wanna hear my rant about how uncontent I am with the parking situation in L.A. STOP READING NOW! O.K. Nuff said-you still here then listen up cause this is gonna be good. So I am a regular victem of the unjust institution known as the Municipal system. They're the fuckers that run parking patrol and courts right? I belive so if not correct me in the comments area. Teach a dumb ol' fool. Back to the point-what was it-OH YEAH! Those fuckers are always giving me tickets. For years I've dealt with this Bullshit in L.A. And except for one vehicle(out of 6 or 7 cars all of which had their fare share of parking tickets) I paid ALL my parking tickets. So I've been reemed by the "Parking Enforcement Agency" often. But this morning I'm just pissed! Yeah I was parked in a spot where you need to move by 7:00am and I would happily pay the ticket cause I over slept but those Fuckers towed my car. That's right they fucking hauled off my shit cause it was in their way. Not just a ticket but a $250.00 impound fee. YEAH!!!!!! Great way to wake up in the morning. The city is fucked. They don't realize that in my neighborhood there are a lot of apartments with a lot of people which means...............you've guessed it A LOT OF FUCKING CARS ASSHOLES!!!!! Also there are lots of spots painted red that aren't by fire hydrants and really should be spots. Not only all that B.S. but this is L.A. home of the most full of themselves jerkoffs that are complete idiots and don't know how to park and make two spots into one by parking like a mindless, thoughtless, inconsiderate, waste of space, sorry excuse for a human being!!! Fuck Em All right?-Pay the shit and move on right?-I could bitch until I grow a vagina but that's not gonna help anybody now is it. So then what was the point of this whole bitchfest??? I dunno-But I sure do feel better now :)

Great Night For Late Night!

Last night I stayed up and had a couple beers so I could watch Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon. Both hosts had great guests. Coco had the all mighty Hank Azaria(of Simpsons fame) and Jimmy had on Adam Sandler. What a good night for late night. I usually fall asleep around ten pm because I work Sat. morning. But I knew I had to stay up for this one. Soooooooo.......I grabbed a couple beers and made sure I was awake for the shows. Conan was hilarious, and Hank Azaria added a lot to the show. What a great guest. He even did numerous Simpsons voices which was fun to see. Jimmy Fallon was good as usual. Backed by the greatest band in late night THE ROOTS(sorry Max). And Jimmy and Adam were sooooooooooooooo funny together I couldn't stop laughing my ass off.(the beer may have helped) Adam had on a cool Zoo York T-shirt. I can't wait to see Funny People that shit looks hilarious. Oh yeah and the singer of drunk Jimmy Buffet was a guest and performed "Margaritaville" with The Roots. Glad I stayed awake!

Gettin' out of Dodge

Living in L.A. is not as glamorous as seen on T.V. It is full mostly of upper middle class A-Holes who want to be(and act like they are) rich A-Holes. People don't know how to drive so it takes forever to get anywhere. Even though there is a new law stating that you are not supposed to talk on your cell without a hand free device people still are, and are even now texting while driving(and they wonder why their car is all dented up). Besides all that everyone has no common courtesy anymore. People are unfriendly at best. Every ten to twenty minutes there is some kind of siren(police/ambulance/fire dept). I could go on.....But that's not the point of this blog. This blog is about how nice it is to get out of L.A.(even if only for a few days). I recently went camping in Oakhurst(near Yosemite[also my wifes hometown]) for the 4th. It was a really nice time. Quit atmosphere, clean fresh air, and the sound of running water to put you to sleep(if the beers and campfire don't help). Even driving was nice. No traffic(well once we got out of the city), No A-Holes on the phone, just open road and my tunes. The family and me had a great time. It was totally therapeutic for me. Relaxing. Glad I got to go. When you get out of the city you sure don't want to go back! I mean sure there are lots of good things about livin' in the city but it is soooooo nice to get out every now and then.

O.K. So Sue Me!

YEAH! I Know! I am a lame. I said Twitter is the Devil and not even an hour ago I started Twittering. Yes I have turned to the darkside like our dear friend Anakin Skywalker. I am no better than anyone else using Twitter now. So go ahead mock me if you will, Remember I only said YET.......

To Twitter Or Not To Twitter~That Is The Question

O.K. so twittering is all the rage right now. That sounded really lame "all the rage". Oh well it is super popular right now. It's like teenage sex in the ninety's-It's popular and everyone is doing it. Actors, musicians, T.V. personalities, everyone is twittering. I guess I just don't get it. What makes you sooooo important that you feel a need to let everyone know exactly what you're doing at all times in 140 characters or less. Who really cares. I don't want people to know what I'm doing at all times and I don't really care what your doing either. Americas general society is obsessed with celebutards. They have to know what actor is doing what actress and what they are having for lunch-are they going to impregnate each other-What are you buying right now I HAVE TO KNOW!!!!!!! This is not something that should be important to anybody but every ones life is revolving around this twitter thing right now. I mean really this twitter thing should have gone down the crapper with my last bowel movement. But people are eating this shit up right now like a free for all buffet. Proving how narcissistic our society really is. Just wait until 2020 when it's the United States of Brangellina, and having a T.V is required by law. Mandatory viewing of TMZ, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, and Fox News will be a daily routine we will all have to drone through. Well you can thank the gateway drug that started it all TWITTER. So my dilemma remains-Do I become a part of this mongoloid parade or do I stay true to my roots and continue to remain one of the few that do not Twitter? Twat? I don't know but for now you can count me out for I will not succumb to Twitter!(yet)

Tonight Show Transfer

Sooooooo.........I've been watching Jay Leno on the tonight show since I was about thirteen or fourteen which would be '94 or '95. I was stying up later right away found I liked Jay way more than I liked David Letterman. I was pulled in by Jays skits like Iron Jay, Ask Jay Anything, and of course Jaywalking. I think Jaywalking was the first thing I saw. Then I started watching and liked his monolouges etc. etc. Well I've benn watching ever since(not religously or anything but definantly whenever I was up that late or could watch it). Then through watching Jay I found Conan. Now mind you I was young and loved The Simpsons but I was young and didn't pay attention to the credits to know Conan worked on The Simpsons . Had I known that then I would have watched it even more. But I loved Conans monolouges and skits way more than Leno. And that's saying something cause I really liked Leno. Well Shift to years later and I'm a way bigger fan of Conan than Jay but still try to catch both shows when I can. Then I hear Jays leaving and that Conans taking over and I'm STOKED!!! The last Jay show was cool. The whole last week of Leno was pretty good, but the last night with Conan was cool. Then this week Conan took over dutys at the tonight show and I'm diggin' on it. I am really happy they decided to bring Andy Richter along as the new anouncer. I've been watching and he is really funny. But let's give credit where credits due I like Andy and all but he doesn't do the whole "Cooooonaaaaaan OOOOO' Briiiiiieeeeeeenn" as good as the last anouncer but kudos to him for trying. But I'm still totally stoked on Andy Richter being on the show again. I also wanted to note that if you were watching on wednesday 6/3/09 Kareem Abdul Jabbar made a little cameo and I've never seen Conan look so small before. Actually I've never seen Conan look small. The guy towers over most of his guests so it was so surprising to see him stand side by side next to Kareem and Kareem Towered over him= Funny! So I am excited to see whats in store for Conan on the tonight show. Will the Masterbating Bear return? How about that annoying(yet funny) little guy the interruper make an apperance? They already brought back the year 2000 bit but now it's the year 3000 so I'm sure there will be a lot in store with that skit. I can't wait! UmmBuddyBoyyyyyy!!!