19 days, 3 hours, 39 mins....

Thats until the DAYTONA 500 rolls around to kick off the 2007 Nextel Cup season.
NASCAR is well known for all the corporate hooplah surrounding each race weekend, with logos, emblems, stickers, decals, etc...decorating the hoods, fire-suits, pit boxes, and heads of every single person at the track.

I just finished reading an interesting article about one of this years sponsors. Fricken wierd.

Save us Jeebus!!!


Seriously...I watched this movie last night called Jesus Camp.
Woah! Scary world we live in.

Mr. Tweedy!

A full report will come later, but as of now, I can tell you that the 24 hour trip to see Jeff Tweedy in NOLA, was SICK!

Here is the setlist.

JAZZFEST BITCHES!

The schedule is out. ZZ Top! Thats all I gotta say! hahahaha.

Looks like I will be going to my first JazzFest this year! Epic.

COACHELLA 2007!!

(hahahaha! I bet some people would go!)

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto...

Oh, I will be breaking out the robot at some point tomorrow night. Even its during a super mellow song, I will do it. Here is a kind of long video, but pretty hilarious.

This was a good one too...



Television at its best!

Tootie...

I wish I remembered watching this episode when I was a kid. TV was so good back in the day...ha!

24...

Not the tv show dickweed, thats how long I will be gone from San Francisco starting this Friday morning. After a quick flight to LAX, we will arrive in New Orleans around 4:30 pm. Straight to my friends hotel to let her check in and drop her stuff off, then off to dinner. Hopefully we'll be eating at the Gumbo Shop, then walk to the House of Blues to see Jeff Tweedy. After the show, we are gonna head to Bourbon St., for a couple drinks before heading to the riverboat to blow grips of cash at the tables. Around 4:00 am, my buddy DM and I will split from our third friend who is staying the weekend to volunteer with Katrina Relief efforts, and head to the airport for a 6:00 am flight through Houston, back to San Francisco. Epic!

Might as well throw in a video clip of one of my fav WILCO songs...from the Tonight Show.

lets not talk about it...

Rather than talk about the New Orleans Saints, lets talk about this. One day, I will def own a set of PimpStar rims. How ridiculously epic!
Also, wanted to give a "big-up" to my bro BH for sharing this info with me.
The Los Angeles Times as well as KROQ of Los Angeles have announced this, and the Rage website confirms it as well. Rage to headline COACHELLA!

Are you ready to rumble? Motherf*ckers!!!!!


We are traveling in the footsteps
Of those whove gone before
But well all be reunited (but if we stand reunited)
On a new and sunlit shore (then a new world is in store)

Oh when the saints go marching in
When the saints go marching in
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in

And when the sun refuse (begins) to shine
And when the sun refuse (begins) to shine
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in

When the moon turns red with blood
When the moon turns red with blood
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in

On that hallelujah day
On that hallelujah day
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in

Oh when the trumpet sounds the call
Oh when the trumpet sounds the call
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in

Some say this world of trouble
Is the only one we need
But Im waiting for that morning
When the new world is revealed

When the revelation (revolution) comes
When the revelation (revolution) comes
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in

When the rich go out and work
When the rich go out and work
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in

When the air is pure and clean
When the air is pure and clean
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in

When we all have food to eat
When we all have food to eat
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in

When our leaders learn to cry
When our leaders learn to cry
Oh lord I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in

Its the end of the world, as we know it...

This entry is probably gonna have multiple parts...and even though I just have a minute, I think its pretty clear that the weather we have been facing the past decade is proof that shit is hitting the fan. Some people don't think global warming is really happening...um, ok...
Obviously, our entire planet has gone through grips of changes throughout the last 250 millions years, but the recent changes have been extreme and crazy.
California is suffering from a major "freeze" right now. Pipes are freezing 30 mins outside of San Francisco. There is frost on all the windows every morning.
Last year, San Francisco had 40+ consecutive days of rain...ew.
More to come later.

EW!!!!
WTF HAPPENED TO THE OLSON TWINS? (well, at least this one!)

Benny Parson....

Benny Parson passed away this a.m., after a fight with lung cancer.
He was not only a rad driver, but he was a great broadcaster for the sport.
He will be missed.

The Saints Go Marchin On!!!!

For the past 20 something years, I have heard it from friends and family, and even random people that I dont know! I've heard it, read it, seen it, and have patiently waited for the past 6 years for my New Orleans Saints to win in the playoffs. We didn't even have to worry about the first round this year, and we beat the Philadelphia Eagles to go into the NFC Championship game in Chicago this weekend.
The only thing that gets to me is when all those losers out there call me a fair weather fan. Ha bitches! Ha!

ROCKSTARDOM!!!!!

I guess this is what heroin and some of the sickest guitar skills in the world gets you...

Stern Rules!

Yesterday, Variety wrote that Howard Stern was given $83 million in stock options for his annual bonus for meeting projected subscription goals. Holy smokes! Beth O' is one lucky woman!
Also, the Top 50 albums of 2006 were announced by Rolling Stone magazine recently and GhostFace Killah made the top 5! I love it!

iPhone is here...(revised)

Steve Jobs announced the new iPhone at MacWorld today.
Its pretty epic.

I got to see several news reports on the new iPhone and honestly, it looks a lot bigger than the pics that Jobs shared at the conference. Also, whats up with an exclusive deal with Cingular through 2009?

Being a tech junkie, i can see myself getting one. Like the ipod though, I can see myself waiting to see how at least the first generation of them work. I am confident that apple (no longer apple computers) has made a quality product, but there has got to be some kinks...no?

Its always New Jersey...

Ha! Jersey get a pretty bad rap. The first girl I dated from Jersey pretty much was exactly what I thought New Jersey was like. She was from Parsipanny, had a pretty Jersey accent, and she would stand up to anybody in any circumstance.
She was probably one of the raddest people I have ever met. 80% of my friends now come from Jersey and I have been to the Garden State a couple dozen times now. I must say, its a pretty rad place.

So, given that...Jersey still smells and its fun to talk shit about it cause the folks from there get super riled up!

Why Heroin?


Trey was in court this week...sucks for him. Trey should watch the video about the spiders to see what drugs do to you...

bummer...

I can't believe Trey had the "H"! Well, rumors have been swirling for years, then last year in a Rolling Stone article, he kinda mentioned doing grips of cocaine on tour, but didn't mention anything about the H.
Its really sad.

Spiders are amazing...

My friend posted this on her page and I thought it was great.
Enjoy!

My Morning Jacket, String Cheese Incident, and its a wrap....
(THANKS TO B.H. FOR ALWAYS TAKING GOOD CONCERT PICS)
2006 flew by. WTF?
The Jacket was incredible. Had a small crew made up of friends from SoCal, as well as a few of my SF crew, and an old college friend that I haven't seen in years.
Enjoyed the three letter alphabet, the show was fantastic and possible up there as the one of the three best shows I have seen all year. MMJ has sprung onto the scene with incredible musicianship as well as incredible stage presence. Jimmy James has an incredible voice, and the band rocks hard and loud! I think to fully appreciate their music, you have to listen to it a lot and know what to expect. All in all though, they are simply one of my favorite live bands to see...hands down.
The next night was my 100th SCI show. Had a good time with old friends from OR, WA, AZ, and SoCal. This was possibly the last time I ever see the Cheese, so in a way it was bittersweet. I am sure they will play again one day...somewhere. All in all, the band is not the same that I fell in love with back in 1999. Their sounds has changed, but the memories came flooding back and no matter what, I still consider them one of my all time favorite bands, even if they hardly put on "epic" shows anymore.
On NYE, after spending some time in the Pacific, I sat in the jacuzzi at my parents place, and thought about my entire year. 2006 goes down in the books as one of the best years of my life. Professionally, socially, personally, this year was incredible. From Jeff Tweedy a year ago in January, to Camp Gallagosen in the Summer, to epic rescues on "Big Wednesday" this summer, Lake Sonoma, limo trips to wine country, and finally NYE...what a year!!!

I really look forward to an awesome 2007!