In the News and Malajube, Eleni, Prefuse 73, New Koop!
Monday, January 15, 2007
On Saturday I worked with Panache. I got to drive the van again! Mia and I drove it for a Bat Mitzvah, it was the longest one I've ever worked. We were there from 7am at the shop and back at the shop at 6:30pm. Whoaaaaaaaat! After seeing the dance themed party, I think I want one now too! My latest tank on my TDI was 583 miles. I think that is around 40mpg. Not Bad!
I realized I hate a lot of things, one of them this week is TIME WARNER cable. Shun the monopoly. SSSHHH SHHHUUUNnnnnuh. Oh and here is a super funny video, still watch it every once in a while.
How many more people are they going to hang? I mean really the electric chair is no cakewalk but this whole hanging thing is just...yea. Saddam Hussein's half brother was hanged yesterday. When the trap door was released, the gavitational pull on his body caused his head to snap off his spine. Strange that most news sites talked about that part more than what he did.
There is this man named George Hood who recently broke a record for riding on a stationary bike for a near 85 hours. Now I know that is physically amazing, or is it? What would be the actual challenge to many athletes? Okay it is probably hard, really hard, but seriously what is to be proved by riding on a stationary bike? I think it's pretty strange useage of time, know what I mean?
Down at the exec labs: The producers of ABC's LOST are finally plotting the end of the show. Jack and his friends gotta get rescued right? If not how long can they drag it on? Good show now but the execs made the right choice. Play it safe. Sell syndication everywhere, make a crap load on iTunes and DVD sales and get ready for the next good show!
There are many sucky ways to die, one of them is definitely freezing rain showers. Sleet and rain crushing down on the pavement is no fun road to death. Record lows in California and storms running amok, end times? lack of global warming? Actually probably nothing from the ordinary, it's the winter time. Midwesters, stay warm and stay off the roads. In the meantime the ARMY really needs to send some serious emergency forces in those states. Thank God we are in California, however it is no reason to just "be fortunate" know what I mean?
Beckham is gonna be on the LA Galaxy, I don't think he will popularize MLS or soccer in the U.S.; First off we have football, and the superbowl is coming up and then the NBA playoffs not to mention March Madness. Second of all Coach Fabio of Real Madrid has it tough, and I don't blame him. Beckham, hate to say it, is going after the fame and fortune. I'd say man is always driven by something, and a lot of times it is money. I think he sold out!!! He left the "Real" arena of futbol, left Europe, and all of his fans just for a bunch of endorsements. BOO! I already don't care much for the Galaxy, much less news reporting about a new player. (and yet I opinion blast my thoughts on it)
Okay here are some new songs to feed your iPods or whatever.
Saw the Submarines play their firs residency at the Echo last monday, it was jawesome. And I love this feakin' song.
The Submarines - Brighter Discontent
Koop - I see a different You
Koop - Let's Elope
Tilly and The Wall - Lost Girls
Malajube - Pate Filo
Malajube - La Monogamie
Prefuse 73 - We Go our own way, ft. Kazu
Eleni Mandell - Girls
Eleni Mandell - Just a Dream
Enjoy and Happy MLK day!
Just because the world runs on oil doesn't mean the oil men should run the world
Thursday, December 21, 2006
If only I was a tree....sigh... Okay. Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump are such weird human beings. They are fighting. It is strange how a powerful person like Donald Trump can simply sue her on such small grounds. It shows just how powerful he is, and also how ridiculous he is. Rosie on the other hand is just nuts. Check out this video of Trump ripping her down. I am beginning to believe that J.K. Rowling will be involved in the armegeddon plot. (j/k J.K.!) Her 7th Harry Potter series book has a title finally; "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollws." The actress Evangeline Lilly who plays Kate Austeon on "Lost" recently had an unknown accident. Well her rented house with two roommates in Hawaii burned down or something. That sucks!
NOC College+ Christmas party. I'm the one bending to the side on the right. Christmas parties are so fun and really strange. I don't know why so I am not going to start trying. The more frequent they are, the more normal they become. Yay Sean, Me, Paul and Mia are working together tomorrow at Panache in Newport! I recently watched Nausicaa even though it came out a year after I was born. It's another from Hayao Miyazaki, it was really awesome, and the girl from Matchstick Men, Alison Lohman was the main characters voice! Patrick Stewart is also a voice on this U.S. release. Okay here is some music. Feed your ipod!
BusDriver - Avantcore
Cold War Kids - Saint John
Ensemble - Disown, Delete (Ft. Catpower)
Erik Satie - Premiere Gymnopedie (incredibly beautiful French composer late 1800's)
Loveholic - 늘 (Always)
Daedelus - Something Bells
The Indigo - マスターミュージック (Master Music)
The Format - If Work Permits
Summer Lei - 我的 80 年代 (Our 80's)
The Rapture - Don Gon Do It
Older Bonus!
Mat Weddle - Hey Ya (OutKast cover)
Wednesdays are IN THE NEWS!!!
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
That's a picture of me and my roommates at Paul's Christmas party. Today was cool cause I got to be the lead at one of the Panache events for some hours. It was cool. 380 people event for some manufacturing distro company. It was my second time and I got to drive the van again! wahoo!
I love reading the news, I would rather read the news with a good record playing and some tea than almost anything! Funny thing though, it is rare when I get that chance. Anyways I have read some interesting things in the news today so Check it out!
POM JUICE INTERNAL DIARRHEA ALERT! or HOAX: Animal-rights terrorists say they've contaminated 487 bottles of trendy Pom pomegranate juice sold in stores all along the East Coast, People who drink the juices will suffer "diarrhea, vomiting and headaches," the Animal Rights Militia promised in a communique. But health officials seemed unconcerned - city, state and federal agencies contacted yesterday said they hadn't heard of the threat, and the company that sells the juice suspects a hoax but is checking stores to see if its product has been tampered with. Animal-rights groups say mice and rabbits are being killed in tests aimed at supporting Pom's advertising claims.
IVERSON'S NEW HOME:One day after losing Carmelo Anthony to a 15-game suspension, the Denver Nuggets took a gamble and added Allen Iverson, a fiercely competitive star whose scoring brilliance comes with controversy.
ONE SMALL STEP FOR GOOGLE: Google is taking more than one small step in formalizing its relationship with a NASA research facility. This week, the search giant announced it signed a Space Act agreement with NASA Ames Research Center.
The two groups said they plan to work jointly on a range of technical problems from large-scale data management and massively distributed computing to human-computer interface. The collaboration will focus on helping NASA put more of its vast store of information on the Internet.
NO KID FOR YOU: People who are obese, single or on antidepressants will soon have no chance of adopting a Chinese child, foreign adoption agencies are reporting. Starting May 1, China is imposing new restrictions on foreign adoptions. The move comes as China is inundated with adoption requests from North America and Europe.
THE NEW FOUNDATION: Today, the first steel beams for Freedom Tower were installed at the World Trade Center site. Governor Pataki said, "Today the steel rises, the Freedom Tower rises from the ashes of Sept. 11, and the people of New York and the people of American can be proud." The first steel beam placed had the words "Freedom Tower" on it.
KOREANS SHOWIN' UP AGAIN!: Samsung on Tuesday released a new cell phone, the SCH-V960, touting its unique "optical joystick," which is used for navigating menus, as a "world's first." The phone also has a 2 megapixel camera, GPS and Bluetooth functionality, and a screen that automatically adjusts its brightness based on ambient light levels to conserve battery life. whoop.
KOMODO DRAGONS PT. 2: Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Komodo dragons, the world's largest lizards, are capable of virgin births, scientists said after two female specimens laid fertile eggs without mating. The dragons, the only two sexually mature females in European zoos, laid fertile eggs within a year of each other, U.K. scientists say in tomorrow's edition of the journal Nature. One of them had never been in contact with a male, and the other hadn't mated for at least 2 1/2 years, they said. WEIRD
CALLING YOUR IPODS:As 2006 draws to a close without an Apple-branded cell phone on the market—an announcement Think Secret stated in March would not happen this year—all eyes are on the first half of 2007 for the phone's release, despite no word from Apple on the subject.
Nonetheless, the prospects of Apple entering the phone market, which includes about two billion active consumers worldwide, has Wall Street and investors licking their lips. Together, they've pushed Apple's stock price up more than 50 percent in the last six months.
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