Song of the day, brought to you by...

NBA Journeyman Detlef Schrempf.

In honor of the ongoing NBA playoff's and one of my new favorite bands, here is:
Band of Horses - Detlef Schrempf

"You call him Dr. Jones lady"

So Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls... SUCKS! Don't go see it.

Harrison Ford was good and Shia LeBouf was ok, everything else blew.

How I spent my Stimulus Check

So there's a blog site that let's people post how they spent their stimulus check.

This is my favorite one: http://www.howispentmystimulus.com/posts/view/289

Gotta see this one...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f3e_1211255241&p=1

Video: Radiohead in Dallas

This was from a particularly cool moment at the concert.


YOU AND WHOSE ARMY? from Victoria Sum on Vimeo.

Game 7: Spurs at Hornets

This is the biggest game in New Orleans basketball history!! The Hornets are defending their home court against the Spurs, who are defending their championship. This ought to be quite a game, as bloody as this series has been.

Go Hornets!!

Hornets news wrap-up

radiohead :: live in dallas

I was there!!! And it was incredible! We had some really good seats in the 1st section.
Read a full description of the show HERE by GorillaVsBear(radiohead :: live in dallas)

The best song of the night:

Texas Oil Tycoon gets it right

So what would expect a Texas Oil-ionaire named T. Boone Pickens to do with $2 Billion??
Maybe something crazy/eccentric like clone himself...
Maybe pay a pack of brilliant scientists to build some robot-legs...
Maybe build a gold plated oil-rig with a likeness of himself... riding it.
Maybe... I don't know, those are the things that pop into my mind.

Well, guess what T. Boone Pickens ACTUALLY did? He built the world's large Wind Turbine Farm... and has 3 more "farms" on order. Once his turbine farms are complete, he'll be supplying GE with enough electricity to run 1.2 million homes in the Great State.



Good job T. Boone. We salute you!

MUTO = crazy + weird + awesome

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

1 more game

The Hornets are up 3 games to 2 on the defending champ Spurs. The next game is in SA on Thursday and I'm gonna do my best to get tickets.

I think I have found my lucky charm (I can't tell you exactly what, or *she* might lose the lucky streak ;)

This guy seems to have found one:

CP3 > Kobe

So my team, the Hornets are playing the defending NBA champs, the Spurs, tonight in San Antonio... a mere 80 miles from where I sit right now. They are up 2-0, and have a chance to all but seal the deal with a road win.

This is town is mostly comprised of Spurs fans, and if you don't know, Spurs fans are as hardcore as they are eccentric. So it's been great this week, seeing people wearing they're Duncan jerseys... looking like they need a hug just as bad as the real deal... People talking in line at Freebird's about how amazing Chris Paul is and how great it would be to have a player like that on "their team".

Which is even more reason Chris Paul, THE BEST PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE, should have won the MVP award. Instead, Kobe won the popular vote, in a season filled with drama, but lacking a clear cut superstar performance from a perennial big name player...

What bullshit!! Chris Paul's season has been amazing, both to watch and by the numbers. But you don't have to take my word for it: http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=8557

Counting the Cliches

So I had a three day weekend since I've pulled a lot of overtime at work over the last few weeks. I had the privilege of spending those three days on the road, playing some rock 'n roll with Squint in the middle Southeast Texas.



Friday, we drove to Montgomery, Tx (just outside of Conroe) where we played at the Lava Lounge. It was an all ages club, which is always interesting, especially in this small of a town. The place was really cool, the people were really nice... just wish there would have been more of them.




That night we stayed at a Day's Inn in Conroe. This place... was pretty ghetto, yet it seemed to be the local high school hangout. Nearly every room was open with a couple younger people hanging out, drinking. Even better, there was a bar attached to the hotel called Malone's. Naturally, we all went to the bar, drank and played pool 'til it closed. Good times.



The next morning, we woke up... hit up the illustrious continental breakfast (stale donuts and cereal) and hit the road. The next night, we were in Tomball, Tx, playing at Gary's Spot (or, the G-Spot to the regulars... yea, THAT kind of vibe). We played with 3 really good bands, (I believe) all from Austin: the Killer Crocs of Uganda, the Banner Year, and She Craves. Another interesting night but at the complete opposite end of the spectrum. We got back to the hotel and crashed around 5am.



The drive home the next day, sucked! Everything was going smooth until we hit the tiny town of Giddings, Tx, roughly 50 miles from home... where the van (a 1990 Chevy Glaval Gladiator conversion van) broke down. We called up our friends in She Craves and luckily they were about 20 minutes behind us. They stopped and picked up Tote so he could get back to study for a final.



Meanwhile, Dane, Matt, Beeker and I were stuck on the side of the road, in BFE f'ing Texas for around 4 hours. We had some 'issues' with AAA not liking the fact that we had the trailer, that delayed the process. Finally we got it figured out and our tow truck guy arrived. He was cool as hell, and hooked us up big time and, finally, we made it home.



The good news is that Dane had already lined up a new van the day we left. So Monday, he and Matt went and picked it up (will post pics soon). It's the same make, model, year, everything... only it's in WAY better condition.


P.S.
So over the course of this random, crazy, rock'n'roll-cliche-filled weekend, I managed to get a sunburn from hell... on my feet ($5 flip flops from Krogers were a bad choice).

Do what now?? part 2

Somebody's doing it already... and they're referring to it as "pixie" dust.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7354458.stm

Now I'm going with zombie-lizard-people. Get your blunt objects ready, and go HERE if you're bored at work and wanna hone your zombie killing skills.

Pics: Thrice, Circa Survive, (we missed) Pelican

Do what now??

So you know how lizards can regrow their tail if it gets chopped off??

Well, apparently the Depart of Defense thinks people should (and could) be able to do the same: http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/22/dod-establishes-institute-tasked-with-regrowing-body-parts/

I have 3 questions:

#1: Why?
#2: Can't we think of better things to do with $250 million than to create Lizard-people??
#3: If you had your arm chopped off, would you rather wait 5 years to grow a pale, scalely lizard-arm? Or would you rather have a brand new, able-to-punch-through-walls, lazor-guided, ROBOT-ARM!?

So much for privacy...

Google maps added Street Views to Austin... If you wanna see where I live/work, here you go! (You can click and drag to view 360 degrees of awesomeness, it's pretty nice)

Home (notice they got the Squint van outfront):

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Work (keep clicking the arrows to see my view of Lake Austin)

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My drive to work, the view from the 360 bridge (the weather was kinda crappy that day I guess)

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I can't believe this is real...

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/18/enterprising-youngster-gets-himself-stuck-in-a-claw-machine/

Macaroni vs Manchester

So I ate at the Macaroni Grill here in Austin two days ago for lunch.

About 6 hours later, the Macaroni grill fought back... I'm pretty sure it was food poisoning. The pain ranged from "what the hell is that feeling", to "OK I gotta get this out of my body", all the way to "and now everything is going black".

The bad part is that I had bought 2 tickets to see Manchester Orchestra at La Zona Rosa. I talked my friend Carol into going with me, so she was at a bar next door waiting for me to show up while I was trying to de-Macaroni my body. I mustered the strength to drive there, found a parking spot, payed the fucking $7 parking, and meet up with Carol who informs me that Manchester Orchestra has been playing for about 30 minutes. At this point, I'm too delirious to give a shit about details... I'm on a mission from God.

Anyway, I caught 2 songs, which was well worth the agony of standing up and trying not to pass out, because they were two of their best songs: "I can barely breathe" and "Where have you been". Totally worth it.

Oh, and in case you ever eat at Macaroni Grill, don't get the Create Your Own Primo Pasta with shrimp, bowtie pasta, garlic sauce, mushrooms, and sauteed tomatoes... that combination is deadly!

Last Trip Home...

Was a blast. I had a really good time, despite all the bullshit drama...

I got to see 3 of my really good friends from high school; guys that mean as much to me as music, because they are how I got started playing music in the first place. I also got to hang out with my family and eat some f'ing awesome crawfish.

Thanks to everyone who came out Saturday night and watched us, Sunrise Kills and Colorcast Veteran play. That show was a great time... if I was a little inebriated and was dancing like an idiot... GOOD! Don't hate. It's not everyday I get to play in my hometown. And it's probably gonna be a while before I'm able to come back, so sorry if I missed you.

Victor and Bradley (of course) got hurt during the trip, so send 'em some love if you know 'em.


Will post some (more/better) pictures later.

For miles and miles... and miles... and miles

So my Jeep, which just turned a year old, hit 30, 000 miles today.
That's a hell of a lot of miles in 1 year if I do say so myself.