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Musical Rant: Almost Every Top 10 Music List Was Wrong This Year

2009-01-12T08:46:00.001-08:00

Before I dive into 'what's hot for 2009', I gotta say that any "best album" or "best song" top 10 list this year not mentioning Rihanna doesn't deserve to be taken seriously -- which means almost all of them. The woman took hip hop and Diana Ross diva'd it up 21st century style. Disturbia and Umbrella could have been hits for anyone from Christina Aguilera to CSS. Music critics are contrarians who discriminate against artists just because they are wildly popular. Oh, and just because a band has multiple ethnic types or 'boys and girls' doesn't make it 'top 10'. TV on the Radio is fine and all, but they really ain't nothin' but the Black Eyed Peas for yuppie hipsters.

Jill and Simian are married!

2008-07-23T06:59:00.001-07:00

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Camp Rock Reviewed - Not as Good as HSM But Not Horrifying

2008-06-23T19:28:00.000-07:00

I just watched Camp Rock. I am not any smarter for having watched it. . . but not that much less intelligent either. Skip to the last third in order to speak intelligently with one of the 8.3 million tweens who watched this last week.

Good clean fun. . . but not quite as tolerable as High School Musical. The songs as usual are a cross between 80s duets and Third Eye Blind. Not bad considering. If they replaced most of the adult contemporary stations on my radio with Radio Disney, I wouldn't be complaining.

WARNING: There were MANY ads during the show for Disney Channel's next movie spectacular due August 22, in which THE CHEETAH GIRLS GO TO BOLLYWOOD. Nope. Not Shitting You. Be Bery Bery Afraid.

Spring Break LA + Music + Birthdays = OMFG

2008-04-11T01:01:00.001-07:00

OMFG. I am SO glad Geebus and Joe are coming down Friday.

Czech it out:

I am going to try to write my posts in poems from now on

2008-03-16T18:36:00.000-07:00

I've been dark. No good new photo shoots to report. Just doing a lot of life stuff.

I have decided that you will see the following kinds of posts here on my blog from now on:
1) Photos and stuff
2) Links to things (I'm trying out Delicious and Twitter and all those right now to figure out the best one)
3) Poems.

Yes. Poems. Stream of thought stuff that doesn't suck (I hope). I don't know what kind yet, but I am trying to improve my writing and I think this will be fun and will help.

For instance, a post on this topic might read something like:

Dave is a marketing director,
Thinks all day in Powerpoint and bulletpoint,
On Sunday, he started writing poems on his blog.
Commercials are 15 second haikus.
Ads aren't lies, they're feelings.

Hmmm. . . We'll see how this experiment goes.

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London - Brit Bowling, the Tate, Nate Cashdollar, and Mor

2008-02-09T09:54:00.000-08:00

Never underestimate the power of the American Cashdollar. My first trip to the UK. 5 days of meetings. 14 hours of shenanigans. Thank you to YrPoison for connecting me to this week's tour guide Nate Cashdollar, and to my bud Huw for the invite to Fran's sweet Birthday Rock n' Bowl celebration. (Yes, Londoners interpreting American 50's diner style fun.)

Philippine Vacation -- Sightseeing

2008-01-27T22:20:00.000-08:00

Photos of Jeepneys, the fish market, the PBA, and a cross-dressing new year's parade from my family's great trip to the Philippines over Christmas and New Years.

Philippine Highlights - Relative Stuff!

2008-01-22T18:04:00.001-08:00

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Part 1 of 2 highlight reels from my Philippine trip.

LOVE the relatives and they organized lots of cool stuff for us to do while we were in Mandaluyong over the holidays. Christenings, Anniversary spectaculars, and an all-star Filipino-American basketball game. Great vacation.

PS: Sorry for the delay. I had some trouble with With Windows Movie Maker and picking songs. Much as I love Papaya (the last song) which was all the rage in Manila last year, I don't think I can listen to it for 3 minutes. Same sort of thing for the Frau Lippo Lippi tune in the beginning which cousin 'Gelo likes to lisen to in the car. . . along with Clocks by Coldplay.

Rumpshaker Alum Phil Payton in New Kravitz Video

2008-01-02T14:38:00.000-08:00

A) Lenny Kravtz still rules. Brand new single above

B) Our boy PHIL PAYTON was in the orchestra for this video! Check out a good shot of him (with headphones) at 3:41

C) Nice to get back from the Philippines to find this waiting in my inbox. Thanks, Alge. Actual Philippine photos coming soon

Vacation Update: Basketball is EVERYWHERE in the Philippines

2007-12-28T20:39:00.000-08:00

Basketball really is the national sport in the Philippines.

I've seen courts in fishing villages, in the middle of streets, and in classy neighborhoods too. Sometimes for small courts they'll cut off a couple inches of rim and bend it in so it's smaller. . . then they'll lower the hoop by a few inches so they can play more like the PBA.

PBA basketball BTW doesn't mean dunking. It's kind of like a more athletic version of Golden State run n' gun with full court press thrown in.

My cousin got me great seats for a doubleheader yesterday at Areneta 'thrilla in Manila' coliseum yesterday:

Welco Paint vs. St. Lucia realtors
Magnolia Ice Cream vs. Air 21 (fedex)

Magnolia ice cream is owned by San Miguel. . . the budweiser of Philippines. . . so they're like the Mavericks. Pay no heed to the salary cap.

So the ball itself. . . this is the 'filipino only' half of the league. . . which means you have to be at least 50% Pinoi (or have good fake papers) to play. So lots of team ball vs. the 'import' season where the foreigners basically isolate and just go one on one against each other for most of the games.

So. . . the style of play . . .Yeah. Lots of full court press. . . cherry picking. . . and transition. Not so much half court. Very exciting and very physical. Hand checking and basic elbowing encouraged, streetball style.

WHY DO I CARE?

In addition to having a great time playing/seeing basketball, I've been preparing for my family's inaugural 'Pagkalinwan Fil-Am Tournament'. . . . Takes place tomorrow. All of my cousins go head to head in an American vs. Pinoi basketball family feud.

Starring for the locals: My cousin Gelo and his brother Ian. . . Gelo's on his college team (Grad/dental school) and Ian was the starting shooting guard for his high school.

For the traveling Americans: My cousin Jun (Plays with former PBA players in an orange county league) and his 12-year old daughter Erica.

For the game, we've rented the practice court of the PBA's 'Red Bulls' and are taking this very seriously.

Off to search for a 'Pure Foods Giant Chunkees' jersey.

Results to be posted later.

Steve Sanders Sighting in Santa Monica

2007-12-15T17:54:00.000-08:00

I'm not a big starfucker. Usually I try to treat any actor/celeb type I see around L.A. like a coworker: Even if I look up to them (or the opposite), I don't go around asking my coworkers for for autographs or photo ops unless I have expense checks that need to get paid.

My celeb exceptions to this rule have always been:
- Mr. T
- Heidi Klum (cuz PRun RULEZ)
- MacGyver
- and Steve Sanders of 90210 fame

So, with that in mind, I apologize to all ya'll who had this conversation with me last night/this morning:

PAVA: (cchssksth shhhket.) "HEY YOU PICKED UP THE PHONE AT 1AM"

YOU: Yeah. You know it's 1am

PAVA: dude I just saw Steve Sand(garble)ers. It's like (garblegarblegarble) foot and (crowdnoiscrowdnoisecrowdnois) f'n scooter!

YOU: What? I can barely hear you.

PAVA: dUDE! Steve fuckin' sanders! Can you hear me

YOU: Sounds great. Call me later

PAVA: (CLICK)

Chocolate and Peanut butter Dept.: Shakira and "Danzig" Mashup

2007-11-30T15:06:00.000-08:00

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Rumpshaker Reviews: Beowulf (Robert Zemeckis is a Freaky God)

2007-11-25T16:44:00.000-08:00

(If you didn't know, image above is sort of a cartoon. )

Two bloody thumbs up for Beowulf on the Bloodsport Scale.

I am picturing the Greenlight meeting for Beowulf:

Robert Zemeckis: Hey, I want to do a $200m rated-R cartoon with more dudity than 300 and some of the characters will speak in Flemish or dutch or something.

Paramount: Nobody wants R-rated cartoons. Can you at least throw something loveable in it. And sneaking in teens don't like foreign languages.

Zemeckis: Angelina Jolie plays a hot dragon chick.

Paramount: OK. So we got loveable covered. But no one likes R-rated cartoons.

Zemeckis: I'll make two of the characters good looking enough so you can sucker everyone into thinking it's live-action.

Paramount: Fine. Blood. Live action. Can work with that. But what about the nerds?

Neil Gaiman: Hey, I'm helping to write this thing, and I write those comic books that everyone claims they've read but I know no one really understands.

Roger Avary: I'm taking all the blood I didn't use in Pulp Fiction and just pouring it all over the top of this.

Paramount: Is there enough man-yelling?

Zemeckis: I promise the main character will yell I AM BEOWULF with blood all over his face at least 3 times. Oh, did I tell you I'm throwing in just a touch of anti-Christian blasphemy?

Paramount: Awesome. R-rated anti-christian full of naked butts cartoon that we won't market as a cartoon. PERFECT. Our jobs are safe again.

And in my opinion they should be. Especially cuz I saw this with Alge in 3-D IMAX MADNESS.

Rotten Tomatoes puts this film at 70%. Screw you critics. As a piece of tech it deserves much more than that. Story? Like a dog walking on its hind legs, points don't get taken off when the characters don't loook human, but just the fact that they look good enough some of the time to fool you into thinking everything's real? I'll take it.

Hell. . . isn't a half-naked cartoon dude screaming 'I AM BEOWULF' enough for you???

(Rob EG and purists: Here are some links about the movie so you can begin your rebuttal):

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beowulf/

http://www.beowulfmovie.com/

Genius Encounter

2007-11-24T22:11:00.000-08:00

For those of you who know and love The Genius Family:
- Alexis is dynamite and obviously staying in shape by chasing Iron Maren (almost 3) and Eddie around their house
- Steve has 2.5 years of medical school left. He says he's not the smartest guy in class (yet) but you know he kicks ass
- Trent and me -- by living with Steve for 2 years -- obviously taught the Geniuses how to deal with hyperactive toddlers

I Gained 8 Pounds Today. It is Thanksgiving.

2007-11-22T20:23:00.000-08:00

Home in Berrien Springs. The baseball caps you can buy in the supermarket to support the basketball team say 'BS' on them. (Way to go meta, Fighting Shamrocks!)

More importantly, today was Thanksgiving.

I hate big Thanksgivings. I want my Thanksgiving day routine in my old house:

Wake Up
Smell Mom baking two turkeys for me and our guests. One is a smoked Butterball from Sam's Club.
Mom invites (maximum) of 4 guests to help us eat the two turkeys. This year there were two extras.
I watch part of the Lions game
We all talk about how awesome the spread is. Two turkeys, two kinds of potatoes, two kinds of rice, 2 kinds of beans, a pie, two cakes, pumpkin bread, and 5 people to eat it all.
We all proceed to eat from about 2pm until about 10pm.
In the middle of this I sneak out somewhere between first and second dessert course to check the Lions score (losing), falling asleep
Alge comes over for 3rd dessert
Lots of dishwashing and more eating after the guests leave.

Yeah. I'm happy. Waterbed time.

I am a Will Smith Whore

2007-11-16T11:03:00.000-08:00

Sigh. Yes. I want to see this.

Nooooo! Computer ate my Europe Photos!

2007-11-16T07:38:00.001-08:00

SONOFABITCH! Woke up at 4am today happily jetlagged after my two week Euro trip.

Transferred all my photos from camera to computer. . . only to discover everything between Amsterdam and my last night in London were mysteriously GONE OR CORRUPTED!

booooooooo!

Apologies to Mark, Anna, Seasons, Vega, and all you cats who wanted to see my throwing down at Shunt in London or Teatriz in Madrid. I am SOOOO sad right now.

I think my camera is F'd up too. Not doing well with the backpack-to-pocket lifestyle.

Maybe I am just not built for nice things.

AAAAGH!

Euro Road Trip - Day One Observations - It Likes Cold in England

2007-10-28T22:49:00.000-07:00

I am going to attempt to write something every day of my Euro road trip.

Day one - England (two hours outside of London):

Observations:

1) They like it cold here. In a newly-refinished pub/lounge called the VOODOO LOUNGE in a town called Leamington Spa . . . nice atmosphere and all. . . my lamb pie was delicious. . .but they insist on leaving the doors wide open even though it's like 40 degrees outside. People sit around sipping martinis in their jackets no problem.

2) Re: What is a Leamington Spa? It's a town an hour out of Birmingham that's maybe as close as you can get to like a 'sexy suburb' around here. Like a not quite as cool Royal Oak or a Burbank or something.

3) In the locals only pub, I understood the French theatre manager on tour from Paris better than the local fellas ordering up what looks like a mix of Hypnotic and Smirnoff Ice in a bottle. Will find out what that is tomorrow.

4) Jet Lag means a lot of time to play Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. It's OK.

Ted and Misty Wedding - Slow Jams

2007-10-21T23:54:00.001-07:00

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I really want to put all these pics up from Ted and Misty's wedding, but I've had trouble being prompt lately. . . so I'm going to start with this quick clip of their first dance and a shoutout from Birdmonster. Congrats again you two!

Adult Swim Covers Burning Man: DJ Jesus

2007-09-23T12:56:00.000-07:00

Yeah. First the New York Times, and now Adult Swim. Some internet only cartoon about Jesus, the Devil, the daughter of the devil, and a 40 foot high candle slash DJ Booth.

Not bad.

Go to Lucy: The Daughter of the Devil. Burning Man Style (Adult Swim)

Burning Man 2007 - Spider Monstrosity Machine

2007-09-16T22:20:00.001-07:00

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Trucking out the BM videos slowly. Bad for 'up to the minute webzine coverage,' but great for someone who wants to savor their awesome vacation as long as possible.

So here's the first of a few. This one is also my first experiment with the lates version of Vegas Video. Not bad to use.

Correspondence from Carnita73.

Burning Man Coverage: Burning the Man Too Early -- My Interview with Ranger Sasquatch

2007-09-11T00:50:00.000-07:00

So thanks to Eddie and GeekEntertainment.tv, I actually got to interview Ranger Roger Sasquatch. He's one of the main guys quoted in the SF Chronicle and other places after Paul Addis burned the Burning Man down early. Ranger Sasquatch was not happy as you can see.

Play the Interview at Eddie.com

I'm going to let this interview sit up her for a day or two and then I'm going to weigh in with my opinion on the situation. (Feel free to comment here or on Eddie.com direct)

Burning Man Report Coming. . . and Berlin

2007-09-05T18:25:00.000-07:00

Been so busy having fun, have not had time to post anything lately.

Burning Man report on the way. . . to be followed by my 12 hours in BERLIN!

IN the meantime, Wired's coverage of BM is actually very good.

Go there while you're waiting for me.

High School Musical -- I Get It. Mostly.

2007-08-04T11:40:00.000-07:00

This song is like Peter Cetera Good. No Kidding.

So even though I never considered myself much of a 'tween', I finally made it through High School Musical. . . and I don't know if it's cuz I've still got some 12 year old in my soul or maybe it's the half a vicotin I had tonight (Back's hurting. . . The Vic did nothing. Ibuprofen much better.) . . . but I think I GET it.

So. . . the things I'm guessing and learning from this:

1) It's good. . . but how the heck is it so huge? Disney did not expect this thing to blow up like it did. I mean. . . seriously. They weren't like "This is gonna make up for Meet The Robinsons sucking big ass" when they original released it. I mean it's better than the average 'Disney Channel Movie of the Month'. . . but it ain't no Ten Things I Hate About You. How the hell it was like the #1 album of the year. . . I'm just not sure. Can someone who's like 9 explain please?

2) It's one third as good as GREASE. The first two acts suck. . . but the big third act where they have to have a (SPOILER ALERT) singing contest, big basketball game, academic decathalon and two big dance numbers including the finale is totally good and had me actually doing a little bit of dancing like I was practicing for a Rocky Horror screening. The big duet (Breaking Free) is Peter Cetera worthy. I mean it's American Idol good.

3) Zac Effron = Partridge Family on Steroids. Though by the time HSM 2 rolls around, he might be super great, John travolta and Olivia Newton John are way ahead of HSM lead Zac Effron . . . who is like David Cassidy as a jock. . . which pisses me off because if there's a guy in the high school paradigm who has everything (smarts, good looks, a great singing voice, AND popularity and jockiness), that truly only leaves nerds with goth makeup, bell choir, and smoking cigarettes out behind the dumpster. AKA nothing of lasting value to live for.

And that's what I got to say about that.

PS: 80's FLASHBACK club. . . The guy who wrote half the music in HSM 1 is ROBBIE NEVILLE who many of you will know had a big hit with 'Cest La Vie' back in our Howard Jones/Falco days. Which all somehow makes sense.

1907 Party Highlights

2007-07-21T02:34:00.001-07:00

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Oh man! 7.7.07 theme party to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of Casa Ardell AND Kristy's birthday? And Dawa Lady? And Ice Luge? And costumes? Yeah, It Was Fun.

4th of July Valley Style

2007-07-10T02:05:00.001-07:00

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Yeah. Was rousted away from a brutal 4th of July work stupor by the temptation of a trip to Thousand Oaks. Thanks team. Here are the pics. Let me know if you want the stills and I'll throw em on Snapfish or somethin'.

Pavanomics: Points or No Points -- An Age of Love Recap

2007-07-09T23:02:00.000-07:00

Tonight on Age of Love, the 40-something cougars vs. 20-something coyotes had 5 minutes to put points on the board with tennis star Mark Philopoopadopolis. What did they say? Read and learn in this edition of POINTS OR NO POINTS

20-SOMETHING TACTICS

FLATTERY: You're a beautiful man with a beautiful heart (no points and kicked off the island)

SHY: I didn't have that instant electricity, but it's because I was nervous (no points)
THE "TALK ME INTO IT": I wasn't sure I wanted to be here. . . but with each little time I got to spend with you, the more I wanted to stay (no points)
LOW ESTEEM WITH A JEALOUS CLOSER: It scares me to open up. . . and when you went to kiss me, I thought of Kelli kissing you and it freaked me out. (POINTS. With tear wiping action and an apology to boot.)

40-Something Tactics

THE VIC DAMONE WITH AN ASK CLOSER: I'm so happy to be here, and I feel a connection with you. But I feel you may be holding back a little bit, and I don't know why, because I feel you should have kissed me by now. (POINTS. First base with a knee grasp and tongue.)
THE OPEN MIND: Who you date is none of my business. What is my business is what happens between you and me. (POINTS. First base, but just barely. No tongue.)
DESPERATION, THE STINKIEST COLOGNE: We all want to find love. . . but if it's not with you, that would break my heart. (POINTS. But required a back of hair grab on her part. The back of hair grab may have got her ass booted off the island.)
THE STRAIGHT ASK: Can I ask you something? Will you kiss me? (POINTS. With tongue.)

MORAL (evidently): Cougars know that if you're on a date and you ask a boy to kiss you, he probably will. . . even if he's got a lot more dates in the same night.

Big Fucking Robots. Transformers Was Very Very Good.

2007-07-09T01:18:00.001-07:00

Yeah. I've been so f'n busy with nine different things mostly work I haven't had time to do much writing here. Been taking a lot of pics so yeah by mid-july you'll see what happened in June.

But I do want to take the time to say, Transformers was great. I mean, Optimus Prime lays it on a little thick n' all - he was never much of a humorist -- but it's just damn great.

My inner nerd child is happy once again.

Cougars vs. Naughty 20's

2007-06-18T22:35:00.000-07:00

Stuck in MI for another day due to lightning storms. Yay midwest. Boo United Airlines for being asshats on the phone (more on that later). In the meantime, me and my 5 channels here in Berrien Springs checked out Age of Love, where it's 'a battle of 40 something vs. 20 somethings' for the heart of an objective (?) young buck.

The young buck in question is Australian tennis stud Mark Philloupouspousis (SP?) who dated pre-staph infection Paris Hilton and was once engaged to an 18 year old supermodel. Good luck, cougars.

FWIW: I think someone in their Dirty 30's would win against the menagerie of coordinator level hula hoopers and 805 adjacent divorcees that NBC assembled for this dramedy.

ESPN of all things has a good writeup on this here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=alipour/070615&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab6pos1

Memorial Day 2007 SFCA -- Highlights

2007-06-02T12:10:00.001-07:00

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Hey ya'll!

Here are my pics from SF Memorial Day Weekend in fancy pants video format. (My second Internet video.Â Took a little less time this time.) Let me know if you want the JPEGs and I'll send em along.

I had an AWESOME time. . . Do it again soon? (Or duplicate L.A. style?)

Men After My Own Heart - Found Footage Festival

2007-05-23T22:07:00.002-07:00

So Laura says, "The Hammer Museum is showing clips from VHS tapes that people found in garbage cans, thrift stores, and flea markets."

Now if there was an event that ever called my name, it would involve VHS tapes, rooting through garbage cans and flea market bins, and a museum. And this did not disappoint.

Among the clips seen (In order from least to greatest):

Weird erotica stuff from the archives of JX Williams -- the president of his archive "discovered" him while searching for random shit on ebay
The ol' super ghey 1970's Smoky Mountain Wrestling intro for The Fabulous Ones
Very violent industrial videos for an insurance company. Think 'faces of death' done Allstate style
An 'After Dark' rated PG video of Young Guv Arnold Schwarzenneger doing a public service video encouraging us to visit Rio to watch asses shake
And. . . A video of my former coworker Donn Nauert giving away the tips to playing Contra as part of the U.S. National Videogame team

Yes, someone scavenged through unlimited numbers of industrial tapes, garage sale dime bins, and hours of PSAs, and one of my ol' comrades made the cut. It must have been his sateen jacket.

Does anyone know where Donn Nauert is these days? If so, let him so he is immortalized thanks to the modern day treasure hunters of the Found Footage Festival.

April Highlights -- Now In Video! -- Coachella, Scooby Doo Olympics, London I, etc.

2007-05-20T14:18:00.001-07:00

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I got tired of trying to batch upload photos to Blogger, so I'm trying to do this in video instead. Let's see how this works.

Laziness, the mother of. . . quickie internet video?

Though of course, instead of going through the tedious task of uploading photos, 4 or 5 at a time through Picasa (30 min. task), here was my process:

1) Dig up Windows Movie Maker on my computer (10 min.)

2) Learn how to use Windows Movie Maker (15 min., including importing photos and the music file)

3) Make Title cards/captions in Photoshop (10 min.)

4) Edit movie in Movie Maker (15 min.)

5) Figure out the right format to save file (10 min.)

6) Sign up for video service at Blip. TV - thanks Geekentertainment.TV for the advice. (10 min.)

7) Post video (10 min.)

8) Edit post and redo my blogger template to accomodate the larger video window (15 min.)

TOTAL TIME: 1 hour, 35 minutes.

Still, it's a rare cloudy Sunday in L.A. and I've learned something. So yay.

2007-05-17T10:17:00.000-07:00

MySpace Acquires Photobucket and Flektor - Wow

Well. . . Looks like MySpace is upping the ante on video editing and going hard after Google and YouTube.

They just announced an acquisition of Photobucket, the big ol' video and photo storage site. . . and coincidentally also announced acquiring Flektor, which apparently has really good web based video and slide show editing tools.

Once my new digital camera comes in, I'm gonna start using both of these to soup up my blog. Yippie.

2007-05-16T07:49:00.000-07:00

Coachella and London Pics

All the luv in the world to all ya'll who've made my latest adventures so fun. Check out the pics below.

FYI: I'm screwing around with Facebook these days. Allegedly the photos are completely accessible without an account. Please let me know if that's not the case.

> LONDON: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2471&l=7e68f&id=513662291

> COACHELLA: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2472&l=28746&id=513662291

2007-04-27T12:48:00.000-07:00

Off to Coachella

Ditching ditching ditching. Against my better judgement am NOT taking a leisurely drive tonite to go hang out by the pool. . . but am going straight from work to Coachella. . . right. . . NOW.

Wish me luck.

2007-04-13T14:18:00.000-07:00

Good Photos from March

April is already stacking up as a good month. . . Scooby Doo Olympics, Coachella, etc. Here are some good pics (in no particular order) from events you were at or missed from March!

8 bars of Easter. . .

. . . to seeing cool signs of stuff in SF. . .
and checking out DJ Babydaddy's Shake that A$$ night in SF (Friday's at Arrow Bar)
I was up there for Erin (L) and Fenno's wedding. (See Genius lurking in the background)
More 8 bars of Easter (lots of good photos from this one). . .

There was also a good paddle tennis of a St. Paddy's day. . .

. . . Funk night at kickball
. . . a trip for me to Springfield MA to the Dr. Seuss park with Mom and Dad
. . and Simo picking up the steak dinner tab for some of us in Vegas.

2007-04-09T22:55:00.000-07:00

New York Times Drafts Chapters in its Dating Book

It's Sex and dating week at the New York Times. Check out what appears to be a fairly well researched article on researching desirability online and speed dating.

Science week also features the usual number of articles about hormones and pills, too.

2007-04-05T08:13:00.000-07:00

The Joys of Being Your Own Worst Time Burglar

I am my own worst time burglar. Cozy Steve said so at The Cozy last night. And when Cozy's right, he's true.

I really am my own worst Time Burglar.

I hit snooze 5 times in the morning.

I blog before heading to the office.

I read Defamer after lunch instead of going right back to work.

I tweak around my room wallowing in my clutter and changing belts instead of just heading straight out at night.

All this adds up to me running a little late these days, more often than I'm used to. . .

But there's something so peacefully decadent about snagging a minute of me time at less than optimal moments. . . even if it ain't efficient.

Trying to reconcile. . .

2007-03-31T20:48:00.000-07:00

I am from Spain. . . And I am Catholic!

Visiting the relatives in Massachusetts this week. Hung out with Aunt Abbie. She's 87 now. . . we're 20 years out from when she took me to see 'Follow That Bird' with my cousin Heather who evidently just had twins and is married to a Hebrew teacher.

Anyhow, Aunt Abbie's actually been tracking down the heretofore unknown Pava Geneology that is half of who I guess I is bloodline-wise.

Here is what she found out:

The Pava family actually came from SPAIN. We actually immigrated to RUSSIA only after the INQUISITION

Evidently pre-inquisition, we Pavas started out CATHOLIC, but thought Jewish folks were more fun so we CONVERTED

After the Inquisition kicked in, the Pavas were given the following options instead of being KILLED outright

Convert back to Catholicism
Leave Spain forever

So we took the nice Inquisitors up on their offer of banishment and headed to RUSSIA right around the time Columbus was discovering America

The name PAVA means peacock in Spaniard. We were given that name because we were cuz we were proud and outspoken about how fun being Jewish was, and refused to be humbled back into Catholicism . . . something like that.

I'm getting this half right. . . but it does explain why me and the Genius (also a Spaniard) are so close. . . and why fun might be in my blood.

Mazeltov and Ariba. Something like that. . .

2007-03-21T20:40:00.000-07:00

Random Good Pictures from March - Part 1: Funk Night, St. Paddys

Funk Night at Kickball -- We do themes now

St. Patrick's Day on a Saturday . . . at Warszawa

2007-03-17T13:00:00.000-07:00

Hollywood Clubs On Fridays Can Be Fun If You Know What To Expect: Avalon Last Night

My assessment of the Avalon friday night.

Getting in was totally Hollywood bad.

Got there around 10:15pm. Near front of the line but waited for 20 minutes for no reason. 5 different types of VIP lines it seemed. I looked back and the line totally carved around the block when we got in. . .

And we did get in for free like the post though the guest list that I signed up for on the internet totally didn't work. (I recommend against clubplanet.com based on that stupid experience.

And the club was totally empty despite the long line . . .which is when I sent a series of 'this place sucks' texts to Scott, Lisa, and Melody.

But we waited it out and after about an hour (bet. 11:30 and 12) it filled up to the right amount of decent looking folks. And the music was TOTALLY good. Electro and mashups and a dancing crowd that was pat benatar hipster looking and not agro. Free Form Five was totallly good as was the 103.1 mashup DJ. Suicide Club -- The Killer Ripoff of the Month band -- played a few songs in there too. Not into them, but just that there was a live real band there was kind of neato in a sexy Hollywood way.

Now all that said, I am convinced that we can get that kind of music and night without the line hassle (Echo Park?) but I totally danced for 3 hours straight and was the driver and had a good time so the night was definitely positive after the dumb getting in thing -- which wasn't unexpected.

BOTTOM LINE: FRIDAY NIGHT AT AVALON
Line to get in: Thumbs down. . . Strict adherence to the rules is required if you dont' want a hassle or to pay a ton to get in. (Rules: Be on a real guest list or get in line before 10:30pm or way late at night or be prepared to bribe the bouncer.)

Drinks: Expensive, but not a surprise

Music -- at least tonight -- Thumbs Way Up

Crowd: Thumbs Up. It wasn't a Burning Man love in but no one seemd aggro. Not a cologne or bridge n' tunnel crowd like Basque or Forbidden city seemed to be. Very few spaghetti strap black tanktop girls with dudes with the banana republic button down + chain combo. Everyone was there to dance, which actually limited sausage factor I think.

2007-02-19T16:31:00.000-08:00

Stein in L.A.

Following leg one of his SF trip (see Misty's Morsels) Stein makes his way down to SoCal for shenanigans at Scott Bar, the Magic Castle, taco eating, and more. Here are some pics so far:

Stein eating a taco.

Points L.A.: 85 degrees in the weekend after crabby weather.
The first couple of Scottbar: Engaged

Check it: My cousin Jordin's paintings on sale at Wacko in Silverlake

Unfortunately, I only have pictures of 'Day One Stein' thanks to some weird dehydration problem that has forced me into bedrest and an all Gatorade diet for the past 36 hours.

No kidding. It's like punishment from Old Testament Jesus for having too much fun: No kickball this weekend, no Scottbar cocktails, no Magic Castle, and no Steining.

I swear, ever since getting back from that business trip to Hamburg I've gotten every worthless cold symptom known to man: stuffy nose, sore throat, congestion, and now weird dehydration. Of course, I'm getting them one at a time so it's 4 weeks of limited fun instead of just a week of pure misery.

In any case, my hope is to be back in action by tomorrow (crossing fingers for doc's clean bill of health) so I can get back on plan for at least a couple days of Steinfun.

2007-02-12T15:11:00.000-08:00

Proof Once Again That The Grammys Are a Joke: My Humps

With a very disgusted Marvin Gaye and Luther Vandross looking on from Heaven, the Grammy for Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal goes to ''My Humps'' by the Black Eyed Peas.

Next year I'm going to have Pretty Ricky write me a duet that I can sing with David Hasselhoff. If My Humps is winnin' Grammys, then there's no reason me and 'Hoff can't win 10.

And I used to think that nothing could get worse than the whole Milli Vanilli thing

2007-02-08T21:57:00.000-08:00

300 Reviewed! In a Word: Gratuitous

Just got back from a full screening of 300*. Rest assured, the previews are true.

300 is a Sportcenter highlight reel of over the top violence, manly closeups, and boobs. It's like Braveheart or Gladiator but with none of that boring 'Oscar winning' material put in for chicks or self-important movie critics.

It's comprised entirely of fighting with gratuitous slowmo, violence with gratuitous limb severing, gratuitous monologues belted out with extreme vigor, and gratuitous boobs with extreme nipple.

I didn't keep count, but it certainly must meet the Bloodsport Benchmark** for action movie quality.

In other words, it's not much of a date movie, but it's certainly Manlaw approved.

* The preview screening came courtesy of a Streetwise mailing list. Even though I am sure Streetwise would like nothing better than for me to express my pleasure for this film by posting a glowing review on my blog, I am still doing just that.

** The Bloodsport Benchmark: The quality of some movies can be judged purely by comparing the number of minutes in the film against its combined number of fight, exploding, chase and sex scenes . Bloodsport with approximately 9 fights, 1 chase, and 1 sex scene (11 total) in something like 88 minutes sets the gold standard with its ratio of approximately 8:1.

2007-02-06T19:02:00.001-08:00

Weekend Recap -- Superbowl. Prince. Party at the Animal House.

"just when it seemed time to give up on that quaint ritual known as the halftime show, along comes Prince." -- The New York Times

For those of you too cool to watch the Superbowl, you missed one of the greatest 20 minutes in the history of TV. Rain pouring down. . . . Fireworks exploding. . . . 60,000 people with lighters in the air. . . .

and Prince in the middle of a giant neon symbol the size of half the football field. The man busted seamlessly between All Along the Watchtower, Foo Fighters, and Purple Rain. . . like, in the rain.

That lightning, I think it was real. . . .

I know Kym and Geraldine were there, and I'm jealous.

Meanwhile, at my apartment complex, I attended a 36 hour party thrown by my neighbors that involved UFC, beer pong, sparring at the local dojo, a broken foosball table, and of course the Super Bowl itself. Fantastic.

Give Prince a 5 year contract to do Superbowl halftime. Oh, and let K-Fed do another insurance commercial. That was cool too.

PS: I'm not seeing this on YouTube due to copyright restrictions. If you missed this, pray that your best friend still has the halftime show on this Tivo.

PPS: (for when we look back at this 10 years from now): The Colts won. It was Peyton Manning's first championship.

2007-01-28T22:55:00.000-08:00

Hamburg is fun. London is fun if you don't need to wake up.

Just got back from the weeklong business trip to Euro. 3 days in Hamburg. 3 days in Leamington Spa (non-London England), and 15 hours in London.

Hamburg is great. Like a cross between like Amsterdam and Berkeley. Small but full of good stuff to do in a liberal arts kinda way. Oh, and currywurst (bratwurst with curry sauce on top) might rival bacon wrapped hot dogs for late night post-bar crack food.

Now England? Still a blast, but I gotta file an official complaint to hotel operators there: Can you PLEASE wake me up when I ask you to? 1 for 3 is good in baseball, but bad in terms of wake up calls. Please, next time I'm staying there I only want three things: 1) Don't let anyone steal my stuff. 2) Don't let me get bedbugs and 3) If I forget my travel alarm again, wake me up in the mornings.

Good things I saw in Hamburg:
- Currywurst
- Suckling pig
- "Beijing Bubbles", a documentary on punk and rock in China's capital
- Foosball at 3am
- Irish cover band
- HerbstraBe
- Good schnitzel in the Hamburg Hauptbahnhof

Good stuff I saw in London:
- Decent steak in a hip hop bar
- Great jazz on the east side
- Teaching a newbie bartender how to mix a Hello Kitty
- Watching a bad punk band cut a worse interview. (Q: What are your influences? A: Zeppelin. . . and myself)

Shoutouts to Anna and Karim for a killer Friday, and to Helen for the connect.

2007-01-20T12:26:00.000-08:00

Muhammad Ali and Pot Roast Sandwiches

I'm eating a Pot Roast Sandwich from Bay Cities Deli and watching the Patterson/Ali fight from 1965.

I've watched a lot of Ali this week. They've been showing a lot of his stuff on ESPN classic because it's his birthday. I usually write off anyone who uses the word 'athlete' and 'important' in the same sentence, but I absolutely have an Ali Exception.

The man single handedly invented trash talk, hip hop, rope a dope, non-dirty-hippie-conscientious-objecting, and a bunch of other stuff that I enjoy watching. Without him, there might be no mixed martial arts, no Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson, and no professional wrasslin as we know it today. Oh, and he had no problem going to prison in the prime of his career for what he believed in.

Happy belated birthday to Berrien Springs' most famous resident.

2007-01-18T17:27:00.000-08:00

Sewing Is Fun

Over Christmas break in MI, I took a nice Benneton shirt I bought in SF and re craftied it. The shirt was actually a nice white kind of translucent shirt -- The first item of clothing I ever bought courtesy of fashion consultant Froopes on my first trip shopping with him in SF. But turns out the shirt was just a little too plain and white for me to wear all the time. A little big too.

So, I ripped the collar off and reattached it as epilets. Rough-style rehemmed the bottom, took in the sleeves and back -- basically turned it from a medium into a small. Fun stuff.

Anyhow, Wired.com had a neat article on hip folks sewing and links to patterns and stuff. Enjoy:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72517-0.html?tw=wn_index_4
http://www.fitzpatterns.com/
http://www.savvyseams.com/clothing/

2007-01-12T11:14:00.000-08:00

Does dancing style of 'today's kids' signal lack of intimacy? (Written by STEIN)

Rumpshaker Detroit correspondent Stein just got his letter to The Michigan Daily published. (Reprinted below so we can discuss.)

To the Daily:
I first graduated from the University back in 1996 and just graduated again. In my years of experience here, I have noticed many changes, but none confuses me more than the way you kids dance today.

Just as Rick's has gone from live bands to DJs, dancing has gone from being a primarily face-to-face experience to one that almost entirely involves backing up of the ass. On any given night at any dance club in town, you'll rarely see people facing one another. Now, I enjoy a good dry hump on the dance floor as much as the next guy, but what's up with this phenomenon? Is it a fear of intimacy? Is it that no one knows any other way to dance? Is there some sort of shame in dry humping strangers that makes you not want to look at them? Please give me some insight. I'm sincerely perplexed.

Brian Stein, Alum

2007-01-01T22:27:00.000-08:00

Bowl Recap -- Sad for the Alma Mater, happy for Boise State

If you missed the Boise State upset of Oklahoma . . . . go home and get onto Sportscenter like right now.

I JUST saw one of the greatest 3 hour cinderalla sports movies ever. . . only it was a live NCAA football game. Like Bad News Bears, Mighty Ducks, and Hoosiers. . . all mixed together. . . .

- Little school vs. Big school
- Drama, mistakes, lead changes, and crazy overtime
- Multiple crazier-than-Blitz-style trick plays to tie the game and then win it in overtime
- "Gunslingin' quarterback" and a cast of undersized 'misfits' (with occasional misfit hairstyles even)
- Head Coach who looks like a prettyboy Billy Bob Thornton
- Oh, and even romance -- The running back who scored two TDs, including the game winner, proposed to his girlfriend -- the Boise State head cheerleader -- on national TV after the game.

For me it was a small consolation for Michigan losing to USC again. . . but still pretty sweet . . .

Wishing you the best in 2007. May your year be filled with as much razzle dazzle as the Boise State Broncos' playbook.

PS: Thanks to Stein and Meyotch for whupload of fun over NYE. More to come on that . . . probably.

2006-12-27T21:57:00.000-08:00

We are Dark for Awhile, but it's all for the best

Coming in 2007, the all-new Rumpshaker.net. I swear.

Also, I'm at home in Michigan on vacation going to Rural King, and eating lots of smoked turkey and walnut rice courtesy of Mom and Dad. Looking forward to NYE with Stein and Meyotch.

2006-12-21T09:55:00.000-08:00

Rediscovering Kip Winger??

This in from Nihal. I am skeptical:
I have rediscovered Kip! Someone suggested I listen to his solo albums...that they are totally different from what we remember as "Winger".

Upon listening to "This Conversation Seems Like a Dream" and to "Songs from the Ocean Floor" I will have to say I was very, very surprised and impressed with his work. The guy is quite talented in song-writing and pure musicianship. "Conversation" has a jazzy, blues, rock, Peter Gabriel feel to it and "Songs" is a conceptual album dealing with the tragic death of his wife....very deep and depressing but spectacular album.

Poor Kip should have started out as a solo artist and stayed that way...cuz now, you mention the name, and all you remember is the fluffy-hair metal days. He has "reunited" with the rest of the band and is finishing up a tour in Europe. BUT, he will start the U.S. Tour in January....and coming do Detroit Feb 17th. I'm thinking of going...

www.kipwinger.com

2006-12-17T19:01:00.000-08:00

Me and the Sock Monkeys

Great Island of Lost Toys theme party courtesy of DJ Wolfie and HipGenesis. Great sets from Mutaytor, Space Cowboys, Wolfie, and a bunch of others. Glad to have discovered some folks in SoCal who have disguise boxes.

Thanks to the crew I was with who, among other things, were responsible for doing the best paint job on my face that I can remember. So much fun.

I have more pics. Email me if you want to see some of them.

2006-12-13T17:39:00.000-08:00

Falco dies and all he gets is a set of Stairs

Also from Eddie C:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ekai/315372778/in/set-72157594406339476/
In vienna during Falco's birthday the pole gets inundated with ribbons, love letters, etc.

2006-12-13T17:34:00.000-08:00

Eddie Codel at a Conference for Bartender Robots

It has been a man-machine day
1) Friend shows me his copy of DAFT PUNK at Coachella
2) Currently listening to Kraftwerk

3) EDDIE C. IMs me to let me know he's been at ROBOEXOTICA:

davidpava: you went to a conference purely to see robots that pours drinks??
eddie: and mix them!
eddie: and light cigarettes! and engage in bar conversation!
david: oh my god!!!!
eddie: yes, the singularity is near

http://www.eddie.com/2006/12/10/roboexotica-going-well/

2006-12-12T10:40:00.000-08:00

Absinthe Article to Read Later

From Wired

2006-12-07T14:30:00.000-08:00

Fantastic Hip-Hop to College Football Analogy Post

Forwarded by Meyotch and Dirkus.

2006-12-02T20:46:00.000-08:00

I Picked My Guitar Up Today. . . Now What Should I Play?

For those of you who have an understanding of music I like, I put new strings on the ol' guitar today. First time in 3 years.

Started plucking out a couple songs, and realized all the songs I know are 3 years old or more.

What should I sing?

I would like recommendations for current pop songs that would make for good acoustic guitar arrangements. . . and also some standards.

AS REFERENCE: I tried "Behind these hazel eyes" by Kelly Clarkson but the range was pretty crazy, and it didn't quite have the 'zing' acoustically that Hit Me Baby One More Time has

ALSO, I plucked out ALL OF ME (loosely based on the Willie Nelson version) and that seemed to work for me pretty good.

Serious answers only -- or if you're going to mock please have some serious reference along with.

2006-11-14T20:42:00.000-08:00

New Blogger and New Blogging

I have decided to write longer posts. This is not one of them. I am also experimenting with the new Blogger beta to see if it is any good.

2006-11-09T15:28:00.000-08:00

Rhapsody

Boo to Yahoo Music. Just switched over to Rhapsody. (Yes, I'm one of the 25% that doesn't use an IPod. Sue me.) Here is the first album they sent over to me to listen to that I liked:

Soul Sides Volume One

2006-10-31T00:48:00.000-08:00

Glock D Ea$y Money

So good I gots to post it straight up. From Mitchmo:

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Mitchell Kenneth Nobis
To: nobismit@msu.edu
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 3:50:15 PM
Subject: My proudest teaching moment

I have to boast for a moment and share what may very well be my proudest
moment ever as a teacher. I teach a good deal of persuasive writing, and
every fall I instruct my students in English 2, mostly sophomores, to write
a letter to the editor. They aren't required to submit it to the newspaper,
but they get 10 bonus points if it's published in a widely circulated paper
like the Lansing State Journal. Most of my students write about topics like
the elections or why John L. Smith should be fired as MSU's football coach,
and about ten of them get published every year. But those are usually
pretty normal letters to the editor. This year, I had a couple of
standouts. The following two letters were actually published by the LSJ:

"Dance for office"

I think the whole running for governor thing should be a big dance-off. The
candidates could hire the people from the BME clique like crunk artists Lil
Jon and Bohagon. They should get people from Ciara's music video "Goodies"
to be background dancers.

At the final dance, they could go get Lil'Kim out of prison so she can be
the judge, like in the movie "You Got Served." That would be the best day in
Michigan's history.
Joshua Rau

And my favorite:

"Cheney's 'gangsta'"

Dick Cheney came to my town of Bath for a fundraiser at Hawk Hollow Golf
Course. It got me thinking, when I grow up I want to be like Dick Cheney.

He's our vice president and, let's face it, he runs the show. He can shoot
75-year-old-men in the face and not even get jail time.

If I shot a 75-year-old man in the face I'd get locked up real quick. Dick
Cheney is my hero because he's hard-core gangsta for real. I think that we,
as a people, should start calling him Glock D Ea$y Money--because that's a
straight gangsta name.
Juan Martinez

Now sure, you could respond to this by questioning the judgment of the LSJ's
opinion page editors, which you probably should, or you could just be wildly
entertained by it like I am. Regardless, I know one thing for sure--I am
henceforth referring to Cheney as Glock D Ea$y Money every chance I get.

And you may rest easy, knowing that I'm teaching the children of America to
be active citizens in our democracy...
Mitch

2006-10-24T14:01:00.000-07:00

First 4 Minutes of Borat on YouTube

The first 4 minutes of the Borat Movie are on YouTube. 'Nuff said.

2006-10-08T14:40:00.000-07:00

Basement Jaxx is the Bomb

When it comes to L.A., a one day lineup of Queens of The Stone Age, Beck, Basement Jaxx, Blackalicious, and others is only good enough to get JUST THE RIGHT amount of people -- not too many, not too few -- into downtown L.A. -- cuz who even now wants to ride a bus or train much less go near city hall?

Anyhow, these are the key takeaways from the LA Weekly Detour Festival:

1) Basement Jaxx is the bomb. I'd heard about the two big black lady singers, but I didn't believe it til I seen it. They basically took their albums and played em live. Multiple drummers, 3 kilt-wearing horn players, oh and 2 or 3 big ladies singing and rapping and stuff. Fantastic.

2) Beck is great live. Kind of a one man white guy equivalent of Basement Jaxx, again with like 5 drummers, a bunch of different postmoderny songs he's known for. . . and full-on marionettes which stole the show.

3) !!! -- someone tell me how to pronounce this band name. Live -- AGAIN, like 5 percussionists and a shirtless mick jagger/joe freund ripoff singing. VERY danceable.

4) EVERY high school kid there (like half the crowd) dressed vintage 1979-1982. We're talking Ramones to Joan Jett to Ted McGinley. AKA tights and tight jeans, converse sneakers, push down cowboy boots, and every bad haircut imaginable. Even jerry curl. Also, some of the girls even had the 1980's puffy face thing going, like they switched off their tofu diet to do the fashion properly. Total uglification fashion-wise. OF course, everyone in L.A. high school is skinny so they actually look pretty good I'm afraid. But wait til this look gets to flyover country. Remember Heart in the later years? Or any hair metal band once the hair started falling out? I'm a big fan of 80's metal and glam, but now I'm a little scared. . . .

PS: Shoutouts to Jillifus, Jenny, Anhela, and Tomas, my comrades on this fine adventure.

2006-10-01T16:40:00.000-07:00

Philippine Obsession #1: Wowowee

The #1 gameshow in the Philippines. It's on for 2 hours a day, 6 days a week. It's Sabado Gigante meets WWE meets Let's Make a Deal.

In the audience: Rich folk, including many Fil-Am tourists who hand over American dollars for the cohosts to pass down to the poor contestants.

The contestants: farmers, squatters, meat on a stick vendors, and other variety of Philippine poorfolk who have been known to invest their life's savings for a bus ticket to the show, without always having enough fare to get home.

Yes, behind the dancing girls, the hours of singing, and a host named Willie -- the singing, dancing, Pat Sajak du jour -- is the biggest spectacle of The Poor Entertaining the Rich since the days of Spartacus and Running Man.

How popular is this show? A ticket snafu at a planned taping at a coliseum mere months ago caused a stampede that killed like dozens of people. Public demand brought the show back to air a few weeks later.

This is the only video of any length I've found so far. Not sure if you'll get a feeling for what goes on here. . . Rest assured, it's like Sabado Gigante in that it's equally entertaining if you don't know the local language.

A very dry analysis on Wowowee can also be found on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wowowee

It has some details on the stampede and some of the po' folk who pulled themselves above the poverty line thanks to their Wowowee earnings.

2006-09-26T19:31:00.000-07:00

Why I Like the Philippines Part I

Some things I have added or re-emphasized in my 'This is what Filipinos are like' reference guide:

Text messaging. They claim they text more than anyone else in the world, much less Asia. I was at dinner with my Ninangs (godparents) who are easily in their 60s and they were going nuts at the dinner table with the texting like 14 year olds trying to vote for their favorite American Idol.

Light rock heaven. Basically, songs that are good for karaoking. More on this later.

Uniforms for everything. Nice ones, too. College kids in intramural basketball have clean pressed, custom designed basketball unis with their names on the back and everything.

Immaculate laundry. I am told the local Tide rep says the Philippine market is the hardest one to crack because everyone is so picky. People hardly use washing machines here, paying instead to have their mades or laundry people handwash everything. Everyone's t-shirts are always ironed (Look for the tight crease on the sleeves) and when you stay in a hotel - even a fairly cheap one - you can be pretty assured the bedspreads and blankets are going to be washed (unlike just about any hotel you stay in in the U.S.)

Eating is part of Filipino culture FOR SURE. Awesome food. Give anyone here a sauceapan/skillet and a hot plate, and you can have a gourmet meal in minutes.

Did I mention that Filipinos are EXCELLENT at cooking and eating? My food intake today (it's 10:45am right now):

Pre-breakfast merienda (snack)
Meatballs made by wrapping meatball meat around quail eggs. (It's like meatball with a mini delicious hard boiled egg inside)
- Pandesal (fresh sweatbread rolls)

Breakfast
- Rice
- Salted fish
- Menudo (Pinoi style. Pork and raisins sauteed in a tomato-based sauce with pineapple added for sweetness)
- Breakfast meat (local Spamlike substance. Milder and better than the real thing)
- Fresh Papaya
- San Miguel 3 in 1 (Instant coffee with the right amount of sugar and powdered cream premixed in)

Writing this to you from an Internet cafe where the going rate is 20P (around 40 cents) an hour to use the gear.

2006-09-14T18:37:00.000-07:00

Poopernova

My comments on the Rockstar: Supernova season finale (for the 3 others of you out there that watched it):

Dilana lost the battle but won the war.

She was the only person who had 'incredible' weeks and -- despite huge ego high maintenance etc. -- is just on another level from the rest of the guys.

Personally, if I'm her, I'd rather be doing my own thing or playing with that 'house band' instead of fronting for a bunch of dirty old man has beens and Jason Newsted. (GOD, could Gilby Clarke be MORE useless??)

Supernova obviously wants someone they can boss around vs. someone who might outshine them.

I was not into Lucas' look and thought he was very one dimensional with that raspy shit.

I hope the Panic Channel/Rock Star Supernova tour is called the 'Will Work for Food' tour. Those original Supernova songs are brutal. The best part of that show is going to be when Ryan Star, Toby, Magni, and Dilana play stuff with the House Band. If life were fair, those guys would be headlining and Gilby, Tommy Lee, and Preppy Metallica Newstead would be opening for them.

And don't even get me started on Panic Channel. . . .

2006-09-08T09:50:00.000-07:00

Time out For Advertising: Make Your Own Gold Teeth

As advertised in this month's XXL magazine -- a whole quarter page ad! I thought for sure this was a hidden plug for Burger King or Brooke Hogan or Carl's Jr., but I think it's real.

MORE INFO AT MAKEGOLDTEETH.COM

2006-09-08T00:07:00.000-07:00

TOOL RULEZ . . .

TOOL -- I never got into them so much until tonight when I went to their show at the Staples center. AWESOME graphics. Stage totally lit up as a giant TV screen . . . and big lasers

And the music. . . . AWESOME. But I think only appreciated when LOUD, which is why I kind of missed the boat on them 'til now. I mean the music felt FUCKING LOUD. Like Jet Engines pounding your face LOUD. Like making little drops of blood fall out of your eyes and nose LOUD. OH MAN it was good. Graphics and music so LOUD they make your stomach hurt and drool trickle out of your mouth and making parts of your chin cold.

Consider me converted. Find me playing the CDs in my car at full volume blasting back on my next night drive from SF to L.A.

2006-09-05T14:33:00.000-07:00

What do you fight for every day?

Who fights every day? What a rotten life!

(From Consumating)

2006-09-05T10:49:00.000-07:00

Must. . . Limit . . . Arousal . . . of . . . Inner . . . Dork . . . .

Laughing out loud at http://www.hipsterotica.com/ , hopefully for most of the right reasons. An excerpt:

"We leave the double deuce secret show and head to beauty bar where we do a shot of fernet. you look so hot in your new "feelings are boring, kissing is awesome" tee shirt and i'm really glad you decided to get rid of that ridiculous faux hawk - it was so 2003. the rapture comes on the jukebox and with a knowing look, you grab my hand and lead me to the men's bathroom we lock the bathroom door & i undo your NES controller belt buckle that i made for you last weekend at the craft mafia meet up . . . you undo my knock off alexander mcqueen skull scarf from it's perfectly tousled knot and proceed to blindfold me with it . . . ."

In COMPLETELY UNRELATED NEWS, I will be going to see DRAGONFORCE this Friday. HELL YEAH!

INDIE ROCKERS SUCK! POWER METAL RULES!

2006-08-30T02:03:00.000-07:00

I hate the process of flying. I just missed out on a trip to Australia due to bad weather + bad United Airlines + bad TSA people. Why do we put up with how crappy the airlines are?

(My latest topic from Consumating.)

2006-08-25T07:25:00.000-07:00

Assassins and Head Colds

It's already Friday and I'm still recovering from last week's very sweet west coast weekend:
- Snakes On a Plane
- Vegas
- Kevin Federline live performance

I wonder which leg of the trip made me a little sick . . . .

Also, all praise The Ticket Assassin, I followed their instructions (more or less) for disputing a traffic violation I got back in February, and charges were dismissed. I don't think I could have done it without their advice.

2006-08-18T00:14:00.000-07:00

Snakes on a Plane is Exactly What You'd Expect. . . So It's Good

I tell ya, they don't make em like the used to. . . at least not until SNAKES ON A PLANE. I swear I'm riding around in Alge's old Saab with Bender in the summer of 1989 with nothing to do but watch videos on VHS and go to University Park Mall when I see this. It's got everything you'd want out of a movie called Snakes on a Plane starring Samuel L. Jackson, and very little that you don't. So there you go.

My babies all grows up! Katz was the associate producer of Snakes on a Plane! Shoutouts!

Also, kudos to Gibby for getting me an invite to the premiere at Mann's Chinese theatre (My favorite movie joint in L.A.) at the last minute! Yippee! Snakes! Planes!

Now. . . off to Vegas. . . .

2006-08-17T10:17:00.000-07:00

SPLAT!

An homage to two of the Pava Family's favorite artists: Jackson Pollack and Roger Premo

(Thanks to Scott for the link.)

2006-07-30T13:56:00.000-07:00

Secrets to Not Being an Adult in the Bad Way #1 & #2

(a recurring series unless I get tremendously ridiculed)

#1. Keep trying out new stuff.

Be arbitrary about it if you have to. Make up a list of stuff you've always wanted to do, then do something off the list
This applies to food, activities, friends, sports. Mix it up a little.

#2. Keep doing things you're bad at but enjoy. And don't be afraid to be bad at things in general

With the notable exception of their jobs, grown ups try to avoid doing things at which they suck
Doing only stuff you're good at means you won't ever do anything new (see rule #1)
The lives of kids are filled with crap they're bad at cuz they're forced into it -- math class, gym, socializing -- Do you think in the younger years that teaches them to be more open minded and tolerant vs. high school where they start getting bitter and angsty?

2006-07-26T00:11:00.000-07:00

If Seattle is a Musical Mecca. . . Then Am I Its Rebel God?

Seattle has a rep for being a pretty good musical town. . . If that's the case, then I'm here to say that C89.5 is its greatest radio station. The DJs are young, the music is fun, and it's a bunch of songs I HAPPEN to like. Take a listen to their webcasts and playlist at: http://www.c895worldwide.com/web/

Once again, FUCK YOU GRUNGE. This station is run by the REAL rebels of Seattle. That's right, this station is run by the students of NATHAN HIGH SCHOOL spinning dance and public affairs 24/7.

On a drive south of the city to see my cousins (not to mention getting lost on the way back in which gave me like 5 extra songs), I heard DAFT PUNK, Daruda (Sunrise, baby!), 2 Gnarls Barkley songs, the flyer throwing theme from 10 Things I Hate About You, the new Justin Timberlake, and remixes or dance covers of Christina Aguilera, Beastie Boys, Tom Petty, and Thompson Twins.

This might just be the closest thing I've heard to PAVA RADIO, including any station I've created so far on Pandora.

Related: I'm working on a theory about how turn of the century (21st that is) dance music is basically disrespected like it's heavy metal and. . . .like heavy metal. . . will make a double-sized comeback because it's so damn good AND shameless AND tuneful and is subsequently lambasted by pretentious shoegazers and other musical Enemies Of Fun.

Remember, dancing -- if you dance badly -- is only fun if everyone participates.

2006-07-21T01:03:00.000-07:00

NEW YORK CITY RULEZ

New York is so damn fun!
Friends getting married is even better.
Cuz then you get all your friends and a cool wedding IN New York.

Those who was there knows what I mean.

Things I'm taking away:
Writing "Diapers" on people's feet is funny
My liver doesn't like me
Clump is now known as Brian 3000 in the ATL, but he's still Clump to me

This was going to be a very well written post with all kinds of cool pictures. . . . but I'm getting behind and I'm going to COMIC-CON tomorrow. . . . . .so you know there'll be pictures from that.

2006-07-09T16:12:00.000-07:00

Summer Break in SF Recap -- Days One and Two -- Part One

Recapping my 4th of July weekend cuz it was SO MUCH FUN

DAY ONE: FRIDAY
Drive up to San Luis Obispo to chillax with Alexhasnopants and Liz. Good to see the SLO gang and all their hospitable oz. of goodness. Of course I forget to take my camera out this day. . .

DAY TWO: SATURDAY

Arrive in SF. . .
Park the car at The Jamnasium. . . promptly catch up with Trenty and AHG for a beautiful Zeitgeist afternoon. MAN that place is SF biker (as in bicycle) gang scenester now these days. . . enjoyable.

Nighttime. . . off to the Russell-Kenny Mansion, complete with it's own high-tech grotto. . . a grotto that has SOUTH PARK playing on the screen above the pool. KICKASS.

2006-07-09T15:17:00.000-07:00

Chick Porn

I just saw The Devil Wears Prada with John and my Fashion Club fearless leader the Guv. If you're a 'guy's guy' and you end up at this, you could do much worse: Anne Hathaway is foxy and there's a lot of good stuff to look at just as there always in when you're caught reading Cosmo or whatever.

For girls, though, this is the coffee table porno equivalent of a year's supply of Maxim -- but with fashion stuff replacing the pages full of Ipods, tech gear, and extreme Jackass stunts. Hundreds of handbags, lots of clothes, and a couple different varieties of worldly guys.

Oh, and for people who insist on seeing good movies, Meryl Streep kicks ass.

A solid 3 stars (out of 5).

2006-06-29T00:02:00.000-07:00

Screw You, VH1, and Blender, Too. You're a bunch of Liars.

I'm catching VH1 and Blender's 'Top 50 awesomely bad songs' of all time midway through . . . and I've gotta say, I DON'T agree.

#44 -- We Didn't Start the Fire -- Billy Joel
#32 -- Broken Wings -- Mr. Mister
#36 -- Sex You Up -- Color Me Badd
#28 -- Never Gonna Give You Up -- Rick Astley
#27 -- RumpShaker -- Wrecks n' Effectx
#23 -- Thong Song -- Sisqo

. . . and I'm leaving a bunch of other ones out. These are just among the most atrocious missteps.

Obviously, VH1 has gotten awesomely bad music and awesomely AWESOME music confused. Assholes.

Screw you VH1 and Blender and your pretentious-assed opinion of the difference between a good song and a bad song. Unless Norah Jones, John Mayer, and James Blunt make up the entire top 10, you're just plain wrong.

Oh, did I tell you George Lopez is hosting this big piece of lying crap? Bye Bye credibility. Also, I'm noticing that that the zed level comedians and celebs commenting on this are especially unrecognizable. Must be that anyone with a chance of making the Surreal Life knows better than to be part of this steaming pile of musical quackery.

Wow, I'm actually mad about this.

2006-06-28T07:35:00.000-07:00

Superman Returns was. . .

A superhero flick with more chick flick elements than a Meg Ryan movie . . . and I think it works if that's what you know you're getting going in. . . .

Bryan Singer is a very good director and storyteller. So, if you're like me, and you MANAGE YOUR EXPECTATIONS, you can enjoy it for the expensive cram-in-the-drama summer movie it is.

Note: I think you will enjoy this movie more if you can enjoy it SPOILER FREE, which is why I'm not telling you as little as possible about it here. Pretend you're back in 1980 and the Internet doesn't exist for this one.

In related news, Sony (coincidentally?) has decided to post their SPIDERMAN 3 PREVIEW ON QUICKTIME.COM . And holy crap. . . now THAT looks like a Superher0 ACTION movie. . . .

2006-06-25T16:02:00.000-07:00

Anyone have any summer reading recommendations?

For the first time since college, I'm actually reading consistently. Highlights of the books I've gone through in the past couple months:

- Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (HIGHLY recommended, esp. Interpreter of Maladies)

- Freakanomics - Pleasantly surprised a lot of people actually like this, as did I.

- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince -- Liked it. . . but not sure what to make of it overall (Too derivative? Anyone?)

- Septimus Heap -- A Potter knockoff. . . OK for reading on an airplane

Seriously, I had to ramp myself up into actual books with words and stuff, but am very happy to be reading again. I had to 'revert' a little by mowing through a bunch of comic books, then upgrading myself to 'books that read like TV' (IE books based on TV shows, pulp fantasy novels from the 2oth century, etc.). . . and then relying on Mr. Jennings for some high quality fiction that I would actually like (IE: Interpreter of Maladies) . . . so hurrah for book readin'.

2006-06-13T22:31:00.000-07:00

Food is Love and Patriotism

Who wants to go errand running with me?

A new Filipino fast food joint* opened down the street from the Target on DeSoto (the 818). The sinigang was salty, the meat was a little tougher than Mommy makes, and I spent the lunch watching the Filipino equivalent of Sabado Gigante and listening to 'act now' Filipino TV commercials that involved an awful lot of Karaoke**. Despite all that, I swelled not only with a full belly but a random sense of patriotism brought on I must assume by my 50% Filipino gut.

Every time I eat Filipino food and I'm not at my house, I get this crazy sense of Pinoi pride and joy. Even if I'm in a restaurant where half the dishes are made of 'weird parts of the animal'. Even though I haven't been to the Philippines since I was 11. Even though I'm only half Filipino and can only say "Time to eat" and "Handsome" in Tagalog.

* I was eating conservative at this Filipino joint. No dep fried tripe chicharron, no blood stew, nothin' crazy. Just chicken and beef dishes like Mom and Auntie made. "Filipino Fast Food" ain't no Jack in the Box. It's more of a serving line like Panda Express, only all the food is like homemade, stewy, and full of someone's Mom's special touch I wager. Oh, and they all, like cater cuz so much of the food takes such a long time to simmer or stinks up your house (fried fish) when it's cooked. . .

** Those commercials show you why Pinoi Idol doesn't get shown in the states. . . it's cuz we Filips are so damn musical we'd use Chris Doughtry as a dishrag. If he stepped foot in Manilla, he'd know his talen't ain't enough to scrub a kitchen floor with a coconut husk. Can't wait to see him as the curtain jerker on a Carnival Cruise Liner. . . .

2006-06-08T23:53:00.000-07:00

Haado Gei

I'm sorry I haven't been posting lately. . . I've been too busy watching highlights of Japanese wrasslin' sensation HARD GAY on YouTube.

Yeah, it's what your instinct thinks it is. . . .only it's just PG-rated and funny.

I strongly recommend doing a search on YouTube for Hard Gay and see more of these fabulous videos for yourselves while his awesomeness still tops that Japanese fad charts.

2006-05-29T22:47:00.000-07:00

The Kind of People You Want to Hang With . . .

. . . Exercise even if they have stomachaches. When Alex says, "Put on shoes. We're taking an hour long hike up the mountain. There'll be snacks at the top and lots of huge-assed trees to see on the way," they do it.

. . . Recognize the value of peer pressure. When Alex says, "Go to my party garage and dance for two hours because my car stereo is loud," they do it.

. . . Take martial arts, cuz they don't get tired during dance parties and they'll bust out some capoiera during your favorite dance songs if you ask nice.

. . . Don't care about sleeping 10 to a room that's full of loud but non-lethal sleep-farting.

. . . Enjoy being nicknamed.

. . . Give you the invite to chillax with them over Memorial Day. (Like duh. . . Happy birthday to Alex Has No Pants and shoutouts to everyone for a great weekend.)

Big assed trees

The silver bullet and its bigger than normal stereo. . . and Alex with laundry

The party garage by day

2006-05-29T21:01:00.000-07:00

Toronto Vacation Recap

Look, I could go through and rattle off what an awesome time I had on my Toronto Vacation with Angry B, Alge, Nihal (aka Cola), and Dahlon, but Angry B's recap of our vacation is so thorough and fantastic I'm gonna just send you there instead.

Vacation Recap part I

2006-05-16T00:14:00.000-07:00

E3 -- What You Learn

- In a war of noise between big companies, your ears lose.
- Married chicken is big on the convention circuit
- Tetris -- still pretty damn good

My favorite game of the show? Brain Age for DS. Yeah, it's like Trivial Pursuit for people with decent reflex math skills.

2006-05-07T18:49:00.000-07:00

Wheelbarrow Racing and Other Discoveries

Saturday night after the Kentucky Derby, went to the Cocktail Barn to celebrate Simo's birthday. After dinner, walked down the street to experience the thrill that is El Segundo nightlife. Key takeaways are below.

A fancy steak cooked by Simo is a great way to prepare for a night of Dr. McGillicuddy fueled shenanigans. . . and sets you up pretty good for the tomorrow. (PS: Bye Bye Lakers, your season's over.)

El Segundo Community College (ELCC) and El Segundo Civic Center share the same abbreviation. . .

PAVANOMICS BAR RULE #15: WHEELBARROW RACING makes bars FUN and is a completely allowed activity. See also: cartwheels.

2006-05-07T18:38:00.000-07:00

Horsies Means Hats

Watched the Kentucky Derby at Cameron's party house on Saturday. We got dressed up. My horse did not win, but it was all about the juleps and the shmancy outfits.

2006-04-26T13:03:00.000-07:00

Pavanomics Nighlife Rule #4: The Best Parties in Town Are Not The Ones Where They Won't Let You In

This whole Xenii thing. Yet another argument that money is the inverse of imagination.

On the surface: Xenii is a private 'club' where you pay a (large) monthly fee and in turn get to go to a cool 'secret' party every week at a hip location to mingle with celebrities. Occasionally, something wacky and celeb-like will happen at the party, like an NBA basketball player rapping or something. Alleged target audience: Executives with celebrity aspirations but no connections and classy females who supposedly don't like having their butts grabbed in clubs.

In reality: Xenii is a way to monetize the notoriety of RWT celebs* who need a place to party where it's hard enough (but not impossible) for paparazzi to get to, increasing the per-photo gossip rag value of their drunken escapades thereby. Actual target audience? Somehow With Money Wannabes who want access to hot chicks who don't mind getting their butts grabbed by pre-hair transplant Piven types. . . and celebrities. Yeah, it's worth a 4 figure membership fee to wait in line and still be told you don't deserve full VIP treatment or the right to put a friend or two on the guest list.

DISCLAIMER: Having not been to one of these parties. . . I can't say what this Xenii thing is like for sure. But if the L.A. Times article is fairly accurate. . . . that's about what I would expect.

*RWT: Rich White Trash. Citizens whose wealth or celebrity make them act even more like urban hicks than their middle-class equivalent. Examples: Paris Hilton, Tara Reid, Lindsey Lohan, Colin Farrell and the allegedly upscale bridge and tunnelers who date them.

2006-04-22T14:58:00.000-07:00

Countdown to Coachella

This means . . .
Counting down to a Stein, Trent, Joe, Misty, and more weekend. . . .
Counting down to a day off work
Counting down to the greatest lineup of bands (for my taste anyhow) out of any of the Coachella's I've been to -- maybe I'll even get to see some of them

Like dude, 7 days left. . . .

2006-04-16T19:53:00.000-07:00

Weekend Recap: Rock Paper Scissors Championship, and Actual Fighting

Great birthday weekend. Chilled Friday with Scott, Lisa, Joe Mudd, Kristy, Eleanor, Jaime, and Hooper at Warszawa.

Saturday. . . an only in L.A. night. Starts with Ultimate Fighting Championship with good seats in Anaheim. Then, to cap off the night. . . an underground Rock Paper Scissors championship under the bridge in downtown L.A. Shoutouts to Chad, Jillifus, Anhela, and Laura and the co-op crew for good times on a totally good adventure.

2006-04-14T00:18:00.000-07:00

I'm 33

Specifically, I'll be 33 at 9:53 PM tonight I think. Good thing 32 was the new 25.

2006-04-09T23:57:00.000-07:00

Weekend Recap: New Car. When Does the Warranty Expire on My Body?

Dude. I finally got a new car. 2006 Honda Civic. Yay. I feel bad for my Corolla, but I may be handing it off to my cousins so hopefully I'll see it around town. That car has been in my family since 1995. That's almost longer than the Internet. Yipes.

Speaking of old stuff, my body has totally been misbehaving in the past few weeks. First I got elbow bursitis. Who gets that besides old people? Anyone? Elbow swelled up to the size of a ping pong ball. Doctor drained it on Friday and it went away, only to be replaced by a bum knee! Seriously, I went for a 2 mile jog yesterday and it felt a little tweaky, and then I went and played beach volleyball today and stopped being able to move it like halfway through the afternoon. Now it hurts. It's not swollen, it just is kind of hard to bend. Super annoying. Good thing I've got an Aeron chair to sit in all day tomorrow.

2006-04-01T21:54:00.000-08:00

Why Does top ten Hip Hop/R&B Suck? Because it's Made to be Remixed

The top 10 is all hip-hop or R&B at the moment, and it couldn't be more rotten*. This coming from someone whose job it is in my music snob wrecking crew to pick good stuff off the radio. Seriously, Hip-Hop sold out faster than Snoop-endorsed Pontiacs in Battle Creek, faster than the Black Eyed Peas could get Fergie's sweaty crotch front and center.

Musically, why do I hate these new Hip-Hop anthems? Lame samples, undanceable beats, and rhymes that don't flow with the music. The singles sound incomplete and off kilter. . . like they were too cheap to get all the instruments. (This is also why I'm not so into THE WHITE STRIPES.)

The Solution: REMIXES

I'm driving through the Chicago expressway construction maze on Saturday night and the local dance station is playing totally danced up mashups of Mary J. Blige single and that whiny 'I Wish' song (Chris Brown?). Seriously, Mary J. goes from ballad fembot to Diana Ross with the right backbeat, and the I Wish song with a two-step underneath it is totally Garage -- as in the Euro variety. And both are completely danceable.

Why can't they just get the damn songs right the first time?

* Noticeable R&B top-ten exceptions outside remixes: Rihanna's SOS -- the one with the Soft Cell sample and other R.Kelly stuff. Gwen Stefani--cuz that album's total R&B-ness so it qualifies, and the new Bubba Sparx is probably pretty good too.

2006-03-28T21:48:00.000-08:00

Money is for. . . The Opera

How much is there to like about the opera? Let me count the ways.

At the opera, the set design is elaborate, but not nearly as ornate as opera house architecture. And the costumes are well made, but not nearly as fabulous as the clothes you'll find in the crowd.

Oh. The music is usually good, too.

2006-03-28T01:00:00.000-08:00

Money is for. . . .Vegas

18 hour trip to Vegas. Saw all kinds of things. Stuff like GrooveKitty, the all-female + 1 guy drummer cover band playing the Mandalay Bay. Think of it as Brian Stein's Schiksa Bitches + SexyMcNaughtyStein mixed together. Naturally, Ardell likes to call these kats "Pava's new Favorite Band." He might be right.

After the Mandalay, our own King in Vegas Ron walked us into Club Voodoo on the 50th floor of the Rio. Nice view.

The main takeaway for me on this trip was how much better Old Vegas can be than New Vegas. Even old refurbished Vegas still feels kind of dingy in a good way. At the California -- right down the street from Glitter Gulch -- there was a sign promoting this dive-assed hotel as 'endorsed by National Lampoon for Spring Breakers'. Froopes, you know where we're staying next time we head to LV. . . .

2006-03-26T23:18:00.000-08:00

More Music Catchup: Disco Darkness=Kennedy

This Kennedy guy is from L.A. and evidently does like disco music with funny lyrics and also some indie rock. I guess his video for "Your Mama" made the rounds on the Internet in 2005 in my music dark period.

This is his website
This is his myspace page

PS: This post is in lieu of a much larger Weekend Recap cuz I have a cough so I'm tired and going to bed.

2006-03-19T16:49:00.000-08:00

Hellride and Car Shopping

Went to see Hellride at 14 Below last night. This is one of those 'mostly in L.A.' supergroups featuring Pete DeStefano and Stephen Perkins (drummer & guitarist for Porno for Pyros) and punk bass playing god Mike Watt. I think they mostly do Stooges covers. I'm not so familiar with the music of the Stooges as most of my buds are, but the dudes totally kicked ass. Oh, and 14 Below is like 3 blocks from my house.

In other news, am continuing to car shop. Haggling over the Internet with a number of dealers. So far I've gotten the price of the car I have in mind -- a new Honda Civic -- down to like $500 over dealer invoice. Much more fun haggling over the Internet vs. having to put up with new car dealers in person. Also, I'm finding it much easier to shop for a car that's in stock vs. trying to get a frigging hybrid. (Giving up on getting a Prius. Not worth an extra $5K just to ride in the HOV lane for a couple years.)

2006-03-13T23:56:00.000-08:00

Holy Crap! Hard Rockin' Alphaville Cover!

BIG IN JAPAN by the Guano Apes. Pulled off of YouTube so you can see neato pictures while you watch it.