Browsing all posts in May, 2009.

at&t vs. apple. part 1.

while enjoying a cheese plate at the neighborhood starbucks, it happened.
granted i drop it semi-regularly, this time, the fall was different. it slid off the table and landed, face-first, on the concrete. i heard the shatter, i felt it in my gut (which is quite large.) i flip it over, and…

bummed out, [...]

i hate hate crimes.

(asked to help get the word out,) the following video was forwarded to me by “a friend” in the local music community.
needless to say, i find the subject matter despicable and vile. sadly, it happens everyday.
in short, those within a subculture are HUMAN BEINGS, and when said HUMAN BEINGS are targeted for being different, [...]

ross ching.

so this dude, ross ching, made an unofficial video for death cab for cutie’s “little bribes.”
i digg it (for many reasons.)
artistry/music aside, ross is a recent SDSU graduate and spent years at kpbs.
he also happens to be looking for a job (like many of us.)
in less than 2 days, the video has been viewed over [...]

nin/ja.

nine inch nails/jane’s addiction.
last time i saw these bands share the same stage, july 20, 1991, devore stadium for lollapalooza.

already a HUGE jane’s fan (they were my “nirvana,”) it was my first introduction to NIN (live.) in short, they absolutely blew my mind. i had never experienced anything like it. i was [...]

my mom is rad.

my mom is rad.
when i was a kid, and she would get mad,
she would chase me with a spoon and threaten me with my dad.
when i felt fat, she would tell me i was big-boned,
if i was a scientist, she would be the mom i cloned.
my mom is rad,
she shuttled me to concerts in her [...]

daryl hall.

as a prepubescent kid living in suburbia, to raise a buck, i would mow lawns for $5 bucks a pop. big properties, $10.
i figured, for every couple of lawns i mowed, i could pick up a record (or, cassette) at tower records. my client list expanded (beyond my parents and grandparents,) along with [...]