The Girl that gets the B-Sides...

March 24, 2010 - It's Been One Full Month Since I've Worked!

2010-03-24T11:45:00.000-07:00

2009 was a rough year for me and so far 2010 hasn't been much better. I feel as though I've lost my way over the years. I'm not depressed but I could always be happier. I think when I was doing my blog in the past, it was an outlet for me and it helped in some way. I've since stopped and don't remember why. No big deal now, I can just start doing it again.where to start. I'm sure it will be a

2009-11-05T22:54:00.000-08:00

Seattle FreewaysBack side of Pikes Place MarketDrug dealer hang out Park near Pikes Place Market.The Showbox at the New location

2009-11-05T22:41:00.000-08:00

The Comet Tavern Pretty Church Mammas Mexican KitchenCrocodile Cafe 2nd Street Seattle The Frontier Bar

Seattle Portland Trip Oct 2009

2009-11-05T22:29:00.001-08:00

Comet Tavern Seattle Washington Neumos: get it New Moe's

2007-04-18T14:16:00.000-07:00

WEDNESDAY APRIL 18, 2007Hello people.I just wanted to say "thank you" for reading my blog.I first started this blog in place of my diary and rock calendars. As of late it's become more of a "release" for me. I used to spend way to much time on this thing as I did with Myspace and it was just a waste of my time. I may type something from time to time, just not as much as I used to. A few weeks ago

2007-03-28T22:32:00.000-07:00

I've got important things to do at the moment, I'll come back just as soon as I'm done.

2007-03-25T20:50:00.000-07:00

3/24/07.... to new beginning's. cheers!no more wasting time.no more negative energy.only moving forward and happiness.stop fishing in insecurity lake.set small goals.achieve them.appreciate everyone, including family and friends.tell the ones you love that you love them.GOALS..........LOVE...........HAPPINESS........

2007-02-27T13:56:00.000-08:00

February 27, 2007It’s Tuesday. It’s been exactly one week since my jeep was stolen for the second time.Lucky this time I got it back within an hour of it being taken out of my work parking lot.The guy who “jacked the thing” is a 45 year old African-American, and his name is Jeffrey Keith Foreman and his birthday is December 16th. I picked up the police report late last week. I need it to file

2007-02-15T11:18:00.000-08:00

February 13, 2007Thursday I woke up in a “what the hell am I going to wear; I don’t have anything to wear; I need to go shopping” kind of mood today. Needless to say all girls go through the same feeling at some point every few months or so, even if they have a wall length closet overstuffed with clothes as I do.Today I’m going to lunch with an old co-worker whom I haven’t seen or heard from in

2007-01-25T15:59:00.000-08:00

January 25, 2007ThursdayI’m back to being bored at work. Today about 11 of us are going to the Fish Company for lunch for all our hard work on the very successful yearly employee meeting we had last week. I basically fetched coffee from starbucks and flipped a switch every now and then during the meeting. The power went out twice after the start of the meeting but someone figured it out and fixed

2007-01-05T21:14:00.000-08:00

Friday January 5, 2007MUSIC: The Pernice Brothers (live a little) Joni Mitchell (hejira) The Jayhawks (sound of lies) Interpol (turn on the bright lights) Grant Lee Buffalo (copperopolis)Happy New year!I've been sick since new years eve. It all started around 10 pm.... fever, sinus, watery eyes.It's 5 days later and I still have it. It seems that everyone has it at my work as well.I have one

2006-12-27T14:32:00.000-08:00

Wednesday December 27, 2006Music – “everybody else is wrong” by Epic SoundtracksI’ll just start this by telling little stories of my most recent past.STONESI go with my friend Rick and his friend Ingrid met us there. The seats were good but just not close enough. I still had to watch the big screen to see the details. That Mick I tell ya, he still has the moves and the voice. He was non stop

2006-12-13T16:03:00.000-08:00

Wednesday December 13, 2006Everyone should have a wish list on Amazon.com, That's all I got to say about that. Everyone should know about AMAZON.COM.It would be much easier on friends and family.I do have some things I can blog about and here is a list for later:1. Rolling Stones at Doger Stadium2. Karate in Santa Barbara3. Silversun Pickups at Fingerprints4. Neil Finn at the Largo5. Missing The

2006-11-21T11:20:00.000-08:00

Tonight KarateWednesday Rolling Stones Thursday Thanksgiving Friday Pernice Brothers Saturday Photo Gallerys What a fabulous week this will be!I have to mention this because I let this asshole get to me at the gym last night. If you have any suggestions on how to handle this guy, please let me know.Let me paint you the picture of our

2006-11-16T12:00:00.000-08:00

“…..Let’s do some livin’, after we die.”Thursday November 16, 2006I’ve just started reading a book by Ethan Hawke called ‘Ash Wednesday’, so far so good.I’m going to my second Kings, Ice Hockey game tonight. My friend Rick and our friend Kerri are going together. She somehow got 3 free tickets, pretty great seats I might add. I’m skipping my Karate class for it. I’ve decided that I’ve been

2006-11-10T17:02:00.000-08:00

November 10, 2006 FridayDRIVE A DRIVE A DRIVE A DRIVE AThey are opening for Camp Freddy at the Avalon next month. I think it should be the other way around but that's just me. I hope they don't get mixed up with the likes of Dave Navarro. They should just stick to their own guns and badd ass rock licks and not bother with the fluff of hollywood.That's all that I wanted to mention so far.have

2006-11-03T15:06:00.000-08:00

It’s Friday November Third…..the band who made the '90s grunge rock movement possibleI’m going to see a band tonight that has been with me through practically my whole life. A band that when my friends hear their name they automatically think of me! I’ve seen them all up and down the west coast – San Diego all the way up to their hometown of Seattle. The band that I’ve seen the most……. MUDHONEY.I

2006-10-26T11:19:00.000-07:00

October 26, 2006 ThursdayMusic – The Flying Burrito Brothers - To Love Somebody.....It's Thursday and I'm exhausted. I saw the Twilight Singers at the House of Blues in L.A. last night. Greg Dulli was late getting started as usual and it went a little over 1AM. I got about 4 hours of sleep last night. It's a good thing my job doesn't require 'any' heavy thoughts these days.I do make it up with

2006-10-17T12:19:00.000-07:00

October 17, 2006 TuesdayI’ve missed 2 Karate classes so far and only one was my fault, the other was that the teacher wasn’t there. Fay told me that they were sparing already. I’m a little lost with the Katas let alone sparing. I’m a little nervous about class tonight.How does it feel to be in the United States with 300 million other people? Can you believe it! O.K. now everyone give me a

2006-10-11T10:55:00.000-07:00

Wednesday October 11, 2006BLOG A few things today....I walked to Starbucks this morning (I know, I know.... starbucks... gheez) got my venti chai tea and to my surprise --- The Way I See It #153 is by someone/a band that I know called Tremolo. For those of you who drink Starbucks overpriced, dries-out-my-face hot drinks - first of all - STOP IT! It's too expensive and not to mention extremely

2006-10-09T11:57:00.000-07:00

Monday October 9, 2006Cigarette SandwichJoe Pernice has one of the best singing voices ….in the world!Listening to his music from either The Scud Mountain Boys, his Solo CD “Big Tobacco” or The Pernice Brothers Cd’s just makes me want to put my head on Joe's chest while he sings to me.I absolutely love the sound of the lap steel on “Massachusetts” - fucking awesome.I’m really excited to see them

2006-10-05T14:52:00.000-07:00

Thursday Oct. 5, 2006 “Blah blah blah blah”It’s been far too long since I’ve had a real vacation.I can’t afford one anytime soon. I’d really like to go to Africa. If I did go to Africa, I’d have to take at least a month off.I need a new gig but I have no idea what. Should I kick my own ass into doing something about my situation? I need to be busy and creative! It’s been a long time since I

2006-09-22T13:59:00.000-07:00

FRIDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 The Pernice Brothers are coming!!! ..... to Spaceland on November 22 I just ordered their new CD on-line called Live a little. It will come with an extra "bonus" CD which will have 17 tracks of outtakes and other stuff.Someone just mentioned that a band called Massive Attack is playing with TV on the Radio at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday. Should be a cool gig, though

2006-09-21T11:13:00.000-07:00

THURSDAY ~ SEPTEMBER 21, 2006Dogs Deserve BetterBest Friend NetworkThe Petition SiteThis story is so out of control and unbelievable that I had to share it.To think someone is going to be arrested for helping a helpless animal!!

2006-09-14T11:48:00.000-07:00

September 14th. 2006 It’s Thursday!"YOU MAKE MY HEAD SPIN" Lukas is good! I can't get that song out of my head.I’m exhausted and my eyes feel very heavy. If I was to lay down right now I could probably sleep right here on my desk. Last night I went to the gym to work on my arms. I switch off every other day from my legs to my arms and I work on my tummy and back and warm up everyday. I do the

2006-09-04T09:58:00.000-07:00

Monday - September 4, 2006Labor DayI'll start off by saying that MUDHONEY is back and playing at a room in The Echo called the Ex_Plx, on November 3rd. YEAH!I fixed my jeep myself (oh yeah!) I bought the rubber part for the hood and when I picked it up at the jeep dealer one of the old men that worked there asked me if I was going to do it myself. He didn't know what the part was but still I

2006-08-25T13:14:00.000-07:00

Music – Elvis Costello – “I WANT YOU” this is one of the best songs ever writtenFRIDAY AUGUST 25, 2006Hello.Do you ever wonder ……. Yeah, me to.I’ve put my jeep situation on the back burner and just added it to my very long TO DO list. If there is anyone that knows anything about Jeeps and has some time to help me work on it, that would be perfect. We can have a pizza party or something.I need

2006-08-18T14:58:00.000-07:00

Wilco – Summerteeth (possibly one of the greatest bands/cd’s ever!)I’m having a bad day and it’s because I have to deal with more jeep problems. The jeep dealer (moothart in Cerritos) are being total dicks to me, treating me like a “girl”.You wanna know a really stupid thing they told me yesterday! This guy Ramon (the manager of the body shop) said “we need to wait for the carpet to dry before we

2006-08-16T16:58:00.001-07:00

It's Wednesday!SPOON – Girls Can Tell (such an awesome cd/band)If you don’t drink coffee [because you feel very ill afterwards] then you probably shouldn’t partake in the FREE iced coffee giveaway when they have ‘em!! [lesson learned]I am so buzzed right now and I only drank half the tall cup they were giving out.I’ve walked all around my office looking for someone (who wasn’t at her desk) to

2006-08-03T14:47:00.000-07:00

Music: I just bought these CD's, haven't listened to them yet.1. Afghan Whigs - 1965 (thought I already had this)2. Eagles of death metal - Death by Sexy3. Tool - Lateralus4. Silversun Pickups - Carnavas5. Tool - ÆnimaToday I learned a little French and Spanish.I’ve been so absolutely bored at work that I look for things to do on the internet, and I found some free on-line language learning sites

2006-07-25T12:40:00.000-07:00

Music - Tool 10,000 DaysI've been listening to Tool pretty much non-stop since I bought this new CD.I am a true "rocker chick", I say that because I get excited listening to the bass lines and the heavy guitar riffs, not to mention the amazing Maynard James Keenan. I've been in love with this guy ever since he stared at me while singing an entire song at Bogarts in Long Beach back in the 90's. He

2006-07-21T14:16:00.000-07:00

Music - Raconteurs Broken Boy SoldiersThe Raconteurs at The Wiltern July 20th 2006I arrived at The Wiltern by 8:30pm, in time to find someone to buy my extra ticket. Actually there was a lot of people with extra tickets. However, I know one of the scalpers and I pleaded with him to buy my ticket for face value. I reminded him of all the times my boyfriend (at the time) and I bought tickets from

2006-07-20T12:54:00.000-07:00

Music - Tool 10,000 DaysJuly 19, 2006Subject: Magic Mountain and ditching work to be there.My co-worker and good friend Rhonda and I have been trying to plan this for a month now and finally we got to go.We started out with a huge breakfast at IHop. The night before, we where all ready to try the funnel cakes that come with breakfast but when it came down to order we both chickened out and got

2006-07-13T15:00:00.000-07:00

Music - ToolMovie - Sex and Lucia One more hour until break time.Read, talk to co-workers, snack.Three more hours until I go home.Possibilities. Computer, a movie, gymOne more day until FridayMore possibilities. Gigs, movies, gymI’m just wasting time at work trying to make the best of it [work].My bills are all paid, my lists are all made. I know what I want.I know what I need to do. I have

2006-07-02T10:31:00.000-07:00

Music - Fleetwood MacMovie - The Devil Wears Prada.This movie was the best movie i've seen all year. It was so good that I could go see it again.It's not a chick flick and I really don't like that term at all. A movie is either good or bad.Yesterday after I hit the gym I decided to go visit my dad because he lives near my gym. It was the best thing I could have done in a long time. We talked more

2006-06-27T13:39:00.000-07:00

I've been reading (for entertainment) this website called Superficial, It's pretty funny most of the time.Music.... I've been hitting the gym a lot and that is where I listen to music most often. I start off with a little Tool "Opiate" or The Hellacopters " Payin' the dues" as I ride the bike for thirty minutes every night then I switch to either Wolfmother or The Vacation as I do the weights and

2006-06-22T09:52:00.000-07:00

June 21st, 2006 first day of SUMMER!MUSIC - Wolfmother - Love TrainI went to the Avalon, formarly known as The Palace last night. Rick had mentioned to me on the phone (he was already there before I even left my house), that the parking was $20 bucks. I never pay for parking anyway and I was so lucky to find a place just on the side street next to the parking lot. Hahaha SUCKERS!I see Rick

2006-05-25T12:57:00.000-07:00

Music: listening to Faces "flying"RADIOHEAD.We all know that tickets are sold out for the Greek shows. We all know why and that it sucks. Not just because they are a great/ interesting band but because the Scalpers know this and play on it. They pay kids all over the world to stand in line and buy tickets for them, in return they will get paid bank and for that the real fans lose. I can't say

2006-05-18T14:05:00.000-07:00

THE OFFICEWhy is it that women giggle a lot? I’m not saying every single woman giggles but a lot of us do. The reason why I’m bringing this up right now is because I’m about to walk over to this woman in my office and explain to her that life can’t be that funny….. every fricken day!It’s been going on for months now, probably longer. She cackles like it’s the funniest thing she’s ever heard in

2006-05-09T11:48:00.000-07:00

May 9th 2006Music: AC-DC song: Thunderstruck The wedding was amazing! Mark and Karen looked beautiful and so did the rest of the wedding party. They were surrounded by so many good friends and family, love was all around. The music was great [no chicken dance, no bad wedding songs], just a wonderful piano player and a few really good mixed CD’s filled with everything from The Rolling Stones to

2006-05-04T09:54:00.000-07:00

May 4thI’m writing on here less and less, it seems.I’ve been listening to this CD by Peter Walker called Young Gravity, on and off for the past couple of weeks. I have to say that the songs are clever stories that I’m sure a lot of people can relate to. His voice reminds me bit of Jacob Dylan and a tad bit of Neil Young voice-wise and the flow of the music. It’s beautiful. I think if you’re a fan

2006-04-20T13:16:00.000-07:00

Something is up... it's just not possible that the Henry Fonda Theatre sells out in 1 second (not minute but second)!I think it's a gimmick of some sort going on for The Raconteurs show.Let's see..... It sold out in less then 2 minutes at Irving Plaza in New York Last month and now this.I was more then ready, I had it down.I think there were no tickets for sale and all the people that got tickets

2006-04-16T16:20:00.000-07:00

the subject.... Orange County and the many reasons i hate it.My friend Julie and I went to Fashion Island on Saturday afternoon. We took her baby who is almost 2 years old. First of all I've never seen so many expensive cars in one parking lot! We thought it would be nice to walk around at an outside shopping mall. NOT! Although it was fun watching her baby watch the little train go around on the

2006-04-06T11:02:00.000-07:00

MUSICHappiness by Grant Lee Phillips off the Mighty Joe Moon CD Lovely song - lovely man!Nevermind me 'cause I've been deadOut of my body been out of my headNevermind the songs they humDon't want to sing alongThere's nothin' that I saidThat'll bring you happiness happinessIs hard to come by I confessI'm bad at this thing happinessIf you find it share it with the rest of usNevermind the words that

2006-03-28T12:53:00.000-08:00

Saturday night I drove to the El Rey Theatre to see once again, The Hellacopters. They really are the best shit kicking rock ‘n roll band out there. I arrived just in time to see the first band called The Illuminati, they were pretty rockin’. Just looking at them brought back some memories of my heavy metal days seeing bands on the sunset strip……. Long hair, no shirt – just pure rocking guitars.

2006-03-24T13:26:00.000-08:00

The Hellacopters - San Diego - Casbah Thursday Night.I can’t even put into words what an incredible show they put on in San Diego last night; but i will try. My heart is still pounding with excitement! Deep breaths…I started my drive to San Diego at about 7PM and made it there in 1 hour and 40 minutes. I got there way to early. The first band hadn't even gone on yet, not until 9:30 or so. It was

2006-03-14T15:50:00.000-08:00

I went to the Echo to see Black Moses and The Morlocks on Friday.The first band was actually pretty good – I wish I remembered their name. The second band was a little too rock star for my tastes. I get annoyed very easily with the whole “I’m a rock star” attitude on stage. I forgot their name also. If the clubs would keep a history on the net it would be much easier!My friend from work came with

2006-03-09T15:41:00.000-08:00

Music: Silversun Pickups – Pikul I can’t seem to get this CD out of my head. It has the perfect amount of distortion and loud drums. The vocals are mesmerizing. They remind me of a lot of the Seattle bands from the 90’s. The guy’s voice reminds me of someone and of course I can’t think of who it might be. God I love this CD. It slows down and just when you think it’s almost over …… BAM! You

2006-03-01T14:07:00.000-08:00

Do you ever just stare at your keyboard while your hands are on the keys and everything becomes a blur? no? well I do...... a lot. I think the term is called boredom and it usually happens at work. It's really amazing that I'm getting paid to do nothing. Yeah I do feel awful about it but what would you do? I spend my downtime (9-5) thinking about various projects, what I need to shop for, music,

2006-02-16T16:00:00.000-08:00

I only have one request people. If you read my blog, please -PLEASE sign this petition to bring LOVE MONKEY back.Other then that i've been listening to a lot of Spoon lately, going to the gym, taking my vitamins and being sick. why is it that i seem to get sick when i'm trying to be healthy?Does anyone know the real story on Valentines day? If you care to read this....I just figured it was a day

2006-02-09T16:35:00.000-08:00

Wednesday – TV= Grammys or Lost.If you have Tivo then you have it all.I really only want to see Kanye West as far as the Grammys are concerned.I’m sure I’ll end up flipping back and forth from Lost.Speaking of TV, I missed Love Monkey last night. I ended up going to see The Black Angels at Spaceland instead. I almost just stayed home because I had just finished up at the gym and didn’t think I’d

2006-01-27T11:17:00.000-08:00

Hello, I thought beings nothing is going on with me that some of you could share what's going on with you. ... if you wanna. It's friday. I'm going to the Largo tonight. I haven't been in a very long time. mainly because I'm so over the whole waiting in line for 2 hours just to have people in front of you let their friends in and you end up in the back anyway. There is no point in waiting in line

2006-01-17T15:26:00.000-08:00

Music: Comets on FireSo how about them Golden Globes huh....?Adrian Brody is hott! Scarlett Johansson is too beautiful!I didn't see any really shocking dresses this year.I thought Gwyneth looked beautiful in her white dress. She has that baby glow about her.The press didn't seem to like her look. I have to agree with them on the fake-brit accent, she's always done that though.I loved all of Greys

2006-01-09T13:13:00.000-08:00

I had a crazy dream over the weekend. I woke up at 5:47am on Saturday morning thinking I felt my whole bed shake then It felt as though we were having an earthquake, I felt the house sinking. I was fighting to wake up to turn the news on. I did and of course nothing was on the news about any earthquakes anywhere.I often dream of death and destruction, i don't know why.right now i'm listening to

2006-01-06T12:42:00.000-08:00

Warm Summer-like night...I love this weather. I feel as though nothing can bring be down.Last night around 7pm I did a post on myspace to all my friends "hey, it's nice out- let's get a drink" and I got two responses but by that time it was getting late and I was already chillin'.I think it's going to be the same tonight. I have some options to go to a country bar in long beach (me-no-dance) but

2006-01-03T17:47:00.000-08:00

January third two thousand and six! wow!I've done absolutely nothing last year. It was another year wasted.I get older and the years just seem to slid on by unnoticed.I've been down a lot lately, mostly stressed from work and apartment hunting. The main thing that triggered my mood is not having my jeep..... actually that's where I do 90% of my music listening and without that, man 'o man! It

2005-12-22T15:12:00.000-08:00

Update:Wouldn't you know it.... Sick again!I haven't even gone out and I've been taking vitamins... What the hell?!This girl at my work had pneumonia. great.I'm going to my aunts house with my dad's side of the family tomorrow. I don't have any other plans really. Perhaps a movie and dinner for Christmas.I'm so not in the Christmas mood although I did appreciate the Xmas cards that I received.I

2005-12-16T13:02:00.000-08:00

The names of 75 different bands are represented in this photo. Can you find them all?Example: The guy crushing the pumpkins with the sledgehammer represents "Smashing Pumpkins"A few people at my work and I got together on this and I think we found them all. except for a few.... what the hell does the yellow man under the shop sign represent? or the lesbian couple kissing or the 3 logans run

2005-12-04T09:42:00.000-08:00

I saw John Travolta die twice yesterday. I watched "A Love Song for Bobby Long " via netflix then "Phenomenon" which happened to be on tv. Sorry if I gave anything away but it was pretty obvious it was going to happen in both movies. I had forgotten all about the Bobby Long movie, it was excellent. My head hurt from crying so much. Scarlett Johansson does a really good job in it. She is a great

2005-11-21T16:09:00.000-08:00

I'd have to say that November is almost over and I'm glad! It will forever be the worst memorable month for me, well I shouldn't really say that .... it could have been worse.fuckers from the bad side of town decided they needed some jeep parts from my jeep and stole it from the parking lot at my work on Jeff Buckleys birthday, no less (November 17th). I walked out for lunch around noon to find

2005-11-10T13:25:00.000-08:00

Detroit CobrasReigning SoundFlash ExpressLast Friday Nov, 4th I went to the Troubadour to see these bands. I got there much to early, stood around for awhile until Flash Express came on. People started showing up during their set. They rocked as usual. So much energy and dance-able tunes. Up next was one of my favorite bands ever, called Reigning Sound. I have been waiting to see them for so long

2005-11-03T17:02:00.000-08:00

I have a new website. It's called Suze's Spin.It's my top 5 CD's for each week.I copied from my friends blogs:Hi-FivesEugene's RotationOn the Listening DeviceIf you would like to do one, let me know and I will add it to my website.It's fun to share.

2005-10-21T14:24:00.000-07:00

Hello.Fresca is back!aren't you excited?I remember always getting that in the mid 80's when my mom would take me to Palm Springs.man, I loved that drink.It's back with different flavors.www.fresca.comDon't forget that next Wednesday is Sabrosa Purr's last residency date for October at the Silverlake Lounge. I'm sure it will be a blowout!@Come on and see them while they are still playing at small

2005-10-12T13:41:00.000-07:00

Music: Lynyrd SkynyrdHello. I've been in a Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, Beach Boys, The Allman Brothers, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Thunderclap Newman, Rod Stewart, Yes, Todd Rundgren, Simon & Garfunkel, The Who, The Seeds and Stillwater kind of mood today. can you guess what I'm listening to. well of course you can after that last one. Everyone I know owns the DVD!so today I was buying tickets

2005-10-10T17:38:00.000-07:00

Paul "Wine" Jones 7/1/46-10/9/05RIP -We are sad to announce that Paul Jones died of cancer on Sunday, October 9, in Jackson, MS.A memorial service will be held at 11 in the morning this Saturday, October 15at the Humphreys County High School gymnasium in Belzoni, MS.Paul "Wine" Jones and RL were the last of the Greats! I'm lucky to have seen them both play live. ~ Suze

2005-10-03T14:34:00.000-07:00

Music: Jeff Buckley - GraceToday (for me anyway) is perfect for listening to GRACE by Jeff Buckley. This CD makes me cry everytime I hear it. It's both Beautiful and Dark. This is how I feel today beautiful and dark. ha ha. I'm just getting over from being sick and I have that 'getting stronger' feeling. I love it. I have this strange and wonderful energy. I'm at work and I'm actually working as

2005-09-28T14:41:00.000-07:00

New York City. September 14th thru 18th 2005I LOVE NY. ( I can say that now)I got up at 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday to catch a plane heading for NY. I was so nervous and excited that I couldn’t sleep the night before I really hadn’t slept since the previous night.I arrived in NYC by 7pm but didn’t get to my hotel until around 9:30pm. I wanted to go see Judah Bauer play at the Lit Lounge but didn’t

2005-09-12T14:20:00.000-07:00

Music: Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Fever to tell"it's monday and i haven't blogged in a long-ass time.too much death and destruction lately and not enough fun, i guess.someone else died recently that i knew also. i only hung out with her a few times, she was a friend of a friend. she died of liver disease (?) too much alcohol and parting, i guess.i've been laying low these past few weeks, staying home

2005-09-01T13:19:00.000-07:00

September 1st 2005R.L. BURNSIDE DIED IN MEMPHISwell... well... well....that's three for me (Harry, Rosebud and now R.L. sad news)breaking news...Alex Chilton is M.I.A with the New Orleans Disasteras well as Fats Domino.... more breaking news. (8:30pm)both guys were found! yay!

2005-08-29T16:57:00.000-07:00

Music: Jeff Buckley / Royal GunI went to see Jon Brion on the 19th, he started out with his usual "lull" on the piano which turns into a song, usually. he did about 13 songs for the first set including; love of my life, happy with you (which unusually got a major amount of applause), further along, all the young dudes, white rabbit on piano, girl i knew, and some punky guitar riff which turned

2005-08-24T11:20:00.000-07:00

My horoscope has been so right on for the last few days......Music: Dylan......Paint a picture. Sing a song. Do something to nourish your soul.Overview: Feeling like you need some unconditional love, recognition and attention? Well, try to act surprised when all that and more comes your way. Your personal admiration society is about to arrive.

2005-08-16T16:14:00.000-07:00

Music - rockin' the ipod w/: kings of leon / minibarDo you ever have the feeling that you just want to rock out?Is it normal to think about music so much during the day while at work?Today I was walking with my ipod and got this urge to play in a band... i know, i know, i just need to practice.I think I need to get away, go on a vacation somewhere, though I’m sure where ever I go I’d end up

2005-08-15T09:49:00.000-07:00

It’s Monday morning and I’m sleepy.This past weekend I got to play catch (baseball) on both Saturday and Sunday with some friends at the beach. My arm is pretty sore today. I had fun though.On Saturday my friends helped me take the top off of my jeep and of course it looks like rain.Last Friday I saw Jon Brion at the largo, someone yelled out Freebird as usual and Jon just went with it this time

2005-08-04T15:54:00.000-07:00

ROYAL GUNPERNICE BROTHERSROYAL GUNFriday July 29th I got to see Fiona Apple play live on stage with Jon Brion at the largo, that almost never happens anymore. We were all lucky to have been there to witness such talent. Although I’m not a huge fan of her new CD...yet, which isn’t being released yet, she is still an amazing talent to see live. As well as Mr. Jon Brion, of course.Saturday night I

2005-07-29T10:28:00.000-07:00

I saw The Devils Rejects last night and was pleasantly disturbed a little.It was a beautiful movie.I think the music parts were perfect for the calming effect. Just when you were getting all grossed out you hear rock classics from the 70’s like “Midnight Rider” from The Allman Brothers Band; “Shambala,” the gold Top 5 pop smash from Three Dog Night; “Fooled Around And Fell In Love,” Elvin Bishop’

2005-07-28T15:29:00.000-07:00

SABROSA PURRSABROSA PURRSABROSA PURRI saw them on Monday at the Echo and .... man I love this band! They have so much to offer... great sounds, screams, loud, lovely lyrics and they just rock live. The singer (Will Love) was even dancing on his peddels - how cool is that! The Guitar player (Jeff Mendel) does all sorts of cool things with his guitar including slide, playing with a violin bow among

2005-07-25T14:55:00.000-07:00

I went to see Jon Brion on Friday, surprise surprise. And It was an excellent show! here are some highlights: Beatles; baby you’re a rich man/ Under the radar – and – roll with you - and – happy with you – and – you made the girl all Jon Brion originals / Kinks; waterloo sunset / Brian Eno; Baby’s on Fire / George

2005-07-18T13:23:00.000-07:00

I’m tired today and I have no excuse. The only exhausting thing I did all weekend was riding my bike up and down the boardwalk near the Queen Mary on Saturday, and I had a hangover from Friday night even.My friend Dat is playing in the Donita Sparks band so I went to see them at the Doll Hut on Friday night. I got there way too early and had to sit through some pretty awful bands with a few of my

2005-07-12T09:27:00.000-07:00

music: I woke up to "she said she likes the dirty rock 'n roll" in my head by Sons and Lovers then later it was "whatchu whatchu waiting for" by The Vacation. it's a Brownsville Station type song. I can't remember the exact title at the moment but it reminded me of "smokin in the boys room" by Brownsville Station.I didn't do much over the weekend. I did go see The Fantastic four and if it wasn't

2005-07-05T12:44:00.000-07:00

Music: The Hellacopters "Rock & Roll is Dead"I can't stop listening to this new CD, it rocks so much! There is this one song they do called "leave it alone" that is really stonesy sounding that actually brought a tear to my eye.The CD doesn't have that hardcore rock sound as say... 666 supershitty to the max or Payin the dues but it does rock and it's a great album.I saw Helio Sequence last

2005-06-25T10:30:00.000-07:00

Music: Silversun PickupsAnother night at the largo........Listening to Dylan's "it's all over now baby blue" while eating honey baked chicken and to top off an otherwise great night, Jon Brion heed my request of yelling out "THE STONES" in my loud voice which is really not loud at all. What a wonderful night it was!I didn't write anything down but I can tell ya that as soon as i heard him start

2005-06-21T11:56:00.000-07:00

hello.... happy first day of summer. I'm very happy today for some reason. I can't sleep and I can't eat. I'm in love!don't get your panties in a bunch just yet. just wait. I'm in love with music but you already knew that. I just found out that Reigning Sound are going to be playing at the Troubadour in a few months. Another show that has put a smile on my face from ear to ear is the very

2005-06-17T13:33:00.000-07:00

Music: Sabrosa Purr - the demos / Peter Walker - landed / Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street / Silversun Pickups - the demos / Joy Zipper - American Whip / White Stripes - get behind me Satan / Pernice Brothers - discover a lovelier you / Bona Roba - Reach in and get herhello.....I ended up seeing The Raveonettes last night at Spaceland. I arrived just before 9pm and they already let people in

2005-06-15T14:47:00.000-07:00

Forgive me as it's been 9 whole days without a post.It's not that I'm super busy, it's just I've had a lot on my mind. Don't worry, it's all good stuff.Random thoughts:I saw John Doe at Fingerprints, I think I forgot to mention that. It was super hot and crowded in this small record store in Long Beach. John did some X songs and stuff off of his new solo CD. I don't have any of his solo cd's

2005-06-06T13:26:00.000-07:00

blog. blog. blog.what do you know, I went to see Jon Brion this past Friday. and believe me, you would to if you have heard of him and live in or near LA. The man is multi-talented. I can't wait to hear his second album with the songs he has been singing at the largo for over a year now. His show this past Friday is what I like to call "the history of music". yep, for all you regulars who missed

2005-05-30T11:32:00.000-07:00

sleeping to much on weekends!I need a project, I need to build something... i'm bored on the weekends.I've even felt more like staying home instead of going to a show lately.It seems such a bother to drive 45 minutes to see a gig anymore. yeah, maybe the heat is getting to me. I don't know. This past weekend I saw Jon Brion. That's the extent of my going out.My friend and I had a table up front.

2005-05-25T10:43:00.000-07:00

The movie Office Space is really funny but when you actually have those types of people working around you everyday, it tends to get old. I can’t stand listening to this guy talking anymore. He talks to everyone and tells them each the same story about himself, either about what he did the past weekend or just something about himself. I can tell that no one really cares to hear as much as he

2005-05-17T12:05:00.000-07:00

“…….not long for this world”It’s a song by the way.It’s fitting for the way I’m feeling lately.I just got back from a long walk on my break at work, yeah so I took a 40 min break, listening to The Afghan Whigs “Gentlemen”. This is such a great album besides the lyrics and music, it has feeling. I actually had a tear in my eye. It’s partly because I’ve been feeling really emotional lately, and

2005-05-11T11:25:00.000-07:00

I saw Brendan Benson at the Troubadour last Wednesday. It was just ok.Not amazing or anything.I was happy that I went after seeing Jack White get up on stage and sing with Mr. Benson.Jack and Meg were just walking around the Troubadour. Jack looked ultra cool in his pinstriped suit and Bob Dylan hat, which he put on Brendan right before he left the stage. "Brendan was dumbfounded. He didn’t know

2005-05-04T16:41:00.000-07:00

You know what song really rocks ….. it’s “lets build a house” by The White Stripes. There is just something very satisfying listening to Jack and Meg! I don’t believe there is one song that sucks on any of their albums! Not one!! It’s all raw rock ‘n roll blues…. Simple is sometimes, well… most of the times it’s better.Radiohead is another of my favorites….. though they aren’t very “simple”. I

2005-04-27T09:28:00.000-07:00

Music: The Old 97’s(earlier this week)....I can’t help it ….. I’m not able to concentrate today. I’m very tired this morning. I had a dream about Keith Richards last night….. very strange indeed! He was working at Hoffs Hut behind a desk, it was a “greeter” type position and he was very happy doing it. Mick was somewhere

2005-04-20T15:09:00.000-07:00

TOP 5 THAT I’VE BEEN LISTENING TO. 1) Dead Meadow2) Jon Brion3) Them4) The Cars5) The VacationGIGS TO SEEApril 19 thu April 26th19- Tuesday / the color turning at the troub or allegro geller at king king20- Wednesday / goldenboy at silverlake lounge21- Thursday / david garza at largo or evil beaver at spaceland22- Friday

2005-04-13T12:51:00.000-07:00

music: the jesus & mary chain (i hate rock ‘n roll)thanks to my friend roger who makes me the best compilation cd’s ever! i’ve kept them all from over the years and they still hold up. one in particular that i’ve been listening to lately that he named it so appropriately, “agitated”. it includes many great bands: the dirtbombs, lord high fixers, the saints, cabaret voltaire, broadcast, joy

2005-04-08T21:41:00.000-07:00

music: big starno jon brion tonight. instead I sit at home with strep throat and a sinus infection, watching charlie chaplin movies and the last of the dead like me from series one.it feels like razor blades in my throat everytime i try and swallow. I went to the doctors and she gave me these horse pills. I'm feeling a little better then yesterday but not as good as I will feel tomorrow.I saw Jon

2005-03-30T13:04:00.000-08:00

Music: Soundgarden "badmotorfinger"I went to see Ash on Easter. They were really good - totally rockin' , guitar driven sound and the singer is not such an eye sore at all. The thing is... It's the type of music that is forgetful. I was enjoying it while it was going on but couldn't actually tell you about it in full detail after it was over. Some of their songs reminded me of Helmet (yep, that

2005-03-26T10:52:00.000-08:00

Music: Big StarI get to LA at 5pm to meet my friend for some dinner at mexico city before the Dylan gig. he went to see Jon Brion. I was early enough to see the opener amos lee, he had a full band. i liked him mainly because i was in the mood to listen to mellow singer songwriter music. Merle Haggard was up next. to tell you the truth, i don't have any of his music but i'm a little familiar with

2005-03-25T12:50:00.000-08:00

Music: Wilco - summerteeth "... sleepy kisser" "... the ashtray says you were up all night" Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed "....I’m a fleabit peanut monkey" "....."there will always be a space in my parking lot"those are my favorite lines of those songs.i'm extremely excited about tonight, you can't even imagine. almost as excited as when the Hellacopters were in town!if anyone want's

2005-03-23T18:05:00.000-08:00

Music - Dylan I'm getting really excited about seeing Dylan on Friday night! It's like the only thing I'm looking forward to on this weekend!I've been really busy at work lately so I haven't had time to write all the time as before. I'm becoming 'one of them'; dressing all corporate, staying late at work, not taking brakes and not playing on the computer. I ...... must..... resist!!!The last gig

2005-03-14T21:43:00.001-08:00

I've had this song in my head ever since Saturday night.While I was at the largo, Flanny played part of The Office soundtrack.You just can't go wrong starting off a tv show with the song Handbags & Gladrags, written in the 1960s by Mike D’Abo. Here is a little bit of history to that song. THE OFFICE -'Blind Date' THE OFFICE - 'InsultsTHE OFFICE -'Keith's GuaranteeTHE OFFICE - 'Dating Service '

2005-03-02T10:53:00.000-08:00

Music: Jason Falkner "the 4-track years"Last night I went to see The Brian Jonestown Massacre and to my surprise Johnny's new band called The Clean Profits were playing (drummer - Johnny from The Superbees). They were good and all.... sometimes sounding like Blondie other times sounding like Franz Ferdinand. I don't even remember the second band, I must have dosed off.It was getting late and I