ready for the ufc

georgia will bite your face off in the octagon

old jews telling jokes

good lord i love this site: old jews telling jokes. i wonder how many they'll put up.

rademacher changes drummers

yep, the ever evolving line up of fresno greats rademacher continues to...well...evolve. i spoke to former drummer eli reyes on saturday night. he told me that he was no longer in the band, but that he felt it was a pretty amiable split that had been coming for sometime. he's been devoting a lot of time to the fay wrays, and figured that he might leave the band after the next round of tours. he's also working with time commitments from family, job, and recording an album for the fay wrays.

rademacher now consists of
malcom sosa - vocals & guitar
greer mcgettrick - bass & vocals & piano dealy
eden davis - drums

here's what malcom said on the situation
"we haven't changed drummers yet. Eli will be playing 3 more dates with us in SF and Merced and Fresno, but for our upcoming tour with airborne toxic event, we'll be taking along our friend Eden Davis.

She has a different style than Eli."

on our recent podcast, greer told me that the remaining few fresno shows will sort of be farewell to eli shows, so it can really be a good transition and not just "you're fired," type situation.

some more rademacher news, taken from a myspace bulletin:
We're really excited to be touring with two of our favorite LA bands in the coming weeks. The Airborne Toxic Event and the Henry Clay People. We also have a handful of dates on our own.


Dates below. Make it out if you can!!! Some of these things already sold out, so get your tix in advance while you can.


2.05.Fresno, CA -- POST ARTHOP | Tokyo Garden
2.06.San Francisco, CA -- Hemlock Tavern
2.07.Merced, CA -- The Partisan w/ The Mumlers, Origami Ghost
2.11.San Diego, CA -- House of Blues w/ Airborne Toxic Event -- SOLD OUT
2.12.Los Angeles, CA Music Box @ Henry Fonda Theater w/ Airborne Toxic Event
2.13.San Francisco, CA -- Bottom of the Hill -- SOLD OUT
2.14.Arcata, CA -- The Green House w/ Geographer
2.15.Seattle, WA -- Neumos w/ Airborne Toxic Event -- SOLD OUT
2.17.Portland, OR -- Wonder Ballroom w/ Airborne Toxic Event
2.18.Vancouver, BC -- Richard’s on Richards w/ Airborne Toxic Event
2.19.Tacoma, WA -- World Famous Bob’s Java Jive
2.20.Boise, ID -- Nuerolux w/ Airborne Toxic Event
2.21.Salt Lake City, UT -- SHO w/ Airborne Toxic Event
2.27.San Francisco, CA -- Noisepop | Slim’s w/ The Submarines + The Morning Benders + The Mumlers

rademacher, more drummers than spinal tap. go out and see them as they hit up the west coast before they head down to austin for sxsw. or, see them in austin during sxsw (i hear they're playing the devil in the woods record label showcase even though they're not only the label.)

gender analyzer

so, i've been lazy on content this week. how's that for a 2009 blogger to watch?

anyway, i saw the gender analyzer on another blog and thought i'd check it out. (check yours, too.)

they were 66% sure a man wrote this blog.

well, they were correct.

i wonder about things like this. how do they determine man/woman, or clean/dirty, etc.? what are the key words that reveal gender?

any guesses?

waiting

i don't do waiting so well. i often fly through life, doing things. not waiting. it's not that i'm all about instant gratification, but i just like things done, now. when i get an idea in my head, i want to take care of it.

right now, i'm waiting for an email. you know how many times you can check to see if an email has come? a lot.

it's not like the email is really important. just some information i'm trying to pin down. totally not a big deal. but i want to know now.

now!

so, i could go and check the email again, and then maybe another half dozen times in the next 30 minutes. but i'm not. instead, i'm going to shut down the laptop, do a few things, and then enjoy some sleep.

and maybe when i wake up in the morning the email will magically be there.

the matrix @ edwards theater for flashback film

so, i think i know what i'm doing this thursday night (assuming i don't forget): going to see the matrix on the big screen.

for some dumb reason, i did not see the matrix on the big screen. i think it just got too much hype and i got stubborn and didn't want to give in. so, i eventually saw it on dvd, and immediately wished i'd seen it in all of it's big screen glory. in fact, this film helped me develop one of my going to the theater rules: is it going to be a movie that you need to see on the big screen due to effects, sound, etc?

so, i think i'm going to go and finally see the matrix on the big screen. i wish i hadn't seen it in the last month, but it was on cable, and i had some time. what?

the matrix - flashback films @ edwards theater
jan 29
9 pm
$5

brief film review - notorious

notorious was noboringous.

and apparently christopher wallace wore cosby sweaters.

sweet and tender hooligans vs. this charming band

so, if you like the smiths, and want to see a smiths cover band, seek out this charming band. i have had the pleasure if seeing both, and they are both good. I like that sweet & tender does more morrissey stuff, but musically they really can't touch this charming band.

i will also say that of the fans that travelled to fresno, the fans for this charming band were way better. they had the flowers, they knew every word and they represented both so.cal and nor.cal. sweet and tender's fans seemed to just reppin l.a. and fresno, of course. also, as I look around
the crowd at this sweet & tender show a lot of people just seem to be @ the show. they are mildly into it. the fans of this charming band were hanging on every note, every lyric.

anyway, i'm glad to have seen both because they're both enjoyable. it's just my opinion that this charming band us better. even if moz occassionally sees sweet & tender play.

buck farack bumper sticker

so, i've seen this truck twice in the last few weeks. the first time it was getting on the freeway near my neighborhood. the second time it was on shaw, where fresno & clovis meet up.



i know bumper sticker politics are overly simplistic, and it goes both ways, but these just really seem to bother me. the buck farack one just seems so disrespectful. again, i know it goes both ways and that there were disrespectful ones about bush. probably even eff bush ones.

are we able to rise above the lowest common denominator out there? i mean, i'm sure (i'm assuming) the guy driving this truck felt that everyone should respect the commander in chief when it was the last guy, and yet there is no respect being given for the new commander in chief. btw, i took this photo a day before inauguration. and when i'd seen the truck before it was a couple of weeks. i imagine that the stickers may have even been on before the election or shortly after it. i doubt there was even a thought to respect the new president. to give him a chance.

tuff shed in

today my tuff shed was installed. now I get to load it up with stuff.

the sleepover disaster & sweet and tender hooligans

so, i had hoped to post a podcast featuring the sleepover disaster on friday to help promote their shows this weekend and the release of their new album, hover.

we recorded it. it was fun. it was about one hour and fifteen minutes long.

and then we had a little snafu as we were putting things away. followed by another little issue. and the podcast was lost. gonzo. it took us twenty episodes, but we finally messed up so bad that we couldn't post an episode. so, sorry. the guys say they'll come back and record another @ a later date.

anyway, since you won't hear sleepover here, go hear them either on friday night @ cuppajoe or saturday night @ audie's olympic

arcade fire cover born in the usa

so, lately i've been really getting into bruce springsteen. it started through covers of songs like "the ghost of tom joad", then i got the album nebraska and was blown away. after a while, other songs of springsteen's captured my psyche and become ones that would just randomly pop into my head, like "born to run". when "road to nowhere" was free on itunes i downloaded it and loved it.

two weeks ago i bought "born in the usa." this album, and springsteen in general, were always sort of a pariah to me. i think it's because i didn't understand it when it came out, and then it was used by reagan in his campaigns. the songs seemed to be promoting things i didn't understand or resonate with. now, as an adult i've learned what they were really about, what bruce was really speaking on. these songs that i thought were so pro-american "good life" were really speaking out on the disenchantment. songs like "glory days"

anyway, at the obama staff ball arcade fire covered "born in the usa". now, i'll warn you, the audio on this is not so great. and, it seems that whoever is recording it was singing along, which isn't good. but, it's still sort of cool to check out.

yo comments are whack

think ya being clever but your comments are wack

lost season premier

lost is back tonight. i'm super excited.

Obama day one celebration

so I popped in at the day one celebration after I finished work. good times. got to see people, and enjoy some nice music. fashawn ripped it for a bit and was super nice. he rapped in front of a band featuring kevin hill, eva scow, armen nalbandian, aaron wall, and the drummer that plays with that crew.

my new "mission" is to find out that drummer's name. he is insanely good and i talked to him last friday but forgot his name. adam might remember him, he keeps a good beat. really, i will talk about him again on this blog.

post inauguration plans

so, what do you have planned for your post-inauguration? going to get your party on? you could go to the starline from 8:30-? and hear some poets, some musicians playing music, some other stuff. or, you could do something else.



i've got to grade papers.

the the impotence of proofreading

as a english teacher (occasionally, in fact as rarely as possible) i really appreciate this video. it's quite humorous, and points out the need to actually read things you write & print before turning them in. sadly, this lesson is frequently lost on students.

hope you enjoy this vid. i warn you that the language is a little nsfw. sort of. no swear words, just funny things that could accidentally be substituted for what you really meant.



thanks neatorama.

2009 sundance short films

do you like short films? interested in free short movies? have you heard of the sundance film festival? do you have itunes?

if you answered yes to a few of those questions, then you should load up your itunes and download ten of the thousands of short films submitted to sundance.

now, how to find the films in itunes can be a little tricky. so, i'll just give you the directions that sf blogger violet blue wrote over @ laughing squid, and i followed.

"To find them, go to the iTunes store, and look in the left list for “Movies”, then scroll down and look left for their “Genres” list, where you’ll see a little *new* icon on Shorts. Click shorts, then look at the top of the page for the Sundance logo. Strangely then you’ll see your iTunes nav path has you in the “Music” area, but laugh bemusedly to yourself and ignore that, and watch the free shorts. Yeah, it’s *that* not-easy. But worth it."

hey, they're free, but only for a limited time. so jump over there soon and download. also, the films are all rated pg-13 or r, so no that they're not little kid friendly, at least by ratings standards.

run for the dream indoor track meet - revised details

on monday, jan. 19 the save mart center is hosting the annual run for the dream track
meet. the schedule has been revised, and you can click over here to see what's what.

i'm excited to see the 55m dashes, as well as the hurdles. the men's 55m hurdles, starting @ 3:42 features tim bogdanoff, who grew up in the clovis area (and who's brothers both starred @ fpu in track). the pole vault and high jump will bee some of the best competitions. women's pole vault, @ 3:30, features one of the greats of the sport, stacy dragila. the women's high jump, starting @ 4:30, features amy acuff, one of america's best, as well as two mexican internationals. the women's pole vault

anyway, i've scored 6 suite tickets to the event. i may only go to the evening time slot, but the tickets are good for all day. call me if you're interested in going.

the sleepover disaster - video

sleepover posted a video from a show on july 31 from seattle over on their myspace. but you're too lazy to click over there. so i'm reposting it here.



btw, i told vince that he looks uninterested when he's playing. like, yeah, i'm here, so what. he got a kick out of that.

btw, the sleepover disaster is playing two cd release shows next week. they're playing an all ager over @ cuppajoe on the 23rd. more importantly, they're playing @ audie's olympic on the 24th, with sweet & tender hooligans (the moz endorsed smiths tribute band). holy ish!