blink and you could miss it

Cat fight!

Meow!

Houston, gets un-wired?

Free Wi-Fi for H-town?

Who knows if this will ever get rolled out, but it's nice to know that someone is trying. 

Just another reason you need to come to LA...

We have USC, UCLA, AFI, Aztlan Truck Driving School Inc. and finally, a proper institution for higher scratching -

DJ Academy

I'm holding out for a Human Beatbox Boot Camp.

Media Consumption Day!

What's JJ listening to (other than himself speaking in 3rd person...)?

Snagged a few good items on my last trip to Aron's and Amoeba.  Picked up:

* Molam:  Thai Country Groove From Isan -- Really cool compilation of some wild Thai styled pop/folk/rock.  Some of this is very reminiscent of Dengue Fever, but other tunes are definitely like nothing I've heard before.  You either dig this stuff or you don't.  I do.  Marisol does not.  YMMV. 

*Beginner's Guide Guide to Bollywood -- Ok, this was a stab in the dark for me since I know pretty much nothin about Indian music other than the Doob Doob o' Rama CD I picked up at Sound Exchange eons ago and the $1.99 tapes that my friend Katie and I used to pick up at the grocery store across the street from Raja's House of Sweets.  It's a 3 CD set that so far, is pretty damn sweet.  The first CD, "Vintage Bollywood", is pretty much what you'd expect.  The second one, "Funky Bollywood", was a pleasant surprise.  It's basically a cool fusion of Indian music and 70's cop soundtracks.  Crazy guitar stuff in there.  Sadly, I haven't gotten around to checking out the third CD, "Modern Bollywood".

As far as the radio goes, been listening to a whole lotta Norteno.  I'm becoming especially fond of the whole soooper drunk, screaming singer guy fronting a jacked up polka band sound that 105.5 FM pumps out over the airwaves here in LA.  It's rad!!  Marisol really hates this stuff.  It's like the Anti-Salsa or something.  Too bad.  When I hear accordions and tubas, I get pretty excited.  One of these days, I'd have to play in one of these bands...

I don't know about you...

but I'm a lot less excited about purchasing lakefront property anytime soon.

Rarely do I post entries that touch upon anything of importance to society, but this totally freaks me out, so here ya go: 

Yikes!

"According to The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses — even against their will — for private economic development." 

Boooo!!!!!  Hissssss!!!!!

"I guess I'm gonna fade into Bolivian."

I knew that his power was discombobulatingly devastating, but damn, I had no idea that he also wasn't Charles Manson.

Iron Mike's Deep Thoughts

Hi. Have you seen me?

I don't know about you, but Leatherface has been atop my list of psychopaths that comes to mind when the words "Chainsaw wielding maniac" are spoken for a long time.  After reading this story today, I think that it is safe to say that there's a new driver sitting in the pole position!!

Yikes!

I'm sad that my first post in quite a while has to do with this dude and his (gulp!) chainsaw antics, but I gotta say that I was happy to find out that this didn't happen somewhere in Texas.  That being said, however, I'm quite bummed to hear that it happened anywhere and especially to the Chet Atkins of Minto.  R.I.P., sir.