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| Monday, July 21st, 2008 | |
| 1:20 pm | So sad...as soon as I heard on the Kevin & Bean show about the Rodney on the Roq ULTRA limited t-shirt, I had to buy a couple right away. Good thing, though, cuz it sold out really fast. Add The Avalon to the list of venues that doesn't like video recording... |
| Sunday, June 8th, 2008 | |
| 12:39 am | James @ Spaceland June 6-7, 2008 videos Super thrilled when I saw that the legendary James was playing an impromptu gig at Spaceland! One of those bands you always liked, but never got around to seeing (thanks to not touring the U.S. in 7 years). Their latest album Hey Ma has already been released in the UK but won't get released officially in the U.S. until September 16 (!). Anyway, here are my videos from the show. Unfortunately low lighting yet again! Sorry for the multiple video services! Waterfall from The Evil Rabbit on Vimeo. Whiteboy from The Evil Rabbit on Vimeo. Laid Say Something from The Evil Rabbit on Vimeo. |
| Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 | |
| 8:37 am | Foxboro Hot Tubs (a.k.a. Green Day) @ Belly Up Tavern - May 26, 2008 One sentence review: Show started off strong with a slightly inebriated Billie Joe Armstrong with 24 oz PBR in hand, jumping into the crowd, stage diving, crowd surfing, getting the whole room involved clapping and arm raising, spraying beer; but lost momentum as |
| Monday, May 26th, 2008 | |
| 4:13 pm | Lines..lines...everywhere lines.. Meh, in line at the Belly Up Tavern at Solana Beach for Foxboro Hot Tubs (a.k.a. Green Day). When we got here around 3:45pm there were already 200 folks in line. Thankfully capacity is 600. And this is a 21 and over venue! Imagine what it'll be like at The Roxy tomorrow for an ALL AGES venue half the size. Or even Alex's Bar on Wednesday with capacity of 187. |
| Friday, May 23rd, 2008 | |
| 10:23 am | I rely on recorded tv too much... OH no! My DVR died after two years!!! According to the LG LRM-519 Yahoo Group, these units seem to die after 2 years and may be revived by replacing the capacitors. But what to do in the meantime as I get around to ordering the capacitors and figure out how install them?!?!?! *cries* |
| Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 | |
| 11:29 pm | Videos of Bryan Adams @ The Roxy - 05/19/2008 Being this was a solo acoustic show, the lighting was on the dark side thus hard to see videos... Summer of '69...apparently not about that time period but the "position" :D Please Forgive Me Heaven Heaven...the story behind the song. Written for a movie about a male stripper :D I actually saw the movie when I was a kid but it was the "edited for tv" version. *sigh* really wanna see him again :( |
| Friday, May 16th, 2008 | |
| 7:34 am | 2008 Weenie Roast Plans Set times are posted! Here's how ideally it'll go. Get there in time to see Psycho Mike do "Hey There Vagina," "Firecrotch" and "Brow-Down." Skip Ludo, hopefully free drinks and food "backstage." Get to Flobots in time to hear "Handlebars." Check out MGMT. Get the hell out before The Bravery!! Hopefully more free drinks and food during Atreyu. Check out Flogging Molly. Get hopefully free food and drink during Seether and Scars on Broadway. Pray Foo Fighters or Weezer are secret guests. See the rest of the show with possible break during Rise Against. Saturday, 17 May Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Doors open at noon. Bud Light Stage Dos Psycho Mike 12:40-1:00pm Ludo 1:00-1:30pm Flobots 1:30-2:00pm MGMT 2:00-2:30pm The Bravery 2:30-3:00pm Main Stage Atreyu 3:30-4:00pm Flogging Molly 4:00-4:30pm Seether 4:30-5:00pm Scars On Broadway 5:00-5:30pm Pennywise 5:30-6:10pm Bad Religion 6:10-6:50pm Rise Against 6:50-7:35 The Raconteurs 7:35-8:20 The Offspring 8:20-9:20 Metallica 9:20-10:50 |
| Thursday, May 15th, 2008 | |
| 10:53 am | Creep(s) Sorry for the non-NKOTB post. I feel the need to cleanse myself of that matter. Oh yeah, don't mess with Radiohead fans. Though I agree with this: "If you gave even one tiny llama turd about environmental impact, you would never have scheduled a show at a venue 40 miles away from downtown D.C., nowhere near public transportation of any kind." Link to article on celebrity hippy-crites when it comes to going green. |
| Sunday, April 6th, 2008 | |
| 1:49 am | Yay survived Bamboozle Left, a Warped Tour-like festival. After RX Bandits and Bouncing Souls (yay moshers), we made it to the rail. Too much crowd surfing during New Found Glory especially during that one song about choosing my best friends over you when crowd surfers were over our heads nonstop!!! I saw Hayley of Paramore on the side and she did one Johnny Cash song (I think) with them. Nice to hear Reel Big Fish "Sell Out" from the adjacent stage. They also did a cover of A-Ha's "Take On Me" and a litle "Enter Sandman." Wasn't too rough for Face to Face except for "Disconnected" which KROQ still plays to this day. Thankfully no crowd surfers during Jimmy Eat World! Earlier in the day we passed by their "Official Band Merchandise" booth and they were selling a 3-pack of guitar picks for $10 which had the latest album logo. More bands need to sell their customized picks...they're so hard to catch!! A security guard did gimme one of them after their set. Major props to the security for catching all those crowd surfers and making sure we weren't hurt in the process. For Verizon Amphitheatre parking lot shows (not the regular ones), don't take the left like I did!!! Cuz they make you park on some unpaved trail which will take you forever to get out. I took a one hour nap before noticing cars were actually moving! So I moved my car into the line and got out quickly. My friend took the right and it only took her 5 minutes to get out *sigh* |
| Saturday, March 8th, 2008 | |
| 3:42 pm | Dave Grohl's speech coming out for an encore... This video is from the second night of the Foo Fighters two-night stand at the "fabulous" Forum. My favorite part is when he mentions adding some color to Against Me!'s wardrobe. In their defense, from my crappy Lollapalooza photos, Tom is wearing a white shirt. |
| Friday, March 7th, 2008 | |
| 4:05 pm | Foo Fighters/Serj Tankian/Against Me! @ Cox Arena, March 3, 2008 Show #1 of the Foo Fighters/Serj Tankian/Against Me! SoCal tour. We arrived at Cox *snicker* Arena around 3pm and NO ONE in line. We walked around a bit, hung around the bridge where you look down at the numerous trucks and tour busses. Saw Tom, the lead singer of Against Me! with his wife (dude, she has her own section on the Alkaline Trio wikipedia page!) and then he sorta rode around on a bike. Later we saw a tour bus arriving with a buncha Foo Fighters members (Dave, Pat Smear, Drew etc). Cox Arena is on the campus of San Diego State so students kept coming up and asking what we were in line for. Doors open. With the exception of the lame metal detectors which kept sounding off with no reason, got in without a hitch. Unlike most arenas, there's only one level of seats at Cox (versus say Colonade and Loge at the Forum). But man, going down those longass set of stairway as fast as you can was like a death drop! Got to the closest baricade stage right next to "runway" at the rail (i.e. best spot in the house).  Hardly anyone inside the arena for Against Me! Dude, I seriously love New Wave and totally rocked out. Sorta surprised they did Borne since Tegan of Tegan and Sara sings on it. During the little intro to Stop!, Tom the lead singer cracked a smile when he saw me and my friend totaling bouncing around (we were right in front of him). Then they do that disco intro to Don't Lose Touch. Unfortunately I hear the opening chords to Ocean and know it's the end of the set. I asked one of the stagehands for the setlist in his hand and got that. Not too long after, I see another setlist floating in the air and managed to catch it (it helped no one really cared to grab it). Since the sticky side of the tape was still exposed, my friend taped it on the rail in front of her so they'd be kept flat. Luckily a pick--surprisingly a customized one!---was stuck to the tape. Yay! Gotta love the green tape with pink paper look!  Serj Tankian was painful to stand through. A lot of talking that didn't make any sense if you never listened to the whole album. Thankfully the crowd was just as apathetic as I. All personal space was gone when the Foos got on stage. A couple jabroni's behind us were getting a bit rough--even one of the Foos security guys warned them. I stuck my elbows out towards them just in case. The pit wasn't too bad though. I've been to a LOT worse. The girl next to my friend was puking! So thankfully, she got fished out of the pit. We couldn't see anything when the band moved to the "acoustic" stage so we resorted to using mirrors just to see what was going on behind us. It would have been nice if they would have fed video to the screens on stage. Show seemed pretty short with being blacked out for 5.5 "acoustic" songs and all the solos and jams. Guess there's more of the latter two in big arena shows. But in general not a big fan of them since they take away from the momentum/flow of the show. Had a similar complaint with Green Day arena shows too with all the interruptions (whereas their American Idiot in its entirety shows were friggin' awesome!), but loved the Paris Hilton sex tape nightcam video with Dave and the setlist before the encore. My friend managed to get a Foos setlist, I caught one of Dave's picks. Afterward we drove to a nearby bar. Didja know hard liquor can't be served within a certain radius of SDSU? WTF? I thought this was a party school! |
| Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 | |
| 7:10 am | It's a beautiful day... Anyone interested in seeing U2 3D at an IMAX theatre? I hear it really is like being at one of their shows! Probably better than my nosebleed seat at Staples Center :P Shows in OC >> Shows in LA |
| Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 | |
| 10:39 pm | Found on The Wiltern Myspace.... 2 FEMALE PROFESSIONAL DANCERS WANTED FOR MIKA We are looking for 2 FEMALE PROFESSIONAL DANCERS (Size 16- US) to dance during the MIKA Concert, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH. The dancers will be onstage and possibly walk through the audience during the concert. $200 for each dancer. Please reply to this bulletin with your contact information |
| Thursday, January 24th, 2008 | |
| 8:06 pm | The greatest news ever!!! The Puppy Bowl is back!!!! Plus Kitty Halftime show!!! |
| Friday, January 18th, 2008 | |
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| Monday, January 14th, 2008 | |
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| Sunday, January 13th, 2008 | |
| 5:36 am | YES!!! Finally won tix to see The Foo Fighters at The Troubadour!!! Kevin & Bean Breakfast with the Foos!! Bar opens 6am :D |
| Saturday, January 12th, 2008 | |
| 12:34 pm | Yay my YouTube account has been suspended. |
| Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 | |
| 9:15 pm | I think I'm required to go to these.... Jimmy Eat World Announce Tour Dates with Foo Fighters! Jimmy Eat World will support Foo Fighters on a run of 2008 US tour dates! Details are as follows. All shows are on sale now: January 16th – Miami, FL – Bank Atlantic Arena January 17th – Orlando, FL – Amway Arena January 19th – Birmingham, AL – BJCC Arena January 20th – Pensacola, FL – Pensacola Civic Center January 22nd – Houston, TX – Toyota Center January 23rd – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center January 25th – Memphis, TN – FedEx Forum And added bonus is Against Me! opening the Foos North American dates!!! |
| Monday, December 10th, 2007 | |
| 11:54 pm | KROQ Almost Acoustic Night 2 @ Gibson Amphitheatre - 12/09/2007 Literally I got a free last minute pit ticket from a nice Muse fan in exchange for a ride to/from Pasadena which unfortunately meant giving up a first row orchestra seat and the chance to meet Joel McHale of The Soup! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My friend took a photo with him. Supposedly the lead singer of the Vines and Jim Adkins were there too. Spoon and Feist were OK...not the best situation to be seeing them though (KROQ radio festival). Most annoyingly were all the people talking around me! aaagghhh!!! And the lameasses who start shoving their way to the front. Loved Silversun Pickups. Hah, Brian did a Dave Grohl during Lazy Eye! went out into the crowd and rocked out! Thankfully being louder than the aforementioned bands, I wasn't able to hear all the annoying chatter. Loved The Shins. Yay they didn't do New Slang!. And they did Sea Legs which they didn't do last time I saw them. I don't think I've seen Marty Crandall clean-shaven! The Killers were a nice surprise. Their cover of Shadowplay didn't sound too shabby live. And their Don't Shoot Me Santa song was a lot of fun. When Modest Mouse appeared, a couple a-hole tall guys start pushing their way. I pushed back and next thing you know beer got poured over me from behind. In a gut reaction, I pulled the hair of the guy who was walking away (I assumed he was the guy who poured the beer). Thankfully he and his friend got kicked out and everyone cheered. Turned out I didn't miss much since Modest Mouse bored. Even if they had played Ocean Breathes Salty and Float On (which they didn't), I'd still be bored. Too bad their live show hasn't changed much since last time I saw them. A nice girl and her friend let me be at the rail for Jimmy Eat World. I was the only one rocking out to them. In other words, another typical LA J.E.W. show! I loved they weren't afraid to go with mellower stuff (Disintegration and Hear You Me) since at these radio festivals bands usually stick to their more rockin' stuff. In a pleasant surprise, Zach came down, grabbed my hand (amongst all the others) and handed me his drumsticks! Score! This is actually the third time he's personally handed me stix at the end of a set. Sadly it's made me spoiled for more! LOLz. Was probably a bit too tired to enjoy Muse and the sound didn't sound too good up front. Could barely hear Matt's vocals especially when he was at the piano. And a couple more big guys began shoving their way to the front *sigh* Not wanting to cause any more drama, I simply moved to the left. When the Muse crew setup a platform into the pit a foot away from me, I thought Matt would be rocking out there a bunch. But he only came their once. Crotch shots! I loved that they didn't start off with Knights of Cydonia cuz they always do in LA!!! Afterward, it was nice seeing a lot of my peeps! ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} starbright31, eu_splinched, Alex and her sister, and Keith! Too bad Citywalk had nothing opened on a Sunday night and I had to drop dude who gave me his extra pit ticket back to Pasadena. We did stop by an am/pm on the way since we were super super thirsty! |