Archive for March, 2008

X Concert Pix

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

I went and saw the Los Angeles based punk rock band X last night at the Crystal Ballroom. I’ve probably seen this band 20 or so times since the early eighties and they are tighter than ever. The 2 hour set include all the favorites done the old fashion way, Rockin! Damn my ears are still ringing as I write this. One of my goals was to take some pictures but I was disappointed with my Canon G3′s inability to take good action shots with low lighting. (Insert Global Trekker remark on how stupid I am here and why didn’t you read the manual) However I was not disappointed with the black and white disposable I brought. Those came out a lot better than I ever thought.

Here’s Billy, Exene and John blasting it out.

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Introducing Billy Zoom. It appears that Billy is wowing all the college aged girls based on the gaggle positioned right in front of him.

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DJ Bonebrake on the skins.

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The Mosh Pit.

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Billy and Exene

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Psycho Billy.

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Soul Kitchen

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Billy Zoom is a god on guitar.

Johnny Hit and Run Paulene

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

The last one wouldn’t cooperate.

Under The Big Black Sun

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Hard to believe this is just a Bass, Lead Guitar and Drums.

Los Angeles

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Devil Doll

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

This is no god damn country to wander alone.

Motel Room in My Bed

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

These guys have been playing together for over 30 years and they just get tighter and tighter as the years go by.

Nausea

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

This is what I’m going to be doing tonight. Rockin out to one of the coolest bands EVAH!

A Definite 10 on Style Points

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

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Update #2

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Well, I finally got the newest version of WordPress to work correctly. The only problems being that all my customizations except the Random Header were lost and there’s something wacky with my blogroll. There seems to be a picture stuck right in the middle of where the Global-Trekker’s travel link was. In the old days I could login to the server where my site is hosted change the permissions on the file with chmod, go to the WordPress dashboard and edit the sidebar or index file. Since my host moved me to a new server, I have to go thru their “file manager” utility to edit the files. The only problem being is when I look at the actual sidebar code, I can’t find the code associated with that image. I’m stumped, not to mention the code is PHP which I’m vaguely familiar with. What would Chuck Norris do? Hmmmmmm.

All Things Chuck Norris

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Motorhead Rob sent me these great ones. First is this one, where somebody creates a Google search page with the key words “Chuck Norris“. Then there’s this page of Chuck Norris facts. Some of my favorite are:

When Chuck Norris falls in water, Chuck Norris doesn’t get wet. Water gets Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris doesn’t actually write books, the words assemble themselves out of fear.

The grass is always greener on the other side, unless Chuck Norris has been there. In that case the grass is most likely soaked in blood and tears.

When an episode of Walker Texas Ranger was aired in France, the French surrendered to Chuck Norris just to be on the safe side.

When taking the SAT, write “Chuck Norris” for every answer. You will score over 8000.

Chuck Norris played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.

Chuck Norris does not “style” his hair. It lays perfectly in place out of sheer terror.

Chuck Norris can set ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night.

The Bible was originally titled “Chuck Norris and Friends”

Chuck Norris is the reason why Waldo is hiding.

And my favorite: Chuck Norris once counted to infinity, Twice.

You’ve got to check out the videos too.

**Update**

Thanks to Motorhead Rob for pointing out my link to “Chuck Norris” went to a not quite safe for work site. It’s not that bad really, it a site where you can select undies for your female better half and a “live” model appears on screen to model it for you. It’s a productivity killer if I ever saw one.

I Love Country Music

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

The “Shah” 11th in line to be the Shah of Iran sent me this one. Another instant classic.

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Update

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

If you think the blog has looked a little wonky, it’s because I upgrade to a newer version of WordPress. Upgrade is actually a misnomer, it should really be called “How to fuck up your blog in one easy lesson”. I’ve still got work to do because some of the wonderful plugins I had before don’t function with the new release. Great QA guys! One redeeming factor is I now have the ability to embed videos in my posts, so you are going to see some new categories like “War Pr0n” and “Stupid Things, Stupid People”.

How to keep an Idiot Busy

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Idiot

Loopy Waffleshorts

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Yes that is my name