redfishingboat

You really want to know what happened? I’ll tell you: Wednesday was slouching off into the sunset, and I got off work too late to do anything about it. Still, I grabbed my cam with an eye towards checking out the Santa Monica Pier with the ol’ fisheye. At the last minute, I grabbed the [...]

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Play while you read: “Hoodie” - Lady Sovereign

From my divine vantage overlooking the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica I see them all.
Tourists. Camera-toting tourists. And, more and more I see them with cheap SLRs with curious appendages:
Lens hoods!
I mean lens hoods are great accessories that prevent lensflare in relatively rare occasions. Yes, they also [...]

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Looks like the news is out. I work for MTV now.
Updated post with a better link: MTV Networks buys Social Project platform
MTV Networks Buys The Rest Of DIY Social Networking Platform Flux (Social Project).
w00t!

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Play: “To Victory” - 300 Soundtrack
Update: What is this?  Well, two weeks ago when the Eagles played the Steelers, there was a highlight of a play when #20 Brian Dawkins had his feet tied up by a defender, but launched himself through the air to strip the ball from Steelers quarterback Ben Roesthlisberger. When I [...]

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Look who was guarding the ol’ apartment this morning. Looming on the railing, this wrong-colored mantis was sunning itself. I thought they were green? But, tt made for a good outdoor photoshoot. Then, norbs had to go and add a monkeywrench wth this comment on Flickr:
You need a song to accompany the photo Mick. Great [...]

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Speaking of movies — surely someone somewhere was speaking of them – I just got back from Burn After Reading, that startling vignette from the uniquely brilliant Coen brothers you’ve probably seen way before me. No review here, of course. I don’t do that sort of thing. I’m just happy I didn’t know about the [...]

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Play it now: “Bridge To Better Days (Live)” - Joe Bonamassa

As promised, I ventured south of the border (I mean south of the 10 freeway) to Redondo Beach in order to  bear witness to blues shredder Joe Bonamassa. He did not disappoint! It was at a small bar called Brixton, formerly Harvelle’s. Probably won’t be [...]

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Listen while you read: “The Compromise” - The Format

Remember when The Force let Anakin Skywalker down? He was totally all into learning The Force and being a good guy, and then Natalie Portman died anyway? He trusted in The Force and believed it would help him out, but it didn’t so … well you know [...]

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At the risk of being a complete corporate shill, I just got the press release from Activision about the setlist for the upcoming release of Guitar Hero World Tour, and I’m gonna post the tracks. And, I’m gonna highlight the ones I wanna play the most:
· 311 - “Beautiful Disaster”
· 30 Seconds To Mars [...]

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A KZSU (Stanford) DJ liked one of my old photographs of Jason Falkner enough to use it for his interview with the power pop minstrel:
Palo Alto Pop Overthrow: Final cut: Exclusive interview with Jason Falkner

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