Just got back

Just got back from Texas. Partied myself REALLY sick at Austin City Limits Festival. It was SO SO SO awesome. Maybe I'll have some time for recapping, but probably not. Have a meeting tomorrow regarding all the work I've done on a BLM project. Except that I've not done a SINGLE thing yet. Get to be sick AND up all night. Yay!

My friend and his band, because he IS a rockstar

My friend CV, also known as Mr. Van Nasty, is in a band. You don't care, you say? Everyone is in a band, or wants to be, or dreams of being a rockstar? Yes, that may be true, but my friend had a sold out show. His band is called Level 12, and you really should check them out here. Besides, if my friend becomes famous, I get to be his #1 groupie, which means he supports me as my sugar daddy. But we still get to see other people. It's a beautiful arrangement, you see. So go on, take a listen. And if you're in the East Bay area, go to one of their shows. Because once he's famous, I benefit, and that is surely what you want.

free radiohead

So I just went online and bought the new Radiohead album "In Rainbows" for free. I'm sure that this is not news to you, but I still think it's pretty cool. You go on to their website, choose your option (discbox or download), and then you pick your price. So you can pay, or not pay, or whatever you want. Then you complete the transaction like any other internet purchase. Except that since I chose zero GBP as my price, they didn't ask for credit card information. And now I get Radiohead's new cd on October 10. I am very excited. You can read more here.

Note: I thought it would be nice to pay at least something so I'm not just another freeloading asshole, but I'm in class and it's not nice to pull out your credit card when sitting in the second row. Plus, I could have picked some dollar amount with soothing numbers that I like, but like I said, I'm sitting in class and I am incapable of waiting; I need instant gratification.

I have an opinion...

When I am looking at a concert lineup for a festival at Red Rocks, and I click on a band's link, if that link takes me to MySpace, that band is instantly fired. Discounted from being a potentially ok band. If you want to be a legit band, get a real damn website. MySpace is for pedophiles and people with nothing to do (yes, I have an account), not for legitimate business. Hmmm, maybe I can make it big as a lawyer with my MySpace account. Seriously. I thought maybe this band from the UK would be fun and new and exciting, but now I will never know, because I can't check them out. Because their "website" is a MySpace page.

Editor's Note: So it turns out that I was wrong about this particular band. The band is called The Editors, and they rock, and they DO have a real website. Red Rocks just thought that viewers would prefer the MySpace link (why, I ask you, why?!?). However, my above opinion still holds for those bands with MySpace pages only.

Snoop Dogg

Rex and I went to a Snoop Dogg concert at the Fillmore Auditorium last night. And it was awesome. The people watching was just about the greatest ever. I saw a woman so fat her cha hung down to her knees. Lots and lots of short short skirts and stiletto heels (most of these girls were really struggling to walk/stay upright). Really drunk people. Lots of awesome white boy dancing. Plus, I never thought I'd end up at a Snoop show, and it was SO much fun. I knew all the old songs! (because I'm old- I've been listening to Snoop for about 13 years, which is more than half my life).