Archive for April, 2009
sweet job mr. govt.
by josh on April 30th, 2009
you see how they flew air force one and some fighter jets over NYC this week? what abuncha morons.
to sum it up….jon stewart:
exactly….how about photoshopping it? this photo opt reportedly cost them $360,000. here is 5 mins. worth of work:
coachella follow-up: naked wizard beat down.
by josh on April 24th, 2009
a video has surfaced from the coachella music fest last weekend. *warning-not work safe at all. naked man with his pee-pee hanging out all over.
needless to say….all the more reason i have no desire to go to coachella. was the dude being a moron? sure…..but to bum rush the dude like that? make sure to catch the knee drop the fat cop gives him at roughly the 3:00 mark. like a naked hippie dude is really a threat? to who? okay….walking down the street all naked is one thing. a concert goer getting naked in the 110 degree heat? obviously there were plenty of other concert patrons that didn’t see the need for the use of blunt force.
shit is completely ridiculous to me.
this is on the brink of a cop straight up shooting and killing a young male in oakland a couple months ago. right in front of everyone waiting to get on a train. very similar situations….the cops were brutally trying to “subdue” the victim…..to the point where the victim was resisting arrest for fear of his life. same thing here….when a cop knees you on purpose in the middle of the chest, that is not “normal” arresting procedure.
as i said…..who exactly was this naked dude a threat to? was he in bad taste? sure….but maybe the world could benefit from some attitudes more along the lines of a dude running around a concert naked….having a good time….and just not giving a fuck about how he is perceived. it sure the hell is a lot more inviting than fearing the nation becoming some sort of police state everywhere you go.
…and don’t get me wrong…i have mad respect for a lot of cops. it’s a job that i couldn’t do, and most are probably very under paid and under respected. however, there are just as many morons with badges and guns too.
FREE THE NAKIE PEOPLE! VIVA LA REVOLUTION!
quik vid.
by josh on April 23rd, 2009
kinda funny…one of our snowboarders just messing around.
bob’s the founder/owner/everything here. ppl seem to think everyone should just know that though.
happy 420…..errr, a day late.
by josh on April 21st, 2009
i spent yesterday making fun of all the stoners that still play into this “420″ (april 20th) garbage. cause seriously….i think the whole thing is juvenile. “420 man!!! let’s get stoned!!!”
that said, i support the legalization of marijuana…..only because i don’t think it’s any worse than alcohol. that and, don’t wanna smoke it? don’t.
unfortunately these “420!” losers kill the persona of the weed smoker. sure there are cliches….and they all hold true…..but that doesn’t mean everyone who smokes (or has smoked) herb is just this braindead video game playing loser.
but on to the real point here……
family guy had a 420 tribute episode the other night. and needless to say….the shit was just hilarious. here’s a clip:
ps. side trivia note: family guy creator, seth mcfarlane…..was originally booked to be on the on sept. 11th, 2001 boston flight that ended up crashing into the world trade center. he overslept and missed the flight due to the some jack daniels the night before.
crazy……
pps. he told the story on adam carolla’s podcast recently…listen to it here. (warning: not work safe, f-bombs)
goddamn is it humbling though.
a birdie ditty.
by josh on April 18th, 2009
even i am sick of technology.
by josh on April 18th, 2009
we are wrapped up in the days of twittering, facebooking, live video streaming….and really it can all be done from something as simple as a cell phone. i am just as guilty as the next person realize….so i am not pretending to be above it all. hell, i signed up on twitter over 2 years ago, but just now finally realized how it can be used. and it’s still stupid to me.
however, it got me thinking about the coachella music festival that is going on out in the desert here this weekend. the festival itself has turned into a bit of a bummer on the whole over the years (if you ask me). crappy headliners, not all that great of side acts, and most importantly…..it’s pretty damn expensive to be rotting out in the desert for.
i’ve seen this trend growing more and more as 2009 has kicked in, but with coachella it has gotten just retarded. what am i talking about? every single no name hack is there “reporting live from coachella!” like really? i keep seeing content posted all over the place from ppl that aren’t even involved in the music industry.
for example, KCRW (an indie radio station out of santa monica college) is there providing videos and pictures from the festival grounds. ok, cool….they actually have a lot of the bands playing in their studios for live sets and shit. that makes sense to me.
but then there are others from industries that have nothing to really do with the music…all “reporting live!” i am talking about tech ppl, marketing ppl, social web nerds, etc. OH! and by far the best….is pacsun is reporting live there too! if that doesn’t solidify how lame the whole event has become then i don’t know what else does. kinda makes me laugh though because they canned one of the only decent managers while i was there…stating his job (which was music and entertainment web based promotions/contests/etc) was just not really pertinent to the core demographic. or something along those bullshit lines. 5 years later….they are flinging some dork around the music festival circuit like he’s some underground indie music journalist. i actually feel bad for him though, cause give it a few years and someone will eventually realize what a waste of time and money that is for a fuckin’ mall store chain.
there were ppl from my work talking about going all week too. i think they were just cruisin’ out there on their own dime though. or at least i hope, because again….even they have no real relevance for being there on a work related premise. specially when we are trying to save money.
anyways, i’ve kinda gone off on a tangent here. this technology ppl are using has become more annoying than anything of actual relevance. and you can tell it’s all being headed up by some marketing knob that really doesn’t know anything past their post graduate classroom.
a couple weeks back i was following a sports reporter on twitter during a brewers and padres game. it was fun…she was cute…and yadda, yadda, yadda, but i don’t need life in it’s entirety updated to me through twitter. what’s even worse….is the attention all of this is getting. some other examples? charlie villanueva of the milwaukee bucks was recently slapped on the wrist for twittering during halftime of a game. mark cuban, owner of the dallas mavericks, was fined $25,000 by the NBA for twittering about the horseshit refs.
like really? i think as a whole ppl are putting too much weight and credit on such a dumb internet vessel. for those of you that don’t know what i am talking about? here’s a good explanation of this twitter thing. 
that said….i’ll finish up with a video from when coachella was actually still about music fans getting together to party….and not just a big conglomerate of corporate america and wannabe celebrities whoring themselves out. smells like sundance indeed.
ps. pretty funny how the dude makes a “friendster” reference, cause that was from 2005 and on dawn of these new technologies. pretty sure it sums up exactly what i am talking about here.
let’s get it on!
by josh on April 7th, 2009
brewers season starts today.
thought i’d share my favorite moment from last season.
galaxy game pics.
by josh on April 6th, 2009
went to the LA galaxy game on saturday night with gary and anthony from work. was pretty cool, as i hadn’t been to a game before.
i didn’t take any pics, because i need a new camera…..but anthony managed to get some good shots. here are a few.
