and i was all, theyve merged into Monster Squad. and theyre making a tv show with the peeps from Curbed Your Enthusiasm

from monstersquadmusic.com:

The Monster Squad has been busy shooting footage for their upcoming television show. The show follows the four zany Monsters (Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfie and the Mummy) as they fight to make their dreams come true while staying true to themselves in the sometimes not-so-pretty world of the Hollywood record industry. Brought to you by the Emmy winning producers of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Fat Actress”, expect the Monster Squad to be hitting the prime time line up soon!

OMGOMGOMGOMG

i am at a crossroads at my life. i want to figure out what direction my life is supposed to take and i dont want to dip into my savings for much longer as i seek out answers while being unemployed.

i dont have a significant other, so i can travel anywhere in the world. but it would be ideal if i could make a little money while i am on my journey.

although i love southern california, i am more than willing to move if that’s what it takes to discover my special purpose.

please help tony, as i know you always have the answers.

signed,

not anna kournikova.

dear mariah carey:

do this. now.

update: aw crap. applications closed in february. guess you’ll just have to road trip around america. i did it a few years ago and it changed my life and a year later i was in my dream job. so consider that.

and theres gonna be another one soon

will i go? not sure, that music sounds horrible

but i must give props to the kids for thinking outside the DP

from your daily nexus:

“This is like Halloween in the spring.”

With an estimated 12,000 attendees, this description of Saturday’s Floatopia – made by a drunken beach-goer – appears accurate. A product of Facebook planning and word of mouth, Floatopia transformed Isla Vista’s narrow stretch of coastline into a half-mile long beach party. But as with October’s debauchery-filled holiday, the rapid growth of Floatopia has law enforcement agencies up in arms, questioning whether such events such should be allowed to continue.

“This is an unsponsored event where thousands of people are drinking alcohol; it was irresponsible,” Lt. Brian Olmstead, of the Isla Vista Foot Patrol, said. “This is worse than Halloween because there’s the added danger of the water. People can drown. I could see something happening [to stop Floatopia] because of the dangers involved and the resources required to keep bad things from happening.”

A relatively new phenomenon, Floatopia’s popularity has ballooned in recent years, with two to three times more people attending this year than in 2008. Additionally, the larger crowds include a growing number of out-of-towners and the arrival of sponsored tents on the beach.

read the whole thing here

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when the cure played the hollywood bowl last year, they wowed us all with a long set and 5 encores(!). last night at coachella, even though the british band was told after their second encore that this would be the last one – ONE – they played three songs and had the power cut on them.

robert and the boys played on

and the crowd sang on

as sweet as it looks in this video, i sure woulda liked to have seen them pull that stuff on the old beetle.

everyone had their boxes. they’re moving to the second floor to rock brandx.

sarah and i ate sushi for lunch like we used to do with ali, but alas, alis working her dreamjob.

she imed me from vegas, where her gchat status message said that she was shocked to find herself at circus circus for even a few minutes.

shes just there for today and tomorrow morning.

so jealous.

today someone asked me if twitter would ruin blogging. i told them that yes, twitter would take a few bloggers away.

but those are the ones who probably wouldnt be that great of bloggers anyways.

so good, let em tweet.

everyone except for JaG, who needs to get it together and come back to the place that loves her.

speaking of blogging, did you see Pop n Hiss cover Coachella? Jesus, man. soooo good.

first a cheer came up from the metro desk, then applause. that could mean a lot of things in this building that has seen too many retire early or accept buyouts.

today, fortunately, the applause were from joy AND respect, instead of just the latter. the Times had won the most coveted awards in journalism, the Pulitzer. The award winning journalists are Bettina Boxall and Julie Cart who won for their coverage of the wild fires.

After the applause, champagne bottles started popping. then more applause. then speeches. then applause, then more bottles (where were they all stashed?!) then more applause.

very nice to see in the same space where two weeks ago the newsroom frowned they were now beaming with cheers and hugs and handshakes. and now drinking!

More over at LA Now

update: the bubbly has arrived:

more: lovely speeches:

Allan: I just saw Jenny Lewis at her Coachella warmup show in Sacramento. Jenny was great, but her drummer Barbara is my new favorite musician ever. Has anything like that ever happened to you?

when i worked at e! a long long time ago i worked with a young lady named hathaway who was crazy about this band called rilo kiley. shed watch them play anywhere, never missed a show. no matter how hard she hyped them i didnt like em then and i dont like em now. but i just saw jenny lewis from coachella and she completely won me over. have i ever fallen for a musician while watching them play? ive seen the donnas several times. i think ive fallen for each of them at different shows.

katie: how do you get over a broken heart?

ive never gotten over anything, ever. matt welch says im more like a teenage girl than teenage girls.

BobD: Do you think former NFL running back Travis Henry has taken the lead as most messed up former pro jock?

other than OJ? probably todd marijuanavich.

dvl: i’ve got the tomdog…. who wants a lick?

had the pleasure of hanging with the former bassist of rogue cheddar saturday night with aj, jeanine, a gentleman who makes toys, and a woman who worked for metal blade in the 80s. we ate at the delicious kanpai and then had a couple rounds at the custom hotel bar.

Keira-Anne: You go on a lot of really cute, sweet dates. What was your best/favorite date ever and what made it so rad? P.S. Like how I said “favorite” instead of “favourite”? I’m culturally sensitive like that.

ive had some amazing first dates in my day. some wild and exotic. some crazy and extravagant. some totally like hi i just met you and youre naked? but cute, sweet? that would probably have to go the first time i kissed my first girlfriend. we saw “wargames” and i had totally planned on seeing if shed let me hold her hand in the movie, but the movie was so good that i completely spaced out. so the next week we went to “the man with two brains” and even though i love steve martin, i was able to remember to try to hold her hand, and after she let me i had the courage to kiss her in her driveway when i dropped her off, and there you have it.

vinny: Which movie did you like better, dumb and dumber or old school??

i think everyone was shocked at how good dumb and dumber ended up being, but old school is one of those absolutely perfect movies. an instant classic.

Mike: your thoughts [on this]?

theres a lot wrong with what went down there. as far as im concerned, they’re simply a search engine. they dont host those torrents. but if you rely on big businesses or even the courts to understand breakthrough technology, its your own fault. meanwhile record companies should just give it away, have ads on the ends, and make money off dvds and singles.

Ophelia Mourne: What would You do for a Klondike bar?

not much, they always taste like freezer burn to me.

Kris: Do you want to start an 80’s hair band with me?

i do but i want my wig to catch fire during the encore as i bang the flaming gong behind my drum set.

meets a mcdonalds cashier who is a fan of the adult star who takes their picture and posts it on twitter via her iphone

but even thats not my favorite story of tonights show
which i didnt attend.

my favorite was when flavor flav said “we’re going to play the entire It Takes a Nation to Hold Us Back right now”

with a live band.