in happy ways: LA Firefighters save Haitian woman to cheers of U-S-A
this is what happens when we work as one village.
this is what happens when the richest of us lends a hand to the poorest of us.
in lots of ways this is the true meaning of Christianity.
but take religion out of it, this is what Humanity is all about.
rock on firefighters, lifesavers, and volunteers everywhere
via O-Dub
and others announced for Coachella 2010
full coverage on the Pop n Hiss blog
update: in case you cant read the small type here are the acts by day
FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, Lucero, DJ Lance Rock, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Proxy, Ra Ra Riot, Deer Tick, Wolfgang Gartner, Aeroplane, Iglu & Hartly, Sleigh Bells, P.O.S., Baroness, Hockey, Little Dragon, White Rabbits, Wale, Kate Miller-Heidke, As Tall as Lions, Jets Overhead, Alana Grace, Pablo Hassan.
SATURDAY, APRIL 17: Muse, Faith No More, Tiësto, MGMT, David Guetta, The Dead Weather, Hot Chip, Devo, Coheed and Cambria, Kaskade, 2Many DJ’s, Major Lazer, Dirty Projectors, Gossip, Z-Trip, The xx, John Waters, Les Claypool, The Raveonettes, Mew, Sia, Camera Obscura, Tokyo Police Club, Porcupine Tree, Old Crow Medicine Show, Aterciopalados, Bassnectar, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty South, Flying Lotus, Corinne Bailey Rae, Pretty Lights, Shooter Jennings, RX Bandits, The Almighty Defenders, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Craze & Klever, Zoe, The Temper Trap, Portugal. The Man, Band of Skulls, Girls, Beach House, Steel Train, Frank Turner.
SUNDAY, APRIL 18: Gorillaz, Pavement, Thom Yorke????, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, De La Soul, Julian Casablancas, Plastikman, Gary Numan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, MUTEMATH, Deerhunter, Infected Mushroom, Club 75, Matt & Kim, The Big Pink, Gil Scott-Heron, King Khan and the Shrines, Florence and the Machine, Yann Tiersen, Little Boots, Miike Snow, Talvin Singh, Ceu, B.o.B., Babasonicos, Owen Pallett, The Glitch Mob, Mayer Hawthorne, Local Natives, Rusko, The Middle East, Hadouken!, The Soft Pack, Kevin Devine, Paparazzi, Delphic, One EskimO.
out here in LA
what happens is when it rains after a big fire, there nothing to absorb that water, so it just turns into mud and flows down the sides of the mountains.
youre really not safe no matter where you live out here.
somethings gonna get ya.
live by the beach and it will be erosion or rock slides or mel gibson
live in the hood and one of the gangs will catch you in a crossfire
live in the val and porn stars’ll jump outta the bushes and start to make out with you
live downtown and they’ll build all around you at all hours.
everywhere theres car chases, movie shoots, and annoying young hollywood and their train of paparazzis.
earthquakes, riots, droughts, gays wanting to get married, weed stores sprouting up like weeds, action movie hero govn’r,
the smog, the traffic, the phony baloneys.
everyone is a star for a little while here in hollywood.
this week, enter the mud.
reason #95468
youve probably never been to milwaukee. if so you havent missed a damn thing. when i was growing up in ILL i took my prom date to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. i didnt taker to milwaukee. probably because even though i didnt love her, i didnt hater either.
needless to say Lindsay is the hottest babe in milwaukee. i say that because shes probably the hottest babe in most towns you know too. i really wish her photos really showed off her true essence because shes a mysterious young woman and digital photography has a hard time grasping what shes all about.
not that im any expert in what shes all about. but it is fun sometimes trying to uncover it all.
anyways shes been trying to break up with this new dude. funny thing is, theyre not even together. officially. perhaps youve been in a situation like this before: you know nothing serious is happening, but they think something is Very serious.
sometimes breaking up with someone when youre both super into it is easier because when the other side sees that youre distraught too they realize “damn hes breaking up with me and its hurting him too? this must be serious.” but when the other person is the only one hurting they arent as willing to let it be over.
especially if shes the hottest babe in town.
with the longest legs.
and eyes that remind you of the rich chocolate nougat only found in Milky Way Dark candy bars.
so why do i love women? let me count the ways. mostly because their ways are so convoluted and bizarre when it comes to relationships. here they are the smartest animals on the crust yet when it comes to their beating hearts, logic is thrown out the window.
click over to Lindsays blog post for today and tell me if im reading this right: but it appears that in order to break up with this man, she waits for him to head to the can, then she gets naked and spends the night with him.
now ive heard of reverse psychology before but i have never attempted that move as a way to kiss a girl off.
cant wait to see if it worked.
followed by a huge slap on a big man’s pants
ah NFL locker room action – is there nothing you cannot provide?
“it never rains in southern california”?
for a week that song’s gonna get punched right in its stupid face.
theres gonna be car crashes aplenty, mud slides like whoah
and Stormwatch Team Coverage on every newscast.
why?
because theres nothing else to talk about in LA, or cover on tv.
at all.
nope, nada.
God we need a football team.
was annoyed by the hbo show, her role, and her clothes
but so happy she won that crazy globe
– @unicornball:
Prince was at the Vikings game.
Before the start he made Brett Favre purify himself
in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.
but im listening to the wee small hours sinatra
you can too.
according to wikipedia tom waits calls it one of his favorite albums ever and based the cover art of heart of a saturday night on its cover.
im the opposite of melancholy, which might be the only way to listen to this record. cuz it could be a slippery slope if things arent going yr way.
friday i went to the lakers / clippers game with my old buddy chris. we sat in his kickass lower season ticket seats.
the cops had the nerve to give him a jaywalking ticket as he was crossing pico. i was all wtf. go 5 minutes in any direction of staples and there are actual crimes going down. you wanna ding longtime laker season ticket holders for walking across the street? way to help out the downtown renaissance. definitely pop the rich who we hope fill up that new skyscraper ritz carlton.
last night we were back at staples, this time to see king james take on the clip show. instead of the 40-point beat down the world champs unleashed on them, the clips actually had a 13 point lead late in the game and were only 1 point down with 6 seconds to play in the game, and they had possession.
after the timeout the ball was passed to ucla star baron davis who got a pick from his big man but on the switch was being guarded by their center. instead of using the mismatch as an opportunity to drive the lane and possibly lure a foul or dishing out to the hot hand of rascul butler, he pulled up to attempt to shoot over the 7 foot cav, and basically threw up a forced airball.
the cursed clippers lose again.
we took the subway each way and were introduced to a lot of the unsavory types ive grown used to but my bro from the wesssside was startled by a few to say the least.
we also didnt appreciate the blue line driver, who even though seeing dozens of metroriders frantically trying to buy tickets, pulled away from the station after being there just seconds to drop off passengers. since the pico station is the second to last stop on that line, would it have killed him to wait a full minute or two to pick up these riders?
this is why people are sketched out about public transportation and investing downtown.
for starters.
with the “world’s greatest newspaper”
it starts off dull, but stick around (or forward to 12:55) to see the weird tunnels underneath the trib tower
via Chicago Now