and im sure she feels like its the cruelest curse

she can fly off to the dark continent for forever
she can sneer or smile
doesnt matter
my heart breakdances just being around her.
its kinda sick, really

and now im about to fly back home.

but im reacquainting chris to american culture

example one: the mashup

led snoopalin

but we celebrated it here in oregon today

chris’s sister and two nephews came down from eugene. we had a delicious brunch

and then the cake came!

and then the gifts!

after the gifts we played baseball in the front yard after taking a walk around the river in the back yard. the following pics are either on chris’s family’s property or 100 yards north or south of their land.

love this place

hes 29.

besides being a great blogger, anti is a fantastic photographer, and one of the finest video directors of all time.

his “a film” series will be pieced together and screened in the future and gain him an oscar. just wait.

when i was at LAist anti was one of the first people i wanted to work with. i was thrilled when he accepted, and im totally stoked that he is still the Subculture Editor.

anti as you might know is engaged to the lovely big tanky and i couldnt be more excited for both of them to repopulate this earth with groovy cool kids just like them.

happy birthday bro, thanks for keeping it real, and showing us all how it is supposed to be.

photo of anti with la times editor russ stanton via anti’s buzznet

so here are the answers

Will Campbell demands: Fess up T, did you try to bring a broom to the stadium with you again?

I would have loved to bring the broom to the first game of the series, but the point of the broom is to bring it at the end of the series as you have just swept your opponent. if the Dodgers make it to the playoffs, i will gladly bring it to that series when the Cubs come to town.

4rilla remembers: Funny you mention brooms, because in last week’ Ask Tony the busblog predicted a 4 game sweep of The Celtics. After game one we know that will no longer be the case. So with one game in hand can I have a new prediction on the series? And is LA Times sportwriter Bill Plaschike serrious when he wrote that Paul Pierce “faked” his leg injury last night?

Clearly i am not a psychic, plus, the Lakers like to play with their food before they eat it.

kali asks: what’s your take on instant replay as pertains to baseball?

the only reason people argue against the instant replay is because they say that it would make the game too long. personally i dont know what they are rushing home to do. blog? baseball could be 4 hours long and i would be happy. infact many times when you go to a game you tailgate first and then drink after. so why rush the game? wouldnt you rahter it be accurate? so im all in favor of longer, more accurate games.

Chris Carnaghi questions: CHANGE ! seems to be a word we will be hearing a lot for the next few months. Do you really think that ANY new administration can affect change? Think about the mountain of not just one but many issues that lie ahead. The office of the President has nothing to do with the economy. IMO Our quality of life is directly proportionate to how much we are getting laid, and if we consistantly stay inspired, and of course if the bills are getting paid. So getting paid and getting laid. Not when the wars will end. Your take Reverend?

obama was one of (if not The) most liberal senators in congress. meanwhile this administration was the epitome of neo-con. therefore if barry wins then it will be pretty hard *not* to invoke a good deal of change with a democratic congress. plus if you believe the polls

Aaron wonders: is this week’s Ask Tony supposed to be questions phrased for yes or no answers? is the Tampa Bay Devil Rays start the most surprising thing in baseball so far? do you still hate the American League?

the american league is a travesty to the word baseball. it would be better off be called Baseball Lite or QuasiBall. when there are two outs in the bottom of the 8th in a 0-0 game and your pitcher is up, in BASEBALL you are forced to make a managerial decision. do you leave him in because hes throwing a shutout, or do you pinch hit for him because every run counts? thats the game we love. thats the game we played as kids. tampa bay does whatever they do in a world that slightly resembles baseball but it better suited for folks in skirts. so let them perform well minus the all star play of their centerfielder.

Sharp (aka Azreal Darkskies) queries: Before you were legal drinking age, all of those decades ago, where did you go to get your drink on? Did you ever do spoken word for audiences?

the place was called Wrigley Field. the beer was called Old Style. back then there were hardly ever any sell outs. so they gladly sold to the kids or anyone else who showed up to see the cubs lose. spoken word is for chumps, and henry rollins. so yes. but only during college.

seechittahrun asks: WHat do you think are the chances that McCain will be the next pres.?

im no conspiracy theorists, but the voting machine controversy is an interesting one that makes me think anyone has a chance. even ron paul.

zona zonders: Toss Ron Paul and Hillary out and tell us who you think the VEEP should be and who it’s gonna be. (if it’s two different answers)

romney and that governor in virgina would be the ones i would bet on if i was a betting man.

anti axes: what controlled substances have you ever tried out?

i went to college in whats known as a “party town”. so i tried pretty much everything. including lite beers.

keir admits: Well, I still hate the American League. good archivist? My question is: do you still have your Daily Nexus writings and tearsheets all stashed away like a

even though the college i went to was in a party town, the paper was extremely well organized. they gave all the editors bound editions of all the Nexus papers for that year. they even put our name on the cover of the bound product. i think Jeff Whalen of Tsar has one year of my bound edition. but i prefer not to look back. only look forward.

Jennie, just like many, ask: When are you going back to Canada? I hear it misses you.

as much as i would like to go back to Canada, i really dont see it in my calendar until like new years. i miss it too.

Dan wonders: What do you think of Noam Chomsky?

i think he has a funny name.

Krista kuestions: hi tony, PC or mac? xo

i used a mac at buzznet. got 13 million hits off that little powerbook in just 8 months. but when i was let go i gladly handed that thing back. im not sold on the cult of mac. i love my iphone, i believe in OSX, and some of my best friends use macs, but im a pc dude. im writing you right now on an IBM thinkpad which was brought to me by a cub fan who sent it to me a week after i was fired. its done me very well. thank you Urban Hayseed.

we’re off to see the new Adam Sandler movie, but keep asking questions, cuz i will answer them tonight.

in the meantime, if you wanna see our publisher sing the Star Spangled Banner, just click here

but before you ask, here are some answers:

yes i love you
yes i went to the cubs game last night and it was awesome
yes i almost got into a fight with a gangmember there who tried to make me sit down
yes it was in the bottom of the ninth with the cubs up and thats when you stand IN AMERICA
yes i was drunk, yes i woulda beat his ass and kissed his pregnant wife
yes she had writing on her belly saying go dodgers or some shit
yes their little son had black makeup on his face to resemble a beard and moustache for some reason
yes our publisher david hiller sang the national anthem to kick off the game
yes it was pretty damn good
yes i took video and yes it will be up on one of the LA Times blogs very soon, today
yes it will either be on the Dodger blog or the local blog LA Now because
no we dont have a singing blog
yes im on my way to the airport to see chris in oregon
yes i have a housesitter so no more requests please
yes i think the cubs are gonna go all the way
yes i noticed that there were no Laker updates at Dodger stadium during or after the game
yes i think thats pretty lame.
k… go!

and it was a pretty great interview

even though he has been #1 for years on radio, and recently he got 8 million people to pay to listen to him on satellite, im not sure people give him the respect he deserves as an interviewer.

he asks far tougher questions than pretty much anyone outside of 60 minutes, and 60 minutes doesnt even ask celebs some of the things he asked rosie the other day.

the interview was scheduled to last 10 minutes but ended up going 45 minutes because over the last years both howard and rosie have warmed to each other.

listen to the whole interview here on On the Stern Show

im actually gonna speak on this panel in beverly hills next tuesday.

i shouldnta accepted because i get back from oregon monday, but its being hosted by these two dudes who i like a lot who are the faces of current tv. max n jason.

i am also doing it because robert greenwald of brave new films is on the panel and i like what they are doing in regards to viral marketing thru inexpensive but pointed videos that are hosted on youtube. you dont have to agree with his politics or agenda, but you should be paying attention to his methods because they are techniques anyone could use.

the panel is called Beyond the Anchor Desk: The Rise of Citizen Journalism, its being held at the paley center which used to be the museum of radio and television.

im not super crazy about being on panels of any sort because half the time i think who the hell am i to be yammering away like some stuffed shirt, but then i look in the mirror and down at the scale and realize my shirt’s stuffed, my pants are stuffed, etc etc. but i do know that part of my responsibilities at my job are to do some of these things a few times a year, and max and jason are good people, so it wasnt allll that hard to say yes, but i did hesitate.

last week i had to put together a dvd video intro about what we’re doing blogwise at the times and i included our user generated section your scene and ICU which our editor russ stanton talked about yesterday in his interview with media bistro. so hopefully that will touch on some of the citizen journalism talking points that they might wanna panel about. who knows.

frankly i hate the term citizen journalism, because if you ask me, blogging isnt journalism, neither is taking pictures of a fire in your neighborhood. to me, journalism is an art that you hone. just because you learn a few chords on the piano doesnt mean youre a musician. likewise just because you publish some crap on a blog doesnt make you a blogger. i also believe blogging is an art. its slightly related to the art of journalism, but it’s different. in some cases very different to journalism.

but those are semantics and tonight i am up late (for me, at least) because i need to create a bio for this panel and i dont know what to say,

tony pierce is a gen-x slacker addicted to the web. he’d rather be blogging or helping people blog. he moved out to california the day after his high school graduation and never looked back. a graduate of u can study buzzed and the daily nexus, tony has been blogging since fall of 2001 and is currently the blog editor of the los angeles times, a job he used to publicly wish for in his personal blog, the busblog. dreams can really come true. hes also a cub fan who believes that this is the year.

think theyd go for that?

tonight the cubs are in town and im going with several coworkers and i cant wait.

– first off, above is my choice for the album cover o the year. the band is called Women. they’re from canada. and the edmonton sun says that it “descends into total, wing-pinning noise, then rises up directly into the clouds with almost blinding hope, the stuff of Christian rock camps, but with stolen beer.” h/t Gorilla vs Bear who even has some MP3s for you to download.

– next we have two new blogs at the LA Times that you should familiarize yrselves with. the first is an outdoors blog called Outposts and our Technology section front has magically transformed into a kickass blog.

– ever wanna walk through the insides of a colon? if you live in or around Irvine you might have already felt like you do that all the time, but now you get to really do it.

– how is it that Liz Phair still looks exactly the same after all these years?

– so did any of you see the Obama speech? yeah whatevs, what about Wonkette’s liveblogging of the Hillary speech – now that was good eatin. my hats off to mr ken layne for not just his coverage but the craziness in his comments. damn those readers crazy