that all they need is 1 great song and theyd be huge.
sadly this is not that song.
but sweet ass vid, bros.
datarock, like gwar, have such a cool and distinctive look
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the cubs magic number is 73.
just sayin
Steven Allen Adams: I turn 27 tomorrow: what should I do?
the gay dude in the new Real World (cancun) says that he doesnt celebrate birthday, he enjoys birthweek. so i say all week you party hearty which for me includes cake icecream video games good friends family and indulge in a really really good book.
g/d: Any theories,,,,? if the life roller coaster seems to be going down more then up.
isnt that the funny thing about roller coasters? typically when its going down thats the funnest part, whereas the creeping, creaking, upswing is usually the scariest part? i say enjoy the entire ride because just like at the amusement park – it’s over before you know it.
Sarah: I’ve never seen you through the roof angry. What makes you mad?
you have never seen me super angry because you are a very hard worker. laziness gets me pissed off, and pissing away great opportunities pisses me off. every day i pass this home depot and day and night there are guys leaning against the concrete fence waiting in the heat for any job to do any thing. i think about these guys all the time because i know of other people who dont fully appreciate the luck of the dice that helped them find themselves in their good positions in life. i also dont like it when hot babes cancel on me.
Ali M: In an episode of the Simpsons, Mr. Burns says to a class of 4th graders: “Family, Friends, Religion. These are the three demons you must slay to succeed in business” How true is that, seriously?
ah, a quote from one of my favorite Simpsons episodes. if you recall, this was the one where Mr. Burns begins the episode with that quote as he is addressing the Junior Achievers but midway through the show he finds out that his empire isn’t worth very much at all (due to poor stock choices by his Yes Men). Mr. Burns gets inspired by Lisa’s environmental passions – one that includes snipping six-pack plastic holders so that fish dont get trapped. Ever the entrepreneur, Mr. Burns fashions a huge net from recycled six pack plastic toppers and scoops of huge swaths of sea life and creates Lil Lisa Slurry from ground up sea creatures.
while its somewhat true that the Slurry would be a profitable business (according the the Simpsons Archive nerds, the Recycling Center that Burns sells earns him more than the nuke plant), it would have alienated Lisa from her family and friends, and GOD would have been pretty pissed at the wanton abuse of his beasts.
but it would have made them both some big paper which all the girlies love. so yes, as always Burns is right about business, but would you rather be filthy rich and alone for the exception of a closeted yes-man, or middle classed surrounded with good friends, family, and a possible place beyond the pearly gates?
jackassjimmy: If the girl whom you were close friends with for only one year of college, and then transferred out, hunts you down after 12 years, is that friendzone material or endzone material?
the concept of the Friend Zone is a cute one, but in theory makes no sense. what person would rather have a serious relationship with a stranger as opposed to a good friend who they trust and can communicate honestly with? why would someone basically punish someone else simply because they didnt bone after the first month of meeting each other? it’s my belief that one reason the divorce rate is over 50% is because of concepts likes the Friend Zone. so chuckle when she stiff arms you with the laughable idea, distract her, and plant one on her.
Mike: can you get me a jorb here in B.C.?
no but i can get you a rojb here in LA.
adrienne: what’s a good comeback for haters who anonymously leave comments?
wow, we’re coming up to the five year anniversary of the classic busblog post “How to Leave a Comment” which addresses the problem that some have with anonymous commentors. warning, it contains some adult language and i cant guarantee it will work for every blog, but you have to have the courage to stand up for what you believe in, or the ability to ban people who you dont wanna deal with.
katie: turtle without a shell: homeless or naked?
isnt it interesting that animals have no problems with being homeless or naked? and no that’s not one of my favorite pick up lines. yet.
zona: what bitchin’ hotel should I stay in when I get there? $75 tops
ahhhh, a trick question. for if i knew of a $75 hotel in LA that would mean that i am familiar with such establishments typically frequented by those employeed in the oldest profession. but if i dont know of any great deals then i lose my crown as King of Los Angeles.
with that said, i have never stayed at this motel, and i cannot validate its bitchin status, but it definately has a bitchin location. the Motel 6 right off Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood very close to Hollywood and Highland has rooms right around $75 after tax.
Krista: What should a 23 year old crazy girl be doing with her life right now?
pretend that youre young in yr twenties, and then honor youth by raging free. also dont do anything that you cant do when you become less crazy in yr 30s.
Laura HK: Are you going to our 75th high school reunion this fall?
this is an excellent question and a tough choice because unlike most people, i actually liked high school. i was relatively popular, i got along with all of the cliques and ive sorta made something from my socalled life. however i did move away from our lovely hometown the day after hs graduation and ive never attended any of our reunions.
while it would be interesting to see what everyone else is up to, its pretty much culture shock any time i go back home to visit. i love the midwest and the suburbs of chicago, and im totally happy that i grew up there, but LA and Hollywood are really differnt and im afraid im pretty different than i was nearly 100 years ago. in some ways im the same, but my heart has always been interested in exploring the wild and unusual and im nervous that it would be hard to appreciate things the way they should be, which is why ive stayed far away cuz the last thing id wanna do is judge.
best nirvana mashup since the time they mixed bootilicious with teen spirit
rick astley continues to be adored by an internet that found something in him that we clearly overlooked in the 80s
sunset junction might not happen
but they now have a poster!
week in review: it was a tough one
– it was a bad week for “The Homecoming”… on Wednesday Mischa Barton the star of the scary movie, directed by Morgan J. Freeman (the man who brought you “16 and Pregnant”), was sent to the psych ward of a hospital after she had a phone call with police. because of her incarceration Barton missed her own premiere. if that wasn’t bad enough, here it is Sunday and “The Homecoming” has a perfectly awful 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes after 15 reviews. The NY Times scoffed, “Homecoming is coldly efficient for what it is. But what it is is trash.”
– it was a bad week for trade secrets if your name is Twitter… some hacker broke into one of their employees’ email accounts and then was able to find out pretty much everything the company has done, is doing, and wants to do – and then sent it all to TechCrunch who subsequently published a good chunk of it into the interwebs. the only thing it really taught me is that Ev Biz and Jason really think hard about the way they do business and not only want Twitter to really succeed, but they want their employees to be super happy.
– it was a bad week for curling your hair naked in your hotel room… ESPN hottie discovered the hard way that asswipes will go that extra step to put a spycam through a hotel keyhole and video as much as one can – and subsequently post it on the web. but what could be worse is even after all the “attention”, no one remembers the blonde reporters name, nor would recognize her if she waltzed past. or is that the silver lining?
– it was a bad week for gravity… a man tried to kill himself in Orange County by jumping out of a window (yes, Irvine can do that to ya). Unfortunately the hotel was only 8 stories high and he landed on a well maintained slab of grass. he’ll have a sore back and a broken bone or two, but now he’ll actually have to face his demons. take em on head first, bro.
– it was a bad week for Black dudes dressed up in KKK outfits… a gentleman who claims his name is Michael Hunt went to fight City Hall this week dressed in a curious getup for an African American. when it was his turn to rock the mic to protest the fact that he was not allowed a vendors license, the council walked out on him, ruining the quorum, and shutting down the meeting. was it the hat?
theres no way you will see me rocking out to this tonight at midnight
and i was unaware that the donnas had a greatest hits record out
although its way overdue.
im also being told they have a live dvd out and they are about to go on tour with Blondie and Pat Benatar
omg its friday
omg subway has a michael phelps ad with “buzz” in the url
omg ask tony ur questions and watch yr dreams come true
some people flock to the spotlight
some people adore the public attention
not me. i like the behind the scenes action. i like the personal relationships. i like helping those with the dreams of being a star to reach those dreams.
yet somehow i often find myself on a stage or in front of a camera or being quoted by the powerful and its so embarrassing to me because i swear to you my desire is to be in the back back background.
a ghost in the machine.
yesterday at this time i was freaking out because i was preparing to be the host of a panel discussion in the Chandler Auditorium at the LA Times.
that would be scary enough. but in the audience was all of our major advertisers. so one false move and… tragedy.
little did i know our publisher (pictured, above) was going to introduce me, and my boss was going to follow me and show off our new redesign which we will launch next month.
on the panel were two entrepreneurs (one from Ning, one from Passenger), our social media chief at the Times – Andrew Nystrom, and a VP from Facebook. the discussion was social networking and social media and how brands and advertisers could better use it to attract and retain their customers.
i was shaking, which in a way is a cool feeling because it reminds me that im alive. its the same feeling i get right before im about to kiss a hot babe for the first time. but its not a feeling that i live for like some of the actors and musicians ive met. its an unnatural buzz that i wouldnt mind not having for the rest of the year.
but i learned from years of public speaking when i was a rep for Philips/Magnavox and several startups that the best way to get rid of the shakes is to literally jump into the fear. so off-script, after i took the stage but before i introduced the panel, i took the wireless mic with me into the standing room only crowd and said hi to the advertisers in the front row. there was amoeba and audi and LA Live and several others and i asked everyone to give each other a round of applause for making it to the 9am summit and we were ready to rock.
all went well, people laughed when they should. we had a twitter stream running on a huge movie screen behind us, and we invited people to comment with the hashtag #smms at the end of their tweet, and i think many were impressed and amused that their message instantly made it on the screen for all to see. it was proof that social networking was all around is, part of our literal and virtual conversation, and it was clearly in the house.
afterwards people congratulated me, but i was just happy it was over. some people are Talent, as they call actors and musicians in hollywood, im quite satisfied just being part of the crew.
around lunchtime i got an email from one of the powerful women who put together the summit. she was inviting me and the dozen other LAT staffers who were integral to the event for a pizza party upstairs, and i saw something that id never seen before. it was super cool. after we had our pizza and ate cupcakes, she went around the table and personally thanked each and every one of us in a heartfelt and beautiful way. she even thanked my intern (who had been running the computer that showed the twitter stream) because one false move and tragedy could have happened. as we walked down the hall after the lunch i told him, i know youre 20 and never had that many jobs – what you just saw, high ranking management being that sincere and geniune is something ive never seen in all my days – and ive worked with great people before, and i currently work with great people. but i told my guy, dont get used to that, that was super cool and very out of the ordinary.
and the rest of the day was wild, but i felt the after buzz of all that adrenaline. and it was so very nice to end the day with sushi with karisa and much needed booze.
the best quote of the panel? it came from andrew leary of the social media network Passenger. in describing social networking he said something so good that it fit this tweet: social media is like teen sex. everyone wants to have it; no one knows how to do it; when it’s over they say “that’s it?!?”
the best reveal of the summit? our publisher announced that according to neilson the LA Times website is the fastest growing newspaper site over the last 12 months. whereas some websites have actually lost readers (huge newspapers that many of you know), LAT.com is number 1 by a LOT.
you can see the rest of the stream of #smms tweets here.
i have to lead a panel discussion in about 90 minutes
im very nervous
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the times they are a’changing!
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