we loved him so much that we kept him on board as he finished his senior year at Maryland. this summer he is driving across country from MD to CA and documenting his journey for our travel blog

the day Michael Jackson died he just happened to be in Detroit so he went to the home of Motown, the label that discovered he and his brothers.

like any good journalist and blogger he whipped out his camera and began interviewing people.

this simple little video has so far gotten over a half million views probably because it provides a nice slice of life of how the locals mourned his death and celebrated his life.

nice work mark.

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the original video is the audacity of pop.

and the dancing…

who said “this is the first morning of my life that michael jackson wont see”

and with that, its friday, so its ask tony

our website will get more hits than it ever got. more than obama winning, more than obama being inaugurated.

our blogs have already gotten over a couple million pageviews.

but i have lost some pretty important people in my life today.

all i wanna do is cry.

Michael Jackson was rushed to the hospital this afternoon:

Pop star Michael Jackson was rushed to a hospital this afternoon by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics.

Capt. Steve Ruda said paramedics responded to a call at Jackson’s home around 12:26 p.m. He was not breathing when they arrived. The parademics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda told The Times.

i cant really believe how sad i am about this. always been a huge fan. was even considering going to London to see one of his 50 shows.

long live Michael Jackson

the clash’s london calling
the jack daniels bottle
lynda barry’s cruddy
the blues brothers

the use of the moneymaker by rilo kiley is totally perfect in this commercial.

and finally i know what i want for dinner.

Rilo Kiley – The Moneymaker – Rilo Kiley

who gave him four sons?

nothing.

not a thing.

ok maybe one or two things.

or close to twenty.

i saw so many funny Tweets about the disgraced governor that i put a few together for the Top of the Ticket blog.

a few samples:

Bagyants: “Sanford turned down one stimulus, accepted another. Flip flopper!

TeresaKopec: So instead of walking the trail, he was chasing some tail.”

alanpdx: “The reason the #gop is so upset with #sanford is that he outsourced his hookers to a South American country.”

i still see many more and although id love to do a sequel, im pretty busy thinking about what salad to eat for lunch.

you know what else i like? being able to hear the singer sing at rock concerts.

you know what i didnt hear last night at the Dinosaur Jr. show? J Mascis’ beautiful singing.

being that this is the second show in two years at the Troubadour where the vocals were clearly missing from the dinosaur mix, it would lead me to believe that either the band doesnt want the crowd to hear the singing – or that the sound engineer was overwhelmed with the literal wall of sound produced by a trio of Marshall amps placed behind the gray haired rock god.

funny thing happened on the way to thinking that the band didnt want J’s vocals to be heard: the two songs sung by the bassist Lou Barlow

couldnt hear him neither.

fortunately beers were cheap and karisa somehow is looking hotter and hotter with each passing day, both factors im sure inspired the crowd to get over the fact that the show had turned into a rock band karaoke night and the last four songs of the set included some spirited moshing and crowd surfing.

let it be known that i will gladly get the new dinosaur record that came out yesterday but i probably will pass if they ever play the troubadour again.

its one of the benefits of working downtown kitty corner from City Hall. i guess people think that they will be able to get the attention of the mayors office and the newspaper at the same time.

only problem is both the paper and the city hallians are busy folk and probably arent going to respond to much of anything marching down 1st street in LA unless its a totally angry mob, or a tank.

someone is telling me real life ghost stories.

apparently a drunk old man ghost was walking down one of the streets of Culver City last night. although i love ghost stories, ive never seen a ghost. but i wouldnt be surprised if they were real.

the reason i believe this one was real was cuz two dogs were barking at the drunk ghost, like crazy, then a truck passed by

AND THE GHOST WAS GONE!