to see how she could hang

went to the other donut place in inglewood that has a donut on the roof

then had some delicious soul food at Berthas

bertha has a beautiful list of rules which we tried to obey

berthas kids run the front, her husband sits by the door and says “Yeah!” when you enter and when you exit.

we found some hair in the cornbread

and then in the chicken.

didnt stop me one bit, but the date was not at all impressed. more on her later.

the busblog hasnt asked much of you all in quite a while. used to be a time when id ask my lovely readers for money, or dates, or really outrageous things. but in the last few years, to be honest, i havent needed a damn thing.

today i need your help.

a few months ago i switched servers. it was a move that was seamless for most of you. i quietly moved from the sweet soft servers of Nothing Special over to the industrial strength love of canadas Media Temple.

all was well except for one thing – Google started indexing the busblog as if it was some new thing. and the search results that this 8 1/2 year old blog used to get naturally were suddenly not there.

the most damaging was the result for my name, tony.

so this is what im asking of you. lots of you link to me, and for that im indebted, big time. but many of you link to me as “tony pierce” or “da blogfather” or “my babys daddy” ect. and sometimes you link to my how to blog rules or to just tonypierce.com

all of those things are super nice, but lets try this one thing.

just link to me using the single word “tony”, and make the url http://www.tonypierce.com/blog/bloggy.htm

once there was a time when this humble blog would rank in the top 3 simply for “tony”, and even though im now in the front page of results for that word Ocassionally, if we organized who knows what might happen.

so if you could, and would, change your links that would be oh so swell.

gratzi, tony

it was always a reader of the busblog, which surprised me for some reason, because i had thought that the busblog had lost all its steam. so not so.

one of the first times that this happened to me i was heading over to the casino de great hamburgers place and i heard this voice yell out

tony pierce?

being that i had just come from a mixer and had downed a few start-me-ups, i thought i was hearing voices.

but no, it was michael castellon and his lovely bride.

we all took pictures and today he uploaded this one.

ah the past… its always in black n white.

Dan: Two part question: a) Can O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh be stopped/shutted (not a word?) the f up? b) Is it because I’m canadian that I wish Jon Stewart would run for congress and then President? Or are there Americans down there that share my sentiment?

what exactly do you want o’reilly and rush to stop doing? if you want jon stewart to run for congress then that probably means you lean left. and if thats the case then theres no better argument for liberalism than the things that come out of o’reilly and rush’s mouths. the o’reilly/limbaugh act has helped catapult msnbc from otherwise obscurity to the #2 prime time cable news network. cnn is #3. with rush and limbaugh theres no worst person in the world, thus no keith o or rachel. if you hate the gop enough to wish that a comedian like stewart would run for congress then you should pray for the health of the factor and rush – and hope that their shows get sent through every medium possible. not only do they make obama seem even smarter and more reasonable in comparison, but they make us all seem smarter and more reasonable.

sass: I have to miss my call back audition slot for a MuchMusic VJ position because I will be in Hong Kong. What should I do to convince them to see me a week later when I’m back in Toronto? or y’know HIRE ME already?

write them a letter on that leopard print stationary of yrs. tell them some people only come around once an eon. and this week shes in hong kong, but next week she will omg be in toronto canada usa jr. sign it, kiss it, and spritz some of that joy on there. on the back of the envelope put your name, their address, and the date you wanna audition and the time. put the envelope in a fed ex box and send it to them.

Scott T. Sterling: What are you feelings about Wolfmother “Phase II”? These new details just emerged from their label Modular:

“Watch this space for some exciting news from Wolfmother early next week!

Singer Andrew Stockdale has been busy writing the next Wolfmother album and will head into the studio with producer Alan Moulder over the next few weeks. The latest version of the band incarnate is performing this weekend at the MTV Music Video Awards in Australia. The performance will be recorded & telecast worldwide via a new MTV initiative called World Stage to 160+ countries on Friday April 17.”

Scott T. Sterling: 2. Are you feeling any better yet?

i amd doing better. in part because you are letting me know that whiteboy afro 70s rock is coming back from down under. oh and look at this scott t sterling, its an audience bootleg video from this weekends vmas in austrailia:

yes the force is strong with him. hopefully he can rid himself of all that carrottop business going on with his hair.

Christian: Chicago vs Vancouver. First round in the NHL playoffs. Predictions?

of all the canadian hockey teams that remain, the canucks are my favorite. and i dont say that just because my second most wild encounter happened there. with that said, the hawks will own the nucks. the last time they played chicago fell apart but that was the regular season. the playoffs start tonight in a way because this game secures home ice and if the hawks get it its over.

Sarah: If you weren’t raised in a religious household, how did you come to love the Lord as much as you do?

my mom thnks it was a religious household but we didnt say grace at dinner unless it was a holiday, we didnt go to church unless it was a holiday and we didnt sacrifice lambs and spread their blood on the posts of the house unless, you guessed it, it was a holiday. which believe it or not might be the reason why i have the relationship to the Lord that i do today – it wasnt forced.

Rock Baby: Do you think Patience is hotter with Blonde or Brown hair?

because Patience’s beauty comes from within shes hot regardless whats dyed into her locks. but i will say, when i first saw her in austin with blonde hair i was all “oh no now movie stars are into the Grates” cuz i thought she was some starlet. when she turned out to be Patience then that was sorta weird at first because she was previous more of an everygirl, but now shes bigger and deffer. but she should be. rock needs her help.

g/d: art project # 0: your collage would contain?

there was a time when i would rock a collage. and my truest really loves doing them. but me, i love my magazines waaaay too much to chop em up for some arts and crafts project and all that would end up being is a collection of models id wanna get drunk with and cars id wanna wreck. so mostly the cast of the hills and bmws and rolls.

Sharp: I did a post under 1000 words filled with lots of pictures, and I thought of your photo essays while I did it. What can I improve?

i say this as a poetry major. run as fast from poems as possible. theres only a tiny amount of people who can get away with poetry these days and all of those people hate themselves privately. great subject, good pics, but id even say go for performance art before you go the way of the romantics. more photo essays definatly though.

Unsilent Majority: You’re well-traveled sir. What Should I do in Washington D.C. when I go there in May? And I don’t mean give me a museum map.

because of the high density of african americans in our nations capital may i recommend any of these fine soul food establishments: Oohs and Ahhs or the Hitching Post. If you’re veggie/vegan, may i suggest Soul Vegetarian Exodus.

David: Is the big east really the best conference in college b-ball or is it just that the media

as a member of the media, i can say that we are never to blame for anything, particularly perceptions. and seeing as a state school just beat the big east champs, i guess the real fans will have to look toward the big west to fill their basketball jones.

Joe: Tony, where, oh where, could my baby be?

if youre lucky shes braiding my baby’s hair as they study for finals.

: prince, elton and billy, the grates

the tonight in rock list over at LAist is sooooo long

heres just an excerpt

Prince @ Conga Room (Sold-Out; Show at 9:30 PM)
Prince @ Nokia Theatre (Sold-Out; Show at 7 PM)
Prince @ Club Nokia (Sold-Out; Show at 12 AM)
Tom Morello Justice Tour w/ The Nightwatchman, Slash, Shooter Jennings, Serj Tankian, Wayne Kramer, Boots Riley, Corey Taylor @ Henry Fonda Music Box
Suicidal Tendencies, Biohazard, The Prodigal Son @ Hollywood Palladium
J.J. Cale, Pieta Brown @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Sold-Out)
Z Berg (of the Like), Michael Runion, Blake Mills @ Home Restaurant (Free! At the new Home on Riverside)
The Grates, The Gibbs, Top Critter @ Silver Lake Lounge
The One AM Radio, Amateurs @ Space 15 Twenty
AIDS Wolf, White Mice, Bipolar Bear, Okie Dokie @ The Smell
The Underground Rairload to Candyland, Bobot Adrenaline, Holding on to Sound, Vlad and the Impalers @ Juanita’s Restaurant & Bar
Ninja Academy @ Old Towne Pub
New Found Glory, Bayside, Set Your Goals @ Avalon
Shwayze @ The Roxy
Elton John, Billy Joel @ Honda Center
Psycroptic, Decrepit Birth, Suffocation, Veil of Maya, Whitechapel, Carcass, Samael @ The Grove of Anaheim

read the whole list here

just turn off yr lights for an hour

sounds lame, i know, but if the aussies are doing it, then its ok with me

speaking of aussies, the grates play tonight at 8pm at the silverlake lounge (will they turn off the lights at 8:30?) and monday night at 10pm at spaceland

and i wrote about them on Pop n Hiss.

but back to earth hour. its already happening around the world

weird to hear people gasp over flickign a switch, but there you have it

its friday so ask tony

i promise not to be creepy like smokey was with joss last nite on idol

so i watched the jimmy fallon show because they had yr girl anna kournikova on in a tiny dress

then i watched the jay leno show because prince was on, and he was funky y’all

is a good way to “grow the economy”

president hope n change just crushed millions of stoners around the nation today. the white house had its online town hall meeting and lots of people wanted to know from the commander n chief if during this period of economic downturn if ending the war on a drug that is getting lots of people high might be one way to improve our economy.

some lawmakers here in california seem to think that it could mean that the $14 billion cash crop could generate over $1 billion annually to the state’s coffers, if not more when you consider how much we pay to prosecute and jail growers sellers and users of the versatile plant.

while every other question mr obama took he greeted in a serious manner, the matter of legalizing marijuana was brushed past so quickly and with such little explanation that the kids on digg cried (coughed?) foul.

-laughing tears: “What’s he been smoking?”

– diggitydingdongdiggitydingdong: “C’mon, the man inhaled.”

– mr fuzz: “could the money for enforcement be used for something more productive ?”

– rancemo: “FTA: ‘I don’t know what this says about the online audience’

“Obviously this is his way of discrediting the internet, as if we’re all a bunch of idiots.

“Abolish the whole federal government! Really, what do they do that can’t be done without them? They’re just a bunch of violent thieving thugs — organized crime at it’s worst!”

and this is just a small sample from those who have commented in the last few hours. the post is on the precipice of going popular on Digg and then the Digg crowd will pile on like mad. just watch.

and pop the popcorn because of this: Digg users have shown that they absolutely support Obama just as much as they support the end of the war on drugs. here we have an issue that they are passionate about thats in direct opposition with their favorite politician in an instance where they see some hypocrisy because it was just five years ago that Obama said, “We need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws.” The president said nothing close to that today.