what are you looking at?

I could not even

escape Michael Jackson's name

at yoga. YOGA!

How can you not love Triumph the Insult Comic Dog?!

Well, one, anyway.  and one I'm NOT interested in.

I get emails from Ticket Bastard and saw this on the side.  Miley Cyrus concerts are having paperless tickets.  Just think about this for a minute.  Paperless tickets.  No actual tickets, no tickets you print out at home.

*thinking*

*thinking*

*thinking*

Here's the link:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/mileycyrus?ac_link=miley0...

This was on the page:

Miley Cyrus and paperless ticketing:

Still Have Questions?
Find out all you need to know about Paperless Ticketing for the Miley Cyrus Tour. Click Here
To ensure that the tickets remain in the hands of the fan, paperless ticketing requires that the cardholder who purchased the tickets presents their credit card at the door for admission. We would advise you to have the person, who will be attending the show, purchase the tickets themselves with their credit card and then you can reimburse them. Please adhere to the published 4 ticket limit per household. Fan club members are restricted to a 4 ticket limit per membership household, regardless of multiple memberships. Consumers may not exceed the ticket limit whether tickets are purchased during the presale and/or general onsale. Persons who exceed the ticket limit may have any or all of their orders and tickets cancelled without notice by Ticketmaster in its discretion. Gift Cards will not be accepted and we reserve the right to cancel your ticket order if used as a form of payment. Fans in Des Moines, IA; Las Vegas, NV; Tulsa, OK; Philadelphia, PA; Portland, OR and Columbia, SC should visit their local concert venue Web site for purchase information as tickets will not be sold through Ticketmaster. The Miley Cyrus Tour is donating $0.75 of the venue's Facility Fee to the City of Hope.

********************************************

Okay. Considering her fanbase, I am guessing that most of the attendee wannabes are not going to have a credit card. If their parents have a credit card, but don't want to actually have to listen to Miley Cyrus for 2 hours, they have to walk their kids to the gate and present their credit card.

If you don't have a credit card, or a government-issued ID, you are SHIT OUTTA LUCK. If you are, say, visiting the country, or living here *gasp* illegally or even with a visa from another country, does that mean you couldn't attend? Does it have to be a US government issued ID?

You can't buy tickets at the venue for cash. You have to use a credit card. Then they issue you a seat pass when you go thru the rigamarole of swiping your credit card at the door. Can you imagine how long that is going to take for an arena full of people? OMG...what a fiasco that will be. I don't expect this to catch on.

If you buy the tickets and can't make it, or can't even be available to drive your kids to the concert, YOU ARE SHIT OUTTA LUCK.  If you want to even give the tickets away, YOU ARE SHIT OUTTA LUCK.

This will be a fiasco.

Imagine how long it is going to take to get 10,000 people, or however many would attend, into the venue.  PLUS having them swipe your credit card a second time, at the venue?  Ick, I don't like that idea.

I understand they are trying to cut back on scalpers buying up all the tickets and then jacking up the prices, especially for what is essentially a kids concert.  However, this was not very well thought out.  Stay tuned.... 

Hey Bill...you got a boogie on yer face

 

I don't know what that look is...Hobo Pimp?

I was in Las Vegas for Earth Hour, rather by accident.  If you missed it, it was Saturday, March 28th from 8:30-9:30.  I think 2000 or so cities around the world turned out their lights to raise awareness about global warming and energy consumption or something.  (when in doubt, end your sentence with "or something".) I should have been in Havana, Cuba where it wouldn't have been very noticeable, I suspect, if they'd participated, but we won't dwell on that anymore.  What better place to see the lights go out than Sin City?  I was staying with my friend who lives just outside of Vegas and we went on one of the pedestrian overpasses for a better view.  The lights went out one by one, and of course the street lights stayed on and while the difference was amazing, it's not like it was pitch dark like you were gonna get mugged (although that was everyone's reaction when I told them that I was going to be there for it, and it was the same reaction my friend's friends and family had as well, sheesh...). 

The Flamingo before:

 

and after:

 

Pretty weird, right? 

The following pictures are looking the opposite way down the street from The Flamingo:

 

 

Paris balloon is still lit in the above one.

But not below. 

That green/yellow thing in the middle with a backward D is a reflection, there is plexiglass on the sides of the walkway.

 

 

I think the above shot is looking up the Flamingo way.  If it weren't for the car lights, it would be pretty damn dark!

We did start walking around, and it was SO much quieter.  It was more enjoyable, I think!  Much as I like the lights, the whole Vegas thing is just sensory overload for me, I can only handle a little bit (which is why I didn't stay there for very long!) and thankfully my friend was there to guide me and keep me from crying like a little lost schoolgirl. :-P

 

It's hilarious I'm posting these pictures where you can't see anything, if it weren't Las Vegas, they'd just be sucky pictures.  But it was pretty amazing.

 

 

Here's another before and after, only this is when the lights were out and then when they were turned back on:

 

 

It took a while for some to come back on I guess, too.

 

 

Vote

Vote

Vote.

I screwed up the links, sorry, so what?! it gets you to his page anyway.

This is what got me hooked on the weirdness that is contained in Outgoingsignals.vox.com (and not even contained since he occasionally leaves his blog to comment elsewhere) last year this time.

PS---I voted for the Duane Allman (which is why I put it in orange).  I'm considering switching to the Thoreau, if it has a chance.  I think I am remaining in the Duane camp though. I usually stick with my gut (even if some weekends my gut doesn't stick with me, but that's another story).

This is a public vote, you don't have to be in his neighborhood or anything.  What the hell else do you have to do today?

VOTING CLOSES TOMORROW, Friday at like 5 pm or something.  Details in the links, so click already.

 

here's the test...YepRoc is trying to screw me over with their $5 CD offers again!  Did I not just give them 20 or 25 bucks for a slew of CDs in the fall?  Well check out this list, including a really tempting lot of Robyn Hitchcock CDs!  Holy carp!  (I also, as always, highly recommend Simple Kid 2!!) Here is the site ri'chere: YEP ROC

Yep Roc CD's - ONLY $5
Dave Alvin - West of the West
American Princes - Little Spaces
American Princes - Less and Less
The Apples in stereo - New Magnetic Wonder
The Apples in stereo - Electronic Projects for Musicians
Big Sandy & His Flyrite Boys - Turntable Matinee
The Bigger Lovers - Honey In The Hive
The Bigger Lovers - This Affair Never Happened
Doyle Bramhall - Is It News
Jake Brennan & The Confidence Men - Love And Bombs
The Butchies - Make Yr Life
The Cake Sale - The Cake Sale
Carlene Carter - Stronger
Caitlin Cary - I'm Staying Out
Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell - Begonias
Chatham County Line - Route 23
Chatham County Line - Speed of the Whippoorwill
Chatham County Line - IV
Cities - Cities
Cities - Variations
Thad Cockrell - Warmth & Beauty
The Comas - Conductor
The Countdown Quartet - Sadlack's Stomp
Jason Darling - Night Like My Head
Ronnie Dawson - More Bad Habits
John Doe - Forever Hasn't Happened Yet
John Doe - For the Best of Us
John Doe - A Year In The Wilderness
Dolorean - You Can't Win
Amy Farris - Anyway
Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning
The Fleshtones - Beachhead
The Fleshtones - Take a Good Look
The Fleshtones - Stocking Stuffer
Robert Forster - The Evangelist
The Forty-Fives - High Life High Volume
Robbie Fulks - Georgia Hard
The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
The Golden Dogs - Big Eye Little Eye
The Gourds - Noble Creatures
Robby Grant - Unleavened Bread
Greg Hawks & The Tremblers - Fool's Paradise
Heavy Trash - Heavy Trash
Heavy Trash - Going Way Out with Heavy Trash
Heloise & the Savoir Faire - Trash, Rats, and Microphones
Kristin Hersh - Learn To Sing Like A Star
Robyn Hitchcock - Spooked
Robyn Hitchcock - Ole! Tarantula
Robyn Hitchcock - Sex, Food, Death and Tarantulas
Robyn Hitchcock - Black Snake Diamond Role
Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains
Robyn Hitchcock - Eye
Robyn Hitchcock - Fegmania!
Robyn Hitchcock - Element of Light
Robyn Hitchcock - Gotta Let This Hen Out
Claire Holley - Claire Holley
Claire Holley - Dandelion
Ian Hunter - Shrunken Heads
The Iguanas - If You Should Ever Fall On Hard Times
Jason & The Scorchers - Wildfires & Misfires
Jennyanykind - Big Johns
Jennyanykind - I Need You
Kingsbury Manx - The Fast Rise and Fall Of The South
Laika & The Cosmonauts - Absurdistan
Laika & The Cosmonauts - Laika Sex Machine
Laika & The Cosmonauts - Local Warming
Laika & The Cosmonauts - Cosmopolis
Jim Lauderdale - Country Super Hits, Vol. 1
Jim Lauderdale - Bluegrass Diaries
Jim Lauderdale - Honey Songs
Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers - Believe
Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers - Swampblood
Los Straitjackets - Supersonic Guitars in 3-D
Los Straitjackets - Twist Party
Los Straitjackets - Rock En Espanol Vol. 1
Nick Lowe - The Convincer
Nick Lowe - At My Age
Marah - 20,000 Streets Under The Sky
Marah - If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry
Marah - A Christmas Kind of Town
Marah - Angels of Destruction!
The Mayflies USA - Summertown
The Mayflies USA - The Pity List
The Mayflies USA - Walking In A Straight Line
Mercury Dime - Darkling
The Minus 5 - Down With Wilco
The Minus 5 - In Rock
The Minus 5 - The Minus 5
The Minus 5 - At The Organ EP
The Moaners - Dark Snack
The Moaners - Blackwing Yalobusha
Ian Moore - Luminaria
Bob Mould - Body Of Song
Chuck Prophet - Soap and Water
Radio Birdman - Zeno Beach
Reckless Kelly - Bulletproof
The Reverend Horton Heat - We Three Kings
Ringenberg, Jason - All Over Creation
Ringenberg, Jason - Empire Builders
Rock Plaza Central - Are We Not Horses
Dexter Romweber - Blues that Defy My Soul
The Sadies - Tales of the Ratfink: Original Soundtrack
The Sadies - New Seasons
Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy of the Soul
Simple Kid - 2
Robert Skoro - That These Things Could Be Ours
Sloan - Never Hear The End Of It
Sloan - Parallel Play
Southern Culture On The Skids - Countrypolitan Favorites
Spencer Dickinson/Jon Spencer - The Man Who Lives for Love
Chris Stamey - Travels In The South
Chris Stamey - A Question of Temperature
The Standard - Wire Post To Wire
The Standard - Albatross
Ken Stringfellow - Soft Commands
Swag - Catchall
Tonebenders - Tonebenders
Tres Chicas - Sweetwater
Tres Chicas - Bloom, Red & The Ordinary Girl
Two Dollar Pistols - Hands Up
Various Artists - REVIVAL Brunswick Stew & Pig Picks
Various Artists - REVIVAL 2 Kudzu and Hollerin'Con
Various Artists - The Garden Place; Songs by Our Friends
Various Artists - Oh Santa! New & Used Christmas Classics
Loudon Wainwright III - Recovery
Geraint Watkins - Dial W For Watkins
Paul Weller - Illumination
Paul Weller - As Is Now
You Am I - Convicts

Yep Roc Double CD's - ONLY $10
Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy vs. Spy
Billy Bragg - Brewing Up with Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg - Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg - The Internationale/Live & Dubious
Billy Bragg - Workers Playtime
Billy Bragg - Don't Try This At Home
Billy Bragg - William Bloke
Billy Bragg - England, Half English
Robbie Fulks - Revenge!
The Go-Betweens - That Striped Sunlight Sound
Marah - Sooner Or Later In Spain
The Sadies - In Concert Volume One
Paul Weller - Catch-Flame!
Southern Culture On The Skids - Doublewide and Live

Yep Roc LP's - ONLY $10
Swag - Catchall
Los Straitjackets - Tis The Season For Los Straitjackets
The Minus 5 - Down With Wilco
The Butchies - Make Yr Life
The Forty-Fives - High Life High Volume
Dexter Romweber - Blues That Defy My Soul
Dolorean - Violence in the Snowy Fields
Ian Moore - Luminaria
Robyn Hitchcock - Spooked
The Moaners - Dark Snack
Bob Mould - Body Of Song
Los Straitjackets - Los Straitjackets in Concert
The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
Dolorean - You Can't Win
Heavy Trash - Going Way Out with Heavy Trash
Cities - Variations EP
Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers - Swampblood
Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning
The Apples in stereo - Electronic Projects for Musicians

*shakes fist at Yep Roc*

Damn you!

Right here at Despair.com

 

Have fun, suckas!

more from my retarded revolting little chihuahua:

Too big for Vox of course so I grabbed it from youtube....oh wait, maybe Vox just lied to me again?  says it couldn't be uploaded but it did anyway!

 

He just wants attention, it's the same with the plastic bags and stuff, you can see him look over his shoulder at me when he pauses. (actually no you can't, they always upload a little darker, dagnabbit!)  little bastard, how I love him so.

 

(I got an email saying I should try to get 10 people to come to the PRFM...I don't even know 10 people!  so I'm putting it here.)

Saturday December 20th 10:00am to 5:00pm
At The Starlight Ballroom / Club Polaris (460 N 9th Street - Just Below 9th and Spring Garden)
All Ages To Enter / 21+ To Drink / Food & Drink Served All Day
$3 Admission Donation / Tables Are Sold Out
 
THE PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET - CHRISTMAS EDITION !
 

(100+ tables of vendors selling old records, clothes, art, music, food, junk, bicycles, stereo equipment, instruments, automobiles, tools, posters, furniture, computers, skateboards and lots of other stuff ! All proceeds goto making sure that all ages shows remain a reality at the first unitarian church !)
 
It's that time again for the bi-annual (twice a year) PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET. R5's most popular reoccurring event/show/whatever (by far). They had over 2000 visitors and 100 tables of  old records, clothes, art, music, food, junk, bicycles, stereo equipment, instruments, automobiles, tools, posters, furniture, computers, skateboards and lots of other stuff this past June. It's all going down at The STARLIGHT BALLROOM located at 9th and Spring Garden Sts - a big spacious venue - giving them ability to host over 100 vendors in one single room - including yours truly.
.
All proceeds raised will goto the purchase of necessary equipment and supplies to ensure that all ages shows continue to remain a reality at The First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia - mainly an annual payment for their liability insurance policy. Do not let the "name of the event" lead you to believe that it's just punk records, clothes etc. - it's a full on flea market with everything from furniture, to laptops / computers , to stereo equipment, to handmade apparel, to vegan treats, information from various non profit groups, book stores, artists selling their work, bicycles & skateboards and whatever else they can fit onto the ballroom floor at The Starlight Ballroom.

In addition to the normal flea market stuff there will also be a full bar and food service kitchen to make the day go by a little faster.

Sooooo...I'll be there selling (I hope selling!) vintage men's and ladies clothing, maybe some other odds and ends, who knows!  Stop by and buy lots of stuff!  or buy me a beer at least! :-P