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[28 Aug 2008|09:26pm] |
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So I've pretty much been on my death bed since Friday after eating at 2 different restaurants that made me sick over the weekend and catching one of the worst colds ever. But none of that matters because I SAW RADIOHEAD FOR FREE. yes, free. We were originally supposed to go see them in SF at the Outside Lands Festival but that didnt work out. We were also gonna try to go to the Hollywood Bowl and get tickets, but laziness, sickness, and visiting relatives got in the way of those plans. Wednesday I ended up calling in sick to work because I got pretty bad. Sick enough not to go to work, but not sick enough to go to Radiohead, haha. My parents had some business to take care of in San Diego so Alex, my brother and I tagged along. We dropped them off and took the car, swung by for Jeff who was visiting his mom in Carlsbad, and headed down to Chula Vista without tickets. Long story short, a Filter Mag/ANTICS crew was there giving out tickets to anyone who would make an ass out of themselves playing Rock Band. Somehow I ended up the singer, but luckily Alex sucked so bad at drums that we got a game over within the first 30 seconds of Wonderwall. After a few pictures, all 4 of us were handed free lawn tickets for the Radiohead show. We found a good spot in front of the lawn section amongst a bunch of people who drove up from Mexico and witnessed an AMAZING setlist!
1. 15 Step
2. Airbag
3. There There
4. All I Need
5. Nude
6. Talk Show Host
7. Where I End and You Begin
8. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
9. The Gloaming
10. Faust Arp
11. How To Disappear Completely
12. Reckoner
13. Optimistic
14. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
15. Pyramid Song
16. Climbing Up The Walls
17. Bodysnatchers
FIRST ENCORE
18. House of Cards
19. You And Whose Army?
20. Just
21. Paranoid Android
22. Street Spirit (fade out)
SECOND ENCORE
23. Videotape
24. Lucky
25. Everything In Its Right Place
Highlights:
Climbing Up the Walls, Talk Show Host, Where I End and You Begin, and How to Disappear Completely
Until the next Radiohead show...
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| Hello 2007!! |
[07 Nov 2007|08:52pm] |
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it's my first entry all year...
the end.
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| Public Service Announcement |
[26 Jul 2006|10:19pm] |
[my] London trip has been moved to late October/early November. I'm going thru a major crisis (couldnt wait any longer) and its impossible to get the time off late December/early January (not to mention, its gonna be freeeeeeeezing).
Anyway, here's the deal:
Wed Oct 25- Depart to London
Thurs Oct 26- Arrive in London
Fri Oct 27- New Order/Maximo Park @ Wembley Arena
Sat Oct 28-Sun Oct 29- More London adventures
Mon Oct 30-Tues Oct 31- Berlin
(take night train to Munich)
Wed Nov 1-Thur Nov2- Munich
Fri Nov 3-Sun Nov 5- back to London
Sun Nov 5- Fly back to L.A.
Still haven't booked a flight, will be getting to that shortly. Any other takers? So far its just me and Ro.
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| Everything In Its Right Place |
[01 Jul 2006|03:58pm] |
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So most of us knew that getting tickets to see Radiohead in L.A. was going to be pretty much impossible, so the shows in Berkeley or SD would really be the only choice. I almost decided not to go up north, but I'm really glad I went. The bay area is pretty awesome, we got around pretty easily, and I got to shop at H&M again finally, after a 2 year hiatus. I didn't do as much damage to my bank account as I thought I would, but picked up a few things nonetheless. Had some real good grub and hit up some pretty cool bars (the "irish" bar had a real irishman for a bartender and some really good tastin' guinness!). We also got to hang out with Andy who happened to be in town! Saw Johnny Greenwood's clone (aka the dude from Phantom Planet) walking down Haight Street. Drove down the "crookedest" street in the United States. Crossed the Golden Gate bridge. Ran into JD and Anthony, some of my pals from the CTO. But the best part was seeing RADIOHEAD for the first time ever. I mean, not only did we get Black Star, but we also got a little taste of True Love Waits (now you can be really jealous, Hugo). My favorite songs of the night though were Everything In Its Right Place and Myxomatosis. The stage set up was great, the band sounded really tight, and Thom Yorke did a great job of interacting with the crowd. Anyway, here's the setlist:
01 Airbag
02 2+2=5
03 Where I End And You Begin
04 15 Step
05 Kid A
06 Dollars And Cents
07 Down Is The New Up
08 Nude
09 Paranoid Android
10 No Surprises
11 The Gloaming
12 All I Need
13 Climbing Up The Walls
14 Go Slowly
15 Myxomatosis
16 Bangers 'N Mash
17 How To Disappear Completely
Encore 1
18 Fake Plastic Trees
19 Arpeggi
20 Black Star
21 True Love Waits (Thom only on Rhodes, intro to EIIRP)
22 Everything In Its Right Place
Encore 2
23 Bodysnatchers
24 The Tourist
I also had tickets to see Radiohead in San Diego on Monday. However, I figured it would be pretty much impossible to make it on time after work (not to mention, I’d be super tired at work the next morning) so I sold them. After the Berkeley show, I kinda wish I hadn’t. So Monday rolls around and Jennie asks if I wanna go on Tuesday so I said fuck yes and emailed tons of people on craigslist and got a response! We didn’t leave Anaheim until 6:30 but we were determined to make it on time. Made it to the venue just as Radiohead started playing their first song! It was wonderful… except it felt like they didn’t play long enough. Here’s the setlist for that night:
01 Airbag
02 The National Anthem
03 Where I End And You Begin
04 15 Step
05 Exit Music (For A Film)
06 Bodysnatchers
07 My Iron Lung
08 Go Slowly
09 Videotape
10 I Might Be Wrong
11 Climbing Up The Walls
12 All I Need
13 Pyramid Song
14 Spooks
15 Idioteque
16 Myxomatosis
17 Bangers 'n Mash
18 Bones
Encore 1
19 Like Spinning Plates
20 A Wolf At The Door
21 Down Is The New Up
22 Fake Plastic Trees
Encore 2
23 Nude
24 Everything In Its Right Place
here's a short vid I took of Idioteque:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v131/normatron/?action=view¤t=RadioheadSD004.flv
I seriously cannot wait for the next tour...
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[21 Jun 2006|09:51pm] |
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I need to stop letting Hugo pick movies. He dragged me to see 'The King' w/ Gael Garcia Bernal, but we couldn't figure out what the hell it was about. Hugo tried to set it in the context of a Greek Tragedy, but failed. I don't really recommend it. Oh well, Gael is still hot.
Been hanging out with Josh lately. Its kinda nice having my friend back after so long.
What's this? I'm finally gonna make it to SF? and I'm FINALLY gonna see Radiohead??!! yeaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!
see you all next week!
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| "Hellooooo Shaun!" |
[09 Jun 2006|07:11pm] |
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Lately I've been missing the drive out to West L.A. (say what??!!) but Orange County is super fuckin lame. I need to get transferred ASAP. I need to move out too.
I've been watching Shaun of the Dead over and over again. I think I may have a problem.
Lady Sov tomorrow!
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| ex-boyfriends can be really fuckin pathetic. |
[29 May 2006|06:15pm] |
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I'm still trying to figure out why he had my number saved on his phone (the new phone that he obtained a while AFTER we broke up).
drunk-dial friends, not an ex-girlfriend. and don't have your current girlfriend or whatever do it for you. leaving insulting voicemails doesn't quite help either.
thanks.
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| ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. |
[01 May 2006|07:14pm] |
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Mogwai @ the Fillmore on May 27. Its Memorial Day weekend... anyone want to head up to SF??? I've never been and I'm kicking myself in the ass for missing Mogwai at Coachella.
Speaking of Coachella, I'm fuckin scarred for life. More on this later.
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| Welcome to the 21st century |
[09 Apr 2006|05:21pm] |
guess who finally got DSL? that's right, ME!!! after 7 fuckin years of suffering with crappy dial-up service we finally decided to upgrade. According to a certain someone, my DSL speed is shit, but hey, I'll live. Songs under 2 minutes is good enough for me.
so last night was the Elbow show... which I didn't make it to. My co-worker got a pair of Luis Miguel tickets for her birthday on Friday night but her best friend woke up sick as hell the next day (from all the partying the night before) so she was left without a date for the concert. I wasn't all that interested in going because I really wanted to see Elbow but I felt pretty bad about her going by herself. I decided what the heck, if my mom loves this guy, so can I (for one night). Anyway, for those of you who don't know, Luis Miguel is this international pop star (rumour has it that a Luis Miguel cd was found in Saddam Hussein's hideout) from Mexico. I grew up with all his music because my mom is a crazy fan, so I was secretly singing along throughout the entire show. Anyway, it turns out we were in a club suite and we had a really good view, although we were surrounded by a bunch of older couples.. I have to admit, the dude is a pretty awesome performer with an amazing voice. I decided that when I'm married and get to be older (and richer) like some of those people I'm gonna make my significant other take me to see a Luis Miguel show... haha.
Anyone been to the Natural History Museum lately? They have the Sonic Scenery and Mysterious Bog People exhibits. I also want to check out Agitated Images: John Heartfirled and German Photomontage, 1920-1938 at the Getty. Anyone want to come with?
Btw, I discovered I am pretty much ambidextrous. weird.
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| umm Hugo, I lied. |
[02 Apr 2006|08:35pm] |
I think I like him a little (again). Damn those Asian boys!
[edit]
We were going to see V for Vendetta tonight.
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[26 Mar 2006|09:25pm] |
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Happy Birthday Jamesy [Iha].
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| I think I'm gonna shoot cassettes... again. |
[12 Mar 2006|10:49am] |
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I don't know if it was the excessive amount of booze or the spring rolls from the Pho place with the 'C' grade hanging on the window, but I feel like shiiiiiit.
on a better note, the Goldfrapp show was fucking GREAT! Crazy animal dancers and all.
even better was the fact that even though it was a sold out show, we were able to walk up to the box office (no line) and buy floor tickets for face value. woooooo! 10 minutes later there was a line going around the corner. Suckers!
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| why the hell... |
[01 Mar 2006|09:25pm] |
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did I just find a certified birth certificate that says I was born in Tijuana??!!!
but then again there's still a copy of my "birth certificate" and those hospital receipts from USC Medical center. so where the hell was I born???
my mom's got some explaining to do when she gets home...
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| New Music... Thursday??? |
[23 Feb 2006|10:31pm] |
so today I FINALLY received my shipment from Tower Records. So much for the free 2-day Fed Ex shipping they promised for spending $100+ (I submitted my order 7 days ago, btw). fuckers. Anyway, I picked up a few neat little records and couple of dvds. Hours and hours of quality entertainment ahead of me... I'm stoked.
Accomplishments for the week:
*almost finished sorting out my itunes (I know 'almost' isn't really an accomplishment but hey, what do you do when you have 3,000+ mp3s and all the file names are screwed up???)
*went for jog (yeah, we'll see how long I'll keep this one up... I give it until next week)
*went thru the entire week (errr, minus the holiday on monday) without being late to work.
*went and saw Les Savy Fav and the Hold Steady @ the Avalon. great show and great company (including Adam Brody, haha).
Plans for this weekend:
* Hammer Museum on Friday night (maybe). I want to see Michelle!!
* Israel's drunkfest on Saturday night
* Sleep early on Sunday night
* maybe finish those damn mix cds I owe everyone???
come on, TAKE ME OUT!
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| Because I feel the need to re-live my Bruin days. |
[20 Feb 2006|08:06pm] |
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Latest CEC email:
TUESDAY/ FEB 21 [8-11pm]
@ the Cooperage. Mount Sims & Action Action will be a-playing. Don't know them? You better check them out so you can be one of those cool kids and be like "yeah i knew about them like 7 months before they blew up."
- check out Mount Sims on the epitonic site http://www.epitonic.com/artists/mountsims.html (there's a free mp3 too!)
- check out Action Action on their myspace http://www.myspace.com/actionaction (two free mp3s and you can stream 4 songs- amazing!)
FRIDAY/FEB 24 [7-11pm]
@ Hammer Museum [10899 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90024/ www.hammer.ucla.edu]
Along with the Hammer Museum's Student Advisory Committee, we present "OFF THE PAGE," celebrating the current exhibit "Master of American Comics." It's completely free for UCLA students (make sure you have your bruincard) and The Movies (http://the-movies.net/) will be playing. We'll also be giving away prizes- including a $75 iTunes gift certificate. And there'll be free Pink's hot dogs. There'll be animated screenings as well as gallery talks. [ps: parking is $3]
Funny, I thought Mt. Sims almost blew up like 2 years ago. I hope they are talking about Action Action.
Anyway, anyone going to these functions???
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| Hugo, I promise to make sure the sprinklers are OFF. |
[15 Feb 2006|11:17pm] |
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Even if he doesn't bench press or have one of those cool Swatch watches with the thick wrist band like my former Asian crush, he was still the bestest Valentine of them all. He sent me an e-card and even thought about the top 5 things he likes about me.
Hopefully no weirdness will arise from our very short-lived, day-long internet romance.
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| awwwwwww |
[08 Feb 2006|08:54pm] |
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that's gonna be one hot baaaaaaby!
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