As luck would have it… I’ve managed to find an open wireless network that I could mooch wifi from long enough to quickly say my piece on Michel Jackson.

He was far and away the biggest pop icon of my youth….  I have vivid memories of watching his videos and buying his records as a child.  To this day, I occasionally throw on “Off the Wall” for occasional listens.

I recall wanting to be Zombie Jackson for Halloween one year from the Thriller video…  When I got word of his passing last night - I honestly couldn’t believe it.  He may be the last artist to have released an album that an entire world picked up in unison.

That said… his decent was really strange.  Not only the transformation of his face… but the accusations of him having bear suits with crotches missing.

I just had a conversation with Fin the other day about big music artists dying in the 90’s.  I commented that I couldn’t think of a large music icon dying this decade and I was pretty happy about that.  What are the chances that M.J. drops dead a day or two after I say that out loud?

Deeply saddened by the loss,
a.C.r

Lester is.  That’s who…

I honestly can’t remember the last time I sat down to properly pen an entry for the blog… A lot has happened since my last post.  New job, new house… new pets, newness is all around me actually.

Lots of updates to come in the coming days.  There’s even talk of internet/cable finally coming to my block this week.

*fingers crossed*

Had the Rachel Maddow show on in the background and had my ears perk up when I heard that Lars Ulrich would be interviewed on the show.

Outside of getting inducted into the 2009 Rock n Roll Hall of Fame… I couldn’t think about what he could get interviewed about.

They both waxed about being libral… but what intregued me most was how fucking small he is.

I think he has a 9″ shoulder span.  Look at how huge his head looks.

The Motorcycle Shop threw their annual “Spring Filng” yesterday…  despite not having all of my local scooter chums there (Hackett, Henry and Robert… who gets a pass for being in Arizona) I made the most of it.

Got a chance to hang out with CoffeeDrink all day, which was awesome. We’re going to be neighbors pretty soon so we caught up on a number of places he wanted me to take Fin to.  (Mostly Sushi, Thai and Indian restaurants) 

All in all, I thought that it wasn’t as good as last years Spring Fling… the route was better but it didn’t  really blow a new part in my hair.   

Maybe it was sleep deprivaion… but the movie “What we do is Secret” a biopic about the Germs was one of the most rewarding flicks I’ve seen in some time.

the best part about watching the movie was getting the itch to find “A Decline of the Western Civilization” (documentary) on Google Video.

I *heart* technology sometimes.

so after not drawing a check in nearly a month and a half… i got paid today.

my current employer has a strange way of deposting checks the first time they cut them out to employees… so I had to get up early to deposit what they didn’t put into my bank through direct deposit.

there’s so much going on these days its hard to sit down at the end of the day and reflect on whats going on.

While recording our last Ekobase Podcast... the fellas and I put together a crack-pot LOST theory that I really wish would come true.

It goes like this.  Ted informed us that the creators of the show will be showing us the front of a mysterious statue in a future show.   There’s some debate as to who or what that will be…  we’re thinking that the face of the statue will be Iron Maiden’s  EDDIE!

The statue would be a nod to their album POWERSLAVE.

If this checks out - we’re hoping to see the episode start with an eye-opening.   If so, we think it would be wise to sync the episode to the album (from the eye opening) and have the two play together so that we can see the hidden messages.

“Dark Side of the Powerslave”.

A week ago today, I made it down to the Warhol to catch a band by the name of Look Mexico.   I’ve mentioned them once or twice before on the blog…  Thanks to SXSW, the city of San Antonio brought in a number of bands to play some shows locally.

They played a short & solid set.  took this snapshot of them setting up before their performance.

You need to drop everything you’re doing and VIEW THIS.

Caught a midnight showing of “I Love You, Man” over the weekend with Fin & Jaime…  If you’re on the fence about going out to see this, I’m of the opinion that the movie is an enjoyable picture to sit through.

Fin commented to me that the movie tries a little hard at times…  but I dug a lot of the minor characters that got screen time.  Especially members of the STATE and Human Giant…

If you have an hour and a half to kill, seek it out.