Step Brothers

Time for a video blog...its of Steve Nash and Baron Davis...its a pretty funny vid...check it out



Anyone want to be my stepbrother?

Also if you were at Pemberton and really liked Jay Zed like moi...you can get his whole Glastonbury set on the internet if you search for it. It is more or less the same as his set at Pemberton

i did the work for you...

Jay Z - Glastonbury

LIVE NATION LICKS BIG ONES but the music was awesome

As you can tell by the title of this particular blog, I was really not that happy with Live Nation, the promoters of the Pemberton Music Festival. I was going to write this really long and drawn out blog about how bad the festival was. But this is what I am going to do...only complain a little.


The GOOD:

- The Lillooet Nation playing traditional songs at the end of Sunday after Coldplay
- NIN
- Tom Petty
- Jay Z....amazingly good...best of the weekend
- Black Mountain
- Interpol
- Coldplay
- NERD
- Death Cab For Cutie
- Sam Roberts Band (the two songs a actually got to see!)
- My Morning Jacket
- the fact that I got to stay in Whistler instead of the crap hole known as tent city
- i found my cousin on the last day after searching for two whole days
- the family that let us park on their lawn for free b/c some let them park on their lawn in Florida and she really wanted to screw the promoter
- i'll add anything i can think of later...


The Bad:

- the Hip...started strong...then Gord just stared to yell alot
- the Barcadi tent had three hour lineup...that meant no Chromeo, DJ Shawdow...etc
- Parking was an hour walk away from the site
- RCMP didnt do much to help the traffic situation


The Ugly:

- the lack of proper organization
-the fact that the papers said it was not as bad as it was...
- the average of 4 hours in traffic
- you could catch a shuttle for the airport/parking to the site without having to push people out of your way
- LIVE NATION
- $7 pepsi's
- that lack of training for the poor volunteers
- the lawlessness that was going on


But other than all of that...it will take a lot for me to go to this thing again...I will be going to the Whistler Music Festival instead...thats if they have another one again...I heard no one was at that one b/c everyone was poor from buying tickets for Pembie....

BUT the music saved the show...live music will always out trump shitty everything else...

Pemberton

I am heading up to ol pembie as you read this. Well actually whistler but you know what i am talking about. you dont...get your head checked out. we went to get the wristbands last night but it was over an hour wait and we said f that. the line wasnt moving and i hope that wasnt an indication of the lack of foreplanning that will come our way this weekend. i will post either during or after this first time event...

Video Blog Time

Okay...just finished watching an epic baseball game. it was the all star game and it was 15 innings long...and i mean long. justin morneau of new west scored the winning run...

watch these vids...

first is Feist on sesame street...very cute...



Feist - 1234 (sesame street mix)

next is radiohead. this is one of the most interesting videos i have seen in a long time..



radiohead- house of cards

nite

FOC

On the weekend, a bunch of us went down to see the Sub Pop 20th anniversary concert at Merrymoor Park in Redmond Wa. It was a 2 day event but what we really wanted to see was Flight of the Conchords. I know that I have professed my love for them and that I think that they are great fun. I have proclaimed a liking for the tv show and even their cd.

Saturday was a scorcher in Seattle, epescially the hour wait at the usually quiet Huntington crossing. Anyways the jist of the story (because I dont want to write anything too long) is this. We hung out down by Lake Union, went for a little swim, ate a super crazy delish Thai place in the Freemont district and then off to the concery. I didnt know that Redmond was about 30 minutes away from Seattle. LAME! Long drive because the fast way bridge was shut down. So we get their find some sweet parking (ie. free) and head on in.

We saw the last two acts of the night. Iron and Wine was playing. Actually it was just the lead singer. He covered Such Great Heights. Very fun. Finally the whole reason for the trip came to stage. Flight of the Conchords was good even if it was a short 40 minute set. they were fun had good banter with the crowd and even dealt with the dude who through his white/used boxers on stage. glad we went!


On sunday we hung around the freemont disctict again...go there...and green lake...the lost lagoon of Seattle. It was a nice way to see Seattle actually...so there is more than downtown and key arena!

pc...pemberton in less than two weeks!

Flight of the Conchords - Mutha'uckers

Summa Time

So school is finally out. I am always amazed at how fast the year seems to go by. But really should I be? Time is always the same and another school year has passed. The beauty of being a school teacher is that I get this time off. I have effectively taken the last week off. By that I mean that I have done absolutely nothing. Nada. And now I am bored...time to get some new hobbies, read that book I bought during spring break. maybe even blog a little bit more! Seems like people are looking at it a bit more...or maybe its the same people always looking at it!

Today was the best tennis match that I have ever seen. I slept in today and figured I go to tsn.ca and look at the result. To my surprise, the match was rained delayed in the fifth set two games apiece and tied 30-30. Okay...lets watch. What I saw was truly an amazing battle between two so evenly matched players. Nadal was coming off his French title win (where he dominated) and Federer was the world number one and on top of that, he hadnt lost at Wimbleton since 2001. The match went over five hours with about 4 and half hours of actual playing time. Nadal finally pulled out the win with a 9-7 win in the final set. Amazing win...is this the changing of the guard or is Federer going to come back to his former glory?



On another tanget...anyone who knows are plight the last few months with questionable landlords and downstairs tenents...well... i dont know but it seems to be firing up again...first sign, the note that says 'Leave My Cats Alone!'...second sign...lady downstairs yelling and landlord "Leave my f'in cats alone...dont f with them'...cue slammed door!

OH GREAT!