Archive for August, 2005

Red Bull Road Rage . . .

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Inaugural downhill road bike
Whoa! It’s in my backyard no less. I’ll be there! Top professional cyclists throwing themselves down hill to see who is fastest. Oh and you can try and enter even if you’re not a pro. I nominate Geoff ‘Mayhem’ Collins.
November 5, 2005
Malibu, CA
Press Release @ VeloNews:
http://www.velonews.com/pr/prn/articles/8720.0.html
Official site:
http://www.redbullroadrage.com

Sunset Junction Street Fair – Silverlake . . .

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Food, Fun, Freaks, and the New York Dolls
This year was the 25th Anniversary of the Sunset Junction Street Fair in Silverlake. In some respects you could call this your typical street fair and yet in others not at all. There was everything from sausage vendors to, well, the Rough Trade store (I couldn’t [...]

Mercedes SL500 – Big Pimpin’ Edition . . .

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

Whoa!
Check this car out! I think Rick should get these for his SUV. Saw this over at the Rose Bowl today. All I can say is, to each their own. I appreciate all type of custom cars, but still don’t get gold trim and/or rims. But, if your gonna do [...]

Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic . . .

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

She is fucken funny
Check out the trailer to her new movie:
http://2005.sxsw.com/video/movie_window.big.php?dir=2005_trailers&id=469&speed=hi
Oh and I saw this trailer in the theatre and it’s a bit longer than this version.

Working On Car Begets Working On Car . . .

Sunday, August 21st, 2005

Fix one thing break another then find something else wrong
Today I ventured out to the garage to replace my front fender well covers. The reason they are being replaced is because they are partially held in by the bumper under tray which was out of the car for A/C repair. When this part [...]

Nova Express Cafe on Fairfax . . .

Saturday, August 20th, 2005

One cool pizza joint
According to one of the folks I was with this place has been around for over 10 years. I’m quite sure that is accurate since I always wondered about it when I used to go Canter’s which is right across the street. Nova Cafe Express offers a very sci-fi space [...]

Miss Kittys Discoteque and Cabaret @ The Dragonfly . . .

Saturday, August 20th, 2005

Umm, welcome to Hollyweird
If wanna visit a strange dance club that throws in some strange stage shows, this place is highly recommended. I really don’t think I am capable of describing this place any better than it’s own website over at http://www.misskittysparlour.com/. You can read real reviews of it here. After the sensory [...]

The Knitting Factory – Ten Foot Pole and Peligro . . .

Saturday, August 20th, 2005

Another punk rock show in
Next stop was the The Knitting Factory which we walked to from the Pig ‘n Whistle. Hung out outside for a while because we were way too early. This may sound bad but in our old age we try and avoid, at least, the first couple of opening bands. [...]

Pig ‘n Whistle in Hollywood . . .

Saturday, August 20th, 2005

Decent
Started Friday night with a stop at the Pig ‘n Whistle on Hollywood Blvd. to have dinner before the Ten Foot Pole/Peligro show with Craig. I had the Grilled Veggie Plater for $16.00. It’s Hollywood so the prices are average forthe area even though that may seem steep. It was pretty good, [...]

Friar Tucks – Ten Foot Pole . . .

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

Great show!
Last night me and the other Craig drove out to Pomona to see Ten Foot Pole play at Friar Tucks. Special thanks goes out to George for tipping us to the show since he plays guitar for Substance A on Sundays and Tuesdays at Friar Tucks. The bill for the night was [...]

No Saabaru for you ! ! !

Tuesday, August 9th, 2005

GM Employee Discountsure helped Saab sales
For those that do not know the Saab 9-2X Areo is really a re-badged (and slightly upgraded) Subaru WRX Wagon. I had been thinking about getting a new car and figure with the GM discount the deal was just too good to pass up. Well, I am apparently [...]

Finally back near 99% . . .

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

Not quite 100%, but it’ll do
Last you all heard I was on my way to 100% health, unfortunately that didn’t go quite as planned. Monday I took turn in the wrong direction and my sore throat had returned. Then some smaller amount of the shooting throat/ear pain returned and stayed steady ’til this [...]