THE FUTURE FROM THE PAST

2009-11-19T17:12:00.000-08:00

2009-06-05T02:25:00.000-07:00

David Carradine (December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009)

Scientology lost a great one. R.I.P. Frankenstein.

2009-04-06T00:07:00.000-07:00

Alpha Protocol

My nephew Robert is working on this game for Obsidian.

2009-02-05T03:46:00.000-08:00

Lux Interior R.I.P. October 21, 1946 – February 4, 2009

Lux is dead. Lux is fucking dead. If you don't know who he is then you ain't no punk, you punk. you wanna talk about the real junk? if i ever slip, i'll be banned 'cause i'm your garbageman. well if you can't dig me you can't dig nothin'. do you want the real thing, or are you just talkin'? do you understand? i'm your garbageman. yeah, somethin' from the garage and down the driveway. now get outta your mind and get outta my way. now do you understand? do you understand? louie, louie, louie, lou-i the bird's the word and do you know why? you gotta beat it with a stick. you gotta beat it 'til it's thick. you gotta live until you're dead. you gotta rock 'til you see red. now do you understand? do you understand? i'm a garbageman. aw, jump on and ride... yeah it's just what you need when you're down in the dumps. one half hillbilly and one half punk. big long legs and one big mouth. the hottest thing from the north to come out of the south. do you understand? do you understand? woo, i can't lose with the stuff i use, and you don't choose no substitutes. so stick out your can 'cause i'm your garbageman. louie, louie, louie, lou-i the bird's the word and do you know why? you gotta beat it with a stick. you gotta beat it 'til it's thick. you gotta live until you're dead. you gotta rock 'til you see red. now do you understand? do you understand? do you understand? all right, hop off.

I feel like I wanna fucking cry right now. I guess all I can say is Stay Sick! See you on the other side your Purple Knifness.

2009-02-04T01:37:00.000-08:00

1970 NBS Nightly News Report on Dr. Manhattan

I almost ejaculated when I saw this.

2009-02-02T11:56:00.001-08:00

2009-01-26T02:42:00.000-08:00

Free Show at the Blue Star Cafe on Friday January the 30th!

Here are the links for the bands...
www.myspace.com/southbaysurfers
www.myspace.com/thejinxes
www.myspace.com/xdugef
www.myspace.com/wildpinkhorse
www.myspace.com/motherfuckingdeadponies

Here's the link for the venue
www.bluestarrocks.com

Please repost flyer for free show on 01-30-2009!

2009-01-15T03:05:00.000-08:00

The Informers

Sex, drugs, and new wave...Los Angeles in the early 1980s: a time of excess and decadence, and nobody captures it better than Bret Easton Ellis as he coadapts his own acclaimed novel for the screen. Its multistrand narrative deftly balances a vast array of characters, who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman and an amoral ex-con). Connecting his intertwining strands are the quintessential Ellis protagonists—a group of beautiful, blonde young men and women who sleep all day and party all night, doing drugs—and one another—with abandon, never realizing that they are dancing on the edge of an abyss.Gregor Jordan returns to Sundance (Two Hands and Buffalo Soldiers played at previous Festivals) with a glamorous and gritty exposé of a culture where too much was never enough. He presents both the seductive and repellent sides of a time when safe sex meant being on the pill. Featuring a truly all-star cast who are at the top of their game, The Informers is a scathing descent into the morally bankrupt core beneath L.A.'s superficial beauty. It is both titillating and horrifying as it captures an era on the verge of an implosion whose effects we are still feeling today.
CAST
Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Jon Foster, Amber Heard.
(Via Sundance.)
I need this movie to come out today!

2009-01-14T00:29:00.000-08:00

Just cuz

2009-01-06T14:45:00.000-08:00

Ron Asheton R.I.P. (July 17,1948 - January 1, 2009)

Fuck fuck fuck! Why why why?! Who woulda thunk that Iggy would outlive Ron? Go figure. Bow down heathens.

2008-12-26T17:13:00.000-08:00

Eartha Mae Kitt - R.I.P. January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008

2008-12-25T01:37:00.000-08:00

The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)

I love Christmas and I love this band. This is the greatest Christmas song from the greatest band to have ever existed (during the Dee Dee years of course. Sorry C.J.) on this or any other planet. The Ramones aren't dead, they were just beamed back to the mothership. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

2008-12-24T19:47:00.000-08:00

The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

I'm posting this MP3 because the video has been pulled from every site I checked. Plus I'm a sucker for this song. Merry Christmas, whatever you are.

2008-12-24T19:42:00.000-08:00

Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

2008-12-24T12:37:00.000-08:00

Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie & Bing Crosby

2008-12-23T12:46:00.000-08:00

Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad - live

2008-12-22T03:41:00.000-08:00

Zat You, Santa Claus? - Buster Poindexter

2008-12-21T12:16:00.000-08:00

Gabbie and Jacob

My great niece Gabbie on guitar and my great nephew Jacobo on drums.

2008-12-21T02:57:00.000-08:00

Winger - Silent Night

2008-12-19T13:35:00.000-08:00

The Vandals - Oi to the world

The original version of this song.

2008-12-18T11:29:00.000-08:00

Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Darlene Love on Letterman (1995)

2008-12-17T13:17:00.000-08:00

Wham - Last Christmas

2008-12-16T12:26:00.000-08:00

Run D.M.C. - Christmas in Hollis

2008-12-15T16:31:00.000-08:00

Bleed the World

2008-12-15T15:30:00.000-08:00

X Men Origins: Wolverine Trailer

2008-12-12T12:16:00.000-08:00

Bettie Page Croaked

Her agent, Mark Roesler, said that she passed away this evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack over a week ago which left her in a coma.

Mark wrote this message on Bettie's website:

With deep personal sadness I must announce that my dear friend and client Bettie Page passed away at 6:41pm PST this evening in a Los Angles hospital. She died peacefully but had never regained consciousness after suffering a heart attack nine days ago.

She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality. She is the embodiment of beauty.

So, now all you fake ass motherfuckers out there who didn't even know if she was alive or dead until this news story broke or that her name was spelled B-E-T-T-I-E and not Betty can claim to miss her now that she's gone. Fake ass fakers.

2008-12-09T14:26:00.000-08:00

Jizz In My Pants

2008-12-07T01:53:00.000-08:00

Bettie Page in a Coma

Bettie Page was hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a heart attack, her agent said Friday.

"She's critically ill," Mark Roesler of CMG Worldwide told The Associated Press.

He said the 85-year-old had been hospitalized for the last three weeks with pneumonia and was about to be released when she had the heart attack Tuesday. Page was transferred to another hospital in Los Angeles and remained in intensive care Friday.

A family friend, Todd Mueller, said Page was in a coma. When asked to confirm, Roesler said, "I would not deny that," but he would not comment further on her condition.

Page, a secretary turned model, is credited with helping set the stage for the sexual revolution of the rebellious 1960s. She attracted national attention with magazine photographs of her sensuous figure that were tacked up on walls across the country.

Her photos included a centerfold in the January 1955 issue of then-fledgling Playboy magazine, as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses.

Page later spent decades away from the public eye, and during that time battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian.

After resurfacing in the 1990s, she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken.

Mueller credits his business dealings with Page for bringing her out of seclusion. He said he first met her in 1989 when he offered her "a bunch of money" to show up at autograph signings.

"I probably sold 3,000 of her autographs, usually for $200 to $300," he said. "Eleanor Roosevelt, we got $40-$50. ... Bettie Page outsells them all."

(Via A.P.)

2008-12-03T16:09:00.000-08:00

I made this, you play this, we are enemies

Yes, that is really the name of this game. Just play it.

2008-12-02T13:09:00.000-08:00

Star Wars Vs. Star Trek

2008-11-26T12:31:00.000-08:00

Snow Driving

2008-11-23T12:28:00.000-08:00

The "Best" of Intervention Allison

2008-11-18T12:36:00.000-08:00

Winona in Star Trek Trailer

Look for Winona in the new Star Trek trailer as Amanda (Spock's mama). Live long and prosper jerks. To see the trailer click here.

2008-11-14T18:22:00.000-08:00

New Watchmen Trailer

2008-11-13T12:22:00.000-08:00

Wisely "Through any Window"

2008-11-12T13:34:00.000-08:00

U.F.O.'s! U.F.O.'s!

2008-11-05T17:40:00.000-08:00

Good morning, Revolution:
You're the very best friend
I ever had.
We gonna pal around together from now on.
---Langston Hughes

2008-11-04T23:20:00.000-08:00

Yma Sumac R.I.P. September 13, 1922 – November 1, 2008

2008-11-04T02:37:00.000-08:00

Obama O's

Someone needs to buy me this shit quick.
Click here to order.

2008-11-03T13:32:00.000-08:00

Bjork Explains How T.V. Works

2008-10-29T13:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Noni

2008-10-25T14:07:00.000-07:00

Ron Howard's Call to Action

2008-10-24T13:16:00.000-07:00

Hollywood DC: Lights! Camera! Election! (Click on title for official site.)

Oct. 23 - Nov. 8: World of Wonder Gallery politically slap-happy group show, hosted by Heidi and Spencer from "The Hills"

2008-10-16T13:40:00.000-07:00

Come on!

2008-10-16T13:26:00.000-07:00

Brilliant

2008-10-15T17:17:00.001-07:00

Selma is on fire

2008-10-09T12:20:00.000-07:00

Happy B-day Mr. Lennon

I generally don't like hippies but I do agree that War Is Over If You Want It.

2008-10-09T11:18:00.000-07:00

Canter's celebrates 60 years on Fairfax with hot deal

On Oct. 14, the venerable deli and restaurant will serve thousands of its famous corned beef sandwiches on rye (with a side of potato salad plus a chocolate rugula, baked on site) for just 60 cents a pop to celebrate 60 years at the current Fairfax Avenue location. The 60-cent special will take place from noon until midnight and, of course, comes with a pickle. For more info on Canter's click here. (Via L.A. Times.) (Photo by Bob Carey / Los Angeles Times )

2008-10-03T13:03:00.000-07:00

God Save the Cream!

We mean it man.
Here's Johnny (Rotten) Lydon's new butter commercial. Enjoy.

2008-09-29T13:25:00.000-07:00

Danzig

Here's the original. Sorta.

2008-09-29T13:22:00.000-07:00

Danzig/Shakira duet?

2008-09-29T13:12:00.000-07:00

Mr. T Covers Danzig

2008-09-27T01:34:00.000-07:00

Super Marcus

Please don't click on the picture. I beg of you! Please!

2008-09-20T11:16:00.000-07:00

Today's Birthday Whores

2008-09-17T22:01:00.000-07:00

Brian Wilson and Zooey Deschanel

2008-09-17T12:56:00.000-07:00

BE YOUR OWN PET

The name of the band is Be Your Own Pet.
The name of the song is 'The Kelly Affair'.

2008-09-10T12:56:00.000-07:00

Shirley Manson appears as a T-1000 liquid Terminator who morphs into a urinal on The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Shirley Manson's CPU is a neural net processor, a learning computer. The more contact She has with humans, the more she learns.

2008-09-10T12:51:00.000-07:00

Large Hadron Rap

Large Hadron Collider "Actually Worked"

So, in honor of our planet not being destroyed today, I give you this.

2008-09-09T13:08:00.000-07:00

Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci and Nicole Richie at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2009 - DKNY

For some reason I really feel like making a sandwich right now. A WCN sandwich.

2008-09-08T01:04:00.000-07:00

Natalie Portman's Shaved Head

Natalie Portman's Shaved Head is the name of the band. Sophisticated Side Ponytail is the name of the song.

2008-09-03T14:46:00.000-07:00

Kim Kardashian washes her vajayjay

2008-08-28T12:41:00.000-07:00

Katy Perry Gets Plastered

Katy Perry gets those 32D's plastered to help support the fight against breast cancer.

2008-08-28T12:24:00.000-07:00

Acid Tongue preview by Jenny Lewis

2008-08-25T16:34:00.000-07:00

David Byrne and Brian Eno's new album

2008-08-20T10:56:00.000-07:00

Relearn to drive with Lil Loca

2008-08-14T13:22:00.000-07:00

The Roaming Phone Series

Sewer? I don't even know her!

2008-08-12T13:50:00.000-07:00

The Roaming Phone Series

Feeling flushed.

2008-08-11T16:45:00.000-07:00

One day, you'll be cool

If you say so Zooey.

2008-08-11T16:31:00.000-07:00

Katy Perry / Zooey Deschanel

Katy Perry / Zooey Deschanel. Discuss.

2008-08-11T12:42:00.000-07:00

The Roaming Phone Series

Power lunch couple.

2008-08-08T11:32:00.000-07:00

The Roaming Phone Series

When strangers meet.

2008-08-04T02:49:00.000-07:00

The Roaming Phone Series

2008-08-01T12:40:00.000-07:00

2008-08-01T03:05:00.000-07:00

The Roaming Phone Series

2008-07-31T02:25:00.000-07:00

The Roaming Phone Series

2008-07-30T02:49:00.000-07:00

The Roaming Phone Series

2008-07-30T02:47:00.000-07:00

The Roaming Phone Series

2008-07-29T16:19:00.000-07:00

The Roaming Phone Series

2008-07-16T18:08:00.000-07:00

MARIA DANIELA Y SU SONIDO LASSER DRAKAR

MARIA DANIELA Y SU SONIDO LASSER DRAKAR performing 'MIEDO'.

2008-07-16T17:56:00.000-07:00

FACA

Faca performing 'Mi Deporte Favorito'.

2008-07-13T12:10:00.000-07:00

Jermaine Jackson backed up by Spud and Pud

2008-06-23T13:46:00.000-07:00

George Dennis Patrick Carlin R.I.P.(May 12 1937– June 22, 2008)

For George.

Here is the original Carlin comedy routine that caused the Fracas.

"I love words. I thank you for hearing my words. I want to tell you something about words that I uh, I think is important. I love..as I say, they're my work, they're my play, they're my passion. Words are all we have really.

We have thoughts, but thoughts are fluid. You know, [humming]. And, then we assign a word to a thought, [clicks tongue]. And we're stuck with that word for that thought. So be careful with words. I like to think, yeah, the same words that hurt can heal. It's a matter of how you pick them.

There are some people that aren't into all the words. There are some people who would have you not use certain words. Yeah, there are 400,000 words in the English language, and there are seven of them that you can't say on television. What a ratio that is. 399,993 to seven. They must really be bad. They'd have to be outrageous, to be separated from a group that large. All of you over here, you seven. Bad words. That's what they told us they were, remember? 'That's a bad word.' 'Awwww.' There are no bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad Intentions.

And words, you know the seven don't you? Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits, huh? Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that will infect your soul, curve your spine and keep the country from winning the war.

Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits, wow. Tits doesn't even belong on the list, you know. It's such a friendly sounding word. It sounds like a nickname. 'Hey, Tits, come here. Tits, meet Toots, Toots, Tits, Tits, Toots.' It sounds like a snack doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is, right. But I don't mean the sexist snack, I mean, New Nabisco Tits. The new Cheese Tits, and Corn Tits and Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits Onion Tits, Tater Tits, Yeah. Betcha can't eat just one. That's true I usually switch off . But I mean that word does not belong on the list.

Actually, none of the words belong on the list, but you can understand why some of them are there. I am not completely insensitive to people's feelings. You know, I can dig why some of those words got on the list...like cocksucker and motherfucker. Those are...those are heavy-weight words. There's a lot going on there, man. Besides the literal translation and the emotional feeling. They're just busy words. There's a lot of syllables to contend with. And those K's. Those are aggressive sounds, they jump out at you. CocksuckerMotherfuckerCocksucker. It's like an assault, on you. So I can dig that.

And we mentioned shit earlier, of course. Two of the other 4-letter Anglo-Saxon words are Piss and Cunt, which go together of course. But forget about that. A little accidental humor there. Piss and Cunt. The reason Piss and Cunt are on the list is that a long time ago certain ladies said 'Those are the two I am not going to say. I don't mind Fuck and Shit, but P and C are out. P and C are out.' Which led to such stupid sentences as 'OK, you fuckers, I am going to tinkle now.'

And of course the word Fuck. The word Fuck, I don't really...well, this is some more accidental humor, but I don't really want to get into that now. Because I think it takes too long. But I do mean that. I mean, I think the word fuck is an important word. It's the beginning of life, and, yet it's a word we use to hurt one other, quite often. And uh, people much wiser than I have said, I'd rather have my son watch a film with two people making love than two people trying to kill one other. And I of course agree. I wish I know who said it first, and I agree with that. But I would like to take it a step further. I would like to substitute the word fuck, for the word kill in all those movie cliches we grew up with. 'Okay Sheriff, we're gonna fuck ya now. But we're gonna fuck ya slow.' So maybe next year I'll have a whole fuckin' rap on that word. I hope so.

Uh, there are two-way words, but those are the seven you can never say on television. Under any circumstances you just can not say them ever, ever ever, not even clinically. You can not weave them in the panel with Doc and Ed and Johnny, I mean it's just impossible, forget those seven, they're out.

But, there are some two-way words. There are double-meaning words. Remember the ones your giggled at in sixth grade? 'And the cock crowed three times.''Hey, the cock the cock crowed three times. It's in the bible.' There are some Two-way words, like it's okay for Curt Gowdy [mis-spelled in original transcription.] to say 'Roberto Clemente has two balls on him.' But he can't say, 'I think he hurt his balls on that play Tony, don't you? He's holding them. He must have hurt them by God.' And the other two-way word that goes with that one is prick. It's okay if it happens to your finger. Yes, you can prick your finger, but don't finger your prick. No, no."

2008-05-25T13:04:00.000-07:00

We Are The World Japanese Style

Just watch it foo.

2008-05-21T13:13:00.000-07:00

Music Vest

I seriously need this shit for when I go jogging so I can bump some 'Poak Chops' by Tamechi while I get my sweat on.

2008-05-18T20:47:00.000-07:00

Evolution of Zeffon the Man Bat

Animation by Big Bad Bert.

2008-05-13T00:01:00.000-07:00

Telephone, versión Marta Mendez

2008-05-11T12:18:00.000-07:00

Jenny Lewis cooking tips

2008-05-08T17:30:00.000-07:00

Free Veggie Burger From Johnny Rockets

Johnny Rockets is giving you its delicious Streamliner® FREE* (with the purchase of a Streamliner® or any sandwich, starter, and drink)!
Click coupon to find out more.

2008-05-05T14:16:00.000-07:00

Diablo interviews Cusack

2008-04-14T22:43:00.000-07:00

Super Mario Theme played by remote controlled car on bottles

2008-04-09T11:30:00.001-07:00

Kate Hudson

Is it just me or does Kate Hudson look really hot with blue streaked hair? Like some sort of Frost Angel or something.

2008-04-07T12:52:00.001-07:00

La Pequeña Amy Winehouse

2008-03-30T14:30:00.001-07:00

Sarah Silverman Songs

2008-03-27T10:41:00.001-07:00

The Treehouse Gallery

New mural outside the Treehouse Gallery located at 2345 E. Olympic Blvd. which has sadly closed.

2008-03-27T10:29:00.000-07:00

Police aided paste-up

Police aided paste-up on 2nd Street between Broadway and Spring Street 03/25/2008.

2008-03-25T11:48:00.001-07:00

Buzzcocks (Ever Fallen in Love W/Someone You Shouldn't Have)

2008-03-24T16:42:00.000-07:00

My Saturday with Bukowski.

there are worse things than
being alone
but it often takes decades
to realize this
and most often
when you do
it's too late
and there's nothing worse
than
too late.

You ain't kiddin'.
I guess most people don't understand. Including you. Evs.
Next stop is Raymond Thornton Chandler's resting site.
Anybody game?

2008-03-18T10:31:00.000-07:00

Mentiritas at Little Temple Bar 02/24/2008

Mentiritas is a funky, Latin infused project that features members of Ozomatli, Beastie Boys, CAVA and Yeska. They call their style "Rancholo".I got really sick after this night. Nothing to do with the band. (Photos by Giovanna "Ribisi" Calambrogio)

2008-03-11T13:49:00.000-07:00

Bukowski Bus Tour

I've been feeling pretty sick lately and have been cooped up in my house so on Sunday I decided to take the Bukowski bus tour that I've been wanting to take since I had heard about it. These are pictures from my Bukowski bus tour around Los Angeles.The tour focuses on Bukowski’s great passions: writing, screwing and Los Angeles. The tour shows you the canonical locations of his life and myth: the Postal Annex Terminal where he gathered the material for “Post Office,” the De Longpre apartment where he briefly experimented with marriage and fatherhood, one of his favorite bars and liquor stores, and many other spots. Along the way, you explore the people and ideas that made up the warp and weft of Buk’s rich inner life. This Esotouric bus adventure is hosted by Richard Schave. For more info on this tour and other tours Esotouric offers click here.

P.S. If you can guess where the dark picture with the trees was taken I love you and want to marry you be you man or woman. Evs.

2008-02-25T09:57:00.000-08:00

Diablo Wins!

I normally don't watch award shows but...