Saturday, May 25, 2013

Rock


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F8kT8avF3Y

Turn it up. Listen.

Chili Peppers

Never really listened to all of the lyrics before...putting together a playlist for the plane ride to CA, with mostly Cali bands or songs about Cali. Dani California made the list, then this one played next.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DyziWtkfBw

Can't stop, addicted to the shin dig
Cop top, he says I'm gonna win big
Choose not a life of imitation
Distant cousin to the reservation
Defunkt, the pistol that you pay for
This punk, the feeling that you stay for
In time, I want to be your best friend
Eastside love is living on the West End
Knock out, but boy you better come to
Don't die, you know the truth is some do
Go write your message on the pavement
Burnin' so bright, I wonder what the wave meant
White heat is screaming in the jungle
Complete the motion if you stumble
Go ask the dust for any answers
Come back strong with 50 belly dancers

[Chorus:]
The world I love
The tears I drop
To be part of
The wave can't stop
Ever wonder if it's all for you
The world I love
The trains I hop
To be part of
The wave can't stop
Come and tell me when it's time to

Sweetheart is bleeding in the snowcone
So smart, she's leading me to ozone
Music, the great communicator
Use two sticks to make it in the nature
I'll get you into penetration
The gender of a generation
The birth of every other nation
Worth your weight the gold of meditation
This chapter's going to be a close one
Smoke rings, I know you're going to blow one
All on a spaceship persevering
Use my hands for everything but steering
Can't stop, the spirits when they need you
Mop tops are happy when they feed you
J. Butterfly is in the treetop
Birds that blow the meaning into bebop

[Chorus]

Wait a minute I'm passing out
Win or lose, just like you
Far more shocking
Than anything I ever knew
How 'bout you
10 more reasons
Why I need somebody new, just like you
Far more shocking
Than anything I ever knew
Right on cue

Can't stop, addicted to the shin dig
Cop top, he says I'm gonna win big
Choose not a life of imitation
Distant cousin to the reservation
Defunkt, the pistol that you pay for
This punk, the feeling that you stay for
In time, I want to be your best friend
Eastside love is living on the West End
Knock out, but boy you better come to
Don't die you know the truth is some do
Go write your message on the pavement
Burnin' so bright, I wonder what the wave meant

Kick start the golden generator
Sweet talk, but don't intimidate her
Can't stop the gods from engineering
Feel no need for any interfering
Your image in the dictionary
This life is more than ordinary
Can I get 2 maybe even 3 of these
Come from space
To teach you of the pleiades
Can't stop the spirits when they need you
This life is more than just a read-through

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Playing around on Tumblr


Just exported this blog over there. Gonna see what all the hype is about. Not sure I'm a fan yet, so don't go away! I see a lot of my pics didn't come over. A lot of them were linked from external sites. It only allowed me to upload 250 posts, so I'll get the rest up tomorrow.

I have several other blogs here, so I'll likely stay.





Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Forgot...


Met and played with 2003 WSOP champion Chris Moneymaker at the C-Bus casino. Nice guy. NOT a professional poker player. I honestly think I'm a better player than he is. He did have a good tourney in 2003 though. If it weren't for him, I probably wouldn't be in the game. Good lord, I look awful in this pic, lol. I hadn't even ordered a drink yet! BTW, there was also a huge pool tourney going on at the casino, and they LOVED my Breaking Bad shirt. I hadn't realized the connection to pool...get it...Breaking Bad?


Book it!


Couple things... Tix to CA are purchased! Flying into LA, driving up the coast to SF and SAC, and flying out of SF. Gonna eat good; I'm already looking at recent James Beard Award nominees. I'm also already having stomach pains just thinking about the flight. Gonna hit up my doc for something to keep me from freaking out. What a ridiculous phobia.

Also booked...Black Sabbath in DET in August! Ozzy sounds like shit from what I can tell from the bad YouTube clips from Australia, but hopefully he'll get it together over the summer. My friend Sean Saley, who is the drummer for the band Pentagram, says they are being considered to open for Sabbath in PARIS! That would be amazing. I'm trying to get my old buddy Stout to be my date for this show.


Thursday, May 2, 2013

Poker...sucks!


Running bad. Playing bad. Started off the year way up, now I am back to even. None of my hands are holding up, very few draws are hitting, and I'm making bad decisions. It's to the point where I have zero desire to even play.

The good news...it's 77 degrees outside! Got out on the bike a couple times in the past week. Need the exercise!

Map of yesterday's ride