back
to neckdeep
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Wednesday - July 30 - 9:44am l
I
watched the entire Bush press conference. First thought: what a dumb bastard.
It's really amazing that the President of the United States can be such
a poor public speaker. After the very FIRST question, which had four parts,
he said he was getting old and couldn't really follow such a complex question.
Great, the man who is supposed to be the leader of the free world has
trouble with multi-point questions about his job.
-
" I think this is a shallow recession..."
Shallow? From what I've read a 'shallow recession' by definition lasts
roughly a year at most, and are easier to recover from (a shallow recovery).
We're hitting over two years now. Every month, 100,000+ new people enter
the American labor force looking for jobs, and that number is growing...doesn't
seem "shallow" to me.
-
"I am mindful that we're all sinners and I caution those who may
try to take a speck out of the neighbor's eye when they got a log in their
own," the
president said. "I think it is important for our society to respect
each individual, to welcome those with good hearts."
Great...quote
the bible as you talk about how you don't support homosexually. We're
all sinners (some of us lie a lot, wait is that a sin?), so I guess those
homosexuals are no exception. Sinners. And some people believe he doesn't
mix his personal religous beliefs with his role in office?
-
Bush
said the United States must sort through "literally miles of
documents" to learn the truth of whether Saddam's regime had ties
to al-Qaida and details about its weapons programs. "We've been there
for 90 days," he said.
So it was fine to use that possible connection as a rally cry for war
because it MAY be in miles of documents we have yet to find in any form?
I thought it was innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around.
Does this mean I can go out and beat up someone on the street (and pursude
others to do the same) and just claim that he MIGHT have been a possible
threat to me? I mean, until the proof is presented, back off...give me
3 or 4 months. In the meantime, keep punching...
-
I could go on...I also like how he called California "the California"...and...oh,
forget it...
Listen
+ Acme - Reduce The Choir to one soloist...
l Tuesday - July 29 - 12:42pm l
Sex
Pistols + Warfield, San Francisco, CA
Wednesday September 03, 2003 8:00 pm
Seat location: section FLOOR
Total Charge: $55.00
That
is anything but punk rock. Yup, I'm a sucker.
l 9:46am l
'LIMP
BIZKIT stormed off stage over the weekend, after being pelted with plastic
bottles, boos and chants of 'Fuck off FRED DURST'.
So did anyone boo Metallica or Mudvayne? Linkin Park?I think it's a fair
question...
l 8:19am l
Here's
a new Dillinger
Escape Plan Song (Real Audio needed). Amazingly enough I'll be in
New York to catch their Take
Action benefit show
at Irving Plaza. I somehow lucked out...the ticket has been bought.
Watch + Northwest
l Monday - July 28 - 7:50pm l
From
Monument To Masses played incredibly well Friday night. Solid, tight,
and very loud. Catch them when they play your town. Check
the dates here.
Watched the new DC Video yesterday.
I was expecting to be blown away by Danny Way's part...and I was impressed
and everything...but I just can't get past how much of a jackass homophobe
he is (see various Big Brother interviews and his part in beating of a
gay man to death in LA) to enjoy his skating. The highlight for me was
Rob Drydek's part with his own skate security guard 'Big Black'. Great
idea and some insane skating...
Featured
+ FUEL
TV promo by Andy Jenkins
l Friday - July 25 - 1:27pm l
I'm
certainly not the first to say this (nor the last), but the VH-1
200 Greatest Pop Culture list is total crap. Bruce Lee is number 141!
141! And Britney Spears is 20...with Jennifer Lopez at 15?! Those two
are timeless icons? And don't even look at number one. Bruce Lee at 141!?
Penny Marshall is 94?! Worthless.
Did I mention Bruce Lee's ranking? 141!
Listen + Give up The
Ghost
l Thursday - July 24 - 12:15pm l
From
Monument To Masses play Bottom
of the Hill tomorrow night at 10pm...be there or be square. Oh, and
buy their fantastic new album.
Featured + Incubation
l Tuesday - July 22 - 10:12am l
What
is the deal with this? Tylenol is trying to create some sort of Crailtap
(don't mistake this for a Crailtap endorsement...that site sucks as well)
meets sales tool. 'Bags Hurt'? They do? I'm not sure if Lewman still checks
out this site, but if you're out there Mark...what's up with the Bleeding
Edge?Ouch.
In similar news, Grind the
movie now has a website that has actors talking about the importance
of skateboarding...
"Just now we're seeing people taking to it (skateboarding)...it's
like the 7, 8, 9, 10 year olds who are like TOTALLY taking to it right
now...it's like the very, very beginning of that taking off."
- Jennifer Morrison
WHAT THE FUCK? Yeah, thank goodness skateboarding is finally starting
to catch on now. Thanks Jennifer for letting us know. Someone get this
girl (who is just eye candy in another shitty summer teen film) a copy
of the Dogtown documentary. Then tell the film makers they are clueless
hacks. Unreal.
l Sunday - July 20 - 7:35pm l
This
has been one of the most hectic weeks I can remember. People fired, people
hired (both for the better), and deadlines that really tested my limits.
I'm thankful it's all over....until tomorrow morning.
- This
makes me question humanity. Poisoning dogs over leash laws? My good
friend lives right next to one of the parks in Portland and won't take
his dog out until all of this blows over. I hope they catch whoever is
responsible...and fast. Also, if you live in Portland and have a dog (Chad?
Tom?) maybe your photo
is posted here...
- I have always thought about getting a tattoo of the Matt Hensley double
kick board graphic (sometimes called 'Rays of Light'). This
guy beat me to it in a big way.
Listen
+ Helmet - Meantime
Watch + On Video - Summer 2003
Featured + Boombox
Museum
l Wednesday - July 16 - 7:48am l
Pat
Robertson's latest campaign, Operation
Supreme Court Freedom, actually encourages people to 'pray' for the
poor health (and
mentions both cancer and heart problems) of supreme court justices.
How very kind and caring. I suppose Jesus would wish sickness on those
he disagreed with? The man is human garbage. (Didn't I call him that before?
Oh, yeah...it was when Robertson and his pal Faldwell blamed gays, feminists,
and abortion rights supporters for the September 11th attacks just days
afterwards. 'God
gave us what we deserve' Remember that?)
Write him an email
and remind him of the separation of church and state. Also, remind him
that he is a hateful, sad, jackass who is an insult to humanity. Just
for good measure.
l Monday - July 14 - 10:00am l
New
York City July 10-13th...
Positives
+ Meeting up with Sue and catching up.
+ Carrot dressing from Jaffa Cafe in the East Village.
+ Spying Al Franken in shorts, and in a rush.
+ The Soho Apple store.
+ Lemon Ice Tea Snapple everywhere
Negatives
- The heat...screw the humidity.
- Air travel.
- Supreme,
alife, and the other stupid 'high-end'
cool guy / graf / skate / toy / hip-hop stores that pepper the East Village
and Soho area. I'm going to open a neckdeep store that is open for 4 hours
a day, has sales people who insult you, and sell the following: shitty
paint markered sneakers for 150 bucks, a 'custom' neckdeep Kubrick
(or Bearbrick), and poorly designed limited edition T-Shirts for 40-50
bucks each. I expect the Japanese kids to line up early.
Listen
+ Third Bass - the Cactus
Watch + On Video - Summer 2003
Read
+ Yes, Yes Y'all - Oral History of Hip Hop's First
Decade by Jim Franke & Charlie Ahearne
Featured + Mandatory
Information is now TheNews.com.au
l Wednesday - July 9 - 4:54pm l
Tomorrow
I'll be leaving for New York City. No updates until I return Monday.
l Monday - July 7 - 11:23am l
Will
the U.S.
government encourage people to eat less animals products? No way.
Ozzy - 'We made mistakes
with Jack'...really? I thought that after snorting ants, almost killing
your wife, and turning yourself into a mumbling fool would have given
you some insight on the dangers of drugs and booze. Guess not.
Featured + Metal
Words game
l Saturday - July 5 - 4:47pm l
Had
a great skate session yesterday morning at the Berkeley park with Bryce
and Ron Allen.
Ron is the man. Running skate camps, starting an independent skate deck
company, and having fun everyday skateboarding. I felt honored just to
sit and talk to him. Watch Ron's footage in Shackle
Me Not sometime...that video changed everything.
Watch
+ Finding Nemo
l Thursday - July 3 - 7:57am l
Well,
I gave it a try. I went with Bryce last night to The Mars Volta show to
see if I could somehow get a plus-one tickets along with his photo pass.
No dice. There was a line around the corner and a 'COMPLETELY Sold Out'
hand-drawn sign in the ticket window. Damn it. I'm looking forward to
seeing photos.
Metallica and The Peppers' (dude) don't
support iTunes and the 'demise of the album format'. Could it be that
after hearing one track the smart listener won't be willing to pay for
their whole crappy full length? Or are they just greedy fucks? Probably
both.
Ivo redesigns blanksurface.
Hey
Bush, keep up the good work.
Also (found at NewsToday),
Go to google.com. Type in "weapons
of mass destruction" (including the double quotes) and hit the 'Im
feeling lucky' button. Read the error page carefully.
Listen
+ 3 Inches of Blood -
download songs here
l Tuesday - July 1 - 9:22am l
It
seems like they
all knew they were lying. Great! Now back to raising millions for
the 2004 campaign.
l
12:01am l
I'm Sid Vicious? Really? What
punk icon are you?
Nah, there's really
no reason to label cloned meat and milk. It's probably fine.
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