Gabe Leonard

FACT:

I bought my first piece of art yesterday. I was at the Abbot Kinney Street Fair and fell in love with a bunch of paintings by Gabe Leonard. Super talented and really only paints bad ass things. Pirates, mobsters and of course cowboys is the majority of his work, so I am an official fan. The one below "Dead Man's Hand" was the one that I bought, but I really feel that every thing he's done is worth checking out.





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Hulk Hogan in the 1990's

FACT:

Hulk Hogan was like an idol in the 90's. I was an avid fan of wrestling, but I loved his movies. Suburban Commando has to be up there with Encino Man as "wow, I cant believe they made movies like this...and what happened to them?" He always embellished his tough guy-ness and...I don't know. That shit is still hilarious to me.I just did a quick search to show some photos and was amazed and taken back to my child hood.






I couldn't forget Thunder in Paradise, but he did three of those fucking films. Just brilliant. This is what i like to remember instead of his black dyed beard, his divorce, his Van Diesel son and semi hot daughter that he rubs down. :/

Placebo US Tour - Cancelled

FACT:

Placebo canceled their US tour beginning in September. According to Placebo.co.uk Brian collapsed during his first song at a festival in Japan. Doctors say he suffered a virus in Asia which, coupled with jet lag and exhaustion suggest he and the band take a six week break from touring to rest and recover. I smell bullshit.


I am thinking its a conspiracy for a few reasons. After this announcement, another one stated that Placebo will still do the Leeds Festival on August 28th and 29th. :/
Another reason, bands have canceled tours before because of lack of album sales. Lets be honest, this isn't the best Placebo album ever made. I love selected songs (certain tracks off Battle of The Sun are their best work) but its not selling here in the States. I would not be surprised if they take this little break to chill out, put money into some advertising here in the colonies or just schedule more dates in the UK. Either way, i am disappointed.

Oldies but Goodies

FACT:

Ali sent me these two particular videos a while back. In addition to them, he made clever remarks about how proud he was of me for being a part of the production for them. Hilarious




I like the guy on guitar in the first video bouncing back and forth, straight grooving. For the one directly above, I just don't know what happened to "puka" or tightly worn vacation necklaces, but I am very happy that they no longer exist.
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Happiest Place on Earth?

FACT:

I love Disneyland. Infact, I love all non-threatening amusement parks.

But it appears that the great Disney World in Orlando Florida is having a curse going for its employees. Note to self: Do not apply to work at Disney World for at least a few weeks...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Aug. 18) -- A 30-year-old performer at Disney World is dead after rehearsing for a stunt show, the third worker to die in seven weeks at the Orlando, Fla., park.
Anislav Varbanov was pronounced dead late Monday at a hospital after injuring his head while rehearsing a tumbling roll for the "Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular."
A Disney spokeswoman said the company mourned Varbanov's death. The stunt show was canceled Tuesday in his memory.
The death comes a week after a 47-year-old performer died following an on-stage fall during another show, "Captain Jack's Pirate Tutorial." And on July 5, a 21-year-old monorail driver died when another train crashed into his own.

Games For Days

FACT:

This Paul Banks solo album came from left field.


I felt like posting the new video for the single Games for Days and just throw out there that I really dig Interpol. If I was not that crazy about this Julian Plenti album I wouldn't hate. But, it is actually a great album and I am really hoping to see some tour dates for it soon. Very interesting and possibly exciting....

Ready For The Weekend

FACT:

New Calvin Harris album dropped today.



I like it, its really funky and different from his first album. The man created disco for fucks sake. No matter how this record compares to the first all around, I got a lot of love for Calvin Harris. I saw him at Coachella two years ago and it was one of the best, surprising sets I have ever seen.

The Rain (Real Jazzy, kudos Calvin)