Santa Monica Pier – 6:30pm One of my favorite songs is by Lucinda Williams and it’s called Ventura. She’s captured a moment in lyrics of driving up the coast from L.A. that I think is brilliant. Now anytime the sun splashes down into the water and does that little bend I think of that wistful […]
Local animals. Nicky the neighbor cat recently moved but I used to have fun with her when she’d come around. She didn’t move that far so she actually comes by occasionally and hangs out. I haven’t seen her in few weeks. All that’s left is old black cat Eddie and annoying Boubou who after about […]
MUSIC: The Oct. 10th DVD release of Neko Case’s peformance on Austin City Limits from 2003. I’m going to play it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and […]
[OPEN SEASON PREMIERE PHOTOS] [RED CARPET MAYHEM VIDEO] Hey! Let’s go to a premiere! Come on everybody! Join me in a walk down the red carpet, um green carpet, and get blinded by flashes and rub elbows with Martin Lawrence, Aston Kutcher and Demi Moore, Gary Sinise and the furry stars of Open Season! It’s […]
[BAJA CANTINA BIRTHDAY PHOTOS] Who has a birth”day” anymore? It usually lasts a week or more now. On top of that is the extraordinary amount of people that have birthday’s in September. Lot’s of sex during the holidays in December create a baby boom of Virgos and Libras in late summer and fall. Off the […]
Went out hunting for food and walked by a bookstore that was having a discussion and signing by the writer [James Ellroy]. Oooo that could be interesting. It was starting in just a few minutes so I picked up a copy of his book, ‘The Black Dahlia” and grabbed a seat. He came out and […]
[Kokomo Cafe]: Swiss and provolone cheese with pureed chipotle chilies, grilled on sourdough, served with fire roasted tomato soup. $8.95. Ask for an extra little side of the chilies and dip the edges of the sandwich in while eating. On a cold blustery night it’s cheese-a-rific. Head on over to the Farmer’s Market and pull […]
Big party day today. Hit an early one then headed over to Brigitte’s for her baby shower and then ended up at Andrea’s 40th birthday hoedown. Hadn’t seen any of this group of friends in ages so it was great to see everybody. Jenny and Craig threw a big hoedown at their new house which […]
Setlist: Stinkfist – The Pot – 46 & 2 – Jambi – Schism – Rosetta Stoned – Right in Two – Wings for Marie – 10,000 Days – Lateralus – (interlude) – Vicarious – Aenema So, where to begin. I like Tool. Like the band, like the music, like the whole vibe around them… But […]
I got nothing. So here’s my dog. She would have been 28 this year had she been immortal. I still occasionally have dreams about her. She was named Chestnut because we got her for Christmas in 1978. She was born in October during the World Series between the Yankees and the Dodgers. In 1979 I […]
Went to the cemetery because I was kinda bored, it was nice out, and I always wanted to check out the Hollywood Forever Cemetery during the day. So what the hell. I’ve only been there for the movie screenings at night. I like that every headstone has a story. Even if you don’t know it. […]
The infamous stencil grafitti artist [Banksy] hit L.A. recently. It feels odd to seem honored that he’d come here all the way from Bristol, UK and paint up the town! Ha ha! He even got rid of the previous stencil of a maid sweeping stuff up under the wall and put up a new one […]
I went over to the [Arclight] theatre today to see the film [Little Miss Sunshine]. Our posh movie theater in town with none of those before film commercials and reserved seating. Great because you can show up just minutes before a movie starts and have the seats you selected rather than the front row. Love […]
The moment I took this photo I was in Pirate Hell. So there are these theme restaurants that are the breeding grounds of the Devil himself. I agreed to go to one to see if it is truly awful. Well, it’s truly awful. Ha ha! The latest is this pirate themed one and I have […]
[FANTASTIC FLAMING FIRE FEST VIDEO] Three things to do this weekend. One of my roomates from college was having a birthday thingy on Saturday afternoon, Saturday night was FireFest. Then on Sunday was hang out time with Keith and Shelli and go into the city to Jens for a little birthday feast for a friend […]
We went over to The Grove to Wood Ranch and watched the World Cup. We had started watching the game at my house but then at half time we went over knowing that they’d have the game on at Wood Ranch.
[BIKERS, BOOBIES & ASSES VIDEO]Every year at Mugs Away Saloon in San Juan Capistrano a bunch of crazy bikers get together and moon the trains that go by all day. It started as a bar bet where a guy offered a beer to anyone who would go moon the Amtrak train as it went by.
There was a little meeting of the Ghosties crew at the [Saints & Sinners Lounge] Tuesday night. Lots of Martinis were had by all. In fact I think I doubled my entire lifetime intake of Martinis that night. Not a big Martini drinker so round about 4 in the morning I was a hurting puppy. […]
Horse racing! Always bet on the Irish horse. They always kick our California horses asses. You’d never know gambling’s illegal in California. Somebody should probably tell the Indian casinos, lotteries and race tracks. I arrived too late to bet on the first race but I was on fire for the next seven! Aw yeah, steak […]
This morning I had to get up at 6:00 to get to Hanalei Bay by 6:45. The catamaran trip around to Na Pali is on. It was cancelled on Wednesday because of a boat problem. The night before I charged all my batteries and got packed to check out of the hotel bright and early. […]