Man, you gotta be a crazy bitch to live in LA, moe on that in a minute...

Yes, trip to Monrovia/Arcadia as a home base of sorts. Yes, I sold t-shirts at the 3 sold out Morrissey dates in Pasadena, gosh damn Morrissey fans sure do buy a lot of crap. Pins, tie clips, belt buckles at $20, poster @ $10, shirts at . . .. $53 fucking bucks! . .. oh wait, I mean, $35 fucking bucks! and $40 for the girly tee's. I'll be damn but they completely sold out. Un f'ing believeable. And the crowd was probably 75% Latin, they love that Morrissey.
Got to wear my GAVIOTAS t-shirt while selling, people were asking "what is GAVIOTAS?" and I got to say somethin like, "Only the best fucking band you'll ever hear!" Yea baby, who's bad?
On the last night some guy was bossing me around and telling me to get all these t-shirts, in the middle of the last rush where there are tons of people wanting to buy, so he says get me that one and that one and lemmie see that one, so I finally just say 'No.' . And start helping other people, he says 'No? Dude you're a dick, I don't wanna buy nothing now, if you don't like your job blah blah blah..' Then I fucking smacked him in the mouth and kissed his girlfriend.. that'll learn ya.
I bought a guitar while down there, rock bottom 7-string's because no-one plays them because they are too hard to play but I can because I am a pimp guitarist. Went to Amoeba LA, and all the music shops, very nice.
Next day worked a Stone Sour (guys from Slipknot)/ Superbowl party show. Buck Cherry played the half time, man those guys suck, what's with that crazy bitch song? It's so very un-interesting. Ugh, then the Bears lost, Tre is a huge Bears fan, then Stone Sour hit the stage...
Get this, there aren't one, but THREE bald guys in the band! YUCK! One guitarist, one bass player and Corey the singer from Slipknot. EWWW!!! Corey is a great front man, his voice is the best. I can't wait to see Slipknot again, maybe a band will do a Mars Volta/Slipknot thang.. Awww yeah.
OK then I came home, and Morrissey was waiting for me and he. Freako.
LA is OK. OK indeed.

It was fun. Helped my pops work some venue dates for Chris Brown and Ne-yo.. ahhhhh, Seattle is a great place, almost like SF in some ways. Oregon sucks. They drive slow and  as the south park guys put it in thier team america movie, they're pussy's who are so full of shit they're ass holes. My dad and I went to a diner and we saw a sign that said there will be no slanderous or nesgitave racist or sexist language or you'll be asked to leave.

   Ok so these so-called "liberals" wish to limit free speech? Hmmm.. seems to me like they have more in common with George W. Bush than Ralph Nader.

Seattle wins 47-3

Ah! I just went to Olympia to visit a really good friend who I never met and stay with her family!
It was under the guise of buisness but turned out to be a really nice get away! I was there to kind of talk buisness, Audrey works for a super cool indie label and likes my band GAVIOTAS alot (who doesnt?) and wants to help us attain global domination ;-D
I got there friday night hung out and drank beer! The next morning we got up and headed out to the town of Olympia! We went to a beach area where Audrey and I walked along a dock and checked out crabs and other aquatic sea life very weird to an SF city boy like me. Then we went into a nearby store and she bought edible choclate rocks that really looked like little pebbles! We were gonna shop for seafood there but went to another sho instead.
After checking out an abandoned farmers market, we went to a sea food store with all kinds of critters. We got oysters, muscles, salmon and LIVE CRAB! We got two and they were fighters! I never handled live crabs before...
When we got back I took the crabs out of the back and began taunting Audrey daughter Kirby , she thought it was funny... I hope.
Her husband Steve and I started rubberbanding the crabs pinchers, very fun. Then I thought 'we should kill these things before we eat them!' I always thought it would be way more humane to just shoot a nail through the face and give it a quick death, but apparently shoving them in boiling water is the quickest way to do it, I awlays hated when I saw them do that to crabs and lobster on the Food Channel, but, it's the only way to do it. Steve looked up alternate methods and found some Chineese guy stabbing it in the face a few times then throwing it in a wok. Didn't look very quick so I just did the boiling water thing. Worked fine!
After they cooked I started working on a stock with the crab shells. Her friends came over around 2:30. Mariella and Michael, Mariella works for K records and Michael is her boy toy. Then Slim and his lady Portia came over, everyone was super nice and funny and cool even though there was no talk of buisness or music or anything but, I guess when you work around that all the time, you tend to discuss other things in social situations.
I made a sauce and sauteed the muscles, Steve made these killer burgers with FETTA in it! (sshhhh). We did oysters and Steve made the salmon. It was all very good and almost no-one ate crab which was cool because I made a Crab bisque with the crab and stock (which was labeled 'brains' for the kids).
After everyone left we cleaned up and chilled out. A wonderful day.
Next day Steve took the daughters Kirby and Tuesday to a birthday party and a movie so Audrey and I could talk buisness. She and I went to an awesome woodsy path that led to a beach, where we discussed the future... GAVIOTAS and such. We began laying out a battle plan for world domination!
We went to a resturant called Annie where low tide made the outside smell like a dead condor landed on a bum who shat himself for the last 3 monthes, covered in fish sauce.
The inside was OK so we stayed. I got Clam chowder, caeser salad and fish and chips, Audrey got Shrimp and salad. We made a fully realized plan of how to take over 'da game' which somehow also included acting and writing (funny) but music was of course the main focus. I can't divulge what we talked about but it includes a coo of a not so small Latin American country! Can you guess which one?
We went home later and brain stormed the rest of the night. Audrey is Awesome and her husband Steve is the coolest guy I ever met, his stories and advice were great. He gave me some CD's from his old bands The Stimmies and Decal and I got to hear another group, The Hi-Fives. He recorded that at the old studio I used to work at! (Toast).
Well, we took care of buisness and we have many new tasks to conquer, it will be fun. Audrey drove me to the airport early the next day and we had a teary goodbye (SHUT UP!). I can't wait to visit again, but next time, I'll probably come in a Limo;-D

Ha. I never thought my band would be in the paper for having the coolest myspace page, but here ya go! I find it odd because we don't have fancy colours an all that shit like sparkles an stuff but, as put in the article, we have wit. Just like our music. No fancy shit, just distortion, good song writing and.. wit. ;-D
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2006/03/coolest_myspace.html

This is for my grandpa, you kicked ass in WW2. Maybe someday there will be a war worth fighting, until then I will follow the rules of NON MILITARY PERSONNEL! Fuck Bush, we need to go into Darfur, then I will join up! "Dear Civilians, "We know that the current state of affairs in our great nation have many civilians up in arms and excited to join the military. For those of you who can't join, you can still lend a hand. Here are a few of the areas where we would like your assistance: (1) The next time you see an adult talking (or wearing a hat) during the playing of the National Anthem---kick their ass. (2) When you witness, firsthand, someone burning the American Flag in protest---kick their ass. (3) Regardless of the rank they held while they served, pay the highest amount of respect to all veterans. If you see anyone doing otherwise, quietly pull them aside and explain how these veterans fought for the very freedom they bask in every second. Enlighten them on the many sacrifices these veterans made to make this Nation great. Then hold them down while a disabled veteran kicks their ass. (4) (GUYS) If you were never in the military, DO NOT pretend that you were. Wearing battle dress uniforms (BDUs), telling others that you used to be "Special Forces," and collecting GI Joe memorabilia, might have been okay when you were seven years old. Now, it will only make you look stupid and get your ass kicked. (5) Next time you come across an Air Force member, do not ask them, "Do you fly a jet?" Not everyone in the Air Force is a pilot. Such ignorance deserves an ass-kicking (children are exempt). (6) ***If you witness someone calling the US Coast Guard 'non-military', inform them of their mistake---and kick their ass.*** (7) Next time Old Glory (the US flag) prances by during a parade, get on your damn feet and pay homage to her by placing your hand over your heart. Quietly thank the military member or veteran lucky enough to be carrying her---of course, failure to do either of those could earn you a severe ass-kicking. (8) Don't try to discuss politics with a military member or a veteran. We are Americans, and we all bleed the same, regardless of our party affiliation. Our Chain of Command is to include our Commander-In-Chief (C in C). The President (for those who didn't know) is our C in C regardless of political party. We have no inside track on what happens inside those big important buildings where all those representatives meet. All we know is that when those civilian representatives screw up the situation, they call upon the military to go straighten it out. If you keep asking us the same stupid questions repeatedly, you will get your ass kicked! (9) 'Your mama wears combat boots' never made sense to me---stop saying it! If she did, she would most likely be a vet and therefore, could kick your ass! (10) Bin Laden and the Taliban are not Communists, so stop saying "Let's go kill those Commies!' And stop asking us where he is? Crystal balls are not standard issue in the military. That reminds me---if you see anyone calling those damn psychic phone numbers, let me know, so I can go kick their ass. (11) 'Flyboy' (Air Force), 'Jarhead' (Marines), 'Grunt' (Army), 'Squid' (Navy), 'Puddle Jumpers' (Coast Guard), etc., are terms of endearment we use describing each other. Unless you are a service member or vet, you have not earned the right to use them. That could get your ass kicked. (12) Last, but not least, whether or not you become a member of the military, support our troops and their families. Every Thanksgiving and religious holiday that you enjoy with family and friends, please remember that there are literally thousands of sailors and troops far from home wishing they could be with their families. Thank God for our military and the sacrifices they make every day. Without them, our country would get its ass kicked." "It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press." "But "freedom of the press is guarenteed only to those that own one." -Simon "It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech." "Yeah but if soldiers we're in charge of poetry, it might be outlawed."-..uh.. not Simon "It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate." "Hmmm, I think it's both." Simon "It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." "Just don't burn the flags on coffins.. I will beat you."

Oh my Jah! This country done gone mad! I'm also pretty sure I'm being bugged but that's for later... I know most people feel better about being spied on when there is a warrant granted, but I cannot fathom the idea my life is being probed on behast of the President save the proper channels attempted to be sought. Damn mo'fo! Wha'd I say? Oh yeah, How come conservitives give up thier freedoms so easily. I swear the administration could say anything and justify it with non-sense and people would still back them. Maybe "us and them" should live on seperate sides of the world and see who's country comes out like 40's Germany first. I call the west coast... I swear these people are trying to destroy this country as fast as possible. Please call your congress person, I will.

So... proposition H passed in the City making the sale, distribution and manufacture of hand guns illegal. Bad. Not only will this cost the city money in law suits brought by the NRA, but it's going to piss gun owners like me off! As my drummer, a marine, so eliquently put; "If they want my gun they can come get it, but they're gonna get the bullets first." Couldn't have said it better myself. If hoods and gangs, hitmen and monsters want guns, they will get guns. So now I'm supposed to mase someone robbing my house? What if someone breaks in and tries to rape my dog or something? Taser? OK that's a bit extreme, but ... you know what I'm saying. My point is... I'm keeping my gun bitches!!! Bang Bang!