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Coachella 2009 Lineup!!!

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:24:50 GMT

Okay, so Beltran sent this to me a few minutes ago. Supposedly our friend Dylan spied this list on the Ryan Seacrest blog (yeah go make fun of Dylan when you have time) but they subsequently pulled it off the website. Looks like they didn't have the authorization from Goldenvoice to release the lineup.

http://www.ryanseacrest.com/blog/coachella_2009_lineup_announced/

now changed to "Rumored lineup"

http://www.ryanseacrest.com/blog/rumored_coachella_lineup_leaked/

The West coast's foremost music festival Coachella just released the lineup for the 2009 weekend and it does not disappoint! See the fill list of artists below:

FRIDAY

Nine Inch Nails
Morrissey
Orbital
Franz Ferdinand
Puscifer
Katy Perry
Digitalism (live)
The Presets
K's Choice
Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band
X
Metric
The Black Keys
Shpongle
Turbonegro
Bassnectar
Fair To Midland
Ladytron
Cage
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Hercules & Love Affair
Mickey Avalon
The Gaslight Anthem
Laura Marling
The Whip
The Bloody Beetroots
Kristina Sky
The Airborne Toxic Event
Friendly Fires
Straight Line Stitch
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
Shadrach Kabango
Los Campesinos
O'Death
The Wishing Tree
Floater
Alias Westlord
Snailhouse
Asteroids Galaxy Tour
Miyavi
Kevin Rudolf
TINARIWEN
Heartless Bastards
Drop The Lime
Lucent Dossier

SATURDAY

The Killers
Neil Young
Primus
Basement Jaxx
TV on the Radio
Mike Patton Rahzel
Adele
Immortal Technique
Atmosphere
One Day as a Lion
Girl Talk
Primal Scream
Coolof (of The Knife) (DJ set)
KT Tunstall
Crystal Castles
Amon Tobin
M.A.N.D.Y.
She & Him
Roni Size
Kimya Dawson
Glasvegas
The Black Marquee
Jade Everett
Jamie T
Foals
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
No Age
Late of the Pier
Sebastian Tellier
Peanut Butter Wolf
The Flobots
Radio Luxembourg
Ice Cream Floats
Flying Lotus
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
The Bug
White Lies
The Knux
The Captains Intangible
Mad Marge & The Stonecutters
N.A.S.A.
Mexican Institute of Sound
Eric Mcfadden Trio
Soniko
Kira Willey
Lucent Dossier
KIM H & DANNY R

SUNDAY

Paul McCartney
Foo Fighters
Public Enemy
Chemical Brothers
Keane
Poe
MSTRKRFT
Fleet Foxes
Band of Horses
Lupe Fiasco
Skunk Anansie
Planet of the Drums
Jenny Lewis
Imogen Heap
The Heavy
The Shins
Black Mountain
Asobi Seksu
Gus Black
Alabama 3
The Faint
The Sounds
The Ting Tings
Yeasayer
Conjure One
The Bees
Bizarre
Surkin
The Greencards
The Hold Steady
Uh Huh Her
Christopher Lawrence
a place to bury strangers
Carolina Chocolate Drops
The Death Set
Florence & The Machine
Anna Ternheim
Weston Boys
Tommy Mills & The Jade Amenity
Gutevolk
Buraka Som Sistema
Lucent Dossier

Obey money money money!

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:03:16 GMT

i think this video has almost all the Obey prints i've ever wanted to collect... the animation is amazing!

best friends...

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:47:29 GMT

Conversations like this are one of a million reasons why samsonite is my best friend in the world. (READ FROM THE BOTTOM UP...)

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11/20/2008 11:14 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent by: "Samantha Nguyen"
Subject Re: art show tonight?

Mark, I love the way you explain things in terms I'll understand!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

I'm making myself eat some congee right now so hopefully those little rice suckers will convert themselves into energy and karate chop those bacterias right back where they came from!! HAHAHAHAHA! I'll send erin a msg on facebok now and tell her happy bday!

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On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:11 AM, xxxxxxxxxx.com wrote:

awwwww okay. sammie you need to EAT!!

remember, your body needs food to heal itself. if you don't eat, it won't have any nutrients to fight the sickness. think of it as body karate. you can karate chop the flu but if you don't have enough strength, it's not gonna do very much! your bod needs to make white blood cells and antibodies to "fight... for your right.. to paaaaartay" (or to be healthy) but if there's no nutrients, then your immune system can't build those little buggers for you. :(

anyway, i'll be at medusas lounge tomorrow so i'll tell erin and brenda happy bday for you. i hope you feel better sammie!!!!!

Mark T. Weber
Ext. x2xxxxx
(310) xxx-xxxx
Dealer Applications
Information Systems Division
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

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On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:53 AM, xxxxxxxxxx.com wrote:

O.M.G. I can't believe that happened!! UGH!!

Yeah I'm hardly making it to work today. I'm going in late bc I just threw up. EWW. LOL! I drank some juice for the first time in like 2 days and it came spewing out! GROOOSSS!! HAHAHAHA! TMI!!

I think I won't be able to make it out tonight. I was supposed to go to Medussa's Lounge tomorrow but I doubt I'll even feel better for that. Tell her I got super sick and we'll get together another time for sure!

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On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:38 AM, xxxxxxxxxx.com wrote:

you sure you don't want to go to the art show? it's not a club/dancing type deal... more of a walk around and look at art with a dj playing in the background type deal. :) i know she'll be disappointed if we don't make it, but i'm sure she'll be okay with meeting up another night.

Mark T. Weber
Ext. x2xxxx
(310) xxx-xxxx
Dealer Applications
Information Systems Division
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:04:11 GMT

well said mr. powell. well said.

www.palinaspresident.com

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:24:17 GMT

check it. click things multiple times and try to find them all!
http://www.palinaspresident.com/

back from costa rica and belize!

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:17:18 GMT

well, i'm back from one of the most fun and exciting vacations of my life. we were in costa rica and belize for one week each. we did so many things, i think we went on a tour or did some sort of activity every single day except for days we traveled between cities. some of the things we did in costa rica included zip lining, rappelling, horseback riding, costa rican clubbing, we went on a rainforest hike, watched arenal volcano erupt, swam at a volcanic hot spring, white water rafted, visited manuel antonio national park, gambled at a costa rican casino, and stayed in a hostel. in belize we visited the mayan ruins at cahal pech, hiked into st. hermans cave, swam in a "blue hole" pool, went on the monkey river tour w/manatee watching, scuba dived at hol chan marine park, snorkeled at shark & ray alley, hung out with some locals from a reggae band, and of coure ate some amazing food! (we also watched all three debates and the dodgers sweep the cubs). there's just way too much to write about, so i'll let the photos do the talking. here is a link to beltron's pictures. i have to sort through a couple thousand photos (we had 4 cameras total on the trip) so it may be a couple days before i post the rest.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/krisbeltran/sets/72157607696038070/

finally, i'll leave you with a couple videos:

banksy's latest installation in nyc.
"the village pet store and charcoal grill"

london graffiti remix

E-mail on Sarah Palin grabs spotlight

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:50:43 GMT

After being thoroughly disgusted with the hateful, close-minded, and down right disrespectful rhetoric of the Republican National Convention, I did some research on Sarah Palin. My coworker came across this letter (which has been verified by the NY Times as authentic) and I want to share it with any of you who may be reading. Here's a litlte about John McCain's hail-mary VP pick. Read for yourself and make your own decision:

 
From: http://www.washingtonindependent.com/3671/the-reform-candidate
  Submitted by Michael Wrightson on Sept 1, 2008
 
  Disclaimer:  There are few cites given, and I don't personally know Anne Kilkenny 
            and can't vouch for the identity, but the NY Times has interviewed her now.
 
 ( Updates on general history are below Anne Kilkenny's letter. )
 
A note to all by Anne Kilkenny 
 
Dear friends,
 
So many people have asked me about what I know about Sarah Palin in the
last 2 days that I decided to write something up . . .
 
Basically, Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton have only 2 things in
common: their gender and their good looks. :)
 
You have my permission to forward this to your friends/email contacts
with my name and email address attached, but please do not post it on
any websites, as there are too many kooks out there . . .
 
Thanks,
Anne
 
   [ Note by web_admin: This was already posted on Washington Independent 
      comments area and was meant by the author to be read by many, but 
      readers need sourcing.  The NY Times has talked with Anne since. ]
 
ABOUT SARAH PALIN
 
I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I have known Sarah since 1992.
Everyone here knows Sarah, so it is nothing special to say we are on a
first-name basis. Our children have attended the same schools. Her
father was my child's favorite substitute teacher. I also am on a
first name basis with her parents and mother-in-law. I attended more
City Council meetings during her administration than about 99% of the
residents of the city.
 
She is enormously popular; in every way she’s like the most popular
girl in middle school. Even men who think she is a poor choice and
won't vote for her can't quit smiling when talking about her because
she is a "babe".
 
It is astonishing and almost scary how well she can keep a secret. She
kept her most recent pregnancy a secret from her children and parents
for seven months.
 
She is "pro-life". She recently gave birth to a Down's syndrome baby.
There is no cover-up involved, here; Trig is her baby.
 
She is energetic and hardworking. She regularly worked out at the gym.
 
She is savvy. She doesn't take positions; she just "puts things out
there" and if they prove to be popular, then she takes credit.
 
Her husband works a union job on the North Slope for BP and is a
champion snowmobile racer. Todd Palin’s kind of job is highly
sought-after because of the schedule and high pay. He arranges his
work schedule so he can fish for salmon in Bristol Bay for a month or
so in summer, but by no stretch of the imagination is fishing their
major source of income. Nor has her life-style ever been anything
like that of native Alaskans.
 
Sarah and her whole family are avid hunters.
 
She's smart.
 
Her experience is as mayor of a city with a population of about 5,000
(at the time), and less than 2 years as governor of a state with about
670,000 residents.
 
During her mayoral administration most of the actual work of running
this small city was turned over to an administrator. She had been
pushed to hire this administrator by party power-brokers after she had
gotten herself into some trouble over precipitous firings which had
given rise to a recall campaign.
 
Sarah campaigned in Wasilla as a “fiscal conservative”. During her 6
years as Mayor, she increased general government expenditures by over
33%. During those same 6 years the amount of taxes collected by the
City increased by 38%. This was during a period of low inflation
(1996-2002). She reduced progressive property taxes and increased a
regressive sales tax which taxed even food. The tax cuts that she
promoted benefited large corporate property owners way more than they
benefited residents.
 
The huge increases in tax revenues during her mayoral administration
weren’t enough to fund everything on her wish list though, borrowed
money was needed, too. She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it
with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage
the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said
she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a
new library? No. $1m for a park. $15m-plus for construction of a
multi-use sports complex which she rushed through to build on a piece
of property that the City didn’t even have clear title to, that was
still in litigation 7 yrs later--to the delight of the lawyers
involved! The sports complex itself is a nice addition to the
community but a huge money pit, not the profit-generator she claimed it
would be. She also supported bonds for $5.5m for road projects that
could have been done in 5-7 yrs without any borrowing.
 
While Mayor, City Hall was extensively remodeled and her office
redecorated more than once.
 
These are small numbers, but Wasilla is a very small city.
 
As an oil producer, the high price of oil has created a budget surplus
in Alaska. Rather than invest this surplus in technology that will
make us energy independent and increase efficiency, as Governor she
proposed distribution of this surplus to every individual in the state.
 
In this time of record state revenues and budget surpluses, she
recommended that the state borrow/bond for road projects, even while
she proposed distribution of surplus state revenues: spend today's
surplus, borrow for needs.
 
She’s not very tolerant of divergent opinions or open to outside ideas
or compromise. As Mayor, she fought ideas that weren’t generated by
her or her staff. Ideas weren’t evaluated on their merits, but on the
basis of who proposed them.
 
While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected
City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from
the library some books that Sarah wanted removed. City residents
rallied to the defense of the City Librarian and against Palin's
attempt at out-and-out censorship, so Palin backed down and withdrew
her termination letter. People who fought her attempt to oust the
Librarian are on her enemies list to this day.
 
Sarah complained about the “old boy’s club” when she first ran for
Mayor, so what did she bring Wasilla? A new set of "old boys". Palin
fired most of the experienced staff she inherited. At the City and as
Governor she hired or elevated new, inexperienced, obscure people,
creating a staff totally dependent on her for their jobs and eternally
grateful and fiercely loyal--loyal to the point of abusing their power
to further her personal agenda, as she has acknowledged happened in the
case of pressuring the State’s top cop (see below).
 
As Mayor, Sarah fired Wasilla’s Police Chief because he “intimidated”
her, she told the press. As Governor, her recent firing of Alaska's top
cop has the ring of familiarity about it. He served at her pleasure
and she had every legal right to fire him, but it's pretty clear that
an important factor in her decision to fire him was because he wouldn't
fire her sister's ex-husband, a State Trooper. Under investigation
for abuse of power, she has had to admit that more than 2 dozen
contacts were made between her staff and family to the person that she
later fired, pressuring him to fire her ex-brother-in-law. She tried to
replace the man she fired with a man who she knew had been reprimanded
for sexual harassment; when this caused a public furor, she withdrew
her support.
 
She has bitten the hand of every person who extended theirs to her in
help. The City Council person who personally escorted her around town
introducing her to voters when she first ran for Wasilla City Council
became one of her first targets when she was later elected Mayor. She
abruptly fired her loyal City Administrator; even people who didn’t
like the guy were stunned by this ruthlessness.
 
Fear of retribution has kept all of these people from saying anything
publicly about her.
 
When then-Governor Murkowski was handing out political plums, Sarah got
the best, Chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission: one
of the few jobs not in Juneau and one of the best paid. She had no
background in oil & gas issues. Within months of scoring this great
job which paid $122,400/yr, she was complaining in the press about the
high salary. I was told that she hated that job: the commute, the
structured hours, the work. Sarah became aware that a member of this
Commission (who was also the State Chair of the Republican Party)
engaged in unethical behavior on the job. In a gutsy move which some
undoubtedly cautioned her could be political suicide, Sarah solved all
her problems in one fell swoop: got out of the job she hated and
garnered gobs of media attention as the patron saint of ethics and as a
gutsy fighter against the “old boys’ club” when she dramatically quit,
exposing this man’s ethics violations (for which he was fined).
 
As Mayor, she had her hand stuck out as far as anyone for pork from
Senator Ted Stevens. Lately, she has castigated his pork-barrel
politics and publicly humiliated him. She only opposed the “bridge to
nowhere” after it became clear that it would be unwise not to.
 
As Governor, she gave the Legislature no direction and budget
guidelines, then made a big grandstand display of line-item vetoing
projects, calling them pork. Public outcry and further legislative
action restored most of these projects--which had been vetoed simply
because she was not aware of their importance--but with the unobservant
she had gained a reputation as “anti-pork”.
 
She is solidly Republican: no political maverick. The State party
leaders hate her because she has bit them in the back and humiliated
them. Other members of the party object to her self-description as a
fiscal conservative.
 
Around Wasilla there are people who went to high school with Sarah.
They call her “Sarah Barracuda” because of her unbridled ambition and
predatory ruthlessness. Before she became so powerful, very ugly
stories circulated around town about shenanigans she pulled to be made
point guard on the high school basketball team. When Sarah's
mother-in-law, a highly respected member of the community and
experienced manager, ran for Mayor, Sarah refused to endorse her.
 
As Governor, she stepped outside of the box and put together of package
of legislation known as “AGIA” that forced the oil companies to march
to the beat of her drum.
 
Like most Alaskans, she favors drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge. She has questioned if the loss of sea ice is linked to
global warming. She campaigned “as a private citizen” against a state
initiaitive that would have either a) protected salmon streams from
pollution from mines, or b) tied up in the courts all mining in the
state (depending on who you listen to). She has pushed the State’s
lawsuit against the Dept. of the Interior’s decision to list polar
bears as threatened species.
 
McCain is the oldest person to ever run for President; Sarah will be a
heartbeat away from being President.
 
There has to be literally millions of Americans who are more
knowledgeable and experienced than she.
 
However, there’s a lot of people who have underestimated her and are
regretting it.
 
 
CLAIM VS FACT
•“Hockey mom”: true for a few years
•“PTA mom”: true years ago when her first-born was in elementary
school, not since
•“NRA supporter”: absolutely true
•social conservative: mixed. Opposes gay marriage, BUT vetoed a bill
that would have denied benefits to employees in same-sex relationships
(said she did this because it was unconsitutional).
•pro-creationism: mixed. Supports it, BUT did nothing as Governor to
promote it.
•“Pro-life”: mixed. Knowingly gave birth to a Down’s syndrome baby
BUT declined to call a special legislative session on some pro-life
legislation
•“Experienced”: Some high schools have more students than Wasilla has
residents. Many cities have more residents than the state of Alaska.
No legislative experience other than City Council. Little hands-on
supervisory or managerial experience; needed help of a city
administrator to run town of about 5,000.
•political maverick: not at all
•gutsy: absolutely!
•open & transparent: ??? Good at keeping secrets. Not good at
explaining actions.
•has a developed philosophy of public policy: no
•”a Greenie”: no. Turned Wasilla into a wasteland of big box stores
and disconnected parking lots. Is pro-drilling off-shore and in ANWR.
•fiscal conservative: not by my definition!
•pro-infrastructure: No. Promoted a sports complex and park in a city
without a sewage treatment plant or storm drainage system. Built
streets to early 20th century standards.
•pro-tax relief: Lowered taxes for businesses, increased tax burden on
residents
•pro-small government: No. Oversaw greatest expansion of city
government in Wasilla’s history.
•pro-labor/pro-union. No. Just because her husband works union
doesn’t make her pro-labor. I have seen nothing to support any claim
that she is pro-labor/pro-union.
 
WHY AM I WRITING THIS?
 
First, I have long believed in the importance of being an informed
voter. I am a voter registrar. For 10 years I put on student voting
programs in the schools. If you google my name (Anne Kilkenny +
Alaska), you will find references to my participation in local
government, education, and PTA/parent organizations.
 
Secondly, I've always operated in the belief that "Bad things happen
when good people stay silent". Few people know as much as I do because
few have gone to as many City Council meetings.
 
Third, I am just a housewife. I don't have a job she can bump me out
of. I don't belong to any organization that she can hurt. But, I am no
fool; she is immensely popular here, and it is likely that this will
cost me somehow in the future: that’s life.
 
Fourth, she has hated me since back in 1996, when I was one of the 100
or so people who rallied to support the City Librarian against Sarah's
attempt at censorship.
 
Fifth, I looked around and realized that everybody else was afraid to
say anything because they were somehow vulnerable.
 
CAVEATS
I am not a statistician. I developed the numbers for the increase in
spending & taxation 2 years ago (when Palin was running for Governor)
from information supplied to me by the Finance Director of the City of
Wasilla, and I can't recall exactly what I adjusted for: did I adjust
for inflation? for population increases? Right now, it is impossible
for a private person to get any info out of City Hall--they are
swamped. So I can't verify my numbers.
 
You may have noticed that there are various numbers circulating for the
population of Wasilla, ranging from my "about 5,000", up to 9,000. The
day Palin’s selection was announced a city official told me that the
current population is about 7,000. The official 2000 census count was
5,460. I have used about 5,000 because Palin was Mayor from 1996 to
2002, and the city was growing rapidly in the mid-90’s.
 
Anne Kilkenny
August 31, 2008
 
=======
 
UPDATES (relevant articles):
Troopergate: Palin's letter re Wooten, 8/10/05 - Alaskan Daily News, 
  pointed to on a forum 9/5/08.  It's to Colonel Grimes at Alaska Dept of Public Safety.
A conversation with Anne Kilkenny - The Daily Journal - 9/4/08
Palin's long-time supporters - NY Times, 9/4/08 (Kilkenny quoted)
Palin's Start in Alaska: Not Politics as Usual - NY Times, 9/3/08.
Documents detail Palin's political life - Politico, 9/2/08.
The Unusual Challenges Palin Faced in Alaska - NY Times, 9/4/08
Original info on Wasilla librarian situation -  - Anchorage Daily News - 9/4/08
 (No evidence of actual banning of books during her tenure.)
Foes back off on recall - Anchorage Daily News, 2/11/97 (and 9/2/08)
Librarian retains job upon agreement to merge library and museum operations
 - Anchorage Daily News - 2/1/97 (and 8/29/08)
 
 
REFERENCE:
On the Issues - with quotes
Books and videos 
 
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE:
Palin's Hometown Friends Enjoy the Show - NY Times 9/4/08 - a fun read.
A funny send-up of convention speeches - NY Times 9/4/08, Gail Collins

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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:45:00 GMT

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shepard fairey busted in denver! aiyahhh!

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:33:18 GMT

Shep was recently arrested for putting up pasters in Denver during the DNC. He took it in stride and is still as passionate as ever about supporting the cause. Watch here:

Little Boots on Tenori-on

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:12:48 GMT

I blogged about the Tenori-on last September and it looks like it's finally finding its way into the hands of some great musicians! About a week ago Beltran sent out a link to a video of Little Boots playing "Stuck On Repeat" on her new Tenori-on (see below). I was browsing YouTube today and found this one of her playing "Ready For The Fall":

DAMN!