In The Morning of the Magicians
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by Pint of Beard in Art, Band of the Day, Music
Waking at 2:30AM on Sat morning I wandered down to Centeroo to catch Girl Talk and Paul Oakenfold . Upon arrival I was taken back by the spectacle that was Girl Talk. The stage was filled with festival goers dancing, jumping, and going all around fucking nuts while giant air guns filled with streamers, toilet paper, and confetti were periodically sprayed over them and giant balloons as big as a sedan floated around the crowd on the ground. From “front to back” as Girl Talk mastermind [...]
Bonnaroo continued… the music, etc.
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by Pint of Beard in Art, Blog, Lifestyle, Music
By the end of the day on Saturday, I’d seen and heard over twenty bands of music’s finest. White Rabbits and People Under the Stairs were the heroes of Thursday’s lineups, but the festival and its patrons were just getting their feet wet. With a merciless thunderstorm late on Thursday night, the feet of every Bonnaroo-er were not just wet, but downright slopped with mud. Nobody was fazed. Crowds were wild and packed for a hypnotizing Animal Collective ; thousands were cutting up the lawn with funky dance moves [...]
Boney James to perform in Sacramento
Posted on 06. Jun, 2009 by A. Seals in Art, Music
Smooth Jazz Concert in Sacramento
I Hate It When…
Posted on 05. Jun, 2009 by spencer in Art, Idiocy
I hate it when I go to use the bathroom and someone else’s turd, pee-pee and toilet paper are still in the bowl. It’s a two-fold shame; not only do you have to suffer the lingering stink that has suffused the entire bathroom, but the site of someone else’s turd is enough to make you want to vomit. Plus, you have to flush before you begin your own evacuation because the mere though of someone else’s pee and poop splash somehow getting on you is the vilest of vile thoughts. [...]
GG Allin Throbblehead by AGGRONAUTIX
Posted on 01. Jun, 2009 by spencer in Art
GG Allin Throbblehead by AGGRONAUTIX
Harmony Festival and Eco Cup 2009
Posted on 19. May, 2009 by spencer in Hit The Deck, Music, gaming
Celebrating its 31st anniversary, The Harmony Festival (and the adjoining Eco Cup environmentally conscious skate festival), will be taking place at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, CA, from June 12th – 14th. It’s set to be quite a shindig this year with musical headliners including Michael Franti & Spearhead, India.Arie, Matisyahu, CAKE, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains, Pepper & Rebelution. From the Pro Skate world, Bob Burnquist and Danny Way, plus PLG, Jake Brown, Andy MacDonald and Buster Halterman will compete on the mini-MegaRamp (175-feet long, 30-foot drop, 25-feet [...]
Chico State Mechatronics
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by awellersdick in Blog, Chico, Hit The Deck, Science, Sex, Technology, War
Chico State’s Mechatronics Department is cranking out some pretty wild shit. Check out these videos of some of their robots which are currently in heavy use in Iraq and other highly classified war theaters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zkKqeAk4uo&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5H5Dz-PAPs&feature=channel
