We went to the Dog show to see us some PPFLs

First of all, it's really, really cold outside today


Susie and I went to the 131st annual Westminster dog show last night at Madison Square Garden.
What's great about this show, if you get there early enough you can walk around and mingle with the talent in the bench section.



Big Puffy Dog in a cage




Here they are setting up for the show.


Showtime




Best in Show line up


Video of Best in Show


I got some new frames I ordered off the internet. Both are drastically different from each other. I'll get lenses put in them this weekend. What do you think?

I turn my camera phone on (and general update)

Back in January I went to Vegas for CES. I mentioned that here before, but I never posted pictures. I had my olde timey camera, but wasn't feeling it...I was dog tired from all the work (and play, heh). I took a few cell phone pictures, which always look crappy, but will provide some memories.

I took a trip to olde Vegas because new Vegas is so expensive and cheesy. Turns out, they've killed half of what you see in the pictures (the smoking cowboy, etc.) and the Horseshoe has turned into something else. they also placed a huge concrete dome over the area to make an open air mall. Basically an open air mall of shit.
Here are a few neon signs, but the area is really sad. Our cab driver said that they are about to renovate the area and make it all new Vegas-y. The days of Elvis and the rat Pack are long gone.



I was staying at the Saharah, which is cheap and gross, and I love it. The Beatles played there. And they have $5 tables, which are hard to find in new Vegas. It's basically the last of olde Vegas, but close to new Vegas. It'll prob be gone or renovated in 5 years.

The Saharah also had a cheesy 60s cover band, which ruled.


Susie and I went to see Peter Bjorn and John at the Bowery Ball room last week. We scored a table up top, so we got to relax and not have to deal with the potential of a shithead being a shithead right by us.

We liked the show, even through the blogosphere seemed not to. And the whistling on Young Folks was canned. I didn't really care.

The last cell phone picture is of the dancing cupcakes from the Cupcake Cafe on 18th street. We had a snack there this weekend when we went shopping. For some reason I was craving butter cream, so we ended up here for a good cupcake.



We're going to the Westminster Dog show tonight at Madison Square Garden. The Boston Terrier was beat out by a poodle (geez louise) in his category last night, so no BT's in the best off show category. We'll be in the nosebleeds, but still should be fun.

R.I.P.

Thundercats, thundercats, thundercats...hooooooooo

I almost bought Thundercats on DVD last year.
I Netflixxed a disc instead.
It's not really that good. Glad I did not buy.

Stuff from tha inna nets

This made me sad when I saw it.


and this made me happy.

Best flyer I saw in LA

I love mama

I hate blogs that just post a youtube clip.
But I love dogs.
And I love talking dogs.



I'll be posting some pics from the road trip out to California in the next few posts. Susie and I took all types. Camera phone pics, dig camera pics and old school cannon ae 1 pics. We'll upload to flickr and post to the blog.
Highlights include Madonna Inn, In and Out, Hearst Castle and
Tito's Tacos. I love Tito's Tacos.

2006 music

I am debating making comps for the crew this year like I have in years past.
Everyone has an ipod chock full o good tunes...why would anyone want a piece of plastic I've dropped 19 more onto? Maybe I should keep it going...just to have a nice keepsake, as things become more fluid, digital and cold.

The year in music...here is the top 11 I've submitted to AOL. I based this list on bands who put out a new record AND I got to see live. I had to limit it to 11.

Muse
Band of Horses
Islands
Of Montreal
Arctic Monkeys
The Raconteurs
M Ward
Mates of State
The Thermals
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
CSS

As far as the CD - I've come up with playlist of 26 songs. I need to pair down as a CD will only hold about 18.



I think Hot Chip and Arctic Monkeys may be over exposed, so I should save room for songs that didn't get at much blog love, like Chin Up Chin Up and Someone Still Loves you Boris Yeltsen.

I also have to keep The Thermals, The French Kicks, Film School, Lilys and the Islands, as these songs rule so hard and I listened to them over and over again ( like a monkey with a minuture symbol).
Mates of State stay too, cause they give me a shout out at the beginning of the song.

If I am to make the comp - I want to know what you think, and what I HAVE to keep.

Thanks.

I turn my camera on

I've been feeling that the more digital we become, the more cold the world becomes. I wanted something more analog in my life, besides the record player I own and use.

I also wanted a camera that sounded cool when I took pictures.
So I found a Canon AE1 Program camera on ebay, after looking high and low for something that would not set me back too much and something I’d actually use.


I had no idea how to load the film so the first test roll was a bust.
I figured out how to load the film, but wanted to know if thing would work, so I just walked around the neighborhood and took pictures of all of the neat signs I walk by on a regular basis. Luckily, the drug store burns the negatives onto disk, so this will work for the blog as well.

Here are the 1st set of pictures from my new camera (new to me, 30 years old really)

Living room






Backyard









A tour of the East Village

Ron writes on Thanksgiving.

Ronald wrote a tribute to our time over Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving…

Before leaving for Texas for 5 days, Susie took me to a Shag art opening. These were the hottest pictures.



Gramps picked me up from the airport and took me for some BBQ


I went to Austin for a few days to visit Alia and Shane in from Frisco, and got to hang with Shawn and Lindsay as well.
We went to Common Interest to do some karoke.
Alia slayed with ‘Common People’ (at Common Interest – har har)

I did Heart’s ‘Alone.’

Froggies in Shane’s moms back yard.

Shane’s mom’s dog was nice and slept in the bed with me.


I went back to Houston with Ron and Sara. I spent most of Wednesday with the nieces.
Shopping at the mall:


Santa!


Lainie crusing the streets of Sugarland


Ron and Sara came over for Thanksgiving.


Over all it was a nice time in Texas. I flew JetBlue, and boy did JetBlue blow.
My plane home was 6 hours delayed due to software malfunction. I finally got home at 11 on Friday.

Bob Pollard still wearing my hoodie after all these years...

I had a chance encounter with Bob Pollard about 4 years ago, backstage at a Guided by Voices concert at Slim's in San Francisco. For some reason, I gave him my custommade "California" hoodie.

I just read this interview with him in Gothamist...and he's wearing the hoodie I gave him in the picture.

Halloween Dog Parade in NYC!

The best part of Halloween in NYC is all the dogs in costumes!

We were born to sin.

I love the Thermals.



I hope I get into the show on Thur night. That should rock.

AOL launches something super cool

This show soft launched today.
I love it.
Check out The DL.
I love it. And the people who created it too.

TODAY!

My sister Tish came in for a visit.
We woke up bright and early on Saturday morning for a trip to the Today show.




We were on the Today show. It was alot of fun.

Back from India/Tokyo...back to this blog

I had the time of my life while in Asia. I landed from Tokyo close to 24 hours ago, and am now very delirious, as I was wide awake at 3:30 this am.
Here is the blog I kept while I was away. Every one from senior execs to grandparents read the thing, to my surprise.
I was facinated with taking pictures of the food I ate, as I ate some amazing food. So I decided to tag all of my food pictures on Flickr, hence
this slideshow.

You can't buy what you can't find, what you can

Aaron mentioned last Thur, 'Hey man, can we get some tickets to the Raconteurs next week?'
I looked into and scored 2 for last night.

Here are some pics from my camera phone.



The show hit a point during Store Bought Bones and never really let up. Jack is still having fun (maybe even more?) and it really showed.

Jim Jarmush was at the show


This past Sat, we celebrated with Emilia for her Birthday




and on Sun, we took JTR and Step out to celebrate thier matri-monay at Freeman's. Freeman's has goooood food.


I am headed to India then Tokyo on Saturday until October 17th. I won't be updating this blog but instead have started a new one to document the trip. It's going to be pretty cool.