Recent Shows

Jake here. I went to a couple of shows recently and had a great time. Last Friday AJ and I went to Calexico, who rocked. They sounded amazing live and we enjoyed a nice surprise of an opening band, The Cave Singers, with Derek Fudesco of the legendary Murder City Devils on guitar. They rocked as well. Then Saturday night I headed up to British Columbia to catch Liam Finn with two of my brothers in Vancouver. Liam Finn puts on a sweet show with all of the live recording and looping he does and I think he'd give Keith Moon a run for his money on the drums. The Veils opened for Liam Finn, they were ok.

Calexico


The Cave Singers


Liam Finn


The Veils

I Almost Cried

when I watched the last episode. I did not realize it had such an abrupt ending. My eyes really got a little watery. I have watched 90% of this show yesterday and today.

Maryhill Museum of Art II

Maryhill had one of the finest Native American exhibitions I have ever wondered through (and believe it or not I have been to quite a few Native American museums). It was titled Native People of North America and features ancient petrogylphs, intricate baskets and beadwork and a vast array of artifacts from Pacific Northwest and North American tribes.
The very first Baby Bjorn.



If I had been a Native American I would want to be a Chippewa, look at this amazing bead work.

There was also a small section of historical artillery.

Maryhill Museum of Art

A few miles down from fake Stonehenge there is a surprisingly cool art museum, Maryhill Museum of Art. They were currently showcasing Andy Warhol and other famous faces. My favorite exhibition was Theatre' de la Mode. Theatre de la Mode is a post WW II French fashion exhibition from 1946. I ate it up. It was so incredible and fascinating. All the figures were about 1 foot tall.

Stonehenge

While were in Eastern Wa we drove a little south and went to a Stonehenge replica and Maryhill Museum of Art. They were both so neat and in the MIDDLE OF NO WHERE.

Booze Cruise

We went to Eastern Washington last weekend and stayed with my aunt and uncle. My mom, Aunt Marsha, Aunt Jody and Uncle Jim and Grandma were all there as well. On Saturday night we went on a Columbia River dinner cruise. It was very similar to The Office Episode - "Booze Cruise".


Sorry there are no scenic pictures. There was pretty much the desert and neighborhoods on the banks of the river.

Gas Works Park

A few Sundays ago we went to Gas Works Park with some friends. It was really unbelievable. I love Seattle.

Worst. Album Covers. Ever.

Awesome. Click here.

Pie Chart

Bluegrass

Jake here. Check this out.

One More Thing Tonight...

How badass does the new Bond look? Daniel Craig is like a cheaper and more exciting version of the LHC.

More From Singapore

I took this awesome picture while I was in Singapore. Singapore is famous for this type of stuff.

More On The LHC

If you're still into the Large Hadron Collider, you should definitely read this article and enjoy a good laugh. Make sure you watch the video. I don't think the author is quite the moron most of the commenters make him out to be.

End Of The World?

Jake here. Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?
...and check out the source code if you're into that sort of thing.

Philippines, Singapore, India

Jake here. A few photos from the trip.

Philippines. I believe it is the single strangest place I have ever been. I was in Eastwood City and it's about a square mile in suburban Manila with a bunch of high rises that suddenly appear in a really flat area with nothing but houses surrounding it. There is a gigantic Dell building and an IBM building and several other huge sky scrapers. This city is filled with call centers. And because it is on the other side of the world most of the work is done at night so from 8:00pm to 6:00 in the morning the city is really busy and that's when they get the most traffic, etc. Also, the entire city is a planned community with apartments and everything was built at the exact same time and everything is super nice. There are probably 75 really nice themed restaurants in this tiny city center. I ate at a pirate themed Italian restaurant. This place is probably best described as Disneyland with no rides. There is security everywhere, weird decorated and themed restaurants everywhere and super nice service. The whole city was pretty much built for Americans to go over and set up call centers so it's really just an outsourcing center and unbelievably strange.


Singapore. Spent about 5 hours walking around the city on a layover. Nicest big city I've seen in my life. Didn't see a car more than 2 years old. Awesome.


India. Disclaimer: Stop reading if you have some sort of respect or romantic idea about this place. Dirtiest, most crowded place I've been. People were great but Chennai was dreadful. 15 million people and so chaotic and disorganized there isn't even a downtown area. Just a massive pulp of traffic, rubble and garbage. I'd go so far as to say Worse than Tijuana. Again, no disrespect to Indian people. They were absolutely wonderful. The nicest most service oriented people I've ever met, but the city was awful.



Mahabalipuram. About an hour south of where the remnant pulp of Chennai ends. Filled with tons of ancient monolithic sculptures. Very cool.

Also Enjoying

Ratatat.

Montanita


Bruleé


Mirando

Only By The Night

Jake here. Just got back from my trip and while it was very cool, I'll tell you about it another time. Right now I'm listening to Kings Of Leon and had a couple of things to say about them. Indie Rock seems to be all the rage these days (don't get me wrong, I love most of it). So much so in fact that a lot of it is not even really Indie Rock anymore. Indie used to refer to the nature of the music as opposed to the sound, and now it's really the opposite. Which is great because I feel like there has been A LOT of good new music in the last few years but every once in a while it's sobering to hear something a little different. Kings Of Leon are described from time to time as Indie Rock but their new record Only By The Night sounds far from Indie. I don't know exactly how to describe it. "Grunge" is wrong for many obvious reasons but the truth is, this record reminds me of my Jr. High years ('93-'96) and I'm loving the memories it's been bringing back. There's definitely a good old fashioned sense of rock to this album. It's great to hear something different right when sounding different seems to be the coolest thing to do. I will admit that they look absolutely ridiculous in that stupid press photo on their website though. Here's Closer.

8 Hours in the SLC Airport...worth it

Here are some photo updates from my trip last weekend. We went to Timp Caves, Slide Rock (a natural rock water slide), ate at Kneaders and Cafe Rio, saw family and saw best friend.
His little crossed legs bring a smile to my face.

Hanging with Heather and her 2 babies. Only one is visible in the photo.

Roxana y sorella de Roxana, Monica.

Momma. Nice pose.

Proof that you have been in a cave Roxana!

Backs. Babies. Boys.

Nic and Macy looking oh so sweet.

The whole gang.

Just a model baby named Macy Lou.

This is how Macy chases her baby food. Amazing.