WHOCARESWGD

Another big win for the Padres last night...April's been a blast so far. I was at my place last night listening to the game with MLB Gameday Audio when I finally realized how much better it would be to watch the games on TV. Since we hadn't had Cox at home for about a year and I still don't have it at my place, it's been a REALLY long time since I've watched a game outside of a bar or restaurant. Man it's gonna be nice.

If all goes well, I could get all the basics for my living room this weekend. I think I know which entertainment center and couch I want, and I may even check out some new TVs.

I already got this awesome bar table and bar stools so we can drink good beer. It's actually a pretty sweet setup if I do say so myself.

Work was long on Thursday in anticipation for the weekend at Coachella. After filling our coolers with ice and our stomachs with one last burrito (and ice cream), we hit the road for Indio. We took the 79, which was a little too windy for our liking but probably steered us away from some heavy traffic. However, it wouldn't be long before we finally caught up to it:



After we set up our own camp that night, we got a shot of the vast space littered with tents:



We spent most of the days getting free shit, checking out new music and trying to stay cool and hydrated. First big act on Friday was Them Crooked Vultures, followed by Jay Z. Both really good:



The Legend:



Jay Z:



Saturday, RX Bandits:



I had to suffer through Faith No More and the beginning of Muse's act as the crowd got more and more tight. Too bad my shitty G1 camera doesn't do the spot justice:



Sunday, Yo Gabba Gabba!



Wet T-Shirt Dance Stage:



Julian Casablancas:



Thom Yorke:



Gorillaz:



Overall, a pretty good weekend. The crowds were enormous and there were too many druggies, but we survived and saw some pretty good stuff.

The Official Coachella Android App is here! And it's basically useless since you can't sort the lineup by start time, so I've manually mapped out my (tentative) schedule:

Friday, April 16th

11:00 AM - 3:15 PM      Beer, Breakfast, Explore

  3:20 PM - 4:05 PM      Avett Brothers

  4:10 PM - 6:55 PM      Beer, Lunch, Explore

  7:00 PM - 7:45 PM      Passion Pit

  7:50 PM - 8:15 PM      Them Crooked Vultures

  8:20 PM - 8:55 PM      Grizzly Bear

  9:00 PM - 9:15 PM      Beer, Dinner

  9:20 PM - 9:50 PM      Imogen Heap

9:55 PM - 10:45 PM      Vampire Weekend

          10:50 PM - ?      Jay Z

  End - Sat Morning      Beer, Dinner



Saturday, April 17th

11:00 AM - 12:20 PM      Beer, Breakfast

  12:25 PM - 1:15 PM      Rx Bandits

    1:20 PM - 2:10 PM      Beer, Lunch

    2:15 PM - 3:00 PM      Portugal the Man

    3:05 PM - 4:10 PM      Beer

    4:15 PM - 4:30 PM      White Rabbits

    4:35 PM - 5:20 PM      Band of Skulls

    5:25 PM - 6:15 PM      Tokyo Police Club

    6:20 PM - 6:35 PM      The Raveonettes

    6:40 PM - 6:50 PM      Coheed and Cambria

    6:55 PM - 7:30 PM      Dirty Projectors

    7:35 PM - 8:25 PM      Hot Chip

    8:30 PM - 8:45 PM      Beer, Dinner

    8:50 PM - 9:30 PM      MGMT

  9:35 PM - 11:00 PM      Muse

11:00 PM - 12:00 AM      The Dead Weather

12:05 AM - 12:45 AM      Devo



Sunday, April 18th

 11:00 AM - 3:45 PM       Beer, Breakfast

   3:50 PM - 4:25 PM       De La Soul

   4:30 PM - 4:40 PM       Florence and the Machine

   4:45 PM - 4:55 PM       Sunny Day Real Estate

   5:00 PM - 5:30 PM       Yo La Tengo

   5:35 PM - 6:20 PM       Julian Casablancas

   6:30 PM - 7:05 PM       Spoon

   7:10 PM - 8:00 PM       Phoenix

   8:05 PM - 8:55 PM       Beer, Dinner

        9:00 PM - ? PM       Thom Yorke

           10:30 PM - ?       Gorillaz

We have:

Hot Dogs
Beer
Snacks
Water

Time for Coachella.

National Anthem


Fireworks


Right Field


Philip Rivers First Pitch 01


Philip Rivers First Pitch 02


San Diego Chicken 01


San Diego Chicken 02

Here are some pictures from the top of Cowles Mountain, which we climbed this morning. It was awesome, a great way to start your Sunday.

Although we thought it was about a 5 mile hike round trip, it's actually only 3. The whole thing really isn't that tiring, so we should do it again soon for a sunrise or sunset. Would be cool.

And I guess it's pronounced ''coals'', not ''cow-ells''. Now that I think about it, I faintly remember my dad telling me that a long time ago.

Wow, that was a little scary. It's been a ground-breaking Sunday so far: Easter service, new guitars, and 7.2 earthquake. Maybe it was actually the aftershock of a giant stone being rolled from someone's tomb! Haha no, that's silly. It was likely the San Andreas Fault. Anyway, I'm not much of an organized church-goer anymore but I do enjoy Easter Sunday and I come home feeling pretty god. I mean good.

This year was even better though because I chased that pious feeling with new baseball gloves and guitars from Grossmont Center. I finally got my got my new (factory sealed) SG and Sunburst Telecaster, although I had to physically go into Guitar Center for the third time and pay the guy a visit. I'm not quite sure how long they'd been in their store, but he definitely had them and DIDN'T give me a call! Oh well, he was a pretty nice guy anyway, just not a business man. He thought it was cool that Everett, Mark and I were all jamming in the acoustic room for a while. After that, we walked over to Sports Authority to buy Mark a new glove. So....can we start playing again?

So the Yankees and Red Sox are on, I'm eating peanuts and drinking New Castle. It's gonna be a goooood summer for sure.

Oh and I signed the lease on my new apartment this weekend, so this is my two-week notice for being a Santee resident : )

It's April, finally. Baseball season is here.

If you haven't paid any attention to the Padres during spring training, which most haven't, then you're probably going into the regular season with the same expectations as previous years. And since you probably missed the last couple months of last season, you should be aware, however, that this team is younger, faster, scrappier, and overall more exciting than what we're used to here in San Diego. If you're not on the bandwagon, now's the time to jump on before it's too late and you will be dubbed a front-running, fair-weather fan like the rest of this city. Not this year, maybe not next year, but soon San Diego will be making a run for it and giving the older clubs a lesson in youth and agility, along with pitching and defense. And when that time comes, you can proudly say you were there from the start.

No one really cares or knows anything about baseball; it's boring, slow, and difficult to appreciate. This is Charger town, and no one's going to ditch that party for baseball. I understand that. We like our athletes big, fast, powerful, drunk and draped with gold chains while they plow 13 different women before gametime Sunday morning. God bless America. But the tides have turned and the Chargers' chances, along with their payroll, are in decline. Do you really want to spend another fall with high hopes and quick, cheap thrills only to be let down in the end like a bad stock market pick? I don't.

Even though Easter is next weekend, the whole family spent this last one together pretty much the whole time with DK in town for a week. And it was actually really nice! Didn't do much else except play video games and jam. And cook a bunch of food, which turned out really well.

Also, on Friday I had Ruth's Chris. If you've never I had it, I highly suggest it. It's steak soaked in butter, so you can't go wrong.

If you're noticing a change in scenery, it's because I spent all day tweaking my old Blogger template. Now I can apply seasonal color schemes online as well as at home! It actually needs a little more work to liven it up, but I'll save that for another day.

Anyone else start detoxing after that epic week of partying? No? Well all of April...

Here's my bracket. SDSU won't beat Tennessee, but I picked them anyway for fun. Post yours if you have one. I also posted Obama's.

Looks like my old set of keys that I lost in Kate's garage were found! It made me think about all the things that have been lost or broken the past few years, which I have just recently found/fixed:

Playstation 3
Black G1
T-Mobile Wing
Watch

These keys were the last thing I needed to recover! Sure enough though, as soon as they turned up I lost the flash drive that was on my new set of keys : (

I bet this Saturday the weather will be nice and we're going to play OTL at the park. I also have whiffle ball now! After that we're going downtown to see music and get free drinks from bimbosaurus. Can't wait!

Just pushed this:

With all this free time on my hands now, video games have become my new guilty pleasure. Between that and all the downloaded TV shows and Blu Ray movies, I can feel my brain rotting away as I stare at my screen more and more everyday. Excellent!

Heavy Rain comes out today, so I may go pick that up. I wanted to wait for Final Fantasy XIII before I spent $60 on a game, but this one looks pretty good. Both look really good actually. I've debated whether I should just rent more games, but I realized I'm just not a ''subscriber''. Whether it's at the store or through some Netflix online service or whatever, it ends up costing almost $10 just to rent the damn thing for a few days. That's one thing for a two hour movie but a different story for a 20+ hour game. There's also Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker coming soon, but any PSP games are easily downloaded for free.

And I don't know what's up with my guitars. Well, I half know. The Telecaster is actually being custom made for my order because supposedly the 2-tone sunburst color is a Guitar Center exclusive and won't be ready until mid March. It will be worth the wait.



The SG, however, was said to be ready a week ago. Don't know what's up with that.



What else...oh yeah, I just watched Gorillaz' Demon Days Live. One of my favorite albums. I always thought that Gorillaz did some kind of animated live show, but that may have just been some special case for TV or something. This was just a ton of musicians on stage, led by Damon Albarn and supported by different visuals and whatnot. The album was reproduced well though and must have been great to see live. They still stand to be the best act at Coachella.

Anyway...I'm bored. I'm ready for less rain and more baseball.

--Nathan

Been kinda quiet around here lately, it seems like we've hit those months where there's not much going on except school, rain, and (ugh) basketball. The super bowl turned out to be what was expected; a well-fought battle between two top-notch quarterbacks. Peyton could have made it slightly more interesting in the final half of the fourth quarter instead of throwing a pretty ugly pick, but I suppose New Orleans does deserve it. Congrats.

I'm looking forward to whatever happens for all the February holidays, whether it be Valentine's Day or Mardi Gras. I haven't been doing much except playing BioShock and watching way too much 30 Rock. I think I had a dream about Tina Fey a while ago, which doesn't seem healthy.

And I'm still waiting for my guitars to come in. Guitar Center said two weeks, but I think it's been longer...I can't remember though.

I think I'm still recovering from Friday night, but that was way too much fun.

I bought two new guitars last Thursday, '72 Reissue Thinline Telecaster and an SG Classic. I actually took home the floor models but I'm going back to get new ones once they come in. Will post pics then.

I wasn't alone in thinking that 2009 music was ho-hum, but I'm excited for 2010 to make a comeback. Here's a good list of what we may expect here.

Also, there's at least 3 people heading to Coachella this year in April. If you haven't seen the lineup and wanna come along, check it out here!

NAMM was pretty cool this year, even though it's pretty much the same every year. Here's a recap of all the stuff I tweeted while I was there, in reverse order however. No comment on the Chargers' loss on Sunday. Epic fail part three? Four? Lost track at this point. R.I.P. NK.

whocareswgd Slash just walked right by my face!
3:50 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Avid (pro tools) http://tinyurl.com/ycag7q6
3:15 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Lunch time.
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whocareswgd Sortta familiar http://tinyurl.com/yk9wp5z
1:16 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Tele city @ Fender http://tinyurl.com/y8ge8uy
1:14 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Sony cont... http://tinyurl.com/ybm6abh
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whocareswgd Sony of course http://tinyurl.com/yax27qw
12:56 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Steinberg setup http://tinyurl.com/yf4emf7
12:55 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Steinberg demo stage http://tinyurl.com/
yb3psph
12:53 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Steinberg Cubase 5 http://tinyurl.com/ycjfgb4
12:51 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Newest cakewalk setup http://tinyurl.com/
ybbcsye
12:42 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Time for software. Here's cakewalk. http://
tinyurl.com/yg6zaed
12:39 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Schimmel pianos (low light) http://tinyurl.com/
yappkm7
12:32 PM Jan 16th from twidroid

whocareswgd Player piano with video http://tinyurl.com/
yalgee2
12:21 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd That's a DigiTech setup. http://tinyurl.com/
ycgs489
12:17 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Probably the most epic guitar I've ever seen.
http://tinyurl.com/ydql6bw
12:14 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd ESP inside http://tinyurl.com/yarwrb2
12:13 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd ESP outside http://tinyurl.com/yc6jyhm
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whocareswgd Pioneer 3 http://tinyurl.com/ydahccd
12:09 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Pioneer 3 http://tinyurl.com/ybptxdv
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whocareswgd Pioneer 2 http://tinyurl.com/ykalo4u
12:06 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Always loved Pioneer. http://tinyurl.com/
ycwzrmu
12:05 PM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Damn, at 50% battery on the G1. Definitely not
halfway done.
11:55 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Taylor stage http://tinyurl.com/ydn54ck
11:53 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Classic Taylor http://tinyurl.com/y92sld4
11:52 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Custom T5 http://tinyurl.com/yhs5vdf
11:50 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Cont... http://tinyurl.com/yfby9kl
11:48 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Electric Taylors http://tinyurl.com/yla56kf
11:47 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd And the Jason Mraz sig http://tinyurl.com/
yh63sz5
11:45 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Dave Matthews sig, I think he may have been
here yesterday also! http://tinyurl.com/ydmyagf
11:44 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Cont... http://tinyurl.com/yckkdtf
11:41 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Taylor Swift sig Baby Taylor (she's not here : (
http://tinyurl.com/y8jnjy7
11:40 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Taylor has its own little hall. http://
tinyurl.com/ya3uqjl
11:38 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Damn Jason Mraz was yesterday! http://
tinyurl.com/yfb9n8b
11:37 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Outside Taylor room. http://tinyurl.com/
ye2unhn
11:35 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Led flowers http://tinyurl.com/ydv49d7
11:26 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Family Guy and Simpsons picks. http://
tinyurl.com/yghxvlo
11:23 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Honey comb http://tinyurl.com/ygn26ak
11:18 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Bat car http://tinyurl.com/yzr3duz
11:14 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Nail strap http://tinyurl.com/yzov48o
11:09 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd High spirit flutes http://tinyurl.com/yen757l
11:01 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Scrabble for musicians. http://tinyurl.com/
yb8vkbs
11:00 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Da funk. http://tinyurl.com/yan3zda
10:46 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Single string capo, I want. http://tinyurl.com/
yjwdyvd
10:44 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Full touch. http://tinyurl.com/y8t9xhe
10:41 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Designer insulating. http://tinyurl.com/ye8rjav
10:37 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Smarvo http://tinyurl.com/ya4ed3y
10:34 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Ever play a strum stick? Anyone can! http://
tinyurl.com/ybcvw3k
10:29 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Checking out the ukes, Magic Fluke Co. http://
tinyurl.com/ydtpmqq
10:27 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Breedlove: the only other acoustic my dad
seems to respect. http://tinyurl.com/yay64ow
10:25 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Starting in the back right http://tinyurl.com/
yeqy2jf
10:23 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Marching band outside http://tinyurl.com/
ya3uxgz
10:10 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd The front gates http://tinyurl.com/ybbcgyq
10:06 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Finally out of the car, on the streets. http://
tinyurl.com/ygom78x
10:00 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd Pierce the Veil on Taylor stage at 4:00.
9:56 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd http://twitpic.com/ycoue - Stuck in traffic
outside Disney
9:45 AM Jan 16th from TwitPic


whocareswgd Just passed the boobs on the 5. Having a long
convo about abalone farming and trading.
9:06 AM Jan 16th from twidroid


whocareswgd http://twitpic.com/yce3t - I like the FJ Cruiser.
8:37 AM Jan 16th from TwitPic


whocareswgd On our way to NAMM, will post pics.
8:22 AM Jan 16th from twidroid