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Wednesday, July 31, 2002

I Lied My Face Off is the song I forgot from the Trio set. I also saw Wee-man from Jackass.

I can't believe I only have two more weeks left in Madison. What am I going to do then? I seriously hope to be in LA by the Sept 2nd, but things may change. Somebody is starting to spread rumors that the Public Access show is starting to gain interest from the people at the WB. This is the most ricockulous thing I've ever heard. With that said, if the show gets picked up by the WB I might have to stay in Madison. That's fine with me. Madison is very conducive with alcohol problems. Glenview, IL is not. Living in my parents house is not either. Actually living in Glenview with my parents might help further people's drinking problems greatly, but for all the wrong reasons.

There is a going away party on the 9th at 215 N. Pinckney. You are all welcome to come. Be there. I am a lost soul. I shoot myself with rock n roll. Till then, lets all party till we puke and then we'll puke some more.

Friday, July 26, 2002

Sorry for the lack of blogging, but as the French say, "I've been kicking it." Seriously, life just gets more ridiculous everyday. Not only have I been "kicking it" with a lovely girl, but on Wednesday I "kicked it" with some rock n rollers at the Warped Tour. I had some passes courtesy of Hot Water Music which enabled me to watch the whole show from the stage(s). Bands that I saw:
Boy Sets Fire
MxPx(this was great cause I thought they were like soooo good when I was small child in high school and then watching them play seven years later made everything come full circle. It really did)
Hot Water Music who were out of control and totally righteous( I have this set on video if you are curious),
NOFX- what a novelty act
The Bosstones- I can't believe that dood gets paid to be in the band to just dance. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
New Found Glory- formerly known as A New Found Glory and now known to the kids as NFG. These guys are the Backstreet Boys of pop punk. That's not a good thing. Little girls were squealing the whole time like a pig being shot. Either way they suck major huevo.
Flogging Molly-These guys are the real deal. The rule more than a ruler.
Good Charlotte- I'll save this for later in the post.
Bad Religion-Old balls. But they still can bring it
The Alkaline Three-After twenty three times you still are good. I think that Skiba is still not drinking. Alkaline set list: Clavicle, Take Lots with Alcohol, Private Eye, Cringe, Another Innocent Girl, Cooking Wine, Nose Over Tail, Hell Yes, and Radio. I may have forgotten one song.

Now a list of people that I rubbed elbows with: All of Hot Water who were extra nice to me, Dickey Barrett from the Bosstones, the dildo singer from NFG, Skiba, the short guitar player from Bad Religion, Mike Park aka Bruce Lee, Derek from the Trio, the dildo singer from MxPx, Fat Mike( not really though I just kept on seeing him riding this mini motorcyle in circles the whole day), the super extra large dildo from Good Charlotte, which brings me to my Good Charlotte part of the post.

I know who good Good Charlotte is, but I've never heard there music. I have seen them on the silly show were the play Staind videos and the act like they are not excited about it in fear that they might not be punk enough. Newayz, the kids really like Good Charlotte. Alot. I had no idea. I also had no idea that a band could be so god damn awful. What a hunk a shit. I believe that in the first two sentences of the first song they played the words school bus and lunch money were mentioned. It went down hill after that. Their set consisted of lots of little overweight young teens jumping up and down to songs that sounded exactly the same. At one point the super sized dildo singer asked the crowd if they would come see them at the Rave in the fall cause, " We're all friends. So is it alright Milwaukee if we come back and hang out with are friends cause that's what friends do" What a dicksmack that guy is. I can't believe that our youth is being poisoned by such crap. So if you don't know what Good Charlotte looks like I will now tell you. They are definitely goth gangsta pop punk. Doesn't that just sound horrible. They worst part about it is the singer would do noise like he was scratching a record. That guy and his whole band are the Big Gulp of dildos. Enought about that.

Things that were given to me or purchased: One shirt courtesy of Fat Wreckords. With G. W Bush on the front that says "not my president" and
the Matt Skiba, Kevin Seconds split Cd which is really good. All in all it was good day and then when I got back to Madison it was a good night if you know what I'm sayin sayin.

Wednesday, July 17, 2002

What people need to understand is that as team captain you are requested to be at multiple places at one time... and there's is only one of me. Also, sometimes when you are walking down the street people just hand you stuff and say, "Here, take this." This also hampers your ability to be at many places at once. The last FDF show was righteous. The only good thing about the "end of the era" is that later that night across town a new era began. My experimental band "Colombians on Speed" hit the stage for the first time. We're a cross between Shakira and Slayer with a hint of Elton John. Totally righteous. We're going on tour with A.W.K. in the fall.

Speaking of the W.K. there are rumors of a party on August 9th on Pinckney St. This party may or may not mark the end of another era in Madison as its sole Colombian ventures out to California to join the real world. Not the show, but the actual state of reality. Ironically enough, I will not be working for the Real World either, but I may be working on the new season of Making the Band. This is true. Not a lie. It has a new spin on the series for they will not be following O-Town(my 3rd favorite band), but following a hip hop band in the making. Once again, this is true. What kind of cred will a factory hip hop group have? I don't know either. Maybe Doc Grip and his fellow Sig Eps will try out. They would be perfect. Once again, what kind of cred do you have when you shout out your frat house on Langdon St. With that said, I have never heard anything by Doc Grip, I just read the insert one day. I have though heard the guy talk, and if he raps in anyway like he talks then I can definitely say the world is one step closer to its end. The fellas in Home of the Brave told me he has dancers. Is this true?

In other news, a girl slept in my bed last night. Righteous.

Friday, July 12, 2002

Woah, next time I see a team member out and they are drinking a beer in front me I'm afraid I'm going to have to give out a red card. And I ain't fucking around. Live by the gimlet, die by gimlet. You hear me.

In other news, the Unholy Spirit will be entering Madison in a few hours. She called me to tell me this last night and we had a nice conversation. She also told me that on her last night in town she passed out... I'll save you the details. Lets just say if she would have woke up a few minutes later than she actually did some guy would be in jail right now. Actually, regardless of when she did wake up I'm pretty sure he would be in some big trouble right now. Either way, the kid is dead meat. It really sucks that somebody would do that to somebody. It also sucks that it affects people so much and they hold it all inside and play the situation down. Like I said, he's dead meat.

Woah, next time I see a team member out and they are drinking a beer in front me I'm afraid I'm going to have to give out a red card. And I ain't fucking around. Live by the gimlet, die by gimlet. You hear me.

In other news, the Unholy Spirit will be entering Madison in a few hours. She called me to tell me this last night and we had a nice conversation. She also told me that on her last night in town she passed out... I'll save you the details. Lets just say if she would have woke up a few minutes later than she actually did some guy would be in jail right now. Actually, regardless of when she did wake up I'm pretty sure he would be in some big trouble right now. Either way, the kid is dead meat. It really sucks that somebody would do that to somebody. It also sucks that it affects people so much and they hold it all inside and play the situation down. Like I said, he's dead meat.

Wednesday, July 10, 2002

Oh my Lord of the Dance again, I apologize to my readers for the lack of updates...I've been spending too much time in that hell hole that is known as Uno's which has led me to neglect Bloggy the Blog. Sorry Bloggy. Can you find it in your heart to forgive me? I hope so. Any minute now I will be finding out if I am moving away this weekend. Kind of sad, but exciting. Cross your fingers. Either way my ass will be in LA within the next month. Rock over London, Rock on Los Angeles. Taco Bell, run for the border.

I'm in a big mix tape competition. I've already got a list of 35 or so potential songs. I think I'm going to start it with "The End" by the Beatles. How do you like them apples? I've always wanted to start a mix tape with that song, but I've never had the balls to. But now I have the balls. Big balls. Big schweaty balls. Have you ever tried my schweaty balls?

So I must say I've been having horrible nightmares this past week. So bad and graphic that they can not be told on this blog. Bloggy doesn't have the ears for such things.

World Cup fever has been replaced by Tour de France fever. This is just as exciting cause there's a Colombian, Santiago Botero, who is actually really good and will give Lance Armstrong a run for his money. Guess what else? The Tour starts at decent times everyday. 8:30am, live on the Outdoor Life Network. Channel 28 at my house. Go Lance Go! Who's a fan of the Cosby Show? Remember Cousin Pam's friend who would talk all fast(not to be confused with Vanessa's friend who would talk all fast)? Remember how Cousin Pam's friend had a boyfriend named Lance. Oh, Lance you're such take charge man. Every time I think of Lance Armstrong I think of Cousin Pam's friend saying Laaaaannnnnncceee. Funny stuff huh? Speaking of the Cosby Show does anybody know where Peter, Rudy's friend, has been? I tried to do an internet search for a couple hours a few months ago and nothing came up. Do I smell a contest?

Contest #6 The first person to find out valuable information on Peter from the Cosby Show gets a prize.

Tuesday, July 02, 2002

Oh my Lord of the Dance, I apologize to my readers for the lack of updates. I will now give the cliff notes to my past few days.
--work
--drinking: on Saturday night I drank from 9pm ot 9am. Go Brazil. Who bought that pitcher at 7:00am and drank it all by himself. Oops.
--9:45am, Sunday: Mr. Policeofficer knocks on my door to give me a ticket for disorderly conduct. I also provoked the fight. Let me get this straight officer..Three people come up to me, call me names and start pushing me around completely out of nowhere and I provoked the fight? I just wanted to clear that up. Mr. Officer also told me that he investigated this ordeal for five days. I then asked them if he knew that all three of those guys were friends...His response, "They are. I didn't know that." Way to go officer. You're real fucking sleuth. It also pisses me off that they called it a fight. When three people beat the shit out of one it's not much of a fight. There's more to this visit which I will tell later. I can't right now cause I boiling with anger.
--Summerfest: After that 45minutes slumber I proceeded to head to Milwaukee. The Piggly Wiggly stage was off the grocery store shelf. A quick synopsis of the bands...
--The Etiquette: I give you a C. Why I saw this band twice in a 24 hour span is a mystery.
--The Anniversary: I give you an A. You may dress like hippies now, but you're still damn good live. And much better than that other band from Kansas who also has been smoking to much pot and is on the same label as you.
--Okgo: More like, "Ok stop playing cause you're fucking boring.
--Guided By Voices: I give you an A too. Mr. Pollard you are the best.
--Promise Ring: A/B. You lost me a couple times, only to be found again with some oldies.
--I forgot some other stuff... Friday I tried to go to the Vodka Gimlet party. Where the hell was it? I was peeking into windows and I neither saw nor heard a party. I take it your house is not the one with all the Bob Marley posters. Speaking of Robert Nesta Marley, who saw the Behind the Music? It was good, but I still don't think it did him justice. I highly suggest reading, "Catch A Fire." If you really want to I can let you borrow it. Just email me.
--I saw paristexas on Saturday. Pretty good except for the vocals. How many times do I have to tell you guys about the vocals.
--That is all. I might have some big news coming in the next week, but I don't want to jinx myself. Just cross your fingers and toes for me.