The Shaking Fist

So finally, after two years of being too late to buy Gogol Bordello tickets, I got to go. San Diego was the only show in the (general) area that wasn’t sold out, and fortunately my friend Michelle was going to be in attendance. It was awesome getting to hang out with her for the first time in what seemed like forever, and it was even more awesome getting to do that at a concert by one of my favorite bands. I got to meet some really cool people there too. The DJ that opened had everyone dancing their socks off, the crowd was great (except for Mr. Pointy Elbows of Death that was between Michelle and I in the front for the first few songs), and the band rocked many a face for a full two hours.

There were a bunch of flyers being passed around for an afterparty at the Kava Lounge, and after a lot of driving in circles and some Mapquest help from Cory back at home base (thanks Cory!), we finally found it. The DJ that was there was spinning some really cool Eastern European/world music, and the place was happenin’. After a little while Michelle came in and told us Eugene Hütz (the singer) was outside, so of course we went out and said hi. He chatted with everyone a little and ended up getting us shots of Jager (”Let’s start this shit!”) before getting up to DJ for a while (which, by the way, if anyone lives in NYC I hear he DJs there regularly, and he’s pretty damn good). After hanging out for a little bit longer after the place closed, the band and a bunch of other people moved on to an after afterparty somewhere else, but we were pretty much partied out at that point. It didn’t help that I had to get up the next morning to drive back up and work. During all of this we got to watch the blood moon… it was very surreal.

Here’s a YouTube video from the show, which just so happened to be recorded during the song that Michelle got up onstage during (about two minutes into it). Yay!

To all you guys that went to the show and everyone else who missed it: they’ll be playing another show Thursday, October 25th at the Mayan Theater in Downtown LA. I’m trying to round up a posse of as many people as I can so we can all meet up there and have awesome good times. For anyone who wants to go, I highly recommend buying your tickets as soon as possible, as this show will sell out. Let me know who’s down!

An artist in Germany made a 55 pound, 30 foot long boat out of Tetrapack paper.

Read more about it here.

It took approximately 6,400 Post-its and five hours to create this rendition of Donkey Kong in the windows of this UCSC engineering building.

…is an awesome movie. I highly recommend it. We went to go see the special showing at the Arclight last night. They had the guy that played the creatures signing posters (before we got there), and then he spoke a little before the movie started. T’was awesome. I even spotted Jhonen Vasquez a few seats away. Afterward they had a Q & A with the actor, but unfortunately it was after midnight and the drive back to Ventura was already looking ominous at that point - especially with work to go to the next morning.

I’m ready for sleepytime.

My latest internet addiction: weffriddles. It’s a series of little puzzles ranging from obvious to what-the-fuck. Enjoy. Feel stupid.

I’m currently stuck on (the real) level 45, so if any of you guys have enough time on your hands to get sucked into this and either need help or figure out 45 before me, lemme know.

Remember Talk Like A Pirate Day? Now the ninja will have his day on December 5th. Go to dayoftheninja.com for more info about this momentous occasion. Learn valuable skills like how to turn a plain black t-shirt into a ninja mask, and how to make a paper shuriken. Do it.

Featuring the tracks:

Drill
Party (at least 200 people)
Orgasm (outstanding)
Drum (played by a child)
Inhuman Screams
Doors Banging
Newborn

and many more!

Now if only they made a Foul Stench-O-Matic window fan.

I have to admit, I’m a sucker for Avant Garde ligatures. Yes, I am aware that typographic professionals consider it a crime against all that is good in the world, but dammit, I think it looks cool. Now someone’s finally made a font of it once and for all (alright, so I’m almost a year late… I’m a little slow). Yay!

Here’s his latest stunt:

Those things are selling for bucks on eBay right now…