radiohead is evil

Mogwai @ Webster Hall

Mogwai @ Webster Hall

Worst ever.

Queensryche presale password for Seattle

the link is here:

and the password is mindcrime. geez, do they ever change it? lame.

other losers:

Dashboard Confessional The Paramount Theatre July 10 @ 7 pm Presale: May 11 from 10 am - 10 pm Enter promotional code "dashboard" when prompted

Toad The Wet Sprocket The Moore Theatre Aug 14 @ 8 pm Presale: May 10 @ 10 am - May 11 @ 10 pm Enter promotional code "toad" when prompted

this is ridiculous...

Red Hot Chili Peppers RHCP presale 5/6

i have presale passwords for this but i bought em. you should too. 4 ticket limit per city. silver fan club membership is $30, gold is $40. I have no idea why i bought gold. secret offers perhaps? anyway, i think it's totally worth it.

i have 2 tickets for both NYC/NJ shows, both are in Sec 109. not bad for being 10 minutes late.














i also bought a pair in Ohio for some stupid reason. those are right on the halfcourt line on the floor, section 5. stupid ohio.

sonic youth atlanta presale password anyone?

i'm not on this one. just don't have the feeling, i guess.

Sonic Youth
Earthlink Live
Atlanta, GA

and the password is ... rival

go!

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in other news, that weenie roast presale sold out fairly quickly.

worst presale passwords ever...

these don't interest very much. nokia in dallas has got to be one of the worst venues. i'm certain nobody in that town likes going to shows. sports on the other hand...

here's a direct link here.

Also, some Beck presales, also look like real losers. you know you got a loser if there are still GA tickets available like 10 hours after the presale starts...bah. I learned my lesson on 2 Beck Nokia Pit tickets. losers! worst of both worlds. enjoy, my two readers!

misc presale passwords

these are all from the fatwallet forum, thanks grandmamauri!

THURSDAY PASSWORDS...

TOM PETTY - Mansfield, MA: BREAKDOWN
TOM PETTY - Houston, TX: BREAKDOWN
TAKING BACK SUNDAY - COLUMBUS, OH: GRADUATIONDAY or DEVINE
TAKING BACK SUNDAY - Columbia, MD: LOUDERNOW
HILLARY DUFF - Puyallup, WA: CINDERELLA
ALL AMERICAN REJECTS - Indianapolis, IN: MOVEALONG
STEVE MILLER BAND - Augusta, ME: EAGLE or JOKER
GRETCHEN WILSON - Allentown, PA - GDUBB
WWE RAW - Pittsburgh, PA: BODYSLAM
A.F.I. - Minneapolis, MN: MISSMURDER
LYLE LOVETT - Troutdale, OR: TMDEAL
DEF LEPPARD & JOURNEY - Ames, IA: ROCK, DRUM, LIVE, HILTON or ROCKIN
EXTREME - Hampton Beach, NH: LUMPA
ANTHONY HAMILTON - Miami, FL: WORRYIN
RADIO DISNEY 10th BIRTHDAY - Anaheim, CA: BIRTHDAY
POISON - Columbus, OH: BREW

Thievery Corporation San Diego presale passwords

I wonder what state they are incorporated in. Delaware, no doubt.

Thievery Corporation
4th and B
San Diego, CA

Ticketmaster links:

Fri, Jul 21, 2006 09:00 PM
Sat, Jul 22, 2006 09:00 PM

Password is versions. well, duh.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers Weenie Roast presale password

Presale on Friday at 5pm. The password is... email a note to wisherwood@gmail.com.

Radiohead releases tour dates, presale??

this is from their Web site:

RADIOHEAD NORTH AMERICAN DATES 2006:

W.A.S.T.E. WILL BE SELLING A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF TICKETS
FOR THE FOLLOWING SHOWS SOMETIME ON TUESDAY MAY 2ND 2006

June 1 & 2	Philadelphia - Tower Theatre * PUBLIC ON SALE MAY 6
June 4 & 5	Boston - Bank of America Pavilion * PUBLIC ON SALE MAY 6
June 7 & 8	Toronto - Hummingbird Center * PUBLIC ON SALE MAY 6
June 10 & 11	Montreal - Salle Wilred Pelletier at places des Arts * PUBLIC ON SALE MAY 5
June 13 & 14	New York - The Theatre at Madison Square Garden * PUBLIC ON SALE MAY 5
June 17	BONNAROO FESTIVAL * NO W.A.S.T.E. PRE-SALE
June 19 & 20	Chicago - Auditorium Theatre * PUBLIC ON SALE MAY 6
June 23 & 24	Berkeley - Greek Theater * PUBLIC ON SALE MAY 14
June 26 & 27	San Diego - Bayside * PUBLIC ON SALE MAY 6
June 29 & 30	Los Angeles - Greek Theater * PUBLIC ON SALE MAY 25

PUBLIC ON SALE WILL BE THROUGH TICKETMASTER AND USUAL OUTLETS.
SEE LOCAL PRESS FOR DETAILS.

PLEASE JUST BUY WHAT YOU NEED. ONE DAY IT MAY BE YOU
HAVING TO BID FOR TICKETS ON EBAY

INXS @ House of Blues AC - 2 for 1 deal

House of Blues in Atlantic City is doing a 2-for-1 deal for the INXS shows this weekend. i guess there are a lot of empty seats. send me an email at wisherwood@gmail.com if you want the coupon.

Present this voucher at the HOB Box Office and get 2 General Admission tickets for the price of 1! Offer valid for Tonight, Friday April 28 and Tomorrow, Saturday April 29.*

"Pretty Vegas"
"Never Let You Go"
"Afterglow"

INXS with Dirtie Blonde
at HOB Atlantic City

Friday, April 28
House of Blues Atlantic City
price: $78.00
door: 7:00pm ET / show: 8:00pm ET
ages: all

Saturday, April 29
House of Blues Atlantic City
price: $78.00
door: 7:00pm ET / show: 8:00pm ET
ages: all

AFI on MTV - free tickets

this was sent to me from MTV:

--
Hello, AFI would like to see YOU in NYC. In conjunction with our friends at MTV, AFI will be in NYC to world premiere the video for Miss Murder.

We'd really like you to be a part of it – and watch the video for the very first time with the band. Following the premiere of the video, you will also have a chance to hear DECEMBERUNDERGROUND in its entirety !!!!

Admission is free – but tickets are limited. Here is what you need to KNOW

DATE- Monday May 8
TIME-12:00 noon (Limited Tix)
LOCATION-NYC (we'll call you with exact info)

Heres what you need to DO – ALL THE BELOW ARE REQUIRED !

E-mail: vegascasting.com@mtv.com.

Type "AFI FAN" In the Subject Line

Include:

-NAME
-AGE
-CITY AND STATE
-CELL/HOME NUMBER
-NUMBER OF TIX REQUESTED (MAX 5)

presale passwords (pw) for 311, Nickelback, Jewel, more

311 - Morrison, CO: - TREAD
NICKELBACK - Portland, ME: PHOTOGRAPH, SAVIN or ANIMALS, same for Cincinnati, OH JEWEL & ROB THOMAS - Chicago, IL: HEARTBREAK or LONELY, Columbus, OH: SUNNY
ASHLEE SIMPSON - Hyannis, MA: LOVE
SOUL2SOUL - Charleston, SC: CAT1075 or WEZL1035
BONNIE RAITT - Grand Prairie, TX: SOULS
CHRIS ISAAK - Minneapolis, MN: CITIES
ROGER WATERS - Toronto, ON: DARKSIDE

tom petty presale passwords @ madison sq garden

TOM PETTY
presale password for shows in New York, Charlotte, Virginia, Columbus, St. Louis and St. Paul are:

companion

Goldfrapp @ Irving Plaza May 15

This should sell out...

Goldfrapp
Irving Plaza, New York, NY
Mon, May 15, 2006 09:00 PM

More Beck Presale passwords

bah, bad cities...

6/15/06 – ATLANTA, GA – TABERNACLE
w/ Jamie Lidell
All Ages – Doors @ 7pm

Pre-sale: 4/27 @ 10am – 4/29 @ 9:55am
Pre-sale Password: VENOMCONFECTION
Link here

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6/23/06 – ALBUQUERQUE, NM – KIVA AUDITORIUM
w/ support TBD
Doors @ 7pm

Pre-sale: 4/27 @ 10am – 4/29 @ 12pm
Pre-sale Password: VENOMCONFECTION
Pre-sale Link: here

Alice in Chains presale passwords

I have a few extra for some people. It only goes invalid if you end up getting tickets, not to just punch into ticketmaster. I was assed out for Boston and Chicago so just the two big boys, NYC and LA, are left. i wouldn't rule out adding more shows but by the looks of the tour dates it seems unlikely. I'm actually pretty surprised about the demand for these things, however. It looks like eBay is doing a brisk business for AIC tickets.

presale passwords

2QLPMWRW
2REEVDUV

update:

looks like they closed the presale password signup on the AIC Web site. Also, there will be no public sale for Chicago or Boston:

The Chicago, Boston & San Diego Presales Are Over! Tickets for Chicago and Boston have completely sold out. This means that neither of these cities will be having a public sale. However, San Diego will be having one. Tickets for the San Diego public on-sale will become available on April 28 at 10am PST over at Ticketmaster.

Guns N' Roses GNR - 2 NEW SHOWS @ Hammerstein - Presale Password

Somehow I knew this would happen...

Guns N' Roses
Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
Fri, May 12, 2006 07:30 PM

Guns N' Roses
Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
Sun, May 14, 2006 07:30 PM

And the password is...

MADAGASCAR

Beck presale password - Nokia Theatre, Dallas

Beck w/ special guest Jamie Lidell
June 21, 2006
Dallas, TX - Nokia Theatre

Pre-sale:
4/20 @ 10am – 4/21 @ 10pm
LINK:
PASSWORD: VENOMCONFECTION

On-sale: 4/22 @ 10am
Tickets available at all ticketmaster outlets, charge by phone 214-373-8000, ticketmaster.com or aeglive.com

Panic at the Disco! @ Nokia Theatre NYC

Panic! At The Disco
Wed. Jun. 28 7:30pm EDT

Tickets on sale: Fri. Apr. 21 12:00pm
Presale: Thursday, April 20 10am - 10pm.
PASSWORD: ZPanic

SUPPORTING ACT
The Dresden Dolls, The Hush Sound

Click here for more info.

More Presales

4/19 PRESALE PASSWORDS:

INXS - SALT LAKE CITY, UT: AFTERGLOW
BOYZ II MENT - SEATTLE, WA: KUBE
MARK KNOPFLER & EMMYLOU HARRIS - NEW YORK, NY: BAROAD
QUEENSRYCHE - PHOENIX, AZ: OPERATION
VANS WARPED TOUR - BONNER SPRINGS, KS: WARP
KELLY CLARKSON - FL, NC, CT, CA, AZ: WALKAWAY
RINGO STARR - BOCA RATON, FL: ABBEY
SARA EVANS - TULALIP, WA: KMPS
KENNY CHESNEY - PHILADELPHIA, PA: RUM
KENNY CHESNEY - TAMPA, FL: LIGHTNING or MAGIC
RASCAL FLATTS - ATLANTA, GA: - ATLANTA
SHEDAISY - TULALIP, WA: KMPS
GRETCHEN WILSON - NC: GDUBB
ROCKFEST - KANSAS CITY, MO: ROCK
FRANKIE VALLI - TULALIP, WA: SEASON06
AL GREEN - TACOMA, WA: LOVE
DETROIT PISTONS: DETROIT, MI: TEAMWORK

Guns N Roses Presale Passwords

Guns N' Roses
Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
Mon, May 15, 2006 07:30 PM

Guns N' Roses
Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
Wed, May 17, 2006 07:30 PM

passwords that worked: democracy, sanctuary (also democrcy worked for me. pshh.)

HYDE @ House of Blues (HOB) Anaheim 7/2

Hyde is the lead singer of the band L'arc-En-Ciel, a popular band from Japan. L'arc-En-Ciel was formed in 1991 by bass guitarist Tetsu.

Tour Dates

• Slim's, San Francisco, CA
  Wednesday, 7/5/06, 9:00PM PDT
• House of Blues Anaheim, Anaheim, CA
  Sun, Jul 2, 2006 07:00 PM
  

BUY TICKETS HERE!

worst show ever

WBAP Presents Rush to Texas Tour
Rush Limbaugh
May 11

PRESALE:
BEGINS: Friday, April 7 - 10am
ENDS: Friday, April 7 - 10pm
AllAccess PreSale password is: TEXAS

Snow Patrol U.S. Tour Presale Passwords PW

the password is...snowblower. just kidding, it's eyesopen.

Also massive presale for Panic! at the Disco touring nationwide. Get tickets here after free fan club signup.

"Shows through June 25th will include OK Go and The Hush Sound. Shows from June 27th through the end of the tour (with the exception of Boston) will include The Dresden Dolls and The Hush Sound."

May the force be with you.

For sale: Two (2) tickets to see The Raconteurs.

* Venue: Irving Plaza

* Location: New York, NY
* Date: Friday, April 7
* Seat location: General admission!

Shipping is free since these are e-tickets. The Ticketfast tickets will be emailed to you after immediately after payment is received.

$250.00 for 2 tickets.

newyork.craigslist tix

http://www.fatwallet.com/t/24/581239/

Concerts to watch:

Rob Zombie, HOB Sunset

http://store.hob.com/eventdetail.aspx?event_id=37593

Chris Brown, Roxy Atlanta

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E003C66EE2049A0

Mogwai, Chicago

Venues

Bowery - Calendar

Webster Hall

Irving Plaza

****

Paradise Rock Club

The Fillmore

HOB Sunset Strip

HOB Anaheim

Troubadour
http://www.troubadour.com/EventCalendar.htm

Henry Fonda Theater

****

The Continental

The Knitting Factory

Mercury Lounge

Avalon NYC

****

Maxwell's

Bimbo's 365

Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ

Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ

Listings

San Jose Mercury Music Listings

Metro Chicago - Shows

Live Nation - NYC Area Concerts

Blogs

Brooklynvegan.com
donewaiting.com :: music commentary

Brokers

StubHub! Where Fans Buy & Sell Tickets

Labels

SUB POP RECORDS
fueled by ramen

venue	capacity
new york
bowery ballroom	800
cbgb	300
hammerstein	3700, 2500 GA
irving plaza	1800
roseland	2500-3500
warsaw	800
webster hall	1400
BB Kings	650, 1000
boston
avalon ballroom	2000-2500
paradise rock club	650
the palladium	2600
california-norcal
bimbo's 365	685
the fillmore	1149
great american music hall	500
slims	470
california-socal
HOB Sunset Strip	1000
HOB Anaheim	950
Troubador	500
HOB San Diego	1100
Henry Fonda Theater	1200
Illinois
HOB Chicago	1300
Vic Theatre	1400
Logan Square	750
Metro	1100
New Jersey
HOB Atlantic City	2300
borgata	1800
maxwell's
philly
theatre of the living arts	1000
trocadero	1200
florida
HOB Orlando	2100
arizona
marquee theatre	1000
minneapolis
First Avenue	1400
Kansas
Granada	700
Texas
Nokia Theatre	6,350
Ohio
Lifestyle Communities	2,500
Georgia
Roxy Theatre	1,000
Canada
Commodore Ballroom	990
HOB Myrtle Beach	2200
HOB Cleveland	1200
HOB Las Vegas	1800
HOB New Orleans	1000

So i went to DC over the weekend. it was fun.

South Koreans pass by an anti-U.S. banner at a restaurant in Seoul, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2002. Anti-Americanism is sweeping South Korea after two U.S. soldiers in their mine-clearing vehicle struck and killed two South Korean girls on June 13. The two U.S. Army soldiers left South Korea on Wednesday after being acquitted June 15 in a fatal traffic accident that outraged South Koreans and prompted an apology from President Bush.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon).

more shit about my roommate....

an article in the Hartford Courant

I know i promised never to come back but i thought some of you might like to know this. my brother is a last minute addition to this play written by my friend monica's friend, lloyd suh. apparently the ensemble studio theatre is a good venue and shit...i guess eddie shin is gonna be in it too....

http://www.2g.org/news/nowplaying.shtml

it's time to go underground. ask davefonic for details...

i think my cover's been blown.

TKTK

Here are some photos from the impromptu Sopranos viewing party we had on Sunday. One of the girls in the fourth picture is my oldest brother's girlfriend. guess which one.



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The autumn colors in Central Park. Weather has been shitty this week but on Sunday it wasn't bad.



Here are some other random photos from earlier that day. The first was of some musician writing sheet music on the subway. He was so engrossed in what he was doing I was having fun watching him. He also looks like a bit of a cliche but that's another thing that was fun about it. The second picture i snapped while at a light on the bus. Someone decided to splatter paint on a posh Central Park West apartment. Looks pretty good. the last one is of me looking lame in my sweater and baby blue shirt. I never dress like that. bah. the reason i included it is because i'm standing funny.

scandalous


this because of this.

2 weeks suspension with no pay. damn shame. seems to be taking it well, though.

kraftwerk


so today was my first day of work. it went ok. i decline to comment on the job or the people for security purposes.

that is all.

Check out my brother on the Sopranos web site at hbo.com

eat fresh

here's some vids i shot on the subway on sunday. there was this white wannabe b-boy breakin' for money. he really sucked. he would get all tired and shit and start wheezin. it was sad. my expression at the end of the video basically sums it up. the second one is of some guerilla drummers. they would hop on a train and play for two stops and quickly ask for money. then they'd transfer and do it again. they were pretty good.

the files are pretty big so dialup people beware.

wack ass breakin (2.5 megs)
bongos on the subway (3.8 megs)

Not really worth the download, i really hated this lady.

dumb subway musician (2 megs)

hellowean

Oh yeah, I went to a halloween party on Saturday. It was at DJ Cloo's co-worker's apartment in Tribeca. Huge place. A good time was had by all. I ran into Teri and Orly there. Teri was a secretary and I forget what Orly was.



I was Kim Il Sung. I made my costume at the last second. Originally I was going to go as a russian b/c I had the hat that tim got me in moscow but decided to change it to the Dear Leader after I found my glasses. Then I made a t-shirt using my color printer and iron-on transfers. Too bad I accidentally put it on upside down. But I guess there's symbolism in that.



My roommates were having a party of our own but i decided to bounce after some guy named Taco Boy took off his pants and was walking around with his cock hanging out. You see, my roommates became burners after going to Burning Man over the summer. They put the invite on the Burning Man mailing list and that was that. It was a really good turnout and a lot of people i didn't know came. A lot of people that my roommates didn't know came. I helped set the party up by putting up black light decorations. the preparations these guys put into party decorations was amazing. bill bought an army surplus parachute and covered the ceiling.

i also met an elf. she was nice.

so there i was, happily brushing my teeth in my very own bathroom. the sonicare was undulating with a pleasing intensity. I was thinking about the delicious pills I would soon be eating and my thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a tickling on my foot. It really meant only one thing: some sort of vermin was crawling on my foot.

I looked down and the largest roach i've ever seen scurried away behind some shit. not real shit, but stuff in my bathroom. blah blah, i killed him and threw him in the toilet. then i decided to take a picture of the bastard. i threw in a butt for size comparison. not a real butt.

I'm sleepy but i can't sleep. i've gotten about 3 hours of sleep in more than two days. Why? I ask myself that same question.

I'm kind of enjoying netcape 7.0. it's a nice change and it also helps me manage my various yahoo accts simultaneously. and the ad-blocker is also nice.

these are from awhile ago but i felt like putting them up.


Me and Alison enjoying some suds at McAleer's


Monica buying some flowers

Plumes of smoke and ash rise from Sicily's Mount Etna, center, in this satellite image from Sunday, Oct. 27, 2002. As rivers of lava poured down its slopes, Mount Etna spewed thick clouds of ash and magma for a second day Monday, prompting officials to close some schools as the air turned sooty over much of eastern Sicily. (AP Photo/HO, NASA, Terra Satellite)



China's Sun Xiaodan (L) kicks the ball towards Vietnam's Thi Hong Thom Le (R) as Tuyet Hoa Mai looks on during the women's team sepak takraw match at the Asian Games in Pusan on October 4, 2002. One of the most spectacular sports at the Asian Games, sepak takraw has been played in Southeast Asia since the 11th century, requiring extreme skill and acrobatic ability. Vietnam beat China 2-0. REUTERS/Lee Jae-won

i'm phasing out YACCS. It's unreliable. Click on the second one if you wanna comment.

what are the odds

Teammates gather around Colombian soccer player Hermam Gaviria, 32, after he was struck by lightning during practice in Cali, Colombia, 185 miles southwest of Bogota Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002. Gaviria, who competed in the 1994 World Cup was killed Thursday when he was struck by lightning during practice. (AP Photo/El Pais)

weekend roundup
it was a fun weekend. too bad the giants lost the Series yesterday. DJ Cloo had a birthday bash this weekend at Angel in the LES. I was an hour late b/c I was watching the Giants choke in Game 6. Fucken losers.

I also didn't take any uppers so i reverted to my college style of drinking which amounts to me drinking too much and then passing out wherever. But before I passed out, i managed to make a few classic memories:

I smashed an over-frosted birthday cupcake in my mouth and then started walking around talking to people as if everything was normal.

I slipped a bouncer 20 bucks to let my brother into the club, the first doorman-greasing of my career.

Right before I passed out, I got more comfortable by taking off my shoes, which is not that weird, but i guess some of DJ Cloo's work friends thought i was a weirdo.

I put a drink on this staircase and some jerk kicked it over and it spilled all over DJ Cloo's boss and then I paused 5 seconds before apologizing for some other fool's big ass feet.

I managed to eat 1.5 slices of pizza before passing out completely.

ps. i cut my hair.

i've been growing my hair.

which one of you guys is in a Yahoo fantasy football league KL Group (League ID# 41052). And do you have James Thrash on your roster?

so there i was, standing at the corner of 96th and Columbus.

and nothing happened.

Fried Twinkie Fad Hits Arkansas

Yet Another Use for Duct Tape: Wart Removal

so some people on kazaa stupidly put their whole hard drives online. I decided to search for "doc" and read people's high school essays. instead, i found some poor depressed fool's poetry. it was kind of disturbing. the entries are dated.

*****************

Why Me?
July 2000

i look around
all their smiling faces
i wish that was me
but i don�t think that will happen

i feel like i don�t belong
like i�m not supposed to be here
not in this place
but in this world as a whole

the only emotion i feel
is worthlessness
like i�m a waste
getting in the way

everyone around me seems so happy
why can�t i be that way?
what is wrong with me
i�m suck a freak

-------

The Angel Down The Street
10.09.2000

i wonder
should i say anything at all?
why even open my mouth!
she doesn�t want to listen
or need to listen for that matter
seems so happy...
why mess with something like me?
the embodiment of negativity
bitter blood
cold black heart
empty stare
skin like winter
but she seems to wonder too
might be more of wanting to know how it works
but it�s a little attention
and who knows,
she might really be true
of those that have come before
all are the same
but i can feel something
maybe it�s in my head
but i can�t be for sure
unless i open myself up
so here we go
a step out the door
foot on the pavement
on my way
to meet the angel
down the street

---
A Simple Question
1.16.2k1

theres something i dont get
something i dont see
out of all the others you coulda had
you chose a freak like me

the line to get a chance with you
stretched on for miles
thought itd be a waste of my time
to even try
so i blindly stumbled around
in a world that only i could see
occasionally running into you
remembering every second there
and every word said

for you, i was just another
cast me away without a second thought
didnt remember my presence
but thats alright
my names Insignificant

tried to soak up every bit of your radiance
but it was hard to get
you were so far away
not sure how it happened
or even why
but you spoke to me
probably saw me out of a sympathetic eye
and now look what youve done
youre stuck with me

no matter how hard i try
cant lift you high enough
that pedestal ive placed you on
well the stars, theyre just too low
up in the heavens,
that where you should go
and maybe someday
ill be worth enough
to stand up there with you

--
Killing Trust And Relationships
06.20.2k1

now where�s that gun?
who took my razor blades?
all the needles are gone
should have saved them
all the trust is dead

self-confidence was on the climb
love was all over
the two of us were inseparable
then i broke the rules
sheathed all i had with disgrace

left with a nauseated feeling
holding my black heart in my hand
standing with a broken will
knowing i cant trust myself
i�m best at destroying

---

My Arsenal
no date

first in line
the hollow needle
it sparkles in the low light
glistening wet from what�s held within

slowly i push it in
make a dimple in my skin
breaking the surface
makes me wince with erotic joy

its contents emptied
in a few seconds
a quick shot
to kill the pain

i pull it out
watch the bead of blood form
make a fist
it quickens the flow

try it again
to test the effects
jam it in, break it off
grin because i feel no pain

next comes the blade
sharpest of all
i see myself in it
what a pathetic little soul

drag it on my arms
watch the red line follow my every move
like a twisted game of follow the leader
one that i get to control

soon i feel the warmth
as a crimson blanket
covers my arms and hands
all i can do is smile

�this is fun�
i think to myself
�i should try this more often�
i say as the game continues

the blade serves me well
follows every command
it never questions my move
always obedient and true


finally, the best for last
the simple revolver
waiting for its orders
ready for use at any moment

i pick it up
cold to the touch
icy, like the grip of death
i know it�s dying to kill

i look down the tunnel-like barrel
black is all i see
but it�s what i expected
there won�t be one of light for me

i load my gun
five bullets is all it takes
i fumble with the them
for my hands have become numb

i put the barrel to my knee
pull the trigger
start the fun
a laugh escapes my lips

once more to my other leg
and twice for my arms
i look around
and laugh one more time

the walls are covered
a sheet of blood coats their white
bits of skin and flesh
plastered on the walls and floor

i look at the mess
but then i think
it�s not my problem
i don�t have to clean it up!

the gun has one last job
to finish me off
remove me from the misery
and let me escape

i place the bloody barrel
up to my temple
smile and say good bye
then turn the lights out

i feel my eyes roll back into my head
the loud noise, now dead like me
i�m finally at rest here on my bed
i�d like to see you wake me up now, Mom!

i downloaded a bunch of shit from this one guy on kazaa who i was getting amazing transfer rates from. he had about 30 pre-release bootlegs of upcoming albums. i started off slow then the downloading frenzy was on. in the end, i got 2 gigs worth of shit. in my haste to plunder his hard drive, i failed to carefully check the integrity of the files. half of them were dummy files with songs looped in 30 sec intervals. who the fuck takes the time to make 2 gigs worth of phony files? well, not all of them were phony, i managed to get about 700 megs of viable music including the new jurassic 5, the nas b side release, and the new seether.

damn my head hurts. the days are getting shorter and the nights are long and unfulfilling.

a cab driver once said men tend to get less frisky in the sack during the wintertime.

when did i become addicted to uppers?

the yankees lost and i'm glad.

the giants won and i'm glad.

none of you will ever know the origins of this picture.

i saw this really great auction on eBay.

fun with photoshop







actually, it wasn't that fun.

So does anyone want to trade divx movies? If you don't wanna trade we can barter for other things. Like money. Here's what I have:


A Beautiful Mind
Amelie
Austin Powers: Goldmember
The Barbershop
The Big Lebowski
Birdhouse: The End (skate vid)
Blow
The Breakfast Club
Don't Be a Menace...
High Fidelity
Kingpin
Minority Report
Mouse - Girl & Chocolate (skate vid)
Monsters Inc
Office Space
Orange County
Panic Room
Predator
Requiem for a Dream
Reservoir Dogs
Road to Perdition
The Royal Tenenbaums
Signs
Snatch
Spiderman
Super Troopers
Training Day
Up In Smoke Tour DVD
Welcome to Hell - Toy Machine (skate vid)

can't wait for eugene to bite this one...

Montreal Expos pitcher Sunny Kim, from Korea, winds up as he pitches against the Cincinatti Reds during eighth inning NL action in Montreal Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002. Kim gave up six hits and no runs in 8 and 1/3 innings of work. (AP Photo/Ryan Remiorz)


Chicago Cubs' Hee Seop Choi hits a two run home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the sixth inning Saturday Sept. 28, 2002 in Chicago.(AP Photo/Stephen J. Carerra)

congratulations are in order for 12.233.49.x who was the 4,000 visitor to this blog. the person came from deanchoi.blogspot.com and wins the highly-coveted booby prize.

top 5 wasted moments in my life (current):

1. playing counterstrike
2. watching the water slowly drip out of the Brita filter
3. watching downloads downloading on Kazaa
4. researching for gambling purposes (i just lose anyway)
5. waiting for the subway

im not as smart as i think

yesterday during 3 hour soccer practice, i tried a 'heading'. mike won kicked the corner kick and i saw the white speck come directly at me. the world disappeared. i focused. i jumped. i blinked/closed my eyes. SHARP pain. the ball harmlessly bounced over the goal post. timing was precise. but balance, angle of contact was off. as a result i hurt my head. i think i bruised my brain.

i just spent an hour reading livejournals. its funny how different the livejournal crowd is from blogger and especially from xanga. some really smart livejournal people out there. i feel dumb. stupid soccer ball.

Man Dies After Detergent Mistaken for Hummus
Mon Sep 23,11:58 AM ET - (Reuters)
A 91-year-old Israeli died after his caregiver spread a paste-like dishwashing detergent on his bread instead of hummus, police said on Monday.

KFC Customer Gets Pot With Chicken
Mon Sep 23, 8:13 AM ET
MILL VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - A Mill Valley KFC restaurant employee was arrested after a customer received a little something extra with his chicken dinner. This customer received two bags of marijuana Friday, instead of the extra biscuits he had requested.

From Ondal's Greatest Hits anthology:

March 17, 2002

Prison bitch

i'm off to prison in 6 hours or so. I was wondering if i should bring this guy something like magazines, food, cigarettes...I bet he would appreciate a copy of Black Tail...i'm sure it's just one big wankfest in the joint...that's a shame. I've decided that i am going to approach the visit not as one of sympathy, but of just doing my job. I don't want him to see me looking like i feel sorry for him or some shit...that shit doesn't fly...damn, should i even go to sleep? what if i don't wake up? remember the time I overslept and missed my flight to SF? I woke up like right about the time my plane was taking off...you should've seen me running down the sidewalk with my hair unkempt, holding luggage with underwear hanging out the sides, and my tie flapping in the wind as I yelled, "wait, come back, you forgot me...." and as the plane flies off into the horizon, I drop to my knees and hold my hands out to the heavens and let out a thundering, "Nooooo!!!!!" (I'd like to thank the Academy...)

Then i go to the airport anyway and hop on the next flight two hours later, free of charge. How anticlimactic. But it was still shitty -- we all know how that weekend turned out. And on the way back I almost get blown up by terrorists. My flight was SF to NY. Date: 9/10 - i almost didn't make it...whew.

anyway, i don't want to miss my flight. bye.

posted by peter kang at 2:48 AM

So my brother's scene with Sandra Bullock in the upcoming movie, "Two Weeks Notice" made it into the trailer. It's pretty funny. If you don't feel like watching the whole thing, it's in the middle somewhere.

click here

i hate this blog and everything about it.

here's a nude picture you might enjoy.

emery

So lately I haven't been writing too much if you haven't already noticed. I don't know why. Perhaps it's because I drink a lot less now and just do a bunch of uppers and play video games b/c it gives me the extra edge in counter strike. Or maybe I'm just not feelin it. It happens. I wonder when I'm going to break outta this funk. I suppose I could read, right now I'm in the middle of "Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand. It's pretty good. There are a lot of issues in the book -- both explicit and implicit -- and it's a lot to mull over if you feel like it. But if you don't feel like it, it's also a very interesting story about architects in New York in the twenties.

Who are the people that strive to be architects? George Castanza always wanted to be an architect. I have a friend who is in the business, I never questioned what possessed him to enter the field of Mike Brady.

In other news, my teaching job has been changed, I'm now teaching english. Thursday mornings. bah. It was quite weird, the dean was showing me around and he introducing me as Professor Kang. I felt sort of foolish because I don't have a PhD. But if I did, it would be all good. But I sort of feel like an imposter. Then again, I don't think it'll be very hard teaching these people. I wonder if they're going to find it strange that I will be the youngest one in the room.

Ok, thanks for the feedback everyone. I have some more t-shirt designs...


In other news, I got a teaching gig at the College of New Rochelle. It's a seminar that I'll have to do once a week for re-entry students adjusting back to college life. Basically a glorified engrish class with some other disciplines thrown in. The per diem is not bad, especially since it's only once a week.

So maybe I mentioned it before but I bought a nice photo printer to go with my nice digital camera. Haven't used the printer that much but today I bought some iron-on T-shirt transfers. I remember back in the day I used it to make some bootleg T-shirts, mostly skate shit I scanned out of Thrasher. But this time around, I want to make some cool shit that everyone can enjoy?

Here's what I have so far:



The eugenius one is for eugene, i promised him a long time ago i would make this shit for him. I'm still planning on usurping the Blink 182 logo and changing it to Chink 182. Other than that, I could use some ideas? anyone?

hey eugene, i can do it too...

For all of you mixologists, here's a fun program for you to enjoy.(right-click to save). It teaches you how to mix any kind of drink, all in a very appealing design. I give it the ondal seal of approval.

thanks to dk song for hosting the file.

Something horrible has happened. I've become terribly addicted to some stupid Sim City game. The worst part of it is that it's formal title is "The Sims: Livin' Large." I truly wish they didn't abbreviate the word "living."

I want to say I don't know what happened but I do. I had a nice healthy hobby of downloading shit off Kazaa. Ever since I was 14 I have been an avid collector of illegal pirated software. The majority of the time I don't even bother using it. Anyway, that's what happened here. I got a grip of games and then I tested them to see if they worked. On a whim, I clicked on the stupid little icon and it was all downhill from there. As a result, my interpersonal relationships are taking a beating, my nutrition and hygiene are down, and I'm now growing a moustache. (One side note: the nutrition and hygiene of my Sims families are at an all-time high).

It seems like my favorite thing to do is to make families of people that I know. For example, I created my own familiy, complete with my bald-headed dad and designed the home to look like our house in California. I then made a caricature of the Yees, the family of one of my childhood friends. They were known for being tight with a dollar, your typical miserly Chinese family. It's quite interesting, sort of like a virtual voodoo doll.

And it didn't stop with families I know. I started making celebrity families such as the Seinfelds. The whole gang is there, Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer. And I made sure to keep Kramer unemployed in order to maintain the realism, whatever that means. The Simpsons are next. It's pretty pathetic that I'm actually looking forward to creating the Simpsons but this is what my life has become. So enough writing, it's time to get back to being a loser.

if you guys would comment more i would write more.

I just beat down Peter Kang of Fox Searchlight. I will now turn my attention to dk song to a digital photography duel. He just got a new Canon camera because he likes to copy me. But not as much as eugene. Anyway, since I'm more familiar with the features on my camera, I think i shall win.





panorama

I am going to challenge this guy to a duel.

Here are two paintings, both latex on unknown medium. I did one, someone did the other one. The first is Nude Dream. The second is Growing Strawberry Man. Which one is better?

ypkang: Do you want to hear a funny story?
YUKI: of course!
ypkang: So I went out with my friend Monica and Alison two days ago. It was Alison's birthday, she had just gotten back from two years in Japan.
YUKI: oh cool!
ypkang: We went to the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and watched this poet; it was sad. We were five people and there were only three other people in there.
YUKI: aww.
ypkang: But the show must go on�
YUKI: was the poetry good?
ypkang: It was aite.
ypkang: Anyway, after that we went to Avenue A Sushi. I don't know if we ever went there. It has an �art gallery� in there.
YUKI: probably not.
ypkang: Yeah, I think we only went to nice places. Ha. Anyway, we drank a bunch of sake and ate. Good times. And then the waitress comes over to me and sets down a Johnnie Black on the rocks. A double. She says, �This is from the woman over there.� I'm like, �What the fuck?� and I look over and this attractive woman looks at me and gives me this demure smile.
YUKI: asian?
ypkang: No. White.
YUKI: very nice
ypkang: So I nod my thanks and she gives me this look and then I'm like �damn, what do I do?� this has never happened to me before. And the people at my table -- we were 8 people by now, mostly Asian -- they all asked me at once like, "Did that woman just send you a drink?" They were all nerdy about it. And I was like, damn, chill out foos. I needed time to think what I was gonna do. I decided to just sip the drink a little and wait 5 minutes�
YUKI: yah?
ypkang: �then go over there and thank the woman. Even though I wasn't that interested (and plus I have a gf). Haha. Anyway, while I�m contemplating, the woman walks over. I'm turned the other way and I can see by my friend�s faces that she just walked over. So I turn around and the woman looks at me and says "Hi, Pete." And I go, �what the fuck?� and then she says, "It's me, Toni."
YUKI: it was toni?
ypkang: and then I was like, "Oh my god!" It was her. And we hugged and shit.
YUKI: oh cool. you didn�t even recognize her?
ypkang: And then my friends and the nerds like...clapped. I felt lame. She was wearing a wig. Apparently, she and her sister had gone wig shopping earlier and were testing them out and they saw me and decided to fuck with me. They had been planning the ruse for about an hour.
YUKI: hahhaha
YUKI: hahaha
ypkang: So there I was, thinking I was the shit, when all along it was none other than my old roommate.
YUKI: is she like hot now?
ypkang: Yeah, she's hot. But the wig looked dumb. It was an Uma Thurman pulp fiction wig.
YUKI: i see. how funny.
ypkang: Even though i wasn't really getting hit on by strange women, I was still the coolest kid in the room since I knew Toni. Alison's friend immediately fell in love with her and was asking me all this shit like should he go up to her and shit. But he didn't have the courage: and eventually gave up. My lukewarm responses to him didn't help either.
YUKI: hahah. so is toni doing well?
ypkang: Yeah, she's doing an Abercrombie campaign and doing a little acting. She said she's been in seven commercials but she always exaggerates...most models do.
YUKI: is she in the AF catalogue?
ypkang: I dunno� want to see a picture? I brought along my camera
YUKI: of course!
ypkang: OK, hold on. I have to download it off my camera.
ypkang: here you go
ypkang: I hated that wig.
YUKI: yah. but that pic looks pretty sexy
YUKI: u look like a stud
ypkang: oh. thanks.
ypkang: heh
YUKI: u r a stud
YUKI: =)
YUKI: not just 'look like one'
ypkang: I know.
ypkang: haha, I'm turning into you.
YUKI: hehe
ypkang: Hmm, since I told you that story, I'm just gonna cut and paste to my blog. You mind?
YUKI: nope
ypkang: What should i call you?
YUKI: i dunno�
YUKI: yuki.

damn, i hate this shit. it's like work. anyway, i need to get the dallas convention recap off my back.

THURS

Woke up with a huge hangover. I realized I had lost my attache case that I stupidly brought with me during the pub crawl. All my resume shit was in there. Damn. I was supposed to go register then hit up the job fair but since I didn't have any resumes or writing clips I decided I would rather watch "The Truth About Cats and Dogs" on hotel HBO. It was ok. At 5 p.m. I finally mustered up enough energy to go to the Fairmont. I called up SB and he came down and I told him about my lost bag. He was super cool and helped me out immensely, asking his many contacts within AAJA about shit. Then he asked me if I wanted to go to dinner with him and Lloyd LaCuesta, South Bay bureau chief for KTVU in San Francisco. I accepted. dinner was good, that is if you like Asian fusion Texas style.

Later, we hit up the screening of the Justin Lin vehicle "Better Luck Tomorrow." It was damn good and I hope Asian Americans get behind this one, instead of the usual hating they do of everything with Asian Americans in it. After the screening there was a Q&A session with the director, and most of the cast members. The first question asked was by this woman, a newscaster from San Diego. She questioned the director for sending the wrong image to young teenagers with the film's bleak ending. She was basically scolding the director. Lin, who has heard this shit hundreds of times, tried to be polite but she was being very ornery. You could cut the tension in the room with a boxcutter. The lady just kept going on and on and on and when she was finally like, "Okay, I just have one more thing to say because I know you people hate me..." and right after that everyone was like "Yeah!" or "Yes, we do!" then i threw in a "You suck!" but it was only at a conversational level and I don't think many people heard me. Some other things were discussed and that was that.

Afterwards, I asked SB what he thought and he was like, "I really liked Han." I agreed that Sung Kang was a fine actor and possessed a commanding presence onscreen. So we made our way to the front of the theater and SB told Kang how much he liked his work, etc, and how great he was and i interjected with a "dude, you should ask him out." and Kang simply gave me a funny look as if to say, "Did i just hear that?"

As we left the theater, Kang was all SB could talk about. While we were smoking a cigarette outside, he was babbling like a schoolgirl. In fact, I told him that. He agreed. Then he was like, "Should I get his autograph?" I could tell he was enamored with Kang so I stopped ridiculing him. He was genuinely nervous about it so I calmly led the way back into the theater so he could get an autograph. The cast was still talking to admirers and taking pictures with conventioneers.

Eventuallly, SB started up a conversation with Sung and later took a picture with him. Then we left. And that was that. Or was it?

here's a funny video of eugene at his best.
click here. (i think you have to download it to your HD).

i'm back in the big sagwa. the jungle. hi.

a heartfelt thanks goes out to dk song, susan kim dot com, and the korean jew for making the socal leg of the trip a big success.



the jew gave me reasonable lodgings. i took a picture in sepia to commemorate the event.

updates to come. if i feel like it.

the nutshell

So I have yet to do the big update, but now the moment has passed. So I will summarize. Also, i can't upload photos cuz I don't have a usb cable so I kinda wanted to accompany the stories with the photos but fuggit.


WED
Arrived in Dallas. It was dumb hot. There was an Asian girl who looked peeved waiting for the shuttle. I saw that she had some AAJA convention material. I didn't say hello. I was almost done with my book, A Prayer for Owen Meany. She was headed to the Fairmont so i knew she was a conventioneer. She kept eyeing me. Remember her. I went to my alternative hotel, the luxurious Hampton Inn. There was a Wal Mart convention in town and I had the good fortune of sharing an elevator with some of the good people from Wal Mart. They sucked. Anyway, I relaxed for a bit and waited for the temperature to drop before venturing 6 blocks to the Fairmont. When I got there, I asked some nice looking Asian boy where the registration was. I was given a chilly response. Remember him. Later, I discovered that the registration booth closed. Oh well. Later, I saw my friend SB who i met at the 2000 convention in new york. He's a producer for Fox News somewhere in the Midwest. He had his trademark ponytail still so I knew it was him. He told me his name and i acted like I remembered and that was that. He told me to not pay the $300 for registration and just use his extra name tag if asked. Bet.

We headed off to the opening reception, it was kinda wack. some filipino girl stared at me long and hard outside as I was talking to a man from Gannett (Columbia ' 76). A thought briefly flashed through my head: there's enough ondal to go around. then I felt silly. then some silly fool asked me if I was Y. Peter Kang from Berkeley and told me he used to cut out my columns which was flattering. then he wouldn't go away. then I wondered if I should tell him that he's gay. He's probably the only one that doesn't know, i thought.

Then I went away to the pub crawl. There, SB introduced me to two girls he met. One was the peevish one from the shuttle. She turned out to be nice, or maybe I was drunk. The other one was a well-endowed newscaster from Denver. SB and I immediately began speculating. A wager was made. Convention hijinks at its best.

The pub crawl was a smashing failure. We decided to head over to the DC chapter's party at a place called Umlaut. Since I had taken linguistics courses at the university, I informed the others what an umlaut w�s. I basked in the applause that immediately followed. We arrived at the party and it was bumpin. or perhaps jumpin. I proceeded to get mad crazy wasted. But not too bad. On the ondal inebriation scale I was about a 7.5 ( agreeing to go to a strip club = 5; bus stop smashing = 10 ). I bought some talent agent from DC a shot of tequila then I asked him if he was Jewish. He was clearly Jewish. Then I bought the Jew a red bull. Then I bought myself one. Then I went on a shameless flirting rampage, collecting business cards from different women whose faces I now forget. and that was that.

SB and I asked the two girls if they would like to accompany us back to the hotel where we would smoke Chronic while they watched. They readily agreed and we made our way back. We kicked it for awhile -- sometimes giggling like schoolgirls, sometimes playfully teasing each other. In typical ondal fashion, I ended up going too far when I took Denver girl's shoes and ran out of the room. The next day, the story was that I was gallavanting up and down the hall in high heels and a purse. Whatever. I was drunk, and that night was just a small taste of what was to come.

to be continued...

i was gonna update this in a big way but instead, i'm disgusted with myself. maybe later.

the next big thing. i love this stuff.
drinksparks.com

ac slater

I finally got my AC adapter for my camera so it's up and running. I'm off to Dallas on Wednesday for the Asian American Journalists Assoc convention. A good time will be had by all. Except it's gonna be damn hot. You can't get much hotter than the nastiness that is New York City but the forecast in Dallas is mid 90s with humidity in the 40s. Weak. But I'm hoping I'll spend much of the time indoors schoomzing with my colleagues. After that, it's back to Cali for a wedding.

Here's some pictures of me and my mama in our backyard in california last month. In the first picture, my mom is in stealth mode blending in with our kidney-shaped pool. you can see the fountain in the background. i slaved over a hot stove for 3 hours cleaning the gunk out of it. i got a nice farmer tan. it smelled like wet dog. you can also see the hard water deposits on the walls of the pool. you see, we have a well and use it to water all the plants in our backyard. it's rather unsightly but i suppose it's a trade off for all the money we save on water.



in the second picture, you can see some dried bamboo stalks that i stripped off of a...bamboo stalk. i was making a fishing pole. then I turned it into a punishing stick. then i sawed off the end pieces and was going to make a pipe out of it but then i realized i don't smoke chronic with the ferocity that i used to. so now it's a drumstick that i'm going to give to that drummer from Def Leppard. I hope he likes it.

stick-to-it-iveness is not a fucking word you dumb bitch

i got drunk last night. but what's new. but this morning, i woke up and watched discovery channel. it was a special on medicine. kids in the phillipines with cleft lips who get surgery from an australian medical mission called operation smile. but the focus was on this 2 year old kid who had a cyst on the front of his face, it was some brain thing. about the size of a softball. some parts of his brain had seeped through and it just hung there. i surprised myself because i cried. i'm better now.