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Speculation for upcoming radio Xmas shows ahem Almost Acoustic Christmas

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:28:52 GMT

Wow, radio Xmas shows already announced?? Mostly from the Death Cab for Cutie's website:

12.02.08 Milwaukee, WI
FM 102.1 Big Snow Show 3 featuring DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, Jack's Mannequin, The Ting Tings

12.04.08 Baton Rouge, LA
104 the X-mas Bash DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE w/ Snow Patrol, Jack's Mannequin, Cold War Kids, and Carolina Liar

12.09.08 Seattle, WA
KNND's Deck The Hall Ball w/ The Killers, Death Cab For Cutie, Cold War Kids, Shiny Toy Guns, Aqueduct

12.10.08 Los Angeles, CA
Indie 103 Wreck the Halls w/ The Pretenders, Bloc Party, CSS, Black Kids

12.11.08 Oakland, CA
Live 105 Not So Silent Night w/ The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Jack's Mannequin

12.12.08 Las Vegas, NV
AREA 107.9 Big Damn Holiday Jam with Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, The Ting Tings and Carolina Liar

Stolen Stuff Alert

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:17:04 GMT

This is purely an announcement...hoping this shows up on Google soon..
My iPod and digital camera got stolen July 31, 20008 in Chicago. Probably very little chance of recovering it, but I'll post some serial numbers in case someone Googles it. Email me at info[at]shenny[dot]net . As an incentive if you return the iPod to me, I'll donate what you paid for the iPod to a charity. I just want the iPod back!!

iPod video 30GB MA444LL/A
Model # A1136
Serial Number S/N # 8K706FTFV9K
Part No. # MA444LL/A
Was called "Shenny's iPod" (not sure if it's been formatted since). It's a white video iPod but I had a black iSkin over it. If you took off the iSkin, you'll see the iPod lasered with the Edison International logo and probably says Edison International (or Int'l) next to the logo. It means a lot to me since I earned it through achievement points at work.

Casio Exilim EX-S600 BE digital camera
Serial # 9531341a-v
Bar Code # 0-79767-68444-0
Color: light blue
It had a 2GB memory card inside it along with two 1-GB memory cards inside a green-gray-ish pouch with a rabbit (called Mashimaro) on it. I don't care much for the camera since the photo quality wasn't all that great, but I'd really like to have the memory cards and pouch back. Those can be mailed to me no questions asked and you can keep the camera as reward. Please email me if you have any information. Thanks!!

Manic Monday musing with Starbucks coffee

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:02:49 GMT

WTF? This shows up on the Troubadour website for The Subways show I won't be in town for?? (otherwise I'd be there or at the Chain Reaction show).

8:30 pm Special early set by Spacehog

Woulda been interesting...

Yay, the start of Bloc Party week. Bloc Party at the Glass House today, Lollapalooza, and probably with CSS at the HOB Chicago. For some reason been having dreams about them...actually not about the band but about the show. I think it has to do with the Kele vs. John Lydon stuff. Also no bassist. My Glass House presale ticket is will call so don't feel the need to arrive early since will call always opens when doors open and you end up losing your spot. Though--one time when I had a will call ticket and had to be up front, I made friends with a couple in line and bought them beer for saving us spots up front. They were starving students so glad to be of help :D

The Puppy Olympics are coming!!!!

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:35:11 GMT

Damn you Time Warner for moving Animal Planet to digital cable!

Puppies gear up for own Games

The Games begin Aug. 8 -- the Puppy Games, that is.

After scoring big with "Puppy Bowl," which aired concurrently with the Super Bowl, Animal Planet on Thursday announced that it was expanding the franchise with "Puppy Games 2008," a three-hour special that will air the same night as the Olympics opening ceremony.

More than 30 puppies representing different countries -- most of them hailing from Washington, D.C., shelters -- will "compete" in sports such as dog paddling, soccer and gymnastics. A modified version of the special will air Aug. 23, the same weekend as the Olympics closing ceremony.

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:20:20 GMT

So sad...as soon as I heard on the Kevin & Bean show about the Rodney on the Roq ULTRA limited t-shirt, I had to buy a couple right away. Good thing, though, cuz it sold out really fast.

Add The Avalon to the list of venues that doesn't like video recording...

James @ Spaceland June 6-7, 2008 videos

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:39:22 GMT

Super thrilled when I saw that the legendary James was playing an impromptu gig at Spaceland! One of those bands you always liked, but never got around to seeing (thanks to not touring the U.S. in 7 years). Their latest album Hey Ma has already been released in the UK but won't get released officially in the U.S. until September 16 (!).

Anyway, here are my videos from the show. Unfortunately low lighting yet again! Sorry for the multiple video services!

Waterfall from The Evil Rabbit on Vimeo.

Whiteboy from The Evil Rabbit on Vimeo.

Laid

Say Something from The Evil Rabbit on Vimeo.

Foxboro Hot Tubs (a.k.a. Green Day) @ Belly Up Tavern - May 26, 2008

Tue, 27 May 2008 15:37:41 GMT

One sentence review: Show started off strong with a slightly inebriated Billie Joe Armstrong with 24 oz PBR in hand, jumping into the crowd, stage diving, crowd surfing, getting the whole room involved clapping and arm raising, spraying beer; but lost momentum as ~~kids~~ adults easily jumped or crowd surfed their way on stage and 2-minute songs got stretched to 10 minutes. I guess if Green Day is your favorite band, it would have been totally worth it to jump on stage, dance and hug/kiss Billie Joe, Mike and Tre. Or have Billie Joe in your face and crowd surfing over you. Thanks to no traffic, we got to Solana Beach in less than 1.5 hours. They started letting people at 7pm but we didn't get inside til 8pm. No cameras allowed as we were threatened that if we were caught taking photos with a cell phone we'd get kicked out. Surprisingly or not, more folks were at the tables and seats than on the floor! We totally could have been right up front; but we old and chose to sit at the tables. Only one waitress working our section so it took around 45 minutes to place our food and drink order. The opening band Girls with Guns BBBBBLLLLEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWW. You'd think it was Amateur Night at your local watering hole.

I think my one sentence review summed up the show. No Green Day songs performed, but one The Network song was. Billie Joe was right when he said real chicks drink PBR, none of that cosmo shit!

Links to other Green Day/The Network entries

Lines..lines...everywhere lines..

Mon, 26 May 2008 23:13:14 GMT

Meh, in line at the Belly Up Tavern at Solana Beach for Foxboro Hot Tubs (a.k.a. Green Day). When we got here around 3:45pm there were already 200 folks in line. Thankfully capacity is 600. And this is a 21 and over venue! Imagine what it'll be like at The Roxy tomorrow for an ALL AGES venue half the size. Or even Alex's Bar on Wednesday with capacity of 187.

I rely on recorded tv too much...

Fri, 23 May 2008 17:23:06 GMT

OH no! My DVR died after two years!!! According to the LG LRM-519 Yahoo Group, these units seem to die after 2 years and may be revived by replacing the capacitors. But what to do in the meantime as I get around to ordering the capacitors and figure out how install them?!?!?! *cries*

Videos of Bryan Adams @ The Roxy - 05/19/2008

Wed, 21 May 2008 06:29:13 GMT

Being this was a solo acoustic show, the lighting was on the dark side thus hard to see videos...

Summer of '69...apparently not about that time period but the "position" :D

Please Forgive Me

Heaven

Heaven...the story behind the song. Written for a movie about a male stripper :D I actually saw the movie when I was a kid but it was the "edited for tv" version.

*sigh* really wanna see him again :(

2008 Weenie Roast Plans

Fri, 16 May 2008 14:34:28 GMT

Set times are posted! Here's how ideally it'll go. Get there in time to see Psycho Mike do "Hey There Vagina," "Firecrotch" and "Brow-Down." Skip Ludo, hopefully free drinks and food "backstage." Get to Flobots in time to hear "Handlebars." Check out MGMT. Get the hell out before The Bravery!! Hopefully more free drinks and food during Atreyu. Check out Flogging Molly. Get hopefully free food and drink during Seether and Scars on Broadway. Pray Foo Fighters or Weezer are secret guests. See the rest of the show with possible break during Rise Against.

Saturday, 17 May
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Doors open at noon.

Bud Light Stage Dos
Psycho Mike 12:40-1:00pm
Ludo 1:00-1:30pm
Flobots 1:30-2:00pm
MGMT 2:00-2:30pm
The Bravery 2:30-3:00pm

Main Stage
Atreyu 3:30-4:00pm
Flogging Molly 4:00-4:30pm
Seether 4:30-5:00pm
Scars On Broadway 5:00-5:30pm
Pennywise 5:30-6:10pm
Bad Religion 6:10-6:50pm
Rise Against 6:50-7:35
The Raconteurs 7:35-8:20
The Offspring 8:20-9:20
Metallica 9:20-10:50

Creep(s)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:53:21 GMT

Sorry for the non-NKOTB post. I feel the need to cleanse myself of that matter. Oh yeah, don't mess with Radiohead fans. Though I agree with this: "If you gave even one tiny llama turd about environmental impact, you would never have scheduled a show at a venue 40 miles away from downtown D.C., nowhere near public transportation of any kind."

Link to article on celebrity hippy-crites when it comes to going green.

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:49:51 GMT

Yay survived Bamboozle Left, a Warped Tour-like festival. After RX Bandits and Bouncing Souls (yay moshers), we made it to the rail. Too much crowd surfing during New Found Glory especially during that one song about choosing my best friends over you when crowd surfers were over our heads nonstop!!! I saw Hayley of Paramore on the side and she did one Johnny Cash song (I think) with them. Nice to hear Reel Big Fish "Sell Out" from the adjacent stage. They also did a cover of A-Ha's "Take On Me" and a litle "Enter Sandman." Wasn't too rough for Face to Face except for "Disconnected" which KROQ still plays to this day. Thankfully no crowd surfers during Jimmy Eat World! Earlier in the day we passed by their "Official Band Merchandise" booth and they were selling a 3-pack of guitar picks for $10 which had the latest album logo. More bands need to sell their customized picks...they're so hard to catch!! A security guard did gimme one of them after their set. Major props to the security for catching all those crowd surfers and making sure we weren't hurt in the process.

For Verizon Amphitheatre parking lot shows (not the regular ones), don't take the left like I did!!! Cuz they make you park on some unpaved trail which will take you forever to get out. I took a one hour nap before noticing cars were actually moving! So I moved my car into the line and got out quickly. My friend took the right and it only took her 5 minutes to get out *sigh*

Dave Grohl's speech coming out for an encore...

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:42:27 GMT

This video is from the second night of the Foo Fighters two-night stand at the "fabulous" Forum. My favorite part is when he mentions adding some color to Against Me!'s wardrobe. In their defense, from my crappy Lollapalooza photos, Tom is wearing a white shirt.

Dave Grohl Foo Fighters March 6, 2008 @ The Forum b4 Big Me
Uploaded by TheEvilRabbit

Foo Fighters/Serj Tankian/Against Me! @ Cox Arena, March 3, 2008

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:05:04 GMT

Show #1 of the Foo Fighters/Serj Tankian/Against Me! SoCal tour. We arrived at Cox *snicker* Arena around 3pm and NO ONE in line. We walked around a bit, hung around the bridge where you look down at the numerous trucks and tour busses. Saw Tom, the lead singer of Against Me! with his wife (dude, she has her own section on the Alkaline Trio wikipedia page!) and then he sorta rode around on a bike. Later we saw a tour bus arriving with a buncha Foo Fighters members (Dave, Pat Smear, Drew etc). Cox Arena is on the campus of San Diego State so students kept coming up and asking what we were in line for.

Doors open. With the exception of the lame metal detectors which kept sounding off with no reason, got in without a hitch. Unlike most arenas, there's only one level of seats at Cox (versus say Colonade and Loge at the Forum). But man, going down those longass set of stairway as fast as you can was like a death drop! Got to the closest baricade stage right next to "runway" at the rail (i.e. best spot in the house).

Hardly anyone inside the arena for Against Me! Dude, I seriously love New Wave and totally rocked out. Sorta surprised they did Borne since Tegan of Tegan and Sara sings on it. During the little intro to Stop!, Tom the lead singer cracked a smile when he saw me and my friend totaling bouncing around (we were right in front of him). Then they do that disco intro to Don't Lose Touch. Unfortunately I hear the opening chords to Ocean and know it's the end of the set. I asked one of the stagehands for the setlist in his hand and got that. Not too long after, I see another setlist floating in the air and managed to catch it (it helped no one really cared to grab it). Since the sticky side of the tape was still exposed, my friend taped it on the rail in front of her so they'd be kept flat. Luckily a pick--surprisingly a customized one!---was stuck to the tape. Yay! Gotta love the green tape with pink paper look!

Serj Tankian was painful to stand through. A lot of talking that didn't make any sense if you never listened to the whole album. Thankfully the crowd was just as apathetic as I.

All personal space was gone when the Foos got on stage. A couple jabroni's behind us were getting a bit rough--even one of the Foos security guys warned them. I stuck my elbows out towards them just in case. The pit wasn't too bad though. I've been to a LOT worse. The girl next to my friend was puking! So thankfully, she got fished out of the pit. We couldn't see anything when the band moved to the "acoustic" stage so we resorted to using mirrors just to see what was going on behind us. It would have been nice if they would have fed video to the screens on stage. Show seemed pretty short with being blacked out for 5.5 "acoustic" songs and all the solos and jams. Guess there's more of the latter two in big arena shows. But in general not a big fan of them since they take away from the momentum/flow of the show. Had a similar complaint with Green Day arena shows too with all the interruptions (whereas their American Idiot in its entirety shows were friggin' awesome!), but loved the Paris Hilton sex tape nightcam video with Dave and the setlist before the encore. My friend managed to get a Foos setlist, I caught one of Dave's picks. Afterward we drove to a nearby bar. Didja know hard liquor can't be served within a certain radius of SDSU? WTF? I thought this was a party school!

It's a beautiful day...

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:10:37 GMT

Anyone interested in seeing U2 3D at an IMAX theatre? I hear it really is like being at one of their shows! Probably better than my nosebleed seat at Staples Center :P

Shows in OC >> Shows in LA

Found on The Wiltern Myspace....

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:39:38 GMT

2 FEMALE PROFESSIONAL DANCERS WANTED FOR MIKA
We are looking for 2 FEMALE PROFESSIONAL DANCERS (Size 16- US) to dance during the MIKA Concert, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH. The dancers will be onstage and possibly walk through the audience during the concert. $200 for each dancer. Please reply to this bulletin with your contact information

The greatest news ever!!!

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:06:05 GMT

The Puppy Bowl is back!!!! Plus Kitty Halftime show!!!

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:01:36 GMT

JIMMY EAT WORLD AND PARAMORE CONFIRM U.S. CO-HEADLINE TOUR

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:13:58 GMT

Foo Fighters - Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners at the Troubadour Jan 14, 2008
Uploaded by TheEvilRabbit

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:36:20 GMT

YES!!! Finally won tix to see The Foo Fighters at The Troubadour!!! Kevin & Bean Breakfast with the Foos!! Bar opens 6am :D

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:34:39 GMT

Yay my YouTube account has been suspended.

I think I'm required to go to these....

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:15:01 GMT

Jimmy Eat World Announce Tour Dates with Foo Fighters!

Jimmy Eat World will support Foo Fighters on a run of 2008 US tour dates! Details are as follows. All shows are on sale now:
January 16th – Miami, FL – Bank Atlantic Arena
January 17th – Orlando, FL – Amway Arena
January 19th – Birmingham, AL – BJCC Arena
January 20th – Pensacola, FL – Pensacola Civic Center
January 22nd – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
January 23rd – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
January 25th – Memphis, TN – FedEx Forum

And added bonus is Against Me! opening the Foos North American dates!!!

KROQ Almost Acoustic Night 2 @ Gibson Amphitheatre - 12/09/2007

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:54:04 GMT

Literally I got a free last minute pit ticket from a nice Muse fan in exchange for a ride to/from Pasadena which unfortunately meant giving up a first row orchestra seat and the chance to meet Joel McHale of The Soup! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My friend took a photo with him. Supposedly the lead singer of the Vines and Jim Adkins were there too.

Spoon and Feist were OK...not the best situation to be seeing them though (KROQ radio festival). Most annoyingly were all the people talking around me! aaagghhh!!! And the lameasses who start shoving their way to the front.

Loved Silversun Pickups. Hah, Brian did a Dave Grohl during Lazy Eye! went out into the crowd and rocked out! Thankfully being louder than the aforementioned bands, I wasn't able to hear all the annoying chatter.

Loved The Shins. Yay they didn't do New Slang!. And they did Sea Legs which they didn't do last time I saw them. I don't think I've seen Marty Crandall clean-shaven!

The Killers were a nice surprise. Their cover of Shadowplay didn't sound too shabby live. And their Don't Shoot Me Santa song was a lot of fun.

When Modest Mouse appeared, a couple a-hole tall guys start pushing their way. I pushed back and next thing you know beer got poured over me from behind. In a gut reaction, I pulled the hair of the guy who was walking away (I assumed he was the guy who poured the beer). Thankfully he and his friend got kicked out and everyone cheered. Turned out I didn't miss much since Modest Mouse bored. Even if they had played Ocean Breathes Salty and Float On (which they didn't), I'd still be bored. Too bad their live show hasn't changed much since last time I saw them.

A nice girl and her friend let me be at the rail for Jimmy Eat World. I was the only one rocking out to them. In other words, another typical LA J.E.W. show! I loved they weren't afraid to go with mellower stuff (Disintegration and Hear You Me) since at these radio festivals bands usually stick to their more rockin' stuff. In a pleasant surprise, Zach came down, grabbed my hand (amongst all the others) and handed me his drumsticks! Score! This is actually the third time he's personally handed me stix at the end of a set. Sadly it's made me spoiled for more! LOLz.

Was probably a bit too tired to enjoy Muse and the sound didn't sound too good up front. Could barely hear Matt's vocals especially when he was at the piano. And a couple more big guys began shoving their way to the front *sigh* Not wanting to cause any more drama, I simply moved to the left. When the Muse crew setup a platform into the pit a foot away from me, I thought Matt would be rocking out there a bunch. But he only came their once. Crotch shots! I loved that they didn't start off with Knights of Cydonia cuz they always do in LA!!!

Afterward, it was nice seeing a lot of my peeps! starbright31, eu_splinched, Alex and her sister, and Keith! Too bad Citywalk had nothing opened on a Sunday night and I had to drop dude who gave me his extra pit ticket back to Pasadena. We did stop by an am/pm on the way since we were super super thirsty!

British dudes Edition

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:14:46 GMT

FYI, get a free domain name for one year!

Yeah long time, no update. Been trying weeks for free Almost Acoustix tix. Ugh, so close yesterday!!!!!!!!!! Have been every caller number between 1-19, it's killing me!!! In other news, I discovered a new series call The Secret Diary of a Call Girl on the Television Without Pity boards (wtf?! new Anne of Green Gables???). It probably won't ever air on American TV so had to go to ummm...other sources. ~~Bittorrent~~. One of the johns in the first episode reminded me a lot of Tom Smith of Editors! Oddly enough his real name is Tom too!

The best friend also looks somewhat familiar as well...

Dude, Pat is having another kid?? which will delay The Special Goodness recording.