The 1in5
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Flaming Lips Hoot Nite at the Triple Crown - April 14, 2007
I made a trip south to see the Casting Couch play a set of Flaming Lips songs for an appreciate crowd of San Marcusians at the Triple Crown. The Couch was part of a long parade of bands. No doubt it was the loudest Casting Couch gig I've heard, which overpowered my Zoom H4 at times. Julie's bass amp was bigger than she was.
Here are some samples of their set:
Abandoned Hospital Ship
When Yer Twenty-Two
Pic by Julie of Derek's band from my flickr page.
I made a trip south to see the Casting Couch play a set of Flaming Lips songs for an appreciate crowd of San Marcusians at the Triple Crown. The Couch was part of a long parade of bands. No doubt it was the loudest Casting Couch gig I've heard, which overpowered my Zoom H4 at times. Julie's bass amp was bigger than she was.
Here are some samples of their set:
Abandoned Hospital Ship
When Yer Twenty-Two
Pic by Julie of Derek's band from my flickr page.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Practicing the Wave for the Victory Lap
I see a bright future for this last minute entrant to the human race.
(Photo by the sonogram tech, but posted by wife & mother to be & greatest woman on earth Julie Beth. )
I see a bright future for this last minute entrant to the human race. (Photo by the sonogram tech, but posted by wife & mother to be & greatest woman on earth Julie Beth. )
Moto Racing Rundown
MotoGP racing has had all the excitement of F1 the first couple of races. It seems that Dorna has figured that to be a real premier class, it must ban passing. This message hasn't sunk down to the 250 class, that had more excitement in three laps in Spain than MotoGP had in in all of Qatar. The Duck has the horses, and that'll work in Qatar and maybe in Shanghai. It was sad to see Ilmor give up, and KR racing almost have to give up due to sponsorship. I'm glad KR at least got a cool skull and crossbones to put on their bike, but heck, if Rizla can sponsor a team, it's time for Zig Zag to step up - cause, y'know, motorbikes zig and zag and what not. My man Colin has got a podium, and I think wild man from Cali will get his soon. I'll put money on a 2.5 Americans on the podium at Laguna, depending on whether the rumors about red-headed nature of Honda's stepchild Hayden are true.
(Not to be so harsh on F1. I actually watched some of the moto-pantomime in Malaysia, and it came close to being more exciting than Seniors golf. I'm thinking that Lewis Hamilton may entice my F1 apostate friend back from her prolonged boycott. But he's driving a Mclaren, and is from Woking, which could work for or against him.)
The real drama has been in WSBK, though. The return of the new, improved and maybe less pugilistic Biaggi alone has made for exciting racing. The pinky-amputating, nut-crunching, crash of Troy Bayliss followed by recovery in Monte Carlo and a pole for this weekend has been inspirational, though I don't know if I should consider the picture on the front page of his web site ironic or out of date. Ducati will have a hard time making the WSBK folks change their minds on twin displacement so long as they have a racer like Bayliss on the team.
AMA? Daytona provided some laughs in Formula EXXXXTREEEEMEEE. The Honda CBR600RR Daytona 200 Race Brought to You By Honda and The New Honda CBR600RR provided a season's worth of hubris when the Brand New Honda CBR600RRs putter to the gravel traps after a few laps. AMA Superbike looks like Hot Yosh on Yosh Action: Volume II, only not as hot this time around. They should turn loose a couple Ducati 1098s mid-season just to make it interesting.
Oh, there's a Turk whipping up on World Supersports. Which is cool. And Locatelli is recovering, which is also a good thing.
(Not to be so harsh on F1. I actually watched some of the moto-pantomime in Malaysia, and it came close to being more exciting than Seniors golf. I'm thinking that Lewis Hamilton may entice my F1 apostate friend back from her prolonged boycott. But he's driving a Mclaren, and is from Woking, which could work for or against him.)
The real drama has been in WSBK, though. The return of the new, improved and maybe less pugilistic Biaggi alone has made for exciting racing. The pinky-amputating, nut-crunching, crash of Troy Bayliss followed by recovery in Monte Carlo and a pole for this weekend has been inspirational, though I don't know if I should consider the picture on the front page of his web site ironic or out of date. Ducati will have a hard time making the WSBK folks change their minds on twin displacement so long as they have a racer like Bayliss on the team.
AMA? Daytona provided some laughs in Formula EXXXXTREEEEMEEE. The Honda CBR600RR Daytona 200 Race Brought to You By Honda and The New Honda CBR600RR provided a season's worth of hubris when the Brand New Honda CBR600RRs putter to the gravel traps after a few laps. AMA Superbike looks like Hot Yosh on Yosh Action: Volume II, only not as hot this time around. They should turn loose a couple Ducati 1098s mid-season just to make it interesting.
Oh, there's a Turk whipping up on World Supersports. Which is cool. And Locatelli is recovering, which is also a good thing.
