I was going to title this blog post "Arrested Development".
Anyway, a blogger was arrested for leaking songs from the new Guns N' Roses album on his blog. Prosecutors said that the leaking of songs could have resulted in "significant" financial loss for the band.
Interesting.
Bloggers, beware.
Here is the full article:
Blogger Arrested.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The year of festivals.
There are always festivals happening around the world, but it seems that this year a lot of new festivals have surfaced. I was reading Filter Magazine on Monday, and I came across yet another festival. I don't remember the name, but I just thought to myself "Another Festival?".
Music festivals are great and all, but I feel like it's getting to be a bit much now. But, music is always great. Always.
And of course Radiohead headlines most of them in America. I've noticed Justice on a few festival line ups, too. Treasure Island in September-- I passed by Treasure Island in San Francisco, and I'm trying to figure out how they're going to set it all up. I am interested to see how it will turn out. Either way, there will be tons of traffic that weekend on the Bay Bridge. If I am not mistaken there is only one bus that operates to the island. Have fun fellow attendees.
edit:
http://www.treasureislandfestival.com/transportation.php
Music festivals are great and all, but I feel like it's getting to be a bit much now. But, music is always great. Always.
And of course Radiohead headlines most of them in America. I've noticed Justice on a few festival line ups, too. Treasure Island in September-- I passed by Treasure Island in San Francisco, and I'm trying to figure out how they're going to set it all up. I am interested to see how it will turn out. Either way, there will be tons of traffic that weekend on the Bay Bridge. If I am not mistaken there is only one bus that operates to the island. Have fun fellow attendees.
edit:
http://www.treasureislandfestival.com/transportation.php
Purify the colors. Purify my mind.
When I went to the Berkeley Art Museum, I came across a very interesting book in their bookstore entitled The Frog Who Croaked Blue by Jamie Ward.
This book explores Syntesthesia, which is a condtion that allows people to experience things in color. It's extremely interesting to me, and I thought it was worth sharing.
book webiste
Example of Synesthesia:
Sound- associating color with a certain sound.
Numbers- associating certain numbers with certain colors.
Words- words triggering a certain taste or color.
This also reminded me of an artist I came across earlier this year, Neil Harbisson, who is colorblind, but due to new technology, he is able to paint and identify color through sound.
http://www.harbisson.com/
This book explores Syntesthesia, which is a condtion that allows people to experience things in color. It's extremely interesting to me, and I thought it was worth sharing.
book webiste
Example of Synesthesia:
Sound- associating color with a certain sound.
Numbers- associating certain numbers with certain colors.
Words- words triggering a certain taste or color.
This also reminded me of an artist I came across earlier this year, Neil Harbisson, who is colorblind, but due to new technology, he is able to paint and identify color through sound.
http://www.harbisson.com/
In Summation
My experiences in San Francisco were fun and interesting.
I recommed that you check out these places if you ever go;
for music:
-Aquarius Records on Valencia St.
(I think it might be one of my favorite record stores, ever)
-Rasputin Records in Berkeley
-Amoeba (just because)
for books and sundry items:
-Pens and Needles
-Little Otsu
-City Lights Book (North Beach)
for interesting clothing:
-Wasteland Clothing on Haight Street
(even though there is one in L.A., too, and it's basically just like Buffalo Exchange)
-MARS (Berkeley)
for art:
SF MOMA
Pacific Film Archive
I recommed that you check out these places if you ever go;
for music:
-Aquarius Records on Valencia St.
(I think it might be one of my favorite record stores, ever)
-Rasputin Records in Berkeley
-Amoeba (just because)
for books and sundry items:
-Pens and Needles
-Little Otsu
-City Lights Book (North Beach)
for interesting clothing:
-Wasteland Clothing on Haight Street
(even though there is one in L.A., too, and it's basically just like Buffalo Exchange)
-MARS (Berkeley)
for art:
SF MOMA
Pacific Film Archive
Tales of San Francisco: pt. 3
Sunday:
Berkeley!
I don't remember the name of the street that we walked down, but it was near UC Berkeley, and there were tons of cool shops. I went to Rasputin, which is another record shop with basically everything. Their entire bottom floor is dedicated to vinyl.
MARS is a cool vintage shop. They sell a plethora of interesting clothiong from back in the day.
Blah blah blah cool shops. Progressive people. etc.
We went to the Berkeley Art Museum, but there was only one exhibit open. It was pretty interesting though...images from space. There was a model of the earth, in rotation, and actual U.S. army satelite points, and the noises we heard were from actual interference with the satelite transmissions.
Lunch time. Movie time- Pacific Film Archive at UC Berkely. We saw the Portuguese film "Doomed Love". It was reminicent of Romeo and Juliet in the sense that these two young people were in love, but their families did not get along, and they both end up dead, but not because of suicide. It was four and a half hours long.
So it was almost 8 p.m. when we got out of there. My sister told me about a lot of these neat places in Berkely, but they were closed, so we couldn't visit. Next time I shall.
Monday:
_Cafes.
_The Parrots of Telegraph Hill.
(There are a flock of parrots that live upon Telegraph hill, which is where Coit Tower is. We walked all the way up there, but alas we did not see the parrots, but did hear them. We guessed that it wasn't their time of congregation yet.)
_Ghirardelli Square. (mmm, Berry Sundae)
_A Church with cool architecture.
_The Queen Anne Hotel (that is said to be haunted).
_Japan Town.
_The Presidio.
_Pet cemetery (yes, that is correct)
_West Portal. Polish Food.
I am getting lazy.
I'll write more later.
- - - -
The train ride home went by a lot faster than my train ride up to San Francisco. I met some cool and interesting people yet again. Once you start talking to people, the trip seems to go by a bit faster. It was fun. Not to mention, that there was someone filming for Current TV, there! They asked me and Chris (I met him on the train), if we wanted to be interviewed. It was about politics, but since I am under 18, and my parents were not on board, I couldn't be filmed.
When I got to Los Angeles, some of us were waiting to get another train to Orange County, and there was this older woman who started talking to me. She knew who the Black Keys were, which I thought was cool. Apparently she went to their show a few months back. I think it's great when older people take time to appreciate some of the newer music, and when youngsters take time to appreciate some of the older stuff, too. She told me that she used to visit San Francisco back in the 60s, and that she was a "country hippie". I could tell that she had many great stories to tell.
Berkeley!
I don't remember the name of the street that we walked down, but it was near UC Berkeley, and there were tons of cool shops. I went to Rasputin, which is another record shop with basically everything. Their entire bottom floor is dedicated to vinyl.
MARS is a cool vintage shop. They sell a plethora of interesting clothiong from back in the day.
Blah blah blah cool shops. Progressive people. etc.
We went to the Berkeley Art Museum, but there was only one exhibit open. It was pretty interesting though...images from space. There was a model of the earth, in rotation, and actual U.S. army satelite points, and the noises we heard were from actual interference with the satelite transmissions.
Lunch time. Movie time- Pacific Film Archive at UC Berkely. We saw the Portuguese film "Doomed Love". It was reminicent of Romeo and Juliet in the sense that these two young people were in love, but their families did not get along, and they both end up dead, but not because of suicide. It was four and a half hours long.
So it was almost 8 p.m. when we got out of there. My sister told me about a lot of these neat places in Berkely, but they were closed, so we couldn't visit. Next time I shall.
Monday:
_Cafes.
_The Parrots of Telegraph Hill.
(There are a flock of parrots that live upon Telegraph hill, which is where Coit Tower is. We walked all the way up there, but alas we did not see the parrots, but did hear them. We guessed that it wasn't their time of congregation yet.)
_Ghirardelli Square. (mmm, Berry Sundae)
_A Church with cool architecture.
_The Queen Anne Hotel (that is said to be haunted).
_Japan Town.
_The Presidio.
_Pet cemetery (yes, that is correct)
_West Portal. Polish Food.
I am getting lazy.
I'll write more later.
- - - -
The train ride home went by a lot faster than my train ride up to San Francisco. I met some cool and interesting people yet again. Once you start talking to people, the trip seems to go by a bit faster. It was fun. Not to mention, that there was someone filming for Current TV, there! They asked me and Chris (I met him on the train), if we wanted to be interviewed. It was about politics, but since I am under 18, and my parents were not on board, I couldn't be filmed.
When I got to Los Angeles, some of us were waiting to get another train to Orange County, and there was this older woman who started talking to me. She knew who the Black Keys were, which I thought was cool. Apparently she went to their show a few months back. I think it's great when older people take time to appreciate some of the newer music, and when youngsters take time to appreciate some of the older stuff, too. She told me that she used to visit San Francisco back in the 60s, and that she was a "country hippie". I could tell that she had many great stories to tell.
Tales of San Francisco: pt 2
Friday Afternoon:
After work, my sister and I headed down to Haight street. For those of you that did not pay attention in U.S. History or didn't watch the History Channel documentary on the Hippie Movement, that is where the hub of the hippie movement was. Haight and Ashbury.
Anyway, we walked around. I went to Wasteland and found a cool dress, so I bought it. We also headed to Amoeba Records, where I found a plethora of albums, but I didn't buy anything. Then, we went to this market and bought some snacks for the festival, and then we were off! We took the train, about 30 blocks, and it was crowded, of course. You couldn't move, and people were overflowing out the door.
Finally, we reached Golden Gate Park at 6 p.m. I caught a bit of Manu Chao, Benevento/Russo Duo, The Black Keys (who are really great, and really hold it together well for a two-piece), the very last couple of songs of Beck, and then of course RADIOHEAD. At first, we were in the back, and couldn't see much, but then I got the idea to climb the platform in the middle of the crowd, as did some other people, so I got to actually see Radiohead, and it was nice. The sound went out twice though. The first time it was probably 30 seconds. Then, it also went out during "All I Need", and I was kind of...not too thrilled "NOOOO! NOOOO! I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!" It probably didn't go out for more than 45 seconds, but it seemed like minutes, and anyway, 45 seconds is a good chunk of a song.
Thom Yorke danced around like a child. A girl next to started to cry immediately once she got on the platform and they started to play Videotape. I shan't lie, my eyes watered a bit during the beginning of that song, but no tear drops. Unlike that girl. It was water works, and that is perfectly fine. That's what music does! Oh, the power of music. She was so happy to see Radiohead, you could tell.
People were talking during the performance. This girl behind me got fed up with it, so she decided to tell everyone off who was talking. "I don't know if you know, but Radiohead is playing music...Radiohead...enjoy it and shut up."
Aside from all that, the light show was pretty cool, too. Seeing Radiohead made me happy.
An Observation:
Outside Lands was cool and all, but Coachella is better. The setting was in the middle of the park, which looks like a forest in some ways, but the layout of the festival wasn't the most logical. I will post more later
Saturday:
We went to the Sutro Baths, which was a bath house built in the late 19th century, and later burned down in 1966 and was abandoned. The ruins still remain. There is a cave there, and the story goes that if you light a candle in there, it will fall into the roaring waters of the tide. It's supposed to be haunted. That is one account of the hauntings. But who knows?
We then headed to North Beach, which is sort of like a little Italy. We went to Cafe Trieste and there was a show going on. All these people singing in Italian and playing instruments. It was great fun. City Lights Books is probably now my favorite bookstore. They sell books from local artists, as well as major novels and such. It's a three level shop, that I could spend the entire day in.
China Town was up next. I walked around a bit. Saw the sights.
Oh, and when we got home, we had a jam session, which was fun. I played the drums.
part three....coming up.
After work, my sister and I headed down to Haight street. For those of you that did not pay attention in U.S. History or didn't watch the History Channel documentary on the Hippie Movement, that is where the hub of the hippie movement was. Haight and Ashbury.
Anyway, we walked around. I went to Wasteland and found a cool dress, so I bought it. We also headed to Amoeba Records, where I found a plethora of albums, but I didn't buy anything. Then, we went to this market and bought some snacks for the festival, and then we were off! We took the train, about 30 blocks, and it was crowded, of course. You couldn't move, and people were overflowing out the door.
Finally, we reached Golden Gate Park at 6 p.m. I caught a bit of Manu Chao, Benevento/Russo Duo, The Black Keys (who are really great, and really hold it together well for a two-piece), the very last couple of songs of Beck, and then of course RADIOHEAD. At first, we were in the back, and couldn't see much, but then I got the idea to climb the platform in the middle of the crowd, as did some other people, so I got to actually see Radiohead, and it was nice. The sound went out twice though. The first time it was probably 30 seconds. Then, it also went out during "All I Need", and I was kind of...not too thrilled "NOOOO! NOOOO! I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!" It probably didn't go out for more than 45 seconds, but it seemed like minutes, and anyway, 45 seconds is a good chunk of a song.
Thom Yorke danced around like a child. A girl next to started to cry immediately once she got on the platform and they started to play Videotape. I shan't lie, my eyes watered a bit during the beginning of that song, but no tear drops. Unlike that girl. It was water works, and that is perfectly fine. That's what music does! Oh, the power of music. She was so happy to see Radiohead, you could tell.
People were talking during the performance. This girl behind me got fed up with it, so she decided to tell everyone off who was talking. "I don't know if you know, but Radiohead is playing music...Radiohead...enjoy it and shut up."
Aside from all that, the light show was pretty cool, too. Seeing Radiohead made me happy.
An Observation:
Outside Lands was cool and all, but Coachella is better. The setting was in the middle of the park, which looks like a forest in some ways, but the layout of the festival wasn't the most logical. I will post more later
Saturday:
We went to the Sutro Baths, which was a bath house built in the late 19th century, and later burned down in 1966 and was abandoned. The ruins still remain. There is a cave there, and the story goes that if you light a candle in there, it will fall into the roaring waters of the tide. It's supposed to be haunted. That is one account of the hauntings. But who knows?
We then headed to North Beach, which is sort of like a little Italy. We went to Cafe Trieste and there was a show going on. All these people singing in Italian and playing instruments. It was great fun. City Lights Books is probably now my favorite bookstore. They sell books from local artists, as well as major novels and such. It's a three level shop, that I could spend the entire day in.
China Town was up next. I walked around a bit. Saw the sights.
Oh, and when we got home, we had a jam session, which was fun. I played the drums.
part three....coming up.
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