"On The Road Again"

Last night I had the chance to see the Beatles Cirque Du Soleil show Love. Let’s just say I “LOVED IT”. It was an all around incredible evening.

I had seen KA before at the MGM Grand and thought it was pretty amazing. But this show was much more fun! If you’re ever in Las Vegas I highly recommend stopping by the Mirage and checking out the show. It’s pretty spendy, but well worth it if you can fit it into your budget.

Here’s a quick teaser of the evening. The video doesn’t do the night justice but it gives you a glimpse of the fun…

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Admittedly, I’ve never been a very big Elvis fan. However, I was keen on visiting Graceland and finding out more about the man that is so loved throughout this world.

My mom and many of my girlfriends were huge admirers of The King. So, I figured I’d check out what it was that made these ladies go gaga over this guy.

After taking the tour of Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion, I have a deeper appreciation for the man and his contribution to the music world. Below is a quick slide show that I created after doing the Graceland tour.

If you are ever in Memphis Tennessee and would like to see where Elvis and family lived, check out his site at www.Elvis.com .

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Jermaine Griggs is one of my favorite marketing guys on the web.

His products are stellar, and he’s just such a super likable dude. And he’s spreading the joy of music to people. That’s something I really dig.

Music can change lives, ease stress and help spread messages of fun and joy or help cope with pain and sorrow. Combine Jermaine’s character with his awesome music products and you got a sure winner.

Anyhow, check out his latest video where he takes on a James Bond-ish type theme. It’s very entertaining and well done. This is how you have fun, sell great stuff, and sleep well at night. Nice job.

Thanks for sending it to me Jermaine.

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I was just digging through some footage and found this video I filmed on my Olympus underwater camera that I use for surfing. Because I take this camera in the Ocean, the audio isn’t super perfect but it’s not too shabby either.

The video below is Hawaiian Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro and Cardiff’s legendary local surfer Rob Machado. I feel bad for not remembering the girl’s name who was singing. Her voice helped make the song very soothing. It was many months ago when I filmed this and met them so that’s partly why I don’t remember her name.

The show was at the Grace Chapel Theater in Oceanside CA for a fundraising event for the California Surf Museum.

I was pretty stoked to pick up this 5′11″ Rusty board made with “All Green” materials at the auction. And was equally as happy to get to spend a bit of time with Jake at the museum before the show. The guy is truly a class act.

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My buddy Chris Hubbard shared this video on Facebook and I couldn’t help but bring this masterful piece of music to your ears via my blog.

Check out this YouTube flick by kanookie…

Guy has got some serious mumbling skills! I’m not sure if they are “Skillz To Pay The Billz” but they sure are some sort of skills.

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Stoked! I’m all done with the dentist. $7000 later, and a whole bunch of pain has given me a nice set of pearly whites.

Yesterday was my last appointment and I got my permanent crown put on, some cleaning, and periodontal treatment. I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to be done. Below you can see a picture of me hitting the Nitrous Oxide tank…

Hitten the nitrous oxide at the dentist

I tell you what. I wouldn’t mind having one of those Nitrous tanks right next to my bed. Stick on the headphones and you’re off to La La Land. It’s quite a wonderful feeling I must say.

Of course, I don’t need an entire tank. Heck, I guess sucking the Nitrous out of a 6 pack of whip cream would do the same trick. No tank needed. Thanks whip cream. Screw you Cool Whip.

Anyhow, Nitrous is a pretty crazy drug. Last time I was at the dentist I was listening to some Jack Johnson on the iPod and got super emotional during the song… “Gone”. It almost brought me to tears and made my entire body tingle in a erotic way. I wanted to savor that feeling forever. It seriously was one of the top 5 feelings of my life. I was high as a kite.

The song is a really good one. You can hear here below…

I’m sure the Nitrous high helped the enjoyment of the tune, but it’s a great tune regardless. It really made me think how of how the material world just isn’t that important. And when you can let go of that, you start noticing all kinds of beautiful things in this world. Like simplicity.

Here’s the lyrics to Jack Johnson’s song Gone.

Well look at all those fancy clothes
But these could keep us warm
Just like those.
And what about your soul
Is it cold
Is it straight from the mould
And ready to be sold.

And cars and phones and diamond rings
Bling, bling
Those are only removable things
And what about your mind
Does it shine or
Are there things that concern you more
Than your time

Gone going
Gone everything
Gone give a damn
Gone be the birds when they don’t want to sing
Gone people
All awkward with their things
Gone

Look at you out to make a deal
You try to be appealing but you lose your appeal
And what about those shoes you’re in today
They’ll do no good
On the bridges you burnt along the way

You’re willing to sell anything
Gone with your herd
Leave your footprints
And we’ll shame them with our words

Gone people
All careless and consumed
Gone
Gone going
Gone everything
Gone give a damn
Gone be the birds if they don’t want to sing
Gone people
All awkward with their things
Gone

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Kami and I were really excited this morning because today was the day the piano company was delivering the piano that I bought for her birthday. You can see a pic of our piano room by clicking here.

One cool thing about the piano is that when you prop it open, it displays her middle name “Nelson” and mine “Everett”. When we saw that, we knew it was our piano. Hopefully we’ll become a modern day Sonny & Cher and sing love duets and all that cool jazz.

Anyhow, I’ve never really played piano. I started taking the lessons in the Apple Garageband last night, so I’m really green. I wish I had learned a lot earlier as it would of made learning guitar and understanding music theory way easier. Having all the keys in a chromatic scale is very helpful.

So, today I sat down and forced myself to learn Coldplay’s Viva La Vida intro. It’s nothing spectacular, but hey, I’ve only been playing for a few hours now.

Hopefully I’ll keep interested enough to practice every day. Here’s a quick clip I uploaded to 12seconds.tv you can see…


Viva La Vida - Just got a piano a few hours ago. Don't know how to play but taught myself this Coldplay song in a few minutes. on 12seconds.tv

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Just started messing around with 12seconds.tv

Yep, you only get 12 seconds.

Brevity is the soul of wit.


If I Could riff by Jack Johnson on 12seconds.tv

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So I’m really digging have a set of 1200’s.

For those of you that don’t speak DJ, that means I like my Technic 1200 Turntables. I need a better mixer though, and some scratch records. Maybe Ebay would be a good choice.

Anyhow, I went shopping for some vinyl the other day at Lou’s Record Store in Encinitas. It’s primarily a punk rock record shop but they do have a decent selection of hip hop stuff. So after digging through the racks, here’s what I pulled out for the collection of crates….

Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
The Roots – Home Grown Beginners Guide
Pete Rock – We Roll
Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm – A Black Mans Soul
Common – Announcement
The Roots – Game Theory
De La Soul – Impossible Mission TV Series – Respect
Common – Be
Common – Finding Forever
Bootsy Collins – Stretching It Out – Bootsy’s Rubber Band
Michael Franti & Spearhead – All Rebel Rockers
Funkadelic – 4 Men With Beards

Anybody notice the recurring trend?

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Robert Randolph And The Family Band play “Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That” on the David Letterman Show.

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