new music monday

here are a few things to look out for

music
new coldplay
new weezer
new girl talk
and the SXSW 2008 music pack, i'll make a muxtape of the best, im still flipping through a lot of the tracks.

i'm still enjoying the fujiya and miyagi, some MGMT and hercules and love affair.


events
70th anniversary of chinatown ( L.A. ) 6/24/08
swap meet at betalevel 6/24/08
free moca thursday 5-8pm
la film festival (continuous)

MR BRAIN WASH

mr brain wash is having a first ever show ... for those of you don't know please check it out, the opening show is wednesday at 7!

details after the jump.

http://www.artshow2008.com/beautiful.html

go metro

I'll admit it right off the bat- there are lots of cons to riding public transportation, I won't even go in to details... you crybabies.

But for those daring enough and adventurous enough, for those without a car (or sick of it) and for those who are tired of sitting at home wondering what to do, Metro is the answer.

My usual metro route would be driving a very short distance up the 110 northbound, getting of at the harbor station where you can park for free, buy a $5 all day pass and ride the green line to the blue line to the red line and ride to union station. From Union Station, I can either walk a little bit to Little Tokyo, or walk to Chinatown - great downtown LA spots if you have never been.

The whole trip is going to take one and a half hours roughly, which gives you time to relax, mingle, read a book or the paper or take a nap!

It is a little confusing at first but if random strangers from other countries can figure it out, surely us Californians can do it too. For the less brave, you can always ride with a friend and figure it out together. I'll be headed to Pasadena Chalk Art Festival and I'll be riding the rails for sure, and besides, at 5 dollars for an all day pass, it beats buying one gallon of gas.

Also I use the metro trip planner a lot. you can find it here

a cure

http://najicalove.muxtape.com/

a cure based muxtape. enjoi

check up

Look at me all smug.

It's been awhile but I've actually been avoiding the internet. I'm either on it, or out and about and having trouble integrating the two. But I do like my pretty blog and there are a few things to look forward to:

1. Status of my apple training

2. metro LA guide to riding the rails

3. A fun cure mixtape

4. and some recipes that I've enjoyed.
cheers,

john