Category: Local
Song from a friend - Nicholas Kelsay sings “Saturday Morning”
Here's a song from a friend of mine. I've posted his stuff before, but I particularly like this new track of his. It's called "Saturday Morning." Download it in high quality here: Nicholas Kelsay - Saturday MorningPosted on Jan 12, 2010 - 07:55 PM
Sacramento Dubstep
After a long time, I found a Sacramento dubstep artist - 303 Sumatra. He plays down at the Image VIP Lounge once a month - I’m going to check him out in November.
The best source for dubstep in Sacramento I’ve found are the “Boom” events. I usually find out about them from 303sumatra’s MySpace page.
Also, shameless plug time: I made dubstepp.com a little while ago. It’s a great dubstep music aggregator/listening channel - it scrapes http://reddit.com/r/dubstep/ for tracks and puts them all in one place. dubstepp.com makes it really easy to find new artists and songs. Check it out - I think you’ll like it!
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 - 07:05 PM
Grand Rapids/Sacramento Differences, Part 1
Three interesting groups of people that I saw today that I probably wouldn’t have seen in Grand Rapids:
- Four Mexican roofers/painters walking in to a Starbucks at 8:30 in the morning and all ordering vente vanilla non-fat mochaccinos.
- Three attractive female construction workers, employed by the state, digging a big hole in downtown Sac.
- A group of three very gay office workers, all talking quietly in Spanish to each other in a suburban Del Taco.
I had always suspected this, but now I can confirm it: the Spanish Spanish accent really does sound gay.
Posted on Jun 25, 2009 - 07:14 PM
The Guy Who Runs Look Who’s Been Busted Is Kindof a Dick
Since I wrote about the new newspaper in town, Look Who’s Been Busted, I’ve gotten a lot of comments and e-mails from people who think that I publish the newspaper, both positive and negative. (For the record, I don’t publish Busted - a guy in Ocala, Florida named Dan Oakley does.) While I think the idea behind the newspaper is kinda scummy - people who get arrested usually have enough problems without being profiled in a local newspaper - I think it’s entirely legal. That’s what the 1st Amendment is for - it’s protecting this guy’s right to say what he wants, which is as it should be.
That said, this guy’s still a dick. Bear with me here…
I got an e-mail the other day from a woman in Oregon who was arrested for possession. It was a wake-up call for her: she started going to rehab, and started getting her life back together. Then, a distant relative of hers calls her up to tell her that her mugshot is on the cover of one of the Clackamas County, Oregon Busted newspaper. Her children found out, her family knew about it, it was a big mess.
So, this woman e-mails me, complaining about it. I tell her I don’t publish Busted, etc, and give her the newspaper’s e-mail address. She e-mails Busted; the text of her e-mail is below:
Do u have anything to do with publishing peoples mugshots who have been arrested? Not even convicted, but only arrested? If so, read on please…....The sickest part of what u do is that u claim to do it for the welfare of the public, when in fact u do it 2 fatten up ur bank account. You don’t know people on a personal level. You are no better than a rapist or a murderer. If you are even indirectly related to the publication of these magazines, u were sent here by the devil and I hope one day one of your children make a mistake that someone else feels they have the right to profit from and make a mockery of. I am a victim of ur publication - I was arrested for possession, and being arrested saved my life, it saved my family. Know this - in our lifetimes, I guarantee you will hurt, even destroy more people than I ever will. DO NOT respond to my email, u post your email address and ask that people write to you so that’s what I’m doing, but DO NOT write to me. No matter what you have to say, I know what you are, I know for a fact you have evil inside you and I believe that ur time in hell will come for caring about NO ONE but yourself!
And here’s the response from the guy who runs Busted:
From: Busted <bustedweekly@gmail.com>
To: (Woman) <emailaddress@email.com>
Subject: Re: YOU WERE SENT TO EARTH BY THE DEVIL
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:06:11 -0400
Thanks for your support! Obviously you have purchased our paper. See you in hell you miserable
hippocrate! Your email made me laugh!
Sent from my iPhone
Wasn’t that response just completely unnecessary? The thing that really sells it to me is the signature, though: “Sent from my iPhone”. How appropriate.
Posted on Jun 05, 2009 - 12:28 PM
We’re Moving to Sacramento!
Lauren and I are moving to Sacramento! Lauren was offered a job 20 minutes after her phone interview, she accepted, and we’re moving!
We’re both glad to move back to California, even though we’ve grown to like Michigan a lot. The people in Grand Rapids are great, Michigan’s outdoors is stunning - even though it’s no Lake Tahoe or San Francisco Bay - and overall, it’s a really, really friendly place. I like Michigan.
But bigger and better things are calling to us. Lauren is flying out a day or two early with our cat, Lion. We’re having our stuff shipped there, and I’m driving our car to California with my Grandpa.
Lauren’s new job is in advertising and marketing, like she does now, and I’ll keep on doing my freelance web/ExpressionEngine development thing. We’re both excited. Pray for us for the trip and for the transition - it’s our first major move, ever.
The photos I used are CC-licensed, from Flickr: you can see the originals at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sp8254/386342786/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51652977@N00/3436016626/
Posted on Jun 02, 2009 - 01:30 PM
Spring is Here, It’s Official
Photos of two flowers growing outside my front porch.
Click on the small photos for full-size versions.
Posted on Apr 04, 2009 - 01:49 AM
On the Quality of Craigslist Job Ads
Here’s a recent ad on Craigslist for a person/company looking for a web developer:
I want to set up a web site that not like anything that any one else is doing but it kinda complcated and im not good at these things,but me and the team i have they know more about the computer than i do,I need someone that knows how too program NOT A PEARSON THAT CAN BUY TEMPLATE AND PUT IT UP.We can do that ourself..If we need too.I want someone local please.email me if your intrested thank you
I have no idea who this person is, but I’m sure they would be a nightmare to work for. Jeez.
While it’s still available, here’s the link to the full ad: http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/web/1070667779.html
Posted on Mar 12, 2009 - 12:39 AM
