josh’s blog

Who? The Blue Man Group & Mike Relm (opening act)
When? March 13, 2007
Where? Columbus Civic Center, Columbus, GA

First of all, I want to thank Ryno (plug: 95.7 The River) for scoring the tickets. We were on the floor, center stage, about 8-9 rows back. You can’t beat that for free! Plus, with the guest passes we had we got to meet The Blue Man Group, their band, and Mike Relm after the performance.

[opener]
A DJ named Mike Relm was the opening act. He’s easily my favorite opener for any show I’ve been to. He was an amazing DJ, but his set was also just highly entertaining and very funny. He would spin and scratch scenes from various movies/tv shows (Office Space, School of Rock, Pee Wee Herman, etc.) and have the scene on the screens behind him. I ended up buying a t-shirt and CD of his, which I got him to autograph when I met him after the show.

[headliner]
Wow.

I’ve been to my fair share of concerts, including some pretty theatrical performances (Kiss, Gwar, & The Misfits to name a few), but I don’t know if anyone can top the show these guys put on. If you ever get the chance, whether you’re in NYC or Vegas or you catch them touring, definitely go see them.

The tour that came here was the “How to be a Megastar 2.0 Tour”. Basically, they just showed infomercial-style clips on the jumbotrons about how to be a rockstar and what the audience should be doing. We did classic moves like “the one fist pump” and “the head bob”. Most people know what The Blue Man Group is about, and they didn’t disappoint. I’m not sure what else to say about them.

... even when I have absolutely nothing to say. Right now is one of those times. It just feels like it's been forever since I've updated.

I've been hanging out with my friends a lot more now that I'm not working 3rd shift. We get together at George's once a week or so. Grill out, chill out, drink a few beers sometimes, and talk around a fire.. or his Mac if we're inside. I also go shoot pool with Andy several times a week. The waitresses at the pool hall down the street know us by name and know what we want as soon as we walk in.

The new job is going good. I've hung out with a couple of people from work a few times. Well, Donovan was my friend before I started working there and he actually got me the job, but him, another co-worker, and I have hung out for a bit the past couple of Fridays.

Speaking of which, we went and saw the new James Bond movie this past Friday and I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. I've never seen another James Bond movie before, new or old, but I want to now. I'm not sure why I enjoyed it so much... it could be all the poker scenes or the bad-ass parkour scene at the beginning. Either way, the movie rocked.

Right now I'm watching a movie called Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. Well, trying to. It seems pretty good, but I'm ADD or something and when I'm watching a movie I am actually messing around on my computer while listening to the dialog and occasionally look up at the tv. I can't do that with this movie since I don't speak Inuit, so I'm really confused with what's going on.

That's it.

What's the most drastic change you've ever made to your appearance?
Submitted by Laurie.

My freshman year in high school my hair was just a little longer than shoulder length and I randomly got it all chopped off one day.

A friend of mine was staying the night one weekend and we both had really long hair at the time and just decided to go get it cut. I asked my dad to drop us off at the mall and he did, so we went to the barber shop inside and came out with really short spiky hair. It was spiked all over, I was uber-punk rock.

Billy Idol

What's your favorite radio station, past or present?

I've never been a huge radio listener since I've always had a cd or tape player, but I've recently started listening to NPR quite a bit since I'm spending a lot more time in the car with my new job.

I also occasionally switch to Rock 103 to see what they're playing. I wouldn't call it a favorite station by any means, but we don't have a lot of good ones here to choose from.

I like 105.3 The Buzz in Atlanta.

And Howard 100 on Sirius satellite radio, of course.

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?  Why? 
Submitted by abcdefg81.

New York, New York
I'd probably choose the East Village if I could be picky, but I'd settle for any borough/neighborhood that wasn't hazardous to my health.

What are your top 25 most played songs? 
Submitted by Cooxie.  

I don't think this adaquetly reflects my musical tastes. Somtimes at my old job I'd put it on a song and play it on repeat and forget about it and take my headphones off. I'd do this a lot, which explains several of these "guilty pleasure" songs.. but either way, this is my list straight from my iPod.

1. New Found Glory / Sincerely Me
2. New Found Glory / Hit Or Miss
3. New Found Glory / Second To Last
4. James Blunt / You're Beautiful
5. Fall Out Boy / Sugar, We're Goin Down
6. The Bad Seed / All My Life
7. New Found Glory / Eyesore
8. Hank Williams III / Crazed Country Rebel
9. Joe Budden / Are You In That Mood Yet
10. Stevie Ray Vaughan / Pride And Joy
11. The Black Crowes / Twice As Hard
12. CunninLynguists / Beautiful Girl
13. Hank Williams III / Thrown Out Of The Bar
14. Hank Williams III / Country Heroes
15. Hank Williams III / D. Ray White
16. Hank Williams III / Smoke & Wine
17. James Blunt / Goodbye My Lover
18. Joe Budden / 6 Minutes Of Death feat. Jae Millz & Stack Bundles
19. Old Crow Medicine Show / Poor Man
20. The Bad Seed / My Name Bad Seed
21. Old Crow Medicine Show / Tell It To Me
22. Old Crow Medicine Show / Big Time In The Jungle
23. Old Crow Medicine Show / Tear It Down
24. The Bad Seed / Child Support
25. The Black Crowes / Jealous Again

Don't judge me!

(This post is from August 28, 2005. I copied it over from my old Wordpress blog.)

Possibly The Ugliest Pizza Ever

I’ve been eyeing the ingredients to make a pizza for a week or 2 now and finally decided to give it a shot. What a rip off. It’s much easier (and a bit cheaper) to buy a delicious Red Baron frozen pizza than to buy all this crap and attempt to make one. It actually looked a LOT worse before it finished cooking. Maybe not to you, but I was starving, so to me it looked a lot better when it was finally edible.

It didn’t taste too bad, but it didn’t taste all that great either. I’ll never attempt to make one again. $7.50 for that piece of crap. Red Baron all the way.

Show us some concert photos.
Submitted by Abigail Road.

A day late and a dollar short. But, I'm posting a video instead of pictures :)

I didn't take the video, but I was there! It was the annual QN5 Megashow at CBGB's this past July. GREAT show. This is Tonedeff & Substantial performing a song called "Punk" they premiered at the show.