A Better Weekend

Thank you to all who wished me a happy birthday, and for your advice. I'll try to use it and hopefully my friend will take it.

Anyways, I had a great birthday weekend. On the day of my birthday, my brother and his girlfriend came over to visit this weekend. After we picked them up at the airport, we headed to Universal Studios Hollywood. Not only were the rides fun, but the lines weren't too long at all. (On weekends, the lines get longer, so if you plan to go, do it on a weekday) The studio tour was great too, I recommend that you don't sit in the third and fourth car because you don't see things as good as the people in the first two cars. The rides and tour are best done during the day, because at night...Citywalk is even more fun! Citywalk has nice shops, but the Hard Rock Cafe was the best. I didn't go in there to eat though, Instead I went in there to look at the rock memorabilia. I was hoping to find Pete Townshend's guitar, it waasn't there, although I did find John Entwistle's shoes. I also found Metallica's guitar and other cool memorabilia. To those who don't know, here's a brief history of Hard Rock Cafe that I remember reading about and what the waitress told me. It all started when Eric Clapton gives one of his guitars to the Hard Rock Cafe in London and told them to place it right by his favorite spot where he ate. About one and a half weeks later, Pete Townshend gives them his guitar saying that "Mine is as good as his."

On Saturday we went to Rincon beach, which used to be a nudist beach in the 60's, but it's not anymore, but it is a beach that has less people since it's a city beach. State beaches are much more crowded. It wasn't foggy, but it was windy which was a bummer.

My brother and his girlfriend went back home today, but it was nice to see them again. We'll be seeing them in November this year.

Once again, thank you all for the birthday wishes.

The Da Vinci Code

I just saw the movie today and I thought that it was really good, however, the book is better. So if any of you haven't seen the movie yet, I recommend that you read the book first. To the critics; before judging the movie or book, see it or read it first. Once you've done one or the other, or both, then feel free to critique it.

There were only a few things that were bad in the movie, one being the scenes of torture, and second of all...Tom Hanks' hair, ugh!

To those who saw the movie, tell me what you thought of it, I'm open to your opinions.

Happy Birthday Pete Townshend!

Look at him go! He may be 61, but he's still got it, Go Pete! It's your Birthday! Long Live Rock!

My Drawings

Just as I promised, here is my drawing of The Who. I think it turned out really good. I did a few drawings of The Beatles before, but this drawing was the turning point of my focus in art. Before this it was landscapes, but now rock music inspires me.

Here are more drawings I did later on after The Who.

This is James "Munky" Shaffer, the guitarist from KoRn. I think the eyeliner makes him look like Johnny Depp from Pirates of the Carribean, don't you think?

This has inspired me to draw again, so stay tuned.

RIP Dimebag Darrell

On Saturday I was watching Behind the Music-Pantera, and I was reminded of the day that Dimebag Darrell died, which was December 8, 2004. I was in my car when I heard the news on the radio about Dimebag Darrell getting shot onstage and was completely shocked!, I was just getting into the music of Pantera and Damageplan, now I'll never get a chance to see them in concert.
To those who don't know, here's my description of what happened. (Go to MTVnews.com for more details) ...Pantera had broken up a while ago, so Dimebag Darrell and his brother Vinnie Paul (Drummer of both these bands) formed the group Damageplan. Anyways, they were playing at a club and as they were just playing their first song of the set, Nathan Gale ( a fucked up person who supposedly was upset over Pantera breaking up) runs into the club and up the stage and shoots Dimebag four or five times. He also shot four more people and probably would've shot more people if not for the cop who shot and killed him. Some of you probably know that this event took place the same day that John Lennon was shot. The differences between these two events is this; John Lennon wasn't on stage, no one else was shot, and the shooter was put in jail. The similarities are the unknown motives of both the shooters, why did Mark Chapman shoot John Lennon? Why did Nathan Gale shoot Dimebag Darrell?
Dimebag and John Lennon are up there with George Harrison, Keith Moon, John Entwistle, Cliff Burton, Aaliyah, and so many others. The one thing they all have in common is the fact that they will never grow old and they will live on through their music and other things they've done.

Metal Month

Right now VH1 rocks! because it's Metal Month. I've been watching the specials they've been airing such as the 100 Most Shocking Moments in Rock & Roll and Metallica's Some Kind of Monster. I recommend this movie to anyone, despite what their favorite bands are because it shows the ups and downs that Metallica go through and what their lives are like off stage, which I think relates to what other bands go through. Speaking of rock movies, I want to thank everyone who told me where to find Quadrophenia on DVD. I will be sure to get it as soon as I can afford it.