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Seattle, Washington. August 16th & 17th. What a great two days those were. Let’s go over what Hempfest is, then we can discuss the festivities… and the great merchandise and hemp products!

Seattle Hempfest started in 1991. It’s goal is to, in a nutshell, legalize cannabis. There are thousands upon thousands of facts and arguments supporting pot apposed to the handful of reasons against it. Upon entering you instantly cannot walk a foot around hempfest without smelling the sweet smell of cannabis. You hear the sound of artists such as Los Marijuanos, or Handful of Luvin’, which is the perfect pot smoking music. This years theme was to legalize industrial hemp. It can help the economy, the environment, agriculture and many other factors in our society.

The highlight of my day there was seeing Rick Steves!

Rick Steves is the host on many travel shows, traveling mostly around Europe. Showing Tourists what to do, and where to do it.
He preached about how something must be done… it must be now, so on so forth, etc. But the way he preached it was just so moving. Perhaps it felt so patriotic due to the large array of Obama posters everywhere you look, aligned with marijuana leaves on the sides. Or perhaps it could just be the smell in the air possibly making me a little loopy.

So there was great great food there, and a normal festival based pricing cost. But the most reasonable priced goods were the hash brownies and cookies!

What person wouldn’t buy a 5 dollar hash brownie so he/she can eat it in front of one of the hundreds of cops around the area. There are plenty of cops just watching to make sure no one is physically hurt. The police will not arrest you for smoking or possessing paraphernalia of any kind. It allows everyone to be happy, safe and stoned.

There were 5 stages!! One reggae, one folk, one TECHNO!, another two stages of soft rock, and then a few speakers at the stages in between performances.

Seattle Hempfest is every year, the third weekend of August! But if you missed it, then you can always check out Portland Hempstalk during the first weekend of September!
If you have ANY questions, please just post them here!
Thanks!

Hello there! I am sure if you are stumbling upon this blog you have some kind of interest in music in one way or another… maybe? Well assuming you do, then this is the blog you wanna read if you are looking for a concert to go to this summer!!

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson is heading everywhere around the United States and Canada. From New York to Miami, to Seattle to the southern tip of California, Jack Johnson is getting his way around after the past few extremely successful albums. If you like music with great lyrics, rhythm and an overall simple yet cheerful feel to it, don’t miss it when he comes your way!

WARPED TOUR

Warped Tour has a great lineup this year, but varies in most areas. Every area will get to enjoy Angels & Airwaves, which is the headliner. Depending on your area you may even get to see… *gasp* JEFFREE STAR!! Danger Radio, sadly along with Cute is What We Aim for, is on a tour which you can most likely catch as well!

If you are wondering about warped tour, you can go to Warped Tour.com’s Dates Section and see if you missed it. If you are in the upper half of the United States it isn’t too late! California gets to enjoy Warped Tour returning back as well for a second trip in 2008!

Colbie Caillat & John Mayer

Do you live in Colorado, California, Texas, Arizona? Roughly in that area? Well if you are a die hard Colbie or John Mayer fan I highly suggest you check this tour out. Two of the hottest artists in the pop/rock category at this time in the same venue!? Yeah, hot stuff, extremely hot stuff. Too bad I am all the way up here in Seattle!

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I am sure most of you fellas are going to do something of a social matter on the fourth of July…

If you are not then this playlist will please you just as much I am sure.

Number 5:

Galaxie 500 - Fourth of July

This song involves the festive spirit along with the perfect background music for when you pop open your Coronas or Henry Weinhard Bottled Rootbeers. Check out the YouTube video for yourself!! They also have a few other great songs on their MySpace!

Number 4:

Just Jack - Starz in Their Eyes

A house-ish UK type of dance music which will surely grasp your audience right before they take the first bite out of their grilled hot dog / veggie dog. Just Jack has a sound similar to a funky version of The Streets remixed by a DJ with some techno-ish beats. If you want to check it out just click the above video!

Number 3:

Albert Hammond Jr. - 101

Albert Hammond Jr. is a member of ‘The Strokes’… bassist rather. He boasts a sound in which relieves the troubled soul with an attached guitar and drum set. ‘101′ is a song about returning to home… returning home for the holidays? You decide, just watch the video!

PAUSE: Cute girl just for the spirit

Number 2:

Sam Sparro - Black & Gold

That video is not the official video but these videos MSbands.com is posting right here isn’t meant for your viewing pleasure but rather for your sense of sound. This song is pretty much perfect for the intro to your fireworks show. It involves the electro/firework beats as well as the song has lyrics involving stars, sky and absence of a loved one… which is SO perfect for the activities of fireworks, right?

Number 1:
Jack Johnson - Upside Down

Jack Johnson is a perfect selection when it comes to pretty much any kind of “shindig”. This song especially just celebrates a great climax to a wonderful day/night. “We will sing and dance… I don’t want this feeling to go away…”. Just great lyrics for a perfect day… I can’t say much more… except if you have a projector then this would be a great video to blast for everyone to see.

Wait a sec… Don’t you need some firework suggestions? Yeah! Heh, I think you do ;).

LADYBUGS

These babies start off like a spinning disk then out of nowhere fly up to the sky quite rapidly and explode. They will run you about 4 dollars for a pack just like this… Well worth every 10 cents.

Have a save Fourth of July mates!!
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Here are the Detail’s of Bush’s Economic Stimulus and Tax Rebate Plan:

President Bush and House legislators have agreed on the basic policy objectives for boosting the US economy in the hopes of warding off a recession.
Bush hopes that the plan will provide an “effective, robust, and temporary set of incentives that will boost our economy and encourage job creation.”



The plan contains provisions to eliminate the 10% tax bracket, the lowest tax bracket, to zero percent for one year only, and will provide a tax incentive for businesses to invest in fixed assets such as machinery and equipment. The ten percent tax bracket will be reduced to zero percent for the year 2008.

Individuals would receive an early tax rebate check. The minimum rebate check would be $300 and range up to a maximum of $1,800. The rebate is a refund of the taxes from eliminating the 10% tax bracket. The dollar amounts are determined by an individual’s earned income and family size. Unmarried individuals would receive a rebate of up to $600, and married couples a rebate of up to $1,200. Plus, there will be a $300 rebate per child, up to a max of two children.

So… What should we all buy!? Assuming the average that everyone gets is roughly $600.00, and you are really frowned upon if you don’t spend it, then what should you buy!!?
I have a few suggestions:

First off, you are going to need a new mp3 player, and to be quite honest, there are some pretty snazzy ones out there.
Option A: Apple’s iPod Nano Video

This will set you back about 199 dollars for an 8gb model. This Apple iPod Nano Video comes in a wide assortment of colors. Videos, Pictures, Games, and music! Roughly 2,000 songs, 25 hours of video, and more space for pictures than you would ever need.

Option B: Microsoft’s 8GB Ultra Thin Zune.
This model is well improved from the last zune, and 1/8 the weight, and 1/4 as thick. This Zune holds the same as the iPod Nano, but this also has radio built into it… This Zune is about the same price as the iPod Nano Video ($190), but slightly cheaper. The headphones of the iPod make up for the few extra bucks though..

So now we have our fancy mp3 players, right? Well, assuming you do now, let’s go through some great things to buy that can go with them…

Option : Limewire PRO

Don’t feel like buying an entire album for 12 bucks? Well, assuming that the iTunes store isn’t for you then here is Limewire Pro 2008. For $21.95 you can have any song you could possibly want, for an even faster download than the iTunes Store… for free after the initial payment. This includes videos, documents, pictures, and even full length video games and applications… It may be considered illegal in some parts of the world though, might I warn you.

The Helio Sequence: Keep Your Eyes Ahead

The Helio Sequence are from Portland,Oregon. Personally the sound reminds me of The Cure’s vocals, with Minus The Bear type riffs, and drums similar to Smoosh. If you don’t know what that sounds like by the description… then check them out yourself! The album is only 10 bucks on they’re Snowcap Music store on MySpace
Helio Sequence MySpace

Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie: Field Manual

You can hear the familiar riffs and rhythms of Death Cab For Cutie in ‘Sing Again’ the hit single off of ‘Field Manual’. The album was recently released on Barsuk Records (Smoosh, Death Cab, Harvey Danger, Rocky Votolato). Sadly Chris Walla is too busy with DCfC’s new album to tour at all, so we will have to wait a month or two before there is a chance of a few shows here and there… but it’s worth the wait! You can buy the album for $9.99 at most stores.
Chris Walla on MySpace

Danger Radio: Punch Your Lights Out

Danger Radio, such a small band just one year ago, playing most shows in the greater Seattle Area, now is on a nationwide tour with The Audition, Envy on The Coast & Another Day Late, sponsored by PacSun. Alternative, Funk, & Indie all in one genre is Danger:Radio. Featuring the vocals of Andrew de Torres of The Scene Aesthetic, as well as the drum and programming skills of Nico Hartikainen (Smile Future). This album is a great one indeed, if you are interested in hearing new-wave funk meets This Providence. Personally I think Danger Radio is in a genre of their own, but you decide for yourself! The album is 10 bucks on iTunes!
Danger Radio on MySpace

Okay, so we have albums and an mp3 player… what to spend the other 400 bucks on? Simple…

Well actually, I am going to have to wait until next week to tell you… SUBSCRIBE now, so you don’t miss when the new post comes out!
Feel free to comment and let me know what you are going to do with your free money from Bush!!

So if you are like most people, then you want the new iPod Touch or iPhone.

I am like most people… so I bought one. The Apple stores were sold out of course, so I checked Wal-Mart. Yep, they had them.
I bought an 8gb iPod Touch, with a 2 year extended warranty, since this was my first iPod bought brand new, two iPods later after buying them on craigslist, I realized that I need a warranty.

The cost was $ 343.45 after tax. I went home, and I felt so excited I couldn’t contain myself. So I got it ready, read the entire manual, in anticipation of plugging it into my computer. I plugged it in, but my Windows XP Service Pack V.2 wasn’t installed.

I searched for help on forums for about an hour, then found out Download.com had what I needed.
I downloaded XP Service Pack 1, which took about 45 minutes, then installed XP Service Pack 2, which took about two hours… That STILL didn’t work, and I was getting frusterated.
I uninstalled iTunes entirely, and reinstalled it.
One hour later, my computer recognized the iPod Touch.

NEXT dilemma with my iPod Touch: I still had 11 GB of music, after clearing all the videos and songs I will probably never listen to again, on my computer. I made a playlist with 7.7 GB, but the iPod Touch could only hold like 7.5 GB, so everything past Tech N9NE was gone (Vanessa Carlton, Van Morrison, White Stripes, etc.) But thats okay, because I still have tons of music, AND YouTube, right?… WRONG

I started walking to school, music sounded good, cover flow was cool even with like 10 album covers haha. But the YouTube/ Internet didn’t work. No Wi-Fi was anywhere without a password. I get to school, and the school has locked Wi-Fi. Most people thought it was cool, which I found out was a main reason why I bought it. I ended up going home, extremely dissapointed that I forked out 350 dollars for something that couldn’t hold my music, couldn’t go on the internet anywhere but Starbucks or McDonalds, anywhere else there is computer access, so why bother?

To top it all off, it scratches easy. The iPod Touch is not scratch proof on the back. The back should be presentable, so without a case, the back will be so easily scratched its not even funny. The front doesn’t scratch, but it smudges really easily. It looked the way my iPod Video did after a month of use, in just one day of light use.

Wal-Mart gave me a FULL refund, and was nice about it.

The Pros:

Looks great.
Flicking music makes you feel cool.
Battery life seems pretty superior to other iPods.

The Cons:

Too thin.
Smudges too easily.
Wi-Fi is nowhere to be found.
The cost.
The small size of 8GB.
And of course… NO pre installed games!

“How did Jeffree Star get so many friends!?”
“OMG 30,000 friends. EW Who would be his friend?”
Well my friends I will tell you how they became so popular, even if they are ugly… which is probably 90% of the MySpace Whore population.

What defines a MySpace Whore?

A MySpace Whore is someone who posts bulletin after bulletin with friend trains, w4w, and saying whore me whore me! We will get into what those mean a little later on.

How do they get friends spamming?
Well if your a MySpace Whore its not considered spamming, its considered whoring. If you post a bulletin saying “W4W” people will mail you and say “Heres my whore code, post it, and I will post yours”. You then get the code that they give you, and put it in a bulletin with a crazy title like
“My cat crapped on Paris Hilton and THIS dude ate it”
then the people look at the bulletin and add the friend, then the person that you whored, posts your whore code and you get hella adds in return.

Where do I get a whore code at?
MySpaceWhoreCode.com is a great place for whore codes in my opinion, and it will tell you everything to do right there.

Will being a MySpace Whore get my famous?
YES, it will. Below is a video of a MySpacer, made famous by whoring little teens.

That was “I like your hair by Scott Vanity”.
That could be you!

So you started w4wing people, but you want more adds faster.
What do you do?

Whore Trains.

MSfan.com is a great place for all of your whore train needs. Simply create a train, and post it in a bulletin. Other people join and post your train, and then when they post it you are the top rider on it, and they add you first. Also if you join tons and tons of trains, you will be on those trains which are then posted, giving you the loosest myspace pussy around. I have gotten 600-700 adds a day just being the top rider on trains.

What can I do with all my friends!?

You can post bulletins saying how your life is worthless, and you receive sympathy. You can post a bulletin saying “Lego Rule” and get 20 messages saying “Totally” and “PSSHHYeah!”
And you get to feel accepted in the world. Its nice, great suicide prevention method.

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