Hey Golden Stereo Boys!

As I said in my last post I was going to a Best Buy acoustic concert and I said I would write about it. Well this is the post about it, even though it is late. The main reason it is late is because I was camping over the weekend (there is a funny picture of this at my photo blog Hey You, Look At These Pictures!). I wasn't sure how exactly Best Buy was going to pull this stunt off of having multiple semi-famous bands doing an acoustic concert in their store. The concert featured bands such as Hey Monday, Friday Night Boys, Stereo Skyline, and The Golden State. I got to the store about 40 minutes before the event started and the line was already going down an aisle. Right as I approached the store to walk in, I noticed that pulling up right to the enterance to the store where I was about to walk was Hey Monday and their small van. They all were very nice and said hi as I passed them.


A few months ago Best Buy had put in a large section of the back of their store to be dedicated to musical instruments, including sound-proof rooms even. The store employees had put tape to block the small gap to enter the music section and then had placed the small crowd in line, to form a sort of half-circle around the taped up gap to the music section. I would say that nobody expected such a large audience to come and viewers even went down aisles just to get a good view. I got a fairly good spot to see the bands, compared to some people. Out of the bads playing I would say that Hey Monday and Stereo Skyline were the best but this may not be accurate concidering that it was an acoustic performance and not all of the band members were actually playing. I would relate Stereo Skyline to The Rocket Summer and Hey Monday to the sond of Paramore. After the performance everyone got the chance to meet the bands and get autographs and photos. I did get to do all of these things for every band. If any of these bands ever get really popular then I can say that I have met them!

Half of Hey Monday


The Other Half


Stereo Skyline


The Golden State


Guy from Friday Night Boys (I don't know if his name is really Guy or not)

On a quest....

I went on a massive quest today to go around the local mall and surrounding area in order to fulfill the task of acquiring job applications. I am planning on getting a part-time job after my birthday in July. It wasn't easy though trying to get these physical objects. I found out that most places do not actually have job applications on paper anymore, but they are mostly found online and can be printed out from there. The only places that seemed to have it on paper were a few select restaurants. I got a good amount of applications but I can't fill them out yet. I am also going to try for a local Christian book store but I am thinking that it will be pretty hard to get that.


My battery is about to run out on my laptop but I will say that I will be blogging tomorrow because I will be seeing the bands Hey Monday, Stereo Skyline, and The Golden State (not to be confused with the Christian band named Above the Golden State). They are all playing at a free acoustic show. The fun never stops around here. There is more coming after that! I am going camping this Saturday for scouts and I will be helping newer boys learn the basic starting skills of scouting. I am also going to spend two full weekends after tomorrow to devote to an NYLT course which is a training to help scouts build leadership skills. I am there to staff again this year as I did last year and the year before that I had attended as a participant.

D-Day

I woke up yesterday not knowing what the day held for me. I didn't know that I was going to be going to Disneyland that day or that I was going to be at a Dodgers baseball game that night. Neither did I know that I would find a cure for cancer and also build a flux capacitor by bumping my head on the sink (probably because those last two didn't happen). I have to remind myself sometimes not to plan my day because if you do then God will laugh at you like on "Evan Almighty".


Anyway I did go to Disneyland yesterday with my family getting the last use out of the year passes before the Summertime blackout days come. While were there it was decided that we were there partly to celebrate my birthday since mine is in July, on a blackout day, and most of my siblings are going to Disneyland on their birthdays. The park was more filled with people than it had before when we had gone but we still managed to get on a handful rides and have a good time.

After getting home at about 3pm I started to relax and then a few hours later I got another surprise. We received a phone call from a friend of the family who wanted to offer us 4 Dodgers tickets for that night game. She had purchased the tickets but couldn't go because of a sickness. We thankfully accepted and my Dad, Annabel, Vince and I all went to that evening's game. I had never gone to a professional baseball game before yesterday. A few minutes later I was just checking up on my Twitter account to discover that the San Diego based Christian rock band Switchfoot was going to be watching that same game at the stadium! They didn't perform or get any sort of special appearance but they were there, rooting for the Padres (NO!). I didn't see them though.

After an exciting game with the stadium literally shaking with excitement as the last pitch was thrown, the Dodgers won the game 6 to 4. A creepy thing did happen at that game also. I was just saying that I had the "Don't Stop Believing" song in my head by the 80s band Journey. About 5 minutes later a song started to come on that I thought I had recognized and then I realized it was that same song! I hadn't even listened to that song recently! The song was blasting all over the place and there were even lyrics on the scoreboard to sing along! Vince said that I should say that money is falling from the sky, hoping to catch a few bucks. By the way, by the D-Day title I am not talking about storming the beaches of Normandy but rather it stands for Disneyland and Dodgers.=)

Up movie review

Pixar always makes the best computer animated movies. They started off with Toy Story and hasn't made a bad film yet. Up adds on to Pixar's legacy and is possibly the best one yet (not counting Toy Story of course!). Up is a great story about an old man who sets off on a quest to get to South America and place his balloon-floating house next to a waterfall in order to fulfill his wife's dream. Along the way he gets stuck with a young scout who wants to help and also many odd creatures.

Pixar also managed to stick to its traditions of placing cameos of different objects of other Pixar films in UP. The ball with the star on it was seen as well as the code "A113" which can be found in all Pixar movies and also a few others such as "The Iron Giant." John Ratzenburger can also be found in every Pixar movie and he is a construction worker here.

My opinion on this movie is a good one! If I were ebert and roeper I would give this 4 thumbs UP, but I am not. I would still give it my thumbs UP though. It is definitely a family movie and much appropriate comedy on it. The characters are very well built and you will find yourself quoting the dogs. The only downside on this movie is that it is the first Pixar movie to show blood. This is just minor cut though but it can be seen. Besides that there is nothing to worry about.I give 5 of 5 stars.

Bridges and Gotees

I helped out with setting up the layout for my troop's annual rope bridge today. The rope bridge is usually put up as part of Troop 65's spot at Scout-O-Rama. Scout-O-Rama is a big event where troops in the area go to the park and they set up (usually) fun and interactive booths for the public to view and gain interest. In addition the Troops can also win awards from the district based on their booths, preparedness, attitudes, and how they relate to the theme. This year the event has a Green environment theme. This event will be taking place tomorrow throughout the day.


When I came back from the bridge set-up I came home and checked my messages online. I found out that Gotee Records (one of my favorites!) is now following me on Twitter. I thought that was kinda weird considering that I didn't even follow their updates yet but they found me somehow. This is the company founded by Tobymac of DC Talk and started off famous groups such as Family Force 5 and Relient k!I also thought it was funny that I had seen recently that Tobymac was the Justin Timberlake of Christian music. Their music is only slightly similar and besides that the only thing they have in common is that they both wear a fedora. Tobymac is 45 and Justin is in his late twenties. years old. Speaking of Twitter, I added a sidebar widget of my Twitter updates on the left on my blog so you can view it here without an account.

ive got an idea!

The people behind the show Yo Gabba Gabba should call Family Force 5 up and have them be on the show. I'm not kidding, they would fit right in! Family Force 5 is a Christian band but is also pretty popular in the mainstream world with their crunk rock music. They are also fit in electronic and dance music inside their tunes which would be easy material for the show. They could teach kids how to do a dance move or something!The makers of the show have managed to get people like Elijah Wood, Jack Black, Tony Hawk and Jimmy Eats World on the show, so I am sure they could get FF5 on there. I wish they would......

Radiator Music Video by Family Force 5 (AWESOME!)

the end....

I was looking online the other day because I was curious how the "Freedom Tower" progress was going because the designs looked pretty interesting when they were first shown pretty soon after the 9/11 attacks happened. The Freedom Tower was to be the building to take the spot of the fallen World Trade Center and also have a memorial around the building in memory of the innocent who were killed on that day. It would have a brilliant design of a massive building that looked like it would be made out of glass but would actually also have a mixture of sturdy steel products. The height would measure up to be 1,776 feet high, being a symbol of the year that America was founded.


What I found out about the building is that I couldn't find much new information about the Freedom Tower so I figured it was probably a cancelled or a delayed project. As one last resort I typed the name into wikipedia and received a redirect to another wiki page titled "One World Trade Center". Creepy name. Is it just me or does this sound like the stuff about the One World Government in the book of Revelation in the Bible? To add on the note it sounded like the design of the building had been altered slightly. A large part of the space in the building is already being planned to be rented out to the Chinese government to do business in. It does not even open until at least the year 2013. I don't get why the people of the Port Authority of New Jersey and New York couldn't have changed the name to something like "World Trade Center 2" or just keep it as the Freedom Tower. It doesn't even make sense to name it ONE World Trade Center unless they truly meant ONE world which is prophesied in the Bible as the end of time.This is an article about the name change The above picture is one of the old design of the building and below is the new one.