"Locos"

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Well, it's about 1:30am, I just took a shower and am about ready to hit the sack. I am dead tired. Today I got a really cool opportunity to help out my brother in law, Carlos with a gig he had today. You see Carlos is the sound engineer for a local latin/funk/reggae/cumbia band called "Locos por Juana". He goes everywhere with them. He has been to Virginia, New York, L.A. and many other places. Thankfully, I get to help him out sometimes when he has local events with the band and today they had an showcase event at the Seminole Hard Rock. The band is signed with Universal and it was a private event with about 5 really good bands. Actually this was the first time a Latin band is invited to play at this type of showcase event for Universal so it really was awesome to be able to be there. It wasn't too long of a set and I got to mix the last 2 songs (see video below). For the most part, however, I served as guitar/bass tech and helped with set up. 

"Locos por Juana" has gained popularity really quickly and they have worked hard to earn it. They are featured artists on MySpace Latino, have been featured on MTV TRES and were even nominated for a latin grammy last year. 

check them out here

 

Me Mixing

Here is the Rig we used

My first LOST Discovery!

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//DISCLAIMER//  

 If you have not seen the season 4 finale of LOST, then disregard the following post. Mindofbert.com and it's affiliates will not be held responsible for spoiled episodes or emotional distress caused from reading this post. Furthermore, if you do not watch LOST and do not even care about the show than continue reading post. 

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!  (ipastor)

As many of  you know, LOST is quite an exciting show that has crazy twists and turns. Every now and then there are little details in the episodes that most people don't catch until you re-watch the episode or slow it down (Like the writing on Charlie's hand in the beginning of season 4). Well, ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to say that I have finally discovered one on my own. Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure many other people have discovered this. But no one I know!!

In the season 4 finale, as you all remember Martin Keamy straps a heart rate monitor to his arm which is linked to a C4 Bomb on board the freighter. Now, while we were watching the episode a few weeks back at Carlos' house and Martin first flashes his "heart rate monitor" I immediately yelled out, "Hey that looks like a guitar tuner!" The only one that seemed to agree with me at the time was Yoel (And they wonder why bassists are so smart). Well a few days back I was re-watching the finale and when I saw the "heart rate monitor" I remembered that it looked like the tuner so I paused it and examined it. The guitar tuner it reminded me of was a Korg Guitar/Bass tuner that I happen to own. After carefully comparing the two I discovered that I was wrong. The item on Martin Keamy's arm was not a Korg Guitar Tuner. It was actually a Korg Metronome. That's right people, the Genius prop artists for LOST decided to use a $30.00 Cheap metronome that you can find at any music store, painted it gray, added some designs and a flashing green light and VOILA you have just made yourself a C4 detonator/Heart rate monitor. Seriously though look at the two pictures very carefully and you will see that they are literally identical. The buttons, the screen, the arch on the side, and even the moving needle are exactly alike. 

So there you have it folks. I have discovered my first LOST hidden detail. Now I don't think this detail will help us or give us any clues (e.g.  Martin bought it at a guitar center in L.A. where Charlie happened be to working at the time as a guitar salesman) but still I thought it was pretty cool. 

Narnia Review/Music Recommendation

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Last night, I went to go see The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. A customer from work gave me and some other co-workers some tickets to an early premiere of the film. My opinion was this:

• Overall Great movie 
• Has quite a bit of killing to be a PG kids film
• good message
• A bit long
• Good sequel but not as good as the first.

My friend disagreed and thought it was better than the first. Lemme know what you all think when you watch it (you know you want to).

After the movie, we sat in the theater and watched the credits (just like those old people that wait for everybody to leave and then go). As we were reading the credits (which I never do), a really cool song started playing. The voice sounded really familiar and I got it within about 3 seconds. It was Jon Foreman from Switchfoot. I remember a friend telling me a while back that they made a song for the movie but I totally forgot. You can check out the song here. Switchfoot also just performed the song on Leno Tuesday night. Enjoy!

                   

Radiohead Recap continued...

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Ok I got a hold of some more Radiohead photos (These were actually taken by us)

We ran into Radiohead's drummer, Phil Selway by the merchandise stand. You can tell by looking at the background that not many people recognized him. (lucky us!)

It was hard to smile with my sister's head crushing my lung

This was the view from where we were

During the final song

Friend of a friend!

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As many of you know, a few months ago, I attended a "Lost Launch Party" with a small group of people from my former church's worship team. Well, I got an interesting email today from a dear friend, Ernie, who also happens to be former FRC worship team member. I figured that rather than explain it to you, I would show you the email.

Greetings my friends and fellow LOST devotees!

I have a friend from high school who happens to be a first cousin of Josh Holloway. I sent her the pictures from your awesome premiere party, and she forwarded them to him. He was kind enough to send back an autographed picture for the FRC worship team. I'll mail the original but here's a scan of it.

Enjoy the new episode tonight. I love and miss you all very much!

-Ernie

How awesome is this! Thanks Ernie!

I think Sawyer is now my favorite lost character!

Cool Toys

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I recently found these pictures on my phone. I found these action figures at the mall while Christmas shopping this past December. Are these the coolest dolls or what?

Music Discovery

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Well a few posts ago, I shared my itunes shopping cart with you guys and there were 2 songs in there by a group named Meg and Dia. I discovered them a while back when I was looking through the list of bands that were going to be playing in the Vans Warped Tour. I looked them up on itunes and liked the 30 second previews of the songs so I added them to my cart. Well, I purchased the songs and I must say it is good stuff. I don't want this to be perceived the wrong way but I am not really into chick bands however these girls know how to rock. The music is absolutely awesome and the lyrics are poetic and edgy(Not Christian). I'm totally hooked on the 2 songs I bought and I am considering buying the whole album! Check em out here!

To download or not to download?

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It's been about 3 years since I decided to start actually purchasing my music rather than "limewiring" it and I am so glad I did it. I have become pretty accustomed to regularly purchasing like 2 or 3 songs a week from itunes. I like purchasing my music little by little for 2 reasons.

• Reason #1 - I'm broke
  
• Reason #2 - I have found that I appreciate the songs more when I only have 2 or 3 new songs to listen to rather than 20. (unless I buy an album)
  

So check it out. Below is my itunes shopping cart and I can't decide which songs I should buy. To be honest, there are a few songs in there that have been in my cart for a loooong time and I probably will never end up purchasing them because I just like listening to the 30sec. previews. But nevertheless, I can't decide. 

Any suggestions?

News Flash

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Today I got some extremely great news...and I would like to share it...

RADIOHEAD IS COMING!!

That is all...

more info here

Bold Confession

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Well, there is no easy way to say this so I'll just come out and say it.

I am in Love with Miley Cyrus a.k.a Hannah Montana!!!

Wow that felt good to get off my chest. You see less than a month ago, I had no idea who Miley Cyrus was and didn't really care. But when I we were on our way to winter camp this year, they ran out of movies to play on the bus so they just busted out the Hannah Montana dvd. I figured, "what the heck. Let's see what the big deal is with this chick". All I can say is that show is freaking hilarious. Well after coming home from camp, I made the mistake of looking her up on youtube and now I can't get her songs out of my head. They sure are catchy...and positive (which is rare these days). So there you have it. I am a Hannah Montana fan. There I said it. Ahhhhhhhhhh!

Lost Party

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Well, I was planning on blogging about my experience at a recent Lost party I attended this past Thursday, however since I took so long to do it, some fellow bloggers beat me to it so I figured that rather than tell you myself, I would let you guys read about it from them. Check it out here and here. All I would like to say is KUDOS to Michelle Garcia for planning the coolest Lost Party I have ever been to. Actually it's the only Lost party I have ever been to. Her creativity just amazes me. She is actually the "Famous Designer" that made me my tuxedo shirt I wore to the My Naked Pastor launch party. It ended up being pretty popular and people couldn't believe it was handmade. Thanks Mickey!!...Oh yea and the second half of the party was Rock Band. All I would like to say about that is you absolutely cannot play Rock Band or Guitar Hero without Kyle Johnson! 

Cheap Date?

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As many of you know, I got the opportunity to go to winter camp with FRC's High School students. Well, on the way back home, we stopped at a what I think is the nicest freaking McDonald's I have ever been to. Seriously folks, this place had gold ceilings, a warm fireplace, and even a baby grand piano playing classical music. I was surprised there wasn't a concierge at the door offering to take our coats. I have talked to friends that are so cheap that they've told me that if they could, they would take their dates to McDonalds. Well, my cheap friends, I have found that place. All I know is it is somewhere between North Carolina and South Florida. Good Luck finding it.