Thursday, March 12, 2009

Chester French....C.French......C.F it's all the same.



So let me see where to start where to start I guess it would be about 2 1/2 years ago when I first stumbled onto C.French and chatted it up with DA, and he was just giving me some background on himself and the band "Chester French" which consist of DA Wallach & Max Drummey. He was just telling me how they where catching on at their school which happened to be Harvard. And that they may get one of their songs "She Loves Everybody" played on Entourage. I was just like fuck yeah, that's righteous etc etc so I'm pumped about these guys cuhz they were kuul dudes. Then awhile after that I hit DA up again and he said they was about to sign to Star Trak. And that Pharrell loved their "She loves everybody" song. And just recently I heard from them again cuhz they're out here on the Westcoast kicking off their tour which starts March 12th, so I definitely had to post their tour dates and locations along with the long awaited "She Loves Everybody" video. As a long time C.F fan let me just say it's about time. And they've definitely got more hits up their sleeve. For you limewire heads try to find the "Excuse me miss" song they remixed for Jay-Z its a throwback but its righteous.

Mar 12 2009 8:00P
The Fame Ball @ House of Blues San Diego, California

Mar 13 2009 8:00P
The Fame Ball @ The Wiltern Los Angeles, California

Mar 14 2009 6:30P
The Fame Ball @ Mezzanine San Francisco, California

Mar 14 2009 9:00P
The Fame Ball @ Mezzanine San Francisco, California

Mar 16 2009 9:00P
The Fame Ball @ The Showbox Seattle, Washington

Mar 17 2009 8:00P
The Fame Ball @ Wonder Ballroom Portland, Oregon

Mar 18 2009 9:15P
The Fame Ball @ Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, British Columbia

Mar 21 2009 8:00P
The Fame Ball @ The Gothic Theatre Englewood, Colorado

Mar 23 2009 9:00P
The Fame Ball @ Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mar 24 2009 6:00P
The Fame Ball @ House of Blues Chicago Chicago, Illinois

Mar 24 2009 10:30P
The Fame Ball @ House of Blues Chicago Chicago, Illinois

Mar 25 2009 9:00P
The Fame Ball @ Crofoot Ballroom Pontiac, Michigan

Mar 26 2009 9:00P
The Fame Ball @ Elements Kitchener, Ontario

Mar 27 2009 8:00P
The Fame Ball @ Bronson Center Ottawa, Ontario

Mar 28 2009 8:30P
The Fame Ball @ Metropolis Montreal, Quebec

Mar 30 2009 8:00P
The Fame Ball @ House of Blues Boston Boston, Massachusetts

Mar 31 2009 8:00P
The Fame Ball @ Terminal 5 New York, New York

Apr 1 2009 8:00P
The Fame Ball @ Electric Factory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Apr 2 2009 8:15P
The Fame Ball @ 9:30 Club Washington, Washington DC

Apr 2 2009 10:30P
The Fame Ball @ 9:30 Club Washington, Washington DC

Apr 3 2009 8:00P
The Fame Ball @ Toad’s Place of Richmond Richmond, Virginia

Apr 3 2009 8:00P
Toad’s Place of Richmond Richmond, Virginia

Apr 6 2009 8:00P
The Fame Ball @ House of Blues Orlando Orlando, Florida

Apr 7 2009 8:00P
The Fame Ball @ The Ritz Ybor Tampa, Florida

Apr 8 2009 7:00P
The Fame Ball @ Revolution Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Apr 9 2009 9:00P
The Fame Ball @ Centerstage Atlanta, Georgia

Public Service Announcement Amnimal Poem

Life's a struggle, Everyone tryna make it
Some work hard and fail, Some make it.
Others fake it, Like they made it.
Act like they real, But they real actors
Some act like they'd kill, but it won't happen.
Haters they like a sneeze,
So bless them, And wish them well.
They hating.
So they must not feel good about themselves.



-Beach Boy-

Cage the Elephant



Bowling Green Kentucky's newest and kuulest own PunkFunk/Rock band Cage The Elephant which according to the band stands for the whole of society”, Matt explains, “the people we all are by nature. Sometimes it feels like there’s a campaign to lock up all the good in the world. You turn on the news and hear ‘Today 26 people got gunned down, and one guy got his head chopped off, and here’s a picture of it’. It’s like there’s no hope. And it’s not just the government or the media who are responsible for that, it’s everywhere. But we want to show that’s not right - you can’t cage the elephant”.

Check them out on KROQ or just go to their myspace www.myspace.com/cagetheelephant

Monday, March 9, 2009

Mickey Avalon F***IN' EM ALL


Mickey Avalon - "F***IN' EM ALL" from Nicholaus Goossen on Vimeo.

Buffett says nation will face higher unemployment


OMAHA, Neb. – Billionaire Warren Buffett remains confident that America's best days are ahead, but he says the nation likely will face higher unemployment and eventually inflation because of the current economic crisis. Buffett said the nation's leaders need to emphasize a consistent message, and they should support President Barack Obama's efforts to repair the economy because fear is dominating Americans' behavior.

Buffett said the economy has basically followed the worst-case scenario he envisioned six months ago.

"It's fallen off a cliff," Buffett said Monday during a live appearance on cable network CNBC. "Not only has the economy slowed down a lot, but people have really changed their habits like I haven't seen."

Buffett said the changes are reflected in the results of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s subsidiaries. He said Berkshire's jewelry companies have suffered, but more people have been willing to switch to Geico to save money on car insurance. The three-hour-long interview aired from another Berkshire subsidiary that has been hampered by the economy, the Nebraska Furniture Mart store in Omaha.

He predicted that unemployment will climb a lot higher before the recession is done, but he also reiterated his optimistic long-term view: "Everything will be all right. We do have the greatest economic machine that man has ever created."

Fear and confusion have been driving consumer and investor behavior in recent months, Buffett said.

The nation's leaders need to clear up the confusion before anyone will become more confident, and he said all 535 members of Congress should stop the partisan bickering about solutions. He said politicians should also stop trying to use the current economic crisis to force through other policy changes.

"We ought to defer most of the things that get people riled up," Buffett said.

Buffett said he believes patriotic Republicans and Democrats will realize the nation is engaged in an economic war.

"What is required is a commander in chief that's looked at like a commander in chief in a time of war," Buffett said.

Whatever the government does to help the economy will likely benefit some people who made poor financial decisions, but Buffett said Americans should realize that everyone is in the same boat.

"The people that behaved well are no doubt going to find themselves taking care of the people who didn't behave well," Buffett said.

The current efforts to help revive the economy are likely to produce inflation that could be worse than what the country suffered in the late 1970s, Buffett said.

But even though the nation will have to pay for current policies with future inflation, Buffett said, the U.S. government still needs to act.

"We're in a big war, and we're going to use money to fight it," he said.

Maintaining faith in the nation's banking system will be important to restoring the economy's health, Buffett added. He said President Barack Obama needs to make it very clear that consumers won't lose money in banks even if more fail.

"If you don't trust where you have your money, the world stops," Buffett said.

Most banks are in good shape, Buffett said, and even some of the troubled banks will be able to remedy their problems over time by reducing dividends and collecting the difference between interest payments they receive on loans and the interest they pay on deposits.

"The banking system largely will cure itself," Buffett said.

A little over a week ago, Buffett released his annual letter to shareholders describing the worst of his 44 years at the helm of Berkshire. The Omaha, Neb.-based company reported sharply lower profit because of its largely unrealized $7.5 billion investment and derivative losses.

Overall, Berkshire's 2008 profit of $4.99 billion, or $3,224 per Class A share, was down 62 percent from $13.21 billion, or $8,548 per share, in 2007.

Berkshire's fourth-quarter numbers were even worse. Buffett's company reported net income of $117 million, or $76 per share, down 96 percent from $2.95 billion, or $1,904 per share, a year earlier.

Buffett said he doesn't regret writing a commentary in the fall encouraging people to buy U.S. stocks, but he joked that in hindsight he wishes he'd waited a few months to publish the piece. Since that commentary appeared on Oct. 17, the Dow Jones industrial average has fallen from 8,852.22 to close at 6,626.94 on Friday.

Buffett stands by his overall advice that owning stocks over time will profit people greater than so-called safe investments.

"Overall, equities are going to do far better than U.S. government bonds at these prices," he said.

Buffett said he doesn't regret investing $8 billion of Berkshire's money in investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and conglomerate General Electric Co. last fall. Both companies gave Berkshire preferred shares paying 10 percent interest that Buffett said he doesn't think he could get now.

Buffett also said on CNBC:

• That General Motors Corp. needs a new business plan to survive because its costs are too high, but it's difficult to predict how a solution will be reached. "You are in a terrible, terrible time period for the car makers every place."

• Berkshire has made several large investments over the past year and reduced its cash on hand to $24.3 billion at the end of 2008. Buffett said that means Berkshire will likely write fewer insurance policies on catastrophic events in 2009 because he wants to make sure the company always has at least $10 billion on hand.

"My job is to be absolutely sure Berkshire doesn't need help from anyone in the worst of times," Buffett said.

• Any deal negotiated last summer made the sellers very happy and the buyers unhappy today. That's part of why Buffett said Dow Chemical Co.'s $15 billion bid to buy rival chemical maker Rohm & Haas Co. has not been consummated. "The world has changed like nobody ever believed it would," he said.

But Buffett said the $3 billion Berkshire committed to the Dow deal remains solid if the two chemical companies can agree on how to close the deal.

Berkshire owns a diverse mix of more than 60 companies, including insurance, furniture, carpet, jewelry, restaurants and utility businesses. And it has major investments in such companies as Wells Fargo & Co. and Coca-Cola Co.