we’re at the kodak theater doing soundcheck for the rock corps show tonight, and there’s a gnarly fire in the mountains behind the hollywood sign.  stevegreg took this picture from level 2 of the hollywood and highland structure.  thankfully, at this point, there have been no injuries and no buildings were damaged.  hopefully everything will be contained soon.

yes indeed.  podcast #32 is live.  in this episode we talk to my most favoritest band in the world this month, arizona’s own the format.  we also chop it up with our friend and engineer james ingram.  and he has a story to tell.

for no reason whatsoever, here are a bunch of pictures from the show at the 9:30 club (one of the best clubs in the world) in washington d.c. at the end of last year.  the record came out the next day.  check out the bass.  it is so new and clean in these photos.  four months and five tours later, there are chunks out of the paint, stress cracks where the neck joins the body, and a lot of wear and tear.  and it’s still going strong.  this was a fun show.

on the new episode of south park tonight, bahir habeem’s favorite band was blink-182.  that’s rad.

this is going to be rad.

p.s. hoth is the best planet and the snowspeeder is the best vehicle.  basically, empire is the best of the series.  you might disagree with these statements.  you will be wrong.