tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:40:03 +0000<i>My dad's name is James.</i><br><br> See where I go:<br> <a href="http://www.bobanddavid.com">Bob and David</a><br> <a href="http://falltorise.blogspot.com">Josh Kemble</a><br> <a href="http://www.bouncingsouls.com">Bounging Souls</a><br> <a href="http://www.realultimatepower.net">Ninjas Are Sweet</a><br><<a href="http://www.scumoftheearth.net">Scum of the Earth</a><br> http://mogan.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (mogan)Blogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-6203253818332677952Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:45:00 +00002008-01-03T15:33:36.834-08:00It's been 3 years since I did a top 10 list, so this year is as good as any to get back in the habit, or just start writing period. I actually did intend to do lists in '05 and '06 (.....Searching for a former clarity and The Bronx (II) would have been my number 1's respectivly) but better late then never. Hey, '07. The year just about everyone went digital information really became instant with http://mogan.blogspot.com/2007/12/top-10-albums-of-2007-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-4557852212645929329Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:43:00 +00002007-09-12T15:44:01.314-07:00Been in Chicago for about a month now. It's had it's ups and downs, and I still can't find a decent burrito but I just need to give things time to settle in. Anyway, here's some shit that's been on me mind.  A few weeks at was in the Urban Outfitter in Wicker Park looking at home furnishings to decorate the naked walls of our apartment with when I stumbled upon some framed concert posters I http://mogan.blogspot.com/2007/09/been-in-chicago-for-about-month-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-6168326293109606407Fri, 04 May 2007 08:27:00 +00002008-01-23T06:25:44.274-08:00So Rage played, the camera phone video I saw on youtube was awesome and Britney Spears lipsyncing for 12 minutes while chewing gum and the people who paid $300 to see it became more culturally significant this week. Well, until about 4 days after Coachella when someone at a news network saw a clip of Rage on youtube and heard Zack voicing his opinion about our current presidential administration.http://mogan.blogspot.com/2007/05/so-rage-played-camera-phone-video-i-saw.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-2810820604417245182Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:36:00 +00002007-04-28T03:26:29.757-07:00So it's 2:36 am on Saturday morning and I'm up after working until 12:30 am drinking PBR and watching Rage Against The Machine clips on Youtube thinking about how amazing it would be to be in Indio this Sunday night as they take the stage for the first time in 7 years and hopefully marking the return of something that left a void in modern music ever since. Earlier in the evening while I was on http://mogan.blogspot.com/2007/04/so-its-236-am-on-saturday-morning-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-116259350820984936Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:29:00 +00002006-11-03T14:38:28.226-08:00It's amazing how petty we really are at our basic core. We can really feel driven toward any type of cause, no matter how strongly we feel about it, but if one minor aspect of it is taken away, we can loose all interest in it in the blink of an eye. Case in point; not long after I moved to my current residence, a sign went up across the SavOn two blocks away from my house advertising that a http://mogan.blogspot.com/2006/11/its-amazing-how-petty-we-really-are-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-115672490666569512Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:28:00 +00002006-08-27T17:28:26.666-07:00Why do people drink Bloody Marys?Honestly. Do they think they taste good, because they don't. Case in point; six and a half years ago when Uncle Sam said I was old enough drink legal, I flew home from school for a weekend for one reason and one reason only: so my friend Tim Lowery could take me out drinking. I should probably add that I was attending PLNU at the time (former home of the Crusadershttp://mogan.blogspot.com/2006/08/why-do-people-drink-bloody-marys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-110773799274701047Sun, 06 Feb 2005 22:37:00 +00002005-02-06T16:59:52.746-08:00I know I'm lazy. Sorry. I've been more apt to writing blogs on my Myspace page if you’re ever really jonesing for some bitter sarcasm from someone who obviously watches a lot of television. Just search for my profile under Mogan. Anyway, despite the fact that it’s currently Feburary 6th and the Superbowl is starting, I still need to reflect on the past year and now is the time I’m getting around http://mogan.blogspot.com/2005/02/i-know-im-lazy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-109555408613115244Sun, 19 Sep 2004 00:32:00 +00002004-09-18T17:34:46.133-07:00So in keeping with MTV’s summer reign over all things mediocre, they aired their yearly celebration of it, which they refer to as the Video Music Awards. The VMA’s (because dumbing everything down makes consumption easier) have in past years at least served some sort of amusement for those like myself who obtain a fair amount of amusement from watching morons attempting to be talented, and from http://mogan.blogspot.com/2004/09/so-in-keeping-with-mtvs-summer-reign.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-109449222208412302Mon, 06 Sep 2004 17:35:00 +00002004-09-06T10:37:02.086-07:00That’s right bitches! I’m back, and like Flava Flav wearing an alarm clock of himself around his neck I’m back to show y’all what time it is. During my hiatus, mediocrity has continued to reign over our youth and society and it became so obvious that I figured my own analysis of it would be simply redundant. But I have come to realize that the blinders have been fixed on the consumer masses and http://mogan.blogspot.com/2004/09/thats-right-bitches-im-back-and-like.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-107999597643284283Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:11:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.712-08:00So Dominic emailed me about two weeks ago reminding me to update this thing, so here I am finally doing that. I guess not alot of stupid music industry stuff is surprising me as of late, but here's a couple of blurbs. Major labels are notorious for signing soundalikes once trends get big. Creed and Blink are two prime examples. However, I ran across this new band MTV is hyping called Sterogramhttp://mogan.blogspot.com/2004/03/so-dominic-emailed-me-about-two-weeks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-107449472102036140Mon, 19 Jan 2004 06:44:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.742-08:00Well, it’s already the third week of 2004 (pronounced TWO-BOOBS-FOUR) and I still haven’t done my obligatory best of 2003 list. I was going to try to bust it out in December but I’m lazy and the only reason I’m getting to this now is because I’ve done nothing this weekend besides trying to recuperate from a mysterious illness I’m suffering from that’ll probably be gone by the time I have to go tohttp://mogan.blogspot.com/2004/01/well-its-already-third-week-of-2004.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-107086538596738172Mon, 08 Dec 2003 06:33:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.752-08:00Being that I haven't updated in a while and that I just realized that I don't need some mad epiphany to strike my brain like a light bulb over my head to post an update, I decided to take a queue form Jabez Kemble and just post what I’ve been up to. Went to Oregon for Thanksgiving. Had to fly to Seattle and then take a commuter flight down to Portland so the flight was twice as long as a http://mogan.blogspot.com/2003/12/being-that-i-havent-updated-in-while.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-106862646789591207Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:40:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.762-08:00So I’ve been working the AM shift at Borders for almost a month now. Not too bad a job. I’ve had better, but I’ve had worse. However my college isn’t going to much use but at least the shit-work will gain me more focus than watching TV all the time did. Anyway, Borders is a place where snobs, weather they be into poetry, film, music or just plain assholes, Borders is their place to be employed http://mogan.blogspot.com/2003/11/so-ive-been-working-am-shift-at-borders.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-106616858034021280Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:14:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.770-08:00The Bouncing Souls rocked the children of San Diego's asses on Saturday night. The 9th time I'd seen them since 1996 and they were as great as always. I was still hoping to hear more old stuff but they'll be back again. They're touring machines. Anyway, a couple of comments about that show that don't have to do with the amazing headling band. Strike Anywhere opened. I'd never http://mogan.blogspot.com/2003/10/bouncing-souls-rocked-children-of-san.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-106422619664453786Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:14:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.779-08:00Rolling Stone described Brand New and this really good, orginal and talented band with a huge future ahead of them because kids like them and they just signed a big deal with a major. I gots news; the kids like a new flavor each week and the majors sign more crappy bands than Drive-Thru, which itself is owned by a major. So heed the words of Chuck D, and remember just because the publication who http://mogan.blogspot.com/2003/09/rolling-stone-described-brand-new-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-106266656991931857Thu, 04 Sep 2003 09:09:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.789-08:00False ignorance is the fuck you of the 21st century. Back in the day, if you didn’t like someone or didn’t want to talk to them, you’d tell them so. If they were a jerk you’d let them know and you’d let them know why. Modern society however seems to be dealing with this situation though what is know as the Ostrich syndrome, which follows the principle that if you can’t see it, it isn’t there. I’mhttp://mogan.blogspot.com/2003/09/false-ignorance-is-fuck-you-of-21st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-106180334479453412Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:22:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.810-08:00So I just got done watching the E! True Hollywood Story on MTV’s the Real World and I’m pretty pissed off. You see, for those of you who know me personally on a social basis, you know I know a lot about pop culture. Well, to be more accurate, I know everything there ever was to know about pop culture and I have an opinion on all of it. I can tell you about every television show and movie ever http://mogan.blogspot.com/2003/08/so-i-just-got-done-watching-e-true.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-106158383636015271Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:23:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.818-08:00Wesley Willis 1963-2003 "Rock Over London. Rock On Chicago."http://mogan.blogspot.com/2003/08/wesley-willis-1963-2003-rock-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-106142386249762572Wed, 20 Aug 2003 23:57:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.825-08:00I went and saw Freddy vs. Jason the other night. All and all a decent film. It was no E.T. or Goodfellas, but I saw gore and boobs I came to expect, so I got my money’s worth. Anyway, during the film I became aware of something much more disturbing than dead child molesters coming back from the dead or a character in the film who was completely stolen from Jason Mews. About 10 or 15 minutes into http://mogan.blogspot.com/2003/08/i-went-and-saw-freddy-vs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-106019907063431433Wed, 06 Aug 2003 19:44:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.837-08:00Am I the only one who’s noticed that music in general is heading back to the glam rock era? You know, the time when bands were more known for what they were wearing than for the music they played. Or, to be more precise, cared more about how the looked than how they sounded. Bands like Poison, Cinderella, Trixter, London, whoever were trying to “make it” by having the right look. But they all http://mogan.blogspot.com/2003/08/am-i-only-one-whos-noticed-that-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-105762970274560761Tue, 08 Jul 2003 02:01:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.843-08:00"You know who wears sunglasses indoors? Blind people and assholes” -Larry David Band’s I’m Not Really Into Right Now And Possible Reasons Why -Cold- stupid band (He, he! get it?!?!) -Jane’s Addiction- Too old and gay for a bunch of guys who screw supermodels. Plus I don’t think they’re aware that it’s not 1991 anymore and pink feather boas aren’t cool -The http://mogan.blogspot.com/2003/07/you-know-who-wears-sunglasses-indoors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-105696572510087410Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:35:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.848-08:00Recently, a man I had admired and respected began criticizing another man who I admire and respect. The first man, Fat Mike, began saying that the other man, President George W. Bush was an ignorant slob who people only listen to because they just believe what the government tells them. However, the more arguments Fat Mike began to make, the more like an idiot he began to seem. While I do feel http://mogan.blogspot.com/2003/06/recently-man-i-had-admired-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-105686393721071184Sun, 29 Jun 2003 05:18:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.856-08:00Well, it's been over six months since my last post and a few things have happened. Well, actually I wrote a really long ramble about how stupid mainstream music is but then for some reason it didn't go up. Oh well. Anyways, we're halfway through 2003, and it seems like every other minute any "punk" band (or emo, or indie or band who used to be kinda small but sells out their club shows) withhttp://mogan.blogspot.com/2003/06/well-its-been-over-six-months-since-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-86296531Fri, 20 Dec 2002 01:31:00 +00002008-01-23T06:24:18.862-08:00So tommorow I have what I hope will be my last day of college. That is if I get 100 out of a possible 120 on my Psych 370 final, which I'm susposed to be studying for but am instead writing this post to no one who will read it. That's how off task I am. Eh, I gots nearly 15 hours left to study and I can sleep when I'm dead. Fudge, 2002 was a wacktastic year. More like wackalicious. 2003 is going http://mogan.blogspot.com/2002/12/so-tommorow-i-have-what-i-hope-will-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mogan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714689.post-80973898Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:21:00 +00002002-08-31T17:21:36.050-07:00Axl Rose is back. The world trembels in anticipation to his next move.noreply@blogger.com (mogan)0