Sleep...

A wise man once said, “Sleep is the cousin of death”. So, what is the lack of Sleep? I think it’s a story. Who I am moment to moment is just a story as long as I am awake. I have had three KILLER bloody noses in the last several days. The weather is Salt Lake is unpredictable and at times feels like a knife. It’s still the same story. Upside down I could be a complete stranger. This morning I was lying on the bathroom floor of my employer trying to make the blood stop dripping out of me. All this time I’m thinking “I’m not all the way dead yet but the clock is ticking”…Conditions change, we mutate. Some things never change and we adapt. The whole story isn’t about me though. The same can be said for everybody in the world. We all run at the speed of life. Push the button, Pull the lever, Wave your hands in the air, Bite the apple…Prequel to the Sequel...DAG! 

This Just In...

Rooster finished Elektra's Bday invites and they look FRESH! I'm headed off to Kinko's to print and chop these up. Party in T Minus days and counting... 

You need to listen...

My favorite EmCee for like the last several years. CLASSIC!

Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” is just a thousand smears of paint. Michelangelo's David is just a million hits with hammer. We're all of us a million bits put together the right way. Every masterpiece is just dirt and ash put together in some perfect way. How you live inside your head and you only see and hear what you want. How you only watch the shadows and make up your own meaning. You'll need to suffer to make any real art.

May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect. 

DAGO's week in review

Raw Heat, cuz I gotta EAT! The “Chrome Children” CD is growing on me like FUNGI. Another busy seven days or so. I made it down to Provo two times last week. My nephew was supposed to have a same day surgery thing but at the last minute the docs decided that it wasn’t necessary. See I have a RARE molecular disorder? Read more about it here…

http://www.mhaus.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Content.Display/PagePK/Home.cfm

Yes that’s right I’m in a group called NUMBS and I am allergic to certain types of anesthetics. The reason they DIDN’T perform the “Gold Test” on him was that they are going to assume he is POSITIVE since it is in the family tree. They will take precautions in case of emergencies in the future (no funny gas!). The NUMBS show at the lounge was good. Not as good as the CAPO party but good. It was DOPE seeing old friends and reconnecting with the past. Most of these peeps we deal with in this music thing are good people. I stopped in (with Shanty & Kdawg!) to KRCL 90.9 on Friday night and brought DJ Knucklez and LAM a NUMBS sampler disk. They played it and pimped the UL gig. Supernatural was in the house as well. I had to ask him about his 9 hour and 15 minute Guinness World Record freestyle. It’s still pretty insane to me that he did that…SUPAFRESH!

On the agenda…MIXing down the tunes, picking up “Splinter Cell: Double Agent” and getting ready for Elektra’s SIXTH bday bash. Here we come CHUCK CHEDDA’! Take care- DAG!

PS. I had to drop the TAG message board. It has been funky for like a month now. You can always leave comments on the pics, I read them. I REALLY, REALLY do.

DAGO's week in review

So, NUMBS had a show this past Saturday night in Provo. It was called PROVOPOLOOZA. Get it? Like LALA only PROVO. I have to say though…this might have been the BEST Numbs show we have done in the past two years. Maybe it was because we did five new songs off of “Nfinity”. It was packed, the peeps came to Party and we didn’t really mess up. Even on the new songs. Elektra had her VERY first cavity filled by the Dentist during the week and she ACED it. A shot in the gums, Drilling of the tooth…No problem to this kid. She told me after that she wants to get another cavity? I guess it’s safe to say she likes the Dentist. I’m going on week four of my 1500 calorie per day diet. I try to do about 25 pushups and 150 sit ups every day as well. I need to exercise more. I’m not sure if I mentioned this in the past month or so but I have re-embraced my vegetarian lifestyle that I had in the past (circa 1998-2001). I have been doing it for two months now and it is working WONDERS for the baby stomach I have. I picked up Stones Throw “Chrome Children” (3.5 out of 5) and the season premier of LOST was an A-, my only issue with it…TOO MANY COMMERCIALS. I know this is how they pay for the whole kit and kaboodle but it felt like the episode was 30 minutes instead of an hour. I have gotten spoiled by the DVD’s…this could be the reason that I was getting agitated! I peeped “The Departed” as well. Facts said this is the best movie of 2006 so far. I still liked “V For Vendetta” better but I am a self proclaimed comic geek (the influence). STILL…a strong 4 out of 5 and easily Martin’s best flick since “Goodfellas”. We got another BIG Numbs show coming up this weekend and I need to weather proof my place since it’s chilly in UTAH. What do you think? More fleece blankets or more alcohol? Who’s down for a HOT TODDY? Later- DAG! 

I see you...

Elektra random picture...funny kid. DAGO's week in review will be up later today. 

LOST Season Three

The new season of LOST starts tonight and I am counting down the hours. I have several questions and I know that ALL of these queries will not be answered in the first episode, “A Tale Of Two Cities” (check the Dickens reference) BUT by the end of season tres some of these blanks should be filled in…

What happened to Desmond, Locke and Eko and the Swan hatch?
What was the impact/effect of the magnetic pulse from the hatch?
What happened to Sawyer, Kate and Jack?
Where were they taken?
Are they still on the Island?
Are “The Others” bad or good?
Did Michael and Walt find rescue?
Will Penelope find the Island?
Are they finally going to show the Underwater hatch?

Things aren’t usually what they seem with this show and I expect the beginning to be a complete MINDPLAY. I have tried to stay SPOILER free…going as far to turn of the TV when the PROMO commercials come on.

Some predictions for season three: We will find out “The Others” are the GOOD guys like they said they were. Maybe they are the leftover’s from the Dharma Initiative in the early eighties? Michael and Walt will return by the end of season three, They WILL reveal the Underwater hatch, The Swan hatch will be severely messed up BUT everyone who was in there survived, They will find at least two other hatches, Marvin Candle will make an appearance outside of being in the Orientation films, We will find out how Locke ended up in a wheelchair pre island life, We will learn that Jack has some DARK JEDI secrets about his past (no one is perfect)…that’s all I can think of now. I’m sure with every question answered there will be 2 or 3 more that will be asked. I love this show.

More than meets the eye…ENJOY!

Peace-DAG!  

I AM A NUTCAKE!

If you live in the SLC…specifically the downtown Salt Lake area then I’m sure you have seen the NUTCAKE bumper stickers. Pete Ashdown is the guy who is running against SUPER JOKER Orrin Hatch…and I recently found out where this term came from…READ BELOW.

It goes back to last year, when President Bush showed up in Utah for an hour, and Orrin came for a campaign photo-op. When asked about the people at the protest in Pioneer Park, Orrin said that you'll find “NUTCAKES” wherever you go. However, just being called a NUTCAKE isn't enough. It's a term that must have meaning. How about this…a NUTCAKE is someone who is willing to openly share his/her opinion with the general public, especially if said opinion goes against the opinion shared by the general public.

Eff Orrin Hatch! Eff the Red and Right winged douche bags AKA Sean Hannity! Eff Rush forever for saying that stupid comment about McNabb (who by the way RULED last night and is having a killer season)…

WHY AM I STILL LIVING IN UTAH???

I’m headed down to PROVO tonight to practice with NUMBS. Johnny Utah sent me his verse from “Wake Up” as well…another good READ!

“I find myself kneeling, praying for better days to unfurl
staying alert, wide awake to the ways of the world
while we wear blindfolds and ignore the lies we're told
'84 is long gone and there's still mind control
true examples of shattered American dreams
because that boy next door is now a heroine fiend
we open the floodgates to accept the devils entrance
and it can be all traced back to September 11th
no power to the people, and forget democracy
just corrupt policies by a world of monopolies
but there's gotta be a way to kill these notions
they've swapped enough blood for oil to fill the oceans
and average joe is handcuffed from that fast buck
'cause only the top 10 percent are getting the tax cuts
so fuck Bush, I rage against his regime
and won't do what you tell me like Rage Against the Machine”.

The new season of LOST starts tomorrow and I am GEEKED to the MAX about it. I’ll try to post some predictions (I.E. the UNDERWATER hatch) in the morning tomorrow along with NUMBS PRACTICE PICS.

Later SIZZLECHEST! DAG.