Author: lvidmar

I just got back from a bar where some local Jägerbands were playing. Northwest Royale is local from Eugene and are opening for the Jägermeister Music Tour in Portland on October 16th (Dope, Motograter, etc) and December 12th (Slayer, Killswitch Engage, etc). Northwest Royale headlined this show, and the cover was only $2… well worth the price of admission and the price of the drinks. 🙂

Opening and support bands tonight included Bacchus from Olympia, WA, YOB, another local Eugene band, and Bluntpoint from somewhere (not sure where). Bacchus put on a good show and their sound was pretty good (and LOUD), but nothing special. Bluntpoint (couldn’t find their website within a few minutes) really got me going, especially when they played “Killing in the Name Of..” by Rage Against the Machine! YOB seemed to be some sort of hippie doom-metal group influenced by bands such as Black Sabbath, they seemed to lack the energy that I look for in a band these days, but they did their thing well. Northwest Royale talked a bit too much, but put on a great set. I can’t really think of a specific band to relate these guys to, but they have great energy and their sense of humor isn’t too over the top (if you ever see them, make sure they do the pornographic boy-band bit).

All in all, it was a great show, and I look forward to seeing most of these bands again. Not a fan of spending $4.50 for a shot of Jäg though. Ah well.

PS: Twins dropped out of the playoffs again this year.. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride I guess (lately it seems). Good luck next year guys!

Thanks to Jared for getting bored with my lame old header and making me a new one. Thanks dude!

Well, it’s week 2 of classes here at UO. Haven’t been blogging frequently because I haven’t been doing anything interesting.

Some site news: I’ve been tweaking the layout a bit here and there, added some content to the music and movies sections, and I’ve signed up for a new hosting plan. Not sure how quickly I’ll migrate over, maybe in the next week or so, it’ll be nice to get this off of my computer at work.

Some requisite political mumbo-jumbo… I’ve been watching the debates and other goings on. I’ve gotta say Bush and Cheney piss me off more each time I hear either of them talk. Kerry seems to be much closer to my views, but is still not the “perfect guy for the job.” One thing I’ve heard that I agree with is “[if you dislike Bush and/or what’s happened in the world during his presidency], even if you don’t like Kerry, we need to get him elected and be just as hard on him as we are on Bush.” FWIW, if you haven’t seen/heard the debates, you can download the audio from them from Apple’s iTunes Music Store (the Democrat & Republican National Conventions, and 9-11 hearings are also available for free there).

Also within the past couple of weeks, I’ve seen Michael Moore’s film “Fahrenheit 9/11” twice (a friend gave me a copy, and the SOC department had a free showing of it on campus last night), definitely worth a watching. The movie is quite biased against the Bush administration, but it is very interesting. I heard Moore was going to try to get it broadcast on national TV, and I hope he finds some large scale public outlet for it ($20 for a DVD that’s only “cool” to have for the next month isn’t worth it IMHO).

On to Minnesota Sports! The Twins are tied (1-1) with the NYYanks in the AL devision series, and the Vikings are 2-1, and play the Houston Texans this weekend. I’ve been watching the Vikings games at the Good Times bar, but I recently found out there’s a sports bar about 5 blocks from my apartment, so I’m going to check them out this weekend.