I’m settling in at 1AM to watch a Silversun Pickups live set at KROQ FM’s Los Angeles ‘Weenie Roast‘ event via webstream. It’s 5PM for them and I’m quite excited. Here’s my attempt at Live-Blogging the event.
Silversun Pickups Live at KROQ FM’s ‘Weenie Roast’ Festival in LA.
Avoid ‘orphan’ words in phrases that need to stick together with a Non-breaking Space
A Non-breaking Space (nbsp;) is useful to ensure words that should always be seen next to each other don’t get broken apart in the wrapping of a web page.
Rock Band Cakes
I decided to bake a couple of themed cakes for a Rock Band party at a friend’s place. The designs come from the instrument symbols used in the game, which are perfect for use as stencils. So using chocolate powder over the cut-outs, I iced the bare-cake areas and here are the results.
The Silversun Pickups
I’ve recently discovered a Los Angeles based Indie-Rock band named The Silversun Pickups. Their sound is dense, distortion-heavy and grimy. The vocals can alternate between gentle, softly spoken poetic lyrics and angst-ridden screaming.
Yamaha XVS DragStar 125cc Motorbike
This is a drawing of my Yamaha XVS 125 cruiser motorcycle.
It’s probably the most good-looking learner-legal cruiser you can buy and is one of three major-manufacturer L-plate V-twins.