I Really Need to Order Food for Lunch!

Well Party Peeps its been one solid week thus far. As you know I did the disturbed show and then went back to the Showboat to watch dudes eat crayfish. And you'd say wow that's a pretty solid week but no that isn't all last night was the JSE Concert EVENT!!! mudvayne. That's right. I got over the House of Blues to do the set up and you sort of load in view this loading dock but I load in the same spot that the bands load in.



I guess when I got there is the same time they do that so I had to wait for a hand truck and all that. Fine, I went and got some super awesome food some sort of Honey Mustard Bacon sandwich. YES I KNOW I'M A FAN OF FOOD! Don't you judge me... When I finally got back it was 2:45 I had to have everything ready to go by 4. Let me tell you waiting for a hand truck and making my way through the underbelly of the House of Blues. It is a labyrinth! David Bowie and Minotaurs are everywhere. (Tell me you get those jokes?) Well either way its a hot mess and takes way to long to get from one side of the HOB to the other. Anyways everything got set up fine and the Morning Edge interviewed 2 of the cats from Mudvayne. We had a little meet and greet with the band. All in all pretty tight.



The one thing that leaves me a little sad I didn't get to meet Maria Brink from In This Moment.


She my friends is a stone cold fox! It is insane. I would've totally made a mixed cd for here and asked her out on a date! Good damn Man! With all that my week is still not done.

Tonight Moon and I will be hitting up the dubliner in Galloway. So you should come out say hi and get a beer with us. I mean I don't drink beer but still I'll time you? Till next blog party peeps keep it loud and keep it ROCKIN!

More Than Feeling...Less Than an Emotion?

Yesterday was Fat Tuesday and it was an amazingly long long LONG day. I had to go in and help out with the Morning Edge with Jojo and Scotty. Yes shut up you love them, you at least have a crush on Billy. So we did a live broadcast from the HoB in AC which was super fun. And the breakfast they served me was super tight. Egg and Pork Roll bagel. I'll take it!

The broadcast went super well and we hung out with professional eaters. And I saw one dude put down like 2 pounds of crayfish. His name was US Male and he broke one of those things and let me try it. In case you are wondering it was like a shrimp that takes more work. But you are supposed to suck the head out after you eat it. So I tried it and gross I guess is what I'd go with. Yes Crayfish at 8:30 in the morning not the best thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayfish

Also on top of that the two girl that won the HOB Studio Suite dropped by and gave those wacky cats on the morning show a gift basket. Super nice of those two. They're pretty keen gals to say the least.

So needless to say the two girls that were in charge of wrangling the show Katie and Carol were the nicest as well. I mean super fun and just great people to chat it up with. Over all yesterday morning was great. But here in lies the problem. I stayed up from 8 the day before to do the show, then I stayed awake all through my show last night. So while I wasn't dying last night waking up today was like a kick in the face. Seriously. I am dead tired. So that's the sexy part of radio the awesome hours and the readjusting of your sleep pattern constantly. Each week I get a new one.

So sorry for the less than par blog party peeps. I'm just cleaned out.

Behold...Nah Nevermind its just a bunch of Christmas Lights in a Jar.

So the life of a radio DJ is something I dig. One of the big parts of that is going to concerts. Now sure the concert itself is a solid time but personally I love meeting people that listen to the station. It is super cool. And an excellent example of this is in fact the two wonderful listeners that won the Studio Suite we gave away for Sunday nights show. Christina and Meredith two super awesome gals were not only on board with winning but they took me and your go to guys each and every morning Jojo and Scotty. NO don't have a freak out party nothing awesome happened. They just showed us the room we hung out.

On top of that we got to meet the cats from Disturbed. Those guys were super cool. But once again the best part was how super stoked the listeners that won were to meet the guys from the band. I mean this is their favorite band! I can only tell this story of when I got to meet Gwen Stefani.

I'd known for 3 months that Gwen Stefani was coming to AC. So I started bugging the guy, Paul, I work with for tickets and since they all met her last time to meet her like other people have met people before. One because Gwen Stefani has been important in my life since like 7th grade. Two now that she is a solo act she has four stunning Asian girls that Dance for her. Just in case you don't know my 10 year plan it involves me falling in love with Asians and getting hitched to one or so.

I bugged and Bugged and BUGGED Paul to meet them and it came together!!! But before I left for the show I had one fancy project to make. I had to make 5 mixed Cds one for Gwen then one each for Love Angel Music and Baby. God they are so stunning for serious. So I slapped them together and here they are…

Gwen's

Never Meant-American Football
Punk Rock Academy-Atom & his Package
Pollen and Salt-Daphne Loves Derby
Time After Time-Downtown Singapore
You and Me- Her Space Holiday
Thanks to Her-Landis
Mine Tonight-Lucero
Like U Crazy(Live)-Mates of State
Last Song-Matt Pond PA
Dance in My Blood-Men, Women, and Children
A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinegar-Of Montreal
In The Morning Before Work-Owen
Glory Box-Portishead
Search Party-So Many Dynamos
Here Comes the Summer-The Fiery Furnaces
Eriatarka-The Mars Volta
Psalm For The Elks Lodge Last Call-The Weakerthans
La Familia-Mirah
Soft and Warm-Voxtrot

Love
Private Eye-Alkaline Trio
If She Wants Me-Belle and Sebastian
Requiem-boysetsfire
Devil in Jersey City-Coheed and Cambria
Driftwood :A Fairy Tale-Cursive
Blacking Out The Friction-Death Cab For Cutie
Boyz-n-the-Hood- Dynamite Hack
Mushaboom-Feist
Huddle Formation-The GO! Team
Lying Through Your Teeth-Head Automatica
All of Your Love-Hellogoodbye
Tech Romance-Her Space Holiday
Bike Riders-Lucero
Halloween-matt pond PA
Hustle Rose-Metric
Let's Play Clowns-Minus the Bear
Always Love-Nada Surf
Lights Out-Owen
Get Well Soon-Reggie and the Full Effect
Southern Belles in London Sing-The Faint

Angel
I'll Believe Anything-Wolf Parade
It's a Hit-We Are Scientists
Always the Quiet One-The Wedding Present
Everything Must Go-The Weakerthans
Suffragette City-The Get-up Kids
Glass Danse-The Faint
What I'm Trying to Say-Stars
Let's Laugh About it Later-So Many Dynamos
Since You Stole My Heart-Saturday Looks Good to Me
Wonderful People-Q and not U
Here Comes Your Man-Pixies
Requiem for O.M.M. 2-Of Montreal
Blonde on Blonde-Nada Surf
La Familia-Mirah
Drilling-Minus the Bear
Summer is Coming-matt pond PA
Autumn Walker-Jets to Brazil
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend-Her Space Holiday
Brooklyn is Burning-Head Automatica
I Feel It All-Feist
Generator-Bad Religion

Music
Water Your Hands-Aloha
You're Cover is Blown-Belle and Sebastian
LAX-Big D and the Kids Table
First Day of My Life-Bright Eyes
Luckie St.-Cartel
Blood Red Summer-Coheed and Cambria
One More Time-Daft Punk
Photobooth-Death Cab For Cutie
South Street 1 a.m.-Fairweather
Here in Your Arms-Hellogoodbye
Doctor and the DJ-Her Space Holiday
Goods-Mates of State
Several Arrows Later-matt pond PA
Hooray-Minus the Bear
She's a Thief-Owen
Sour Times-Portishead
Monster-Sons and Daughters
Loop Duplicate My Heart-Suburban Kids With Biblical Names

Baby
Crawl-Alkaline Trio
The Mob Goes Wild-Clutch
Time Consumer-Coheed and Cambria
The Recluse-Cursive
Digital Love-Daft Punk
Beating Hearts Baby-Head Automatica
Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn-Hellogoodbye
Japanese Gum-Her Space Holiday
I Can Get Us Out of Here Tonight-Lucero
So Much Trouble-matt pond PA
Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games-Of Montreal
Skin and Bones-Owen
No Suprises-Radiohead
Thanx of Stayin'-Reggie and the Full Effect
Jesse and My Whetstone-Saves the Day
Female of the Species-Space
Punk Rock Girl-Dead Milkmen
Do You Realize?-The Flaming Lips
Clark Gable-The Postal Service
The Love I'm Searching for-The Rentals
Seven Days A Week-The Sounds

I put the Track listings my myspace address and my email on the cd covers. I doubt in the end anything would come of it but I figured I'd try. Now Paul and Sean thought that I would get the boot for giving the girls and Gwen the Cds so I was a little worried. Anyways I brought them because I need to take a chance. So after hellish traffic and a train(HONESTLY TRAINS? what is this the wild west?) in front of the tunnel. I made it to the casino with like 12 minutes to spare. I met up with Sean and I was Buzzing. The other people there to meet her from the station were looking at me like I was crazy and I was but honestly.

So I made some jokes about being super nervous and everyone thought I was weird unless they were Sean or Paul who totally get me. So my stomach was all butterflies. I mean sure there is a standard amount of butterflies when Mark Thompson is anywhere but this was crazy. I mean I was so excited so they brought is into some sort of storage bunker. Chairs and bottles of coke were stacked up. But I didn't care I was moments from meeting 5 of the things I love (1 being Gwen Stefani and the other 4 being any kind of Sexy Asian Girl.)

So still nervous the Bodyguard Curtis goes on first at how good we all look and I was the only person to thank him. This list of things you can and can't do. Like you can get Gwen to sign a couple of things. Like for example the press photo I got. Or as Paul brought the picture of him and Gwen. But we couldn't give a phone to Gwen we couldn't hug or kiss Gwen or the girls all these things would end things. He never said I couldn't give her anything so I was stoked. I pulled out all the Cds and they walked in the room and I lost it. They made there way around the room and I was loosing it. So Gwen came up first and I was shaking. And she signed the photo and I was like "Oh my God you're so amazing." Then I said I have this Mixed CD for you and she said "Thanks I hadn't gotten one since Gavin gave me one years ago." Then she said "Maybe I can work out to it." I told her I didn't know if it was that kind of music. Needless to say she was super nice and super cool.

Then the Girls came around and I was still losing it. I wanted them to sign my meet and greet pass but I couldn't even get that out. So I went to hand the first girl her CD and she went to sign it and I was like "No no it's a mixed cd for you." Then one asked if I was a DJ like if they were remixes or something and I said no that I was just a nerd that liked to pretend that I was 8th grade when I had a crush on a girl. Then I told them they were beautiful like 5 times. And gave each girl her mixed cd. I was shaking so bad and I said something about being a train wreck and they said that I was cute.

So then they made it around the room and everyone asked if I was alright and I wasn't that was the most excited I'd been since well since ever. I was so nervous and forgot things like to tell them their eyebrows were perfect. And that I loved their hair.

Then it came time for the picture and me and Sean got in it together. Gwen told me to get closer and I did and it was amazing then the girls looked back saw it was me and held up the Cds I gave them. OH my god that was nuts.

So when I was leaving they said they were going to look for me and I didn't know if I was even going to have a ticket. Then Paul tossed two tickets down onto the table and Matty ran into to see the opening act and I stayed out to talk to some other people I worked with about the happenings.

I got to meet Gwen and the Girls get my picture taken and give them mixed cds. Even if they never listen to them I gave them to them and even if they never email me I tried. But I have checked my email like a nerd 3 times a day since then. But here is to hoping they do. I'm sure I forgot something but the excitement just drove me out of my mind and I seem to have blacked out some great moments.

This proving I get how cool it is meeting someone that means the world to you. Hence my excitement to give people a chance to be as big a train wreck as I was that night.

The Cookie Monster is a Sell Out Kids have NO HOPE!

So what makes a weekend I guess is the question one should ask?

For me it usually has something to do with watching college football. But since the season is over my weekends become filled with actually stuff to do. For example this Saturday I got to be sick and watch an awesome Sci Fi Original. Showdown at Area 51 is an amazing piece of movie magic that is sure to delite the soul. See I don't know if you know how the Sci Fi channel works on Saturday but here is the break down. If they have new movie coming that fits one of the many themes they can make they fill the whole day with said them. If it is Zombies or Natural Disasters or in the case of this last Saturday Aliens. Showdown at Area 51 was the lead into the Sci Fi orginal premire of AVH: Alien vs Hunter.

Watch a Sci Fi orginal movie and you will suddenly become impowered with the idea that you could write a movie. I think this all the time. I could totally make a Sci Fi Orginal happen. I mean how much money do you think you get for a Sci Fi orginal? Even if it was a thousand dollars I'd totally take it! But I'd have to think its more.

Back to what I was trying to say Showdown at Area 51 is what I think pushed me to think I could make one again. Here check out its IMDB page

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0854667/

Its awful and should make you want to make your own movie.

I've Been Waiting ALL Winter to Wear My Camo Shorts!

First off my titles of my blogs will hardly ever have to do with anything in them. So get used to that it should make your life a little easier. Then again if you're reading my blog your life must be pretty easy going to start with.

Now let's see what was I going to bother you with today. I guess I'll go with the fact that the fact that downloadable content is out for GTA 4 and I have yet to get my hands on this. Why in fact is that a bummer? Because people seem to think its pretty cool. The reason is I am so lazy and won't go out and buy and Xbox live card. I mean I have a ten dollar card for best buy so thats a win but NOPE I won't be driving there to get it. Mostly because I'm a jerk but partial because I'm obsessed with Mass Effect.

My brother was looking through a pile of used xbox and xbox 360 games and came across Mass Effect, a game that was up for a lot of peoples game of the year, for 15 bucks! I mean its in the top 15 Xbox 360 games on metacritic.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/xbox360/

Its over on the right hand side. GO LOOK I'll wait...Come on Halo 3 and CoD 4 aren't going to be 15 dollars anytime soon. So this my friends is a steal. I've spent like 15 hours on it so far and its the BOMB(I say the bomb still don't you judge me). So that being said if you have an xbox 360 which most people seem to have these days get your hands on this sexy jawnt of goodly goodness! It is super tight. Well until next blog keep it loud and keep it rocking party peeps.

What Is Up Jerks!

That's right party people I am Mark Thompson from 102.7 JSE Rocks. Not that I live the most epic of lives but I am still going to write about it. That's right. If some fat 14 year old girl from Ohio can blog about stuff in her life so can a fat bearded guy with a mohawk! What will I write about. Mixed Cd's, girls not dating me, the misadventures of all the things I do at a radio station, and things I find on the Internet. For example...

http://blog.rifftrax.com/author/mnelson/

This is the guy from MST3K and he as taken on the task of consuming nothing but bacon for a whole month. I mean seriously this is one of the best worst things I've ever seen in my life! And the shame is when ever bacon comes up in life I wonder about Mike and his life. How often does bacon come up in the course of my day? Enough DON"T YOU JUDGE ME! Either way check it out with me and enjoy the power of Mike Nelson and his voyage in bacon!