We will probably just do the 5k since we are still two months out from the Santa Clarita Marathon, where we plan on doing the half marathon.

After Langers we took the subway to Scoops,, this place had delicious but really odd ice cream. I don’t even remember what I had, some kind of sobet probably with vingar or white wine. Great experience. After the treat, we walked across the street so Jeff could give me the 411 on bikes. Which was fun.

I could keep going but I am lazy and others in gang wrote so…

• SCVtalk – All aboard the Sandwich Train!

• These Be My Friends and Stuff, Sandwich Train Crew
• Lady Ducayne – Leaving on the Metrolink, Sandwich Train Part I
• Lady Ducayne – Langers Deli, Sandwich Train Part II
• Lady Ducayne – Scoops Ice Cream Shop, Sandwich Train Part III
• Lady Ducayne – Orange 20 Bikes, Fixies, Sandwich Train Part IV
• Lady Ducayne – Bottega Louie Fail, Sandwich Train Part V
• Phillipes French Dip Train Part VI
• Susan’s Sandwich Train
• Langer’s talks about Sandwich train
• Langer’s talks about Jeff’s Sandwich Train post

Here are some pictures.

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

Aleks and I had a blast at the special one night viewing of Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage at the Chinese theatre in Hollywood. Watching this awesome documentary about one of the greatest rock bands with a theatre full of die hard Rush fans, was amazing!  Great Vibe, Great Movie and one of those experiences that makes even the most lukewarm Rush listener a hardcore rabid fan!

Rush is a musical treasure.

We walked over to MOCA which was fun since I had never been there before. We then took the MOCA shuttle to The Geffen Contemporary At MOCA. MOCA was fun. Took a funny picture of the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy with a closed sign in the door.  Apparently Preserving Democracy is a 9-5 job and closes on the weekend.

We got Sushi as a place in LIttle Tokyo, I couldn’t find it on YELP so I am not sure the name of it.  I do know it smelled like Sea world but I got use to it pretty quick and had some really good Sushi.

After Sushi we made out way to RAMP creative headquarters.  This was very cool, as  I am going to start working with them starting Thursday!

We then walked around the corner to Spring for Coffee which I had been wanting to try for a while.  Huge plus that it is right around the corner from RAMP.

After Coffee we headed back to Rachel and Mikes, where Mike and I drove Rachel and XX crazy with all our shop talk.  Mike gave me a very helpful critique on my Helvetica Neue campaign.  Rachel finally made an executive decision and made reservation to The Gorbals a tapas style restaurant which served intelligentsia coffee via chemex method which was great.

All in All XX and I had a blast!  We both loved Downtown LA!

The Buzzcocks rockin' Club Nokia

The Dollyrots

I enjoyed the Dollyrots, but I am not sure you can trust my opinion when a band has a charismatic, funny blonde lead singer. The bands overall skill was middle of the road, I really liked that they ended with Joan Jett’s “My Bad Reputation”.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars // Grade = C

The Buzzcocks

I had heard of the Buzzcocks in casual conversation about punk rock theory, but really wasn’t very familiar with them.  How did I get in a concert to a band I had never really heard of?  Well, I won tickets again!  Actually XX and I both wow tickets.  There was twitter contest from the blog grimygoods.com.  It said to write a reason why you should get tickets to the Buzzcocks so XX and I put out thinking caps on an came up with this gem.

I drank some coffee today and when I went to tinkle, I zipped my knob in pants! Ouch! I would send you a picture, but I really wasn’t thinking about it at the time! My GF was a bit concerned, but I assured her that my cash and prizes are OK.

I feel like winning these tickets would not only make me and my wounded member feel better, but it would also be a great celebration for graduating the same weekend of the show! (I graduate college 6/4!)

Oh. I also have a big mouth on twitter and will blog about the show.

XX and I both won tickets which meant we had 4 tickets total, we tried to find people we thought might enjoy an old school punk show to avail.  So we rolled to the concert and ended up giving the other 2 tickets to a young couple outside the show.

I have to say for coming in a big punk fan but essentially a Buzzcock virgin,  I was impressed!  I felt a little special to see this reunion show which did start a little late with the Buzzcocks starting at about 11:20 or so.  They played almost non-stop for an hour and half without much talking at all, which didn’t matter since it was hard to understand old buzzed british dudes.  Overall I enjoyed the show and was glad I got to rock out with them.

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars // Grade = B

Club Nokia

I have talked about Club Nokia before.  Club Nokia is always a little bit of  a stiff venue but they make sure everyone has a good time and really that is what counts.

The Cranberries

Blue October

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars // Grade = B

Help Keep the Internet Free

Wrote about the crucial issue of net neutrality.

Read edited version – Nathan Imhoff: Help keep the Internet free

Read unedited Blazingmonk Version – Help Keep the Internet Free

Published in the Signal February 13

The response to my first column was mostly good.  Obviously the extremists I  exposed were none to happy although their response was classic! Really proved everything I said by their attacks. I have decided to write a third immigration column to follow up this one.

Read edited version – Nathan Imhoff: Fix problem with illegals

Read unedited Blazingmonk Version - Part 2 // Fighting Illegal Immigration on all levels

Part 1 of 2 Immigration Columns

I am actually very proud of this column, it is part 1 of 2 on the very heat immigration issue.

Edited Signal Version

Blazingmonk.com Version

Obama should make decisions proudly, not politically

Edited Signal Version

Un-Edited Blazingmonk.com Version.