Dave: “I see they’ve heard of
me.”
mike
My New Favorite Chinese Restaurant
December 6, 2010Linkin Park Demands Insane Stuff In Order To Play A Show
November 3, 2010Thanks to LPLive.net, I just read a Linkin Park news article that may be one of the funniest I’ve seen. It’s a roughly translated version (thanks, Google!) of an Israeli piece detailing “Linkin Park’s demands” for the performance. This is what’s traditionally called a “rider” for the show; it details the things the band needs from day to day–every day–at the venue, to maintain normalcy and regularity as they travel on tour. Here’s what ynet.co.il listed:
Linkin Park demands:
- “A sterile zone from smoking and alcohol,”
- “Personal rooms of the band,”
- “[Behind special rooms], a gym,”
- “Sausages, Belgian waffles with maple syrup oatmeal porridge,”
- “A package of throat,”
- “Food for eight days,”
- “100 towels and 24 black and yellow, hung on special racks made of metal and gold, so they can see the twinkling in the dark suspension”
Apparently, if Linkin Park doesn’t get 124 towels of specific colors, hung on twinkling racks of metal and gold, we won’t go on stage.
I need to start asking the other guys about this request list, because I’ve never seen it backstage, and I want to know where the hell to find it. Two reasons. One: I would love to see what those racks of metal and gold look like. I bet they’re amazing.
And two: I want to know what a “package of throat” is.
Throat?
mike
Ron English’s Prop 19 Popaganda Ads
November 2, 2010Ron English just sent me these great images, for marijuana products that could be available to Californians in the not too distant future:
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Made me think of the “High Times Editorial Office”…
mike
Linkin Park and Sad Keanu
October 13, 2010
Future Linkin Park Album Art / Title Options
October 10, 2010Just saw these online, and realized how high the bar is really set when it comes to naming an album and making a cover. I hope to someday capture even the slightest glimmer of the genius seen here.
More amazing album covers here: www.oliverbenjamin.net/badalbumcovers.html
mike
New: My Own Radio Station, Rehearsals, and Anteaters
October 1, 2010The other day I got a chance to record a station for IHeartRadio. It’s an online station where we (Chester and I) get to play whatever we want; we host the show ourselves. The best part was that I got really tired of just hearing myself talk, so I started messing around, calling people and bothering them, and even playing some rare Linkin Park tracks (and I think one Fort Minor one). It’s going to go up some time in October. (I asked some of you to send questions and stories via Twitter; thanks for your help making the show interesting.)
In the days between then and now, I’ve been rehearsing with those other five guys to put a show together. We leave for tour in four days. We’re hitting a few places in South America, A bunch of dates in Europe, and a bunch of dates in Australia (What’s up PERTH and ADELAIDE). Ready for a little bit of this:
mike
“Where Hip Hop Lives”
September 29, 2010I went up to see the fine folks at Power 106 here in Los Angeles today (shout out to DJ Coke-E and DJ Fuze, who were introduced to me as “huge Linkin Park fans”). It was fun.
When I got home, I received this glorious youtube clip in my email inbox.
Thanks to Ryu from Get Busy for sending this video. Remember kids, hip hop is an attitude, it can never go out.
mike
365 Stormtrooper photos.
September 22, 2010This dude named Stefan is a photographer. He takes pictures involving Stormtroopers. One a day. For one whole year. They are awesome.
Click for more…
mike
Axis Of Awesome: 4 Chord Song
September 17, 2010mike
The Delson Dance
August 29, 2010A big shout out to mikeshinoda.com user Mercenary18 for posting this:
http://theuglydance.com/?v=mxviooadbq
mike
