Tuesday, December 2, 2008

i am leaving too

I have decided, after realizing i have not contributed to this site for a long time that i may as well leave also.

I have my very own blog to run where i want to focus upon music and movies as well as my own thoughts.

feel free to visit and navigate through:

www.1986moreno.blogspot.com

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

So long

About 3 years ago...maybe more
Me and my cousin thought up the idea for Wasted Superstars.
Well, it wasn't so much of an idea,
more a really cool name.

And I had high hopes for it.
So I started a blog, and invited the most learned minds to join me on it.
But like a jugganaut out of control...things got out of control.
My vision of what I wanted became wildly warped as different ideas came in.

So I'm going to no longer be writing on Wasted Superstars blog,
I'll still be The Man, and I'll still be getting pissed off, still repping Wasted Superstars
But I won't be writing for Wasted Superstars.

I'm Wasted 'till I die

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Proposition eight

For those in the state of California, Proposition Eight was to ban gay marriage in the state of california.

Part of me wishes I registered to vote in CA.
At one point of my life I was going to apply for a California Drivers Permit when I was 15 but I never got around to really learning how to drive. I spent enough time in CA back then but I'd always feel the strong need to come back home to manhattan.

I was thinking maybe things would've been different if I spent that time in SF instead of LA.

I so would've voted against Prop. 8. I don't think it matters who you love and decide to spend your life with. I find the entire California voting system for propositions highly interesting. There have always been other propositions that I wish I could vote for.

Alas, its the wish of a manhattan voter.
I think I can be a bicoastal voter.
NVM I will be
And I hope Prop. 4 fails miserably.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

New York City's Times square is a madhouse.

It's a madhouse. this modern life.

I'm at a starbucks by times square and its crazy.
Everyone is so excited about Obama.
And I am too.

I voted for him.

Everyone outside is excited for change.
Fuck you joe the plumber.

This has given me some hope in life, just a bit...
maybe i can do the things I say I can do..

Go obama. You deserve the limelight and I believe you can do great things for america and its stance in the world.

I am a proud american right about now (dosen't happen too often) and maybe sam is too, just maybe?
But he's more british than american, obviously.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

It's so last season.

I'm really fookin bored of the credit crunch, you can't get away from it, the papers are bleeding it dry as usual and it's like an advertiser's paradise because everything now has the credit crunch tag, as if it's going to make you want to buy it more because the large global companies care about us through these hard times and want to give us more for our money.

I know alot of people are feeling the pinch but it's so tedious hearing about it all the time. One thing's for sure I won't be buying Morrison's new economy range, which comes in fetching fluorescent yellow packaging, there's no way you'll be able to hide it under other quality goods. The shame of it!

tea and phone calls

I had a nice chat with sam today.
It made my day a bit.

for the moment things are going pretty well right now, but i am aware it can blow up in my face.
I wish I could just go to LA where things are warmer and hang out with Sam and Peter..
take them around the city I loathe...but only to the places that ever made me happy as a child.
Because when I was a child, I loved California.
It was a place with open spaces, you got to ride in cars, and EVERYONE HAD A POOL! You could swim in the winter!

I'd only want to go to LA if Either peter or Sam or both were there..

there are a list of places in LA that made me happy when i was a kid..
ill compile a list soon enough.

in the meantime i miss peter and sam.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

the future of bbc

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/29/russell-brand-jonathan-ross-bbc

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/29/bbc-russell-brand

This is not helping my fears.

If the BBC becomes so diluted like popular american radio, I'll cry.
What will i listen to on my computer?

maybe xfm, if it manages to last.........

Poor Russell Brand & the state of UK radio

I do like Russell Brand.
I loved his Radio 2 show.

So what, it was a prank call. Really?
I don't understand. UK radio was always supposed to be better than US radio.
That's why I listen to the BBC and XFM all so religiously.

Not too long ago, Alex Zane was suspended for a week for allegedly playing a song about rape.

That sucked cause I couldn't listen to alex zane on a real radio when I was in london.

The Associated Press has said this case is reminiscent of the antics of American "shock jocks" like Opie and Anthony. In 2002, DJ team Opie and Anthony were fired by CBS Radio after broadcasting a live account of two listeners having sex in New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral.

But they are back on the radio, at 92.3 KROCK in new york. Opie and Anthony aren't as talented as russell brand.

The state of UK radio worries me.
How Global bought out the entire GCAP media empire for 375 million pounds.
Global is aiming to be the next USA Clear Channel Radio empire.
Clear Channel stations- like New York's Z100 manafacture nothing but diluted noncreative safe crap (or rubbish). They have Ryan Seacrest, ew. AND ITS NATIONALIZED across clear channel top 40 stations! GAWD!
Clear Channel's programming of shows on similar formats are clones of each other.
Look what's happening with the Heart and Galaxy brands. I don't know much about Galaxy or Heart, but I can figure all that was manafactured on very expensive marketing data and research from all sorts of media firms.
Creative brands like XFM I fear are going to be phased out. South wales gone. Scotland gone.
Virgin radio is in ashes, viva la Absolute.
If Radio 1 ever gets privatised, they could too be spitting out rubbish like Capital FM.


I've been reading in the guardian how there have been talks to privatize Radio 1 and 2.
The Guardian has even written how Radio one has failed to capture its demographics as set by Ofcom. So what are they going to do rehaul the station to dumb it down? I would rather hope not.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/24/commercialradio-bbc

The one thing I love about BBC radio 1 2 6 music is the creativity and diversity of the programming. I can listen to the best new music by Huw or Lamacq- a little bit of shaun keavney, annie macs mashups, pete tong, rob da bank, mikey davies punk show, etc.
You hear it all, from punk to dance to stuff like russell brand on radio 2.

Or you Did hear russell brand.. It's such a scandal. It is a shame that I can't hear my Russell Brand anymore.

The reason it's such a scandal is because it was on BBC. Tim Shaw has done much worse at Kerrang Radio and no one's talking about it.

I predict when Russell Brand comes back on radio, he will rise from the ashes.

The BBC has been talking about regulating "possible offensive" programming...
So what? It's going to be as boring and drabby as American Radio?
New York City is a plain example of that.
New York City has some of the worst radio available to young people 15-24.
sorry I don't fancy diluted hip-hop or crappy top 40. Blah.

Even I would rather listen to the oldies station in new york than anything else, really.
LA radio is alright. Better than New York by far but not quite UK.

Pulled off from the guardian:

The Director-General of the BBC, Mark Thompson, today launches a staunch defence of the BBC's creativity by warning the corporation will not 'overreact' to the tumultuous events of the past week that tarnished the careers of two of its most famous presenters.

In today's Observer, Thompson insists the BBC will do everything in its power to ensure the breakdown in editorial standards that resulted in the broadcast of obscene phone calls from Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand to the answering machine of the Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs never happens again.

But while acknowledging there are 'absolute boundaries which we must never cross', and that on this occasion the corporation got it 'spectacularly wrong', he insists the BBC's creativity must be allowed to thrive, despite calls for it to rein in its ambitions following the explosive row that has raised profound questions about the broadcaster's wide-ranging remit.

Damn Tories all overreacting to this.
Just put back my russell brand and jonathan ross.
This sachsgate controversy has gotten out of hand.
REALLY.
I thought the UK media was always more liberal (and more informative) than US media in general.

I just hope the programming creativity of BBC Radio WILL NOT BE COMPROMISED.
If it continues down this road, it could end up as terrible as American Radio.
Actually not all american radio is bad, but most of it really is.

Friday, October 31, 2008

I like the ending with the eyes on the night bus. That glassy glow, staring into space is for some reason really nostalgic. I'm probably an alcoholic. But fuck that. People aren't alcoholic, they're are fun people who love a drink. There has been some great alchi's over the years: - Boris Yeltsin, Oliver Reed, Kerouac, Jim McDonald, Gorge Bush, Tony Adams, Stephen King. And what a party you'd have with those guys.



Oh yeah in other news, Roachee, formerly of Roll Deep, is out of prison and back on the nusic game (incidentally, the guy who produced this tune, Maniac, is at the start of this video, conducting the orchestra. I love that)



Yeah, lesson of the week:

You can't live on biscuits alone, eventually you will fall on your knees.


Quote - Bukowski:

"Sex is interesting, but it's not totally important. I mean it's not even as important (physically) as excretion. A man can go seventy years without a piece of ass, but he can die in a week without a bowel movement."

Thursday, October 30, 2008

life in general

sooo mxpx.
Anyway, I've been happy with getting a new job this week.
I got a new part time job and I'm pretty happy with it.
Okay the pay isn't that great but It will do.. for now.

But others have told me I'm lucky to have this new job...
I do like it...
But it came at the expense of someone who literally trained me to get this job.

He seemed all jokes as I called him to ask if everything was okay..
"You took my job"
but it had a twinge of seriousness.

He had a full time position.
I'm part time, meaning I don't have to get benefits or anything. 

So since I have a clue on what to do and I'm cheaper.. 
I'll do for now.

I honestly felt bad about the entire situation...its insane. no one deserves stuff like that.

It's making think twice of my career choices in life..
Can I really live in the Uk? or is it just a mere fantasy that seems highly unattainable?

Friday, October 17, 2008

Went to Brick Lane this evening and had a curry with my mates Paul and Miesner.

After getting harassed by all the stand in the doorway salesman we arrived at our chosen place - Aladdin's (which is fucking good by the way, really nice food, pretty cheap and wicked atmosphere. Oh and the guys who run it are dressed like gangsters.)

Anyway I was standing around outside having a smoke and this good looking girl strolls by, se had a really curvy figure and held herself well (one might say). The doorman looks at me, flicks his tongue out and goes "she's not a tiger mate, she's a lion!" I cracked up. Doorman always think they're the shit don't they.

Big up doorman and big up lions not tigers.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

law and order: special victims unit around the corner




If you're from manhattan, its pretty normal to see law and order, law and order special victims unit.. etc on location set all over this little island.

However, when you go start going over the george washington bridge to new jersey- and you're riding your bike through boring sleepy towns like fort lee, the last thing you expect to ride your bike in the MIDDLE OF THE LAW AND ORDER SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT SET!

I didn't see mariska hartigay (det. olivia benson) but she was inside that house shooting a scene.

Gee, and I really thought New Jersey was hella boring.
GUESS I WAS WRONG.

You know what was even funnier?
They were trying to make FORT LEE look like QUEENS!
The Outside of that house was supposed to look like floral park, queens.. which would be detective elliot stabler's house.

This was my wasted superstar moment of the day.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Anarchy-my arse

I was gobsmacked when I saw John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten aka supposed pioneer of the punk movement advertising Country Life butter on telly the other day. What a plonker, his shame levels have definately hit rock bottom. Give me Adam Ant anyday, he was a better punk, had better songs and was better looking and he is actually mad.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

phantom planet and rocket summer


Phantom Planet was one of my favourite bands. 
I was a fan of them when they were just a local band from Los Angeles,
When jason schwartzman was in the band.
Heck, I saw them with Rooney at CBGB!
I've seen them in LA, before they ever went on a proper united states tour.

I saw them tonight..
and it brought back happy memories.
Because when the guest came out, I was attached to the hip with it, just like i was with Is missing.
Then that california song became big.. years after I knew about the song.
The funny this is their current single is do the panic. 
I don't like the shoodoobie doo addition one bit. why the remake?
I don't get it. It was on the guest.

Why do they release songs as the hit single years after its release?
It's quite strange.
anyway, they did anthem.
And seth from the rocket summer played with them on Big Brat. 
Always on my mind.. i think i reverted when they played that.

I will always love them.
Maybe not as much as I did, but I'll go see them live. 

It was shocking to see them open for the Rocket Summer, another band I love.
Those are two bands I would never think would tour together. 
The Rocket summer really reminded me of Something Corporate, and that's why I really fell in love with them. It's piano acoustic rock at its best. 

It's so weird how now they attact such a YOUNG fanbase. 
their crowd makes me feel OLD. 
i loved calander days. and Hello good friend..
I have yet to pick up the new album..I'll get it.
I still love saturday and cross my heart live.

Me and my friend hung out with Seth before the show. 
He's a cool guy and I told him about all this random stuff I knew about the Phantom Planet.
lolz,
It was a good night.

Peter's going to koa. I wonder if he'll survive that 12 hour bus ride.   Hope hes not drunk on mangolassi + vodka.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

HELLO

I am not sure how aware anyone that reads this blog is aware i also have my very own blog.

Well, if you are and you check it out now you would realize it has changed for the better.
For a start, it has a smarter interface to navigate around, and more importantly it is now exclusively for music.
I also have also added a few contributors joining which know a range of different types of music to make it varied from my taste which i will enjoy greatly.
Its only starting, so be patient, but i have a feeling it will be an okay read eventually and maybe a place to here new music or music you had forgotten existed briefly. If anyone from this site or browsing through from another feel they would like and more importantly feel they could contribute to it is more than welcome.

I look forward to any opinions shared. As you fellow bloggers know, its nice to get a comment occasionally even when its critical analysis of our opinions.

on a personal note, i share the sentiments about peters departure, but hay, i feel more jealous than anything. What an opportunity to progress on a personal level. Lets hope the blogs come rolling in soon from the commander.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

i miss peter

Actually I just met peter last month and as soon as I met him I knew he was just cool and a bit insane like me. He has a good sense of fashion, always wearing matching trainers and a polo shirt. I've noticed that.
When I left england, I was thinking, I wish i had a nutty friend like peter back home.

He told me as we were walking around st. james park how all he ever wanted to do was to travel the world. He told me planned it for a long time, in advance, and saved up money for it for years.

Believe it or not, that was really a source of inspiration for me, cause I'm going after this crazy idea I had last march, nearly six months ago.. and it's just beginning to be reality.
So I planned it in advance and its confirmed, though I want to also have something else on my roster.. It's in the works.

So what I learned from peter is that if you have a goal you should have an organized plan to get there, and that its possible if things are done in an organized manner and planned well in advance.

I think by the time I see him in my ever so loathesome, nefarious, city filled with vapidity- which is techically my second home (aka los angeles) We'll both have interesting stories to tell.. but I know he'll have more to tell me! This will probably be the only time that I will ever look forward to a trip to LA. So I've decided that I'll probably introduce Peter and his cousin to my real friends (and there arent too many of those). That's part of the reason I decided to forgo on the rancid idea - plus the fact that I'll be back in january..

The truth is that I can't really get to my goal without a little help from my friends...and I am thankful that I have them.

So wasted superstars, anyone want to borrow a flat in manhattan in january? It's all yours. Just ask! (well If I know you in real life that is)

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Stop!

Hold the press!

Wasted Superstars from all corners of the globe have asked me to write this post. They wanted their voices to be heard and this is what their voices were saying;

"We'll miss Peter while he's gone, but we know he's going to have a great time exploring the world, climbing mountains, encountering real life Australians in their natural habitat and many more exciting adventures. Three cheers for P.A.M.!"

So now the Wasted Superstars have spoken, restart the press!

Monday, September 29, 2008

its all happening.

It will be going according to plan this jan.
I don't think it gets any indier than this.. I really don't. 

the battle for indie radio

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/sep/24/commercialradio.ipc


Hmmm... 
thats all I have to say, for now, publicly.

It's quite interesting.


Sunday, September 28, 2008

It's been starting to show.

Dan le sac and scroobuis pip....glasvegas.....mystery jets.... that is the music i listen to these days...
i'm starting to dig grime a bit more.
Xfm is on my favourited on my internet bookmarks.
I bought this months Q on the coffee table with noel gallagher on it.
THERE IS FUCKING RIBENA IN MY FRIDGE.

Not to mention that I've been eating Mc Vities biscuits...
and that i had mini weetabix choco chip cereal earlier this morning.

So i went out earlier to the east village with some friends of mine..
and i had a 20 pound note in my bag and some pence.

So my friend goes, "jean, have you been trotting to england these days"
im like uh why do you ask?

And she layed it all out, just like that.
the music i listen to.
the ribena in the fridge
and the pence from my bag as i was fumbling around for $0.50 USD (fifty cents).

i guess it's all starting to look a bit more suspicious, the secret trips to england, and then seeing the vinyl in my house with the price tags from "rough trade"

Oh well.

One day, I'm going to make it happen.
I'm going to move to london and tell no one.
I'd hide that much better though.

Maybe I am not so good at hiding the fact I went to the UK.
I'm good at it and not. If you go to my house and rummage through my stuff maybe...

I don't know...
but i think I am ready to leave new york.
cause when you grow up in manhattan..
& you're sick of LA
where is there to go?

across the pond.