I never been a computer guy. Not that I have anything against computers. I never thought they were some kind of fad that was going to be replace by something better ( I'm not a disgrunted former Betamax owner or anything like that).
The closest I ever got to owning a computer was when I bought a webtv a while back. Okay, so it wasn't close at all. But it still provided what i wanted it for - To e-mail family and friends, read newspapers and most importantly, to enter sports fantasy leagues ( I hope no one thought I was going to say something abouting watching porn).
Now I have a real computer. An actual computer, folks. I can now see all kinds of different sites I never could with webtv, and on a monitor instead of my 19" RCA ( Although it was pretty cool when I did hook it up to my 42" TV).
Having a computer I can do so much more now, so what did I do when I got my computer? What new wonderful things did this computer novice do? Why of course, I e-mail family and friends, read newspapers and entered sports fantasy leagues (I hope this time you weren't thinking I was going to mention porn).
Even though family and friends have told me about numerous sites to go to I never was really interested in them. I have ordered things from online like from ebay, Amazon and Ticketmaster, but places like YouTube or MySpace were places I thought would be totally boring. Well, that's until I actually visited the sites. Now I'm sad to say I'm addicted to them. Maybe not addicted that might be too strong a word. It just seems lately I go to YouTube, and before you know it, I been there a few hours (Okay, addicted IS the right word).
You can see so much there. From news clips, bloopers, speeches, the best sports highlights, concert footage, videos, your favorite movie or TV scenes, and just about anything else. The latest clips I been seeing alot of have been music performances. I love seeing all my old faves. Did anyone think I was going to say porn that time? NO WAY, plus YouTube doesn't show hardcore porn ( I already checked .. err .. um.. I mean I heard it doesn't somewhere).
Some of the performances I have seen have been The White Stripes, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Rage Against The Machine and Ten Years After. I played the White Stripes, Stevie, Jimi and Ten Years After a second time. Why a second time? So I could get on my feet and play air guitar. I'm sure every guy out there has one time or another played air guitar. It doesn't even matter what kind of song. It only has to have a solid guitar riff and someone out there has played air guitar to it.
I'm no singer. I have a terrible voice, but when I'm in the shower, to me, I'm the greatest rock, r&b, rap, country and pop singer ever, and the same goes for air guitar playing. I can't play a guitar to save my life, but when the house is empty and the stereo is pumping I'm an air guitar god.
My mini concert consisted of The White Stripes' Grammy performance, Jimi's Johnny B. Goode, Ten Years After's Woodstock performance (which I think was the best of the concert), my favorite Rage song and Stevie doing my favorite song of his. Afterwards, I was a sweaty mess. I'm just glad no one saw or heard me. I'm even more glad no one taped me. The last thing I need is to be on YouTube singing Killing In The Name Of by Rage Against The Machine.
Speaking of Rage, I was reading on Google news Monday and saw an article about this year's line-up for Coachella Arts and Music Festival. It's an concert they have every year in Indio, California. It's usually a 2 day event with 20 to 30 bands playing each day. This year it's going to be a 3 day event. Bjork is headlining day 1, the Red Hot Chili Peppers day 2, and the headliner for day 3 will be Rage Against The Machine. Yes, one of my favorite bands are getting back together for the show.
That's the good news. The bad news is it's only a one time thing. And now the worse news, my family is coming to visit me the same week as the concert. Plus there's a big family event around the same time so i won't be attending the show. I really love my family, and I miss them immensely, but we're talking Rage here, and I mean that in more than one way. I haven't been this disappointed since I found out YouTube doesn't show porn (I know what i said earlier give me a break I'm a guy).