So neo-Gaga wants to jump on the viral video bandwagon.  Think of the hip team of marketers that came up with this one.  “So we have you and your friends record this ‘home video’ of you defacing the Hollywood sign so it says Ke$hawood, it’ll be awesome and tweens around the world will totally buy it.”

Well the sign is pi$$ed at Ke$ha.   The Hollywood sign (the savviest of all signs) posted the following on its Facebook page:

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Dust off that turntable or hit the yard sales this weekend, local label IAMSOUND has a pretty sweet LA record club type deal happening this year.  The deets are below:

The LA Collection is a series of limited edition split 7-inches released on IAMSOUND Records in 2010, one a month going from March till August, in partnership with one of our favorite UK record stores, Pure Groove Records. All artists are LA acts hand-picked by IAMSOUND that represent the true talent and diversity that we believe LA has to offer. LA is one of the world’s largest and most vibrant cities and yet our music scene is wholly underrated whenever compared to other artistic hotbeds such as NYC and London.

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A little bit of meta today.  The site was down all day for some hosting reason.. they’ve been nice to me so I won’t out them like my previous web host.  You didn’t notice the site was down?  Well never mind then.

I watched the Patton Oswalt movie Big Fan over the weekend.  I liked it, and it seems other liked it too.  Everyone seems to walk away from that movie with a weird feeling inside, but that’s a lot better than that “oh God why did I sit through that” feeling.  I also watched the Superbowl.  Next year it would be nice if they could get Cheap Trick to play the halftime show, at least their overplayed hits are still awesome.  Who Dat?  Some band.

Arriving from Netflix today I have True Blood, Season 1 Disc 1 which you said I’d like. I trust you, even though you made me go see Avatar.  I also have The Carter waiting for me at home, which I am very excited about.  I’ll watch anything that even resembles a Rockumentary.. this being a Rapumentary(?) I guess.  I’ve never listened to Lil Wayne but I’m a fan of prolific musicians.  It is possible that “musicians” could be followed by an apostrophed question mark in that last sentence but I don’t want to show my age.  Arriving in time for the weekend should be Iron Maiden: Flight 666 which Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom recommended on his blog.

Oh and I earned the tactical knife attachment in Modern Warfare 2.  It took a couple days of pistol kills, but it was worth it.  Oh, also I sprained my ankle and I’m using that excuse as to why I spent the entire weekend indoors.

Peter Gabriel will play the Hollywood Bowl on Friday, May 7.  Peter will be playing with the orchestra and without drums, guitars, or Phil Collins.

American Express Cardmembers can get advance tickets on Sunday, February 7 at 10:00am through Sunrday, February 14 at 10:00am. Preferred Seating available to Gold Card, Platinum Card® and Centurion® members.  The public onsale is Monday, February 15th at 10am.

Buy tickets here

Superbowl Sunday means I have an excuse to make and eat way too much spinach dip.  I don’t get all fancy, I stick with the recipe on the back of the Knorr vegetable recipe mix.  I stole this recipe from Knorr’s site so help my case by picking up a packet this weekend.

MAKES 4 cups dip
PREP TIME: 10 Minute(s)
CHILL TIME: 2 Hour(s)
INGREDIENTS
1 package (10 oz.) baby spinach, chopped or 1 package (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1 container (16 oz.) sour cream
1 cup Hellmann’s® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise
1 package Knorr® Vegetable recipe mix
1 can (8 oz.) water chestnuts, drained and chopped (optional)
3 green onions, chopped (optional)

PREPARATION

Combine all ingredients and chill about 2 hours. Serve with your favorite dippers to your favorite people.  A new serving idea: Hollow out cucumber slices and cherry tomatoes. Fill vegetables with Knorr Spinach Dip and garnish with a sprig of dill.