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are the only people left in the city of Detroit complete idiots?

Its no great secret that Detroit Michigan is arguably the worst city in the world. No jobs, high crime, inept and corrupt government and very slim chances of a successful future.  But when the city tries to boost citizen morale and improve its image through a nicely designed $5 million pedestrian bridge, you would think it would be a source of neighborhood pride. I guess these happy citizens like to show their pride by destroying things.  Check out this video of a woman vandalizing the new bridge on its opening.  The amusing twist is that she isn't some hoodlum off the street, but a respected editor for the Detroit Free Press.
http://detnews.com/article/20100508/METRO01/5080331

pomplamoose!

This due from the bay area is making some really catchy covers and great youtube videos. I hope they make it down to LA soon.

home recording studio is up and running!

I love having semi-free weekends.  I finally got my little home recording studio up and running today.  A while back I found an older Tascam USB mixer that I tried to get working with my new computer.  Problem was, it wasn't designed to work with Windows 7, so it would never show up and caused my machine to crash.  After a little Google searching, it turns out that under "preferences" you can specify for the device to run in Windows Vista SP2 mode (it defaults to XP) and this provided the work around for Windows 7. Eventually, I think I'll need to invest in a proper recording program like Cakewalk, but in the meantime I have Audacity (free!!!) and it seems pretty simple to use.

I can finally start to work with the various instruments I have been collecting over the past year... a telecaster with P90 pickups, an electric drum set, a MicroKORG synthesizer, a Korg Kaossilator and various guitar effects pedals. Its safe to say no real work is going get accomplished for the rest of the afternoon.