tweetlebeetlebattle.com Blog » Entertainment http://tweetlebeetlebattle.com/blog Hi ya doin'? Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:17:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Rodrigo y Gabriela http://tweetlebeetlebattle.com/blog/2008/12/09/rodrigo-y-gabriela/ http://tweetlebeetlebattle.com/blog/2008/12/09/rodrigo-y-gabriela/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:01:40 +0000 Nick http://tweetlebeetlebattle.com/blog/2008/12/09/rodrigo-y-gabriela/ Sharon and I may be a little behind on this, but we heard a song by the guitar duo, Rodrigo y Gabriela, on KFOG and promptly bought an album … their latest … “Live in Japan.” It’s really hard to describe the music precisely, but we both found it, in a word, amazing. It’s some of the most mind-blowing guitar work I’ve ever heard:  incredibly technical AND beautiful. It evokes flamenco in that it’s performed on classical guitars with high-speed rhythms hammered out on the guitar bodies, but is usually described in reviews as Latin tinged fusion of a variety of styles, notably including speed metal. When Sharon and I heard it, we thought of very high-energy flamenco with beautiful melodies and runs and intricate picking. The percussion (again, all on the guitars) is amazingly complex and powerful. Anyway, check it out.  Their stuff is on iTunes and Amazon, and you can listen to some full length songs on their myspace page.  You’ll be glad you did.

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First Flight (Photo by iFLY)

First Flight (Photo by iFLY),
originally uploaded by shutterjunky.

Sharon got me, as a birthday gift, a indoor skydiving session, and Jay was so excited about the idea that she got him one too. So we all went down to iFLY in Union City yesterday and all of us flew. In fact, Jay did it once, thought about it some, and then begged to it again! Then he talked about it for hours. It was an amazingly fun experience for all of us!

Here’s the site: www.iflysfbay.com. The wind tunnel is amazing. When they crank it up all the way, the wind reaches speeds of 170-180 miles per hour, which is enough for an experienced flyer to “sit” on. For our beginner flights, it was more like 115 for me, and 105 for Sharon. You understand from experiencing this just how powerful >110 mile-per-hour winds are.

]]> http://tweetlebeetlebattle.com/blog/2008/05/12/super-fly/feed/ 0 We’re the DoodleBops! Oh yeah! http://tweetlebeetlebattle.com/blog/2007/02/03/were-the-doodlebops-oh-yeah/ http://tweetlebeetlebattle.com/blog/2007/02/03/were-the-doodlebops-oh-yeah/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:00:41 +0000 Nick http://tweetlebeetlebattle.com/blog/2007/02/03/were-the-doodlebops-oh-yeah/ Jay and I went to the DoodleBops show yesterday afternoon and we both had a great time. Some of you out there know I have confessed a bit of a crush on DeeDee Doodle, and she is definitely still my favorite DoodleBop after the show … such dancing and singing talent!

The actual TV performers were there to perform, and furthermore much of the show did NOT involve lip-synching (sp?). They did a very good job and of course Disney made sure the sets were well done, etc. We both had a great time. In true Disney fashion, there was lots of merchandise to buy … $20 for a light-up wand with a plastic flag on it for example. And people were snapping them up. One family bought four for their three kids and the mom. That’s eighty bucks! Yikes. Still, it was a great time and Jay danced along to some of his favorite songs (some of which I will admit I know by heart!!) The only tough part was leaving (and walking by the display of Rooney Doodle guitars (red plastic, makes a few noises) without buying one ($45). Hmmm, a MasterCard ad is playing in my mind.

Next stop, Jay’s birthday party at Pump it Up on Sunday!

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