Assembly Speaker Bass on Californias Financial Crisis

July 7, 2009

(Sacramento) embly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), speaking with reporters this afternoon regarding the states fiscal situation, said shes disappointed and frustrated that a budget agreement has not been finalized. The Speaker said there could have been a budget deal days ago if the Governor had said yes to the package of budget solutions Democrats sent to the Governor and she said the Governor could have prevented the state from issuing IOUs by saying yes to the bipartisan cuts and savings passed by the embly. Speaker Bass also said shes growing concerned with the Governors apparent interest in fixing his legacy by proposing major policy reforms rather than dealing with the growing financial crisis. Heres more from Speaker Bass news conference in this embly Access video.

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Pointdexter – Perfection Will Find Its Place (at Sacramento State Battle of the Bands)

June 19, 2009

Here’s yet another video from the CSUS battle of the bands, which took place on May 4, 2009. When I was in a band, we played with Pointdexter several times, and they’re all really cool people. The bass player is a more recent addition, so he’s the only one in the band I don’t really know, but he seems pretty talented.

The State Hornet’s story about the competition is available here:

http://media.www.statehornet.com/media/storage/paper1146/news/2009/05/05/Features/Battle.Of.The.Bands.Rocked.The.House-3736671.shtml

Pointdexter can be found here:

http://www.myspace.com/pointdexterrocks

technical info:
Canon HG10, 60i
Rode Videomic, -10db
Final Cut Express
Magic Bullet Looks

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Sac State Marching Band Halftime

June 9, 2009

Sacramento State Marching Band performing their halftime show vs Weber

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Spin 45 – Signed, Sealed, Delivered (at Sacramento State Battle of the Bands)

May 13, 2009

This is another band that participated in the battle of the bands at CSUS on May 4. Each band was required to play two original songs and a cover, and Spin 45 chose this iconic Stevie Wonder tune.

Spin 45 took third in the battle of the bands.

The State Hornet’s story about the competition is available here:

http://media.www.statehornet.com/media/storage/paper1146/news/2009/05/05/Features/Battle.Of.The.Bands.Rocked.The.House-3736671.shtml

Spin 45 can be found online at:

http://www.myspace.com/spinfortyfive

technical info:
Canon HG10, 60i
Rode Videomic, -10db
Final Cut Express
Magic Bullet Looks (I’m not crazy about the setting on this video… the highlights are a little too blown out)

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Fate Under Fire at Sacramento State Battle of the Bands

May 11, 2009

On Monday, Fate Under Fire competed in the battle of the bands at CSUS. I played music with the drummer, Rob, for a while, but this was the first time I had seen this band perform. They were the last band in a lineup that included several bands of varying levels of talent. Despite their strong crowd response, Fate Under Fire didn’t place in the competition that night.