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The Overview - all in all
nikgomez.com has been run/edited/published/designed/maintained by me (Nik Gomez) since March 26th, 2007. I am a student, a sophomore to be exact, at USC. I am a computer science & business administration major. Having lived in small town Fallbrook, California for over eight years has kindled a certain need to live in a city for a while. Los Angeles is looking like quite a prime choice of land for the next 4+ years of my life. It doesn’t hurt that LA has an amazing music scene…
The Blog - the writing is kind of important
This is an example of a blog. Here you will find opinionated articles on the areas of technology, music, film, politics, etc… Boundaries aren’t really allowed. Simplicity rules, humor is necessary, and it (everything) must be interesting. If you find something that is boring, please let me know.
The Design - like the way this site looks?
Just so you know, the design of this site is ongoing. Do not expect it to stay stagnant for too long. Why? Because I think that no matter what design your site has, it gets old within a month. You might disagree, but this isn’t your blog, is it? The underlying theme/skin for all of this is the amazing The Unstandard Theme.
To give credit where credit is due, nearly every icon you will find on this page is part of the famfamfam silk icon package. In case you don’t know, the icon pack has 1000 icons in it, and anyone can use them for free! Also, I use Matt Brett’s Feed Icons package for the rss & atom icons up on the nav bar.
The Hosting - where is this virtual site located?
Apart from the nikgomez.com domain name, the files that make up this web page are all hosted by Dreamhost. If you are interested in starting your own web page or blog and find Dreamhost to fit your needs, use the promo code NIKG11 at signup to get $50 off the cost.
Random Junk - facts/figures/whatever
- i hate spiders, insects, and all things with wiry legs
- tarantulas are fine by me
- country should never be followed by the word “music”, because it shouldn’t be a genre
- knowledge of the past won’t necessarily help fix the future, history sucks, saying that history repeats itself is just a “hindsight is 20/20″ type thing
- music is essential to life, concerts go hand in hand with this idea, that is why i go to so many
Bands that I have seen live (if it’s bold, it was amazing):
- Aceyalone
- The All American Rejects
- Against Me!
- Amanda Blank
- Anti-Flag
- Aphex Twin
- The Aquabats
- The Arcade Fire
- Arctic Monkeys
- A-Trak
- Atreyu
- Avenged Sevenfold x2
- Battles
- Bjork
- Bouncing Souls
- Boys Noize x2
- Busy P
- Chromeo
- Clutch
- Coheed and Cambria x2
- Cold War Kids
- Crowded House
- Crystal Castles x3
- Daedelus
- Daft Punk
- Dan Deacon
- De La Soul
- Deerhunter
- Del Tha Funky Homosapien
- Diplo x2
- Disaster
- DJ AM
- Dredg
- Eighteen Visions x2
- Erol Alkan
- The Fall of Troy
- Fatboy Slim
- Flosstradamus
- Foals x2
- The Fratellis
- From First to Last
- Funeral Party
- Grand Archives
- Green River
- Gym Class Heroes
- The Hanks
- Hawthorne Heights
- Hellogoodbye
- Helmet
- The Higher
- The Hives
- Hot Chip x4
- Interpol
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
- June
- Justice
- Kavinsky
- Kid Sister x2
- Kings of Leon
- Kinski
- The Kooks
- Kraftwerk
- LA Riots
- Less Than Jake
- Lupe Fiasco x2
- Mae
- Mando Diao
- Manu Chao
- The Matches
- Mickey Avalon
- Mika
- Motion City Soundtrack
- MSTRKRFT
- My Chemical Romance x2
- N.A.S.A.
- Nickel Creek
- Nine Inch Nails x2
- NOFX
- No Age x2
- The Noisettes
- The Offspring
- Orgasmic
- Para One
- Pendulum
- Poncho Sanchez
- Portishead
- Prince
- Rage Against the Machine
- Ratatat
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Rise Against x2
- The Roots
- Santogold
- Saosin
- SebastiAn
- Silversun Pickups
- Simian Mobile Disco
- Spank Rock
- Spiritualized
- Steve Aoki
- The Strange Boys
- Straylight Run
- Surkin
- Tegan and Sara
- Tiesto
- Tokyo Police Club
- The Transplants
- Vampire Weekend
- The Whigs
- Willie Nelson
- X
- Xanimo
- Z-Trip
Tour/Festival Concert List
- Warped Tour 2005
- Warped Tour 2006
- Coachella 2007
- Alive Tour 2007
- Neighborhood Festival 2007
- USC Springfest 2008
- Coachella 2008
- Sub Pop 20th Anniversary Festival
- San Diego Street Scene 2008
As before, if you have any ideas or input, feel free to let me know via the Contact page.