October 2008
13 posts
Worst Mixtape Ever Circa 2001
While recently visiting my childhood home, I happened upon a few old mixtapes I put together back around high school. I threw them in my bag on my way out thinking “Oh what fun it’ll be to rediscover young April’s musical taste!” WRONG, unless you honestly do enjoy badly mixed, highly cliche, helter skelter mixtapes. Please share with me in my shame.
Tainted Love- Soft...
The rooti-ti-toots
Some diners find the flatulent after-effects of home-cooked dried beans to distressing to contemplate. A number of years ago, scientiests at the Western Regional Research Center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Albany, California, discovered that dried beans do indeed contain elements some people find difficult to digest. To cope, the human intestimes send out voluminous gasses of...
Vanity Fair presents the playlists used during... →
Songs used during various designer’s runway presentation? I am mezmerized. My favorite is Carlos Miele who had Seu Jorge play live. Ever since Karl Lagerfeld’s Les Musiques que J’aime (My Favorite Songs), I’ve been completely enthralled with the musical selections from another highly creative industry. Music and fashion just seems to go hand in hand and inspire each other...
German coffee Cake
by Mom Buchert a la grandmother
2 cups self rising flour
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teasoon salt (optional)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix ingredients and spread in 7 X11 pan. Sprinkle with however much sugar and cinamon mixture you’d like. Cut thin slivers of butter and push into topping (warning, sticky!) and dot more butter all over top. Bake for 20 minutes...
Indie music distributor IODA sees layoffs →
In case you don’t follow me on twitter, you’d have no idea what’s been up with my life the last 2 1/2 weeks! Well this is it. In a nutshell. My position was axed.
I deposited my severance check last night and officially my health insurance was terminated today. Brutal. At any rate, this was a long needed and overdue change. I’ve got some really exciting potential new...