September 2008
45 posts
Last night, the menu for our last dinner party: Shrimp and grits to start Collard greens Southern summer squash casserole Fried okra And pan fried chicken
When we got up today, I made German coffee cake.
August 2008
74 posts
WatchMEG - Precious (from EJ)
I’ve seen a lot of weird music videos, a lot of boring ones too but this. THIS is something I’ve never quite seen before. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. You must AT LEAST watch 3/4 of the way through. seriously.
“Here’s what you need to know: Be a living, breathing human person with faults,...”
– the listenerd on Cherp (a marketing agency that helps you on TWITTER)
Today is going to be a jam day. Starting off with...
aprilini / Placefav →
my favorite San Francisco places.
(from earlier)
Ike's Place: West Coast Sandwiches →
apparently you need a reservation to get a sandwich at this place.
Lea Cummings →
“However, he has become best known performing solo as Kylie Minoise, garnering a considerable reputation for his loud, confrontational Live Aktions which are often brief and invariably culminate in broken microphones and, occasionally, in personal injury. Described in The Wire (issue 274) as “a short sharp shock of slobbering one-man hara-kiri and gonzo pantomime nihilism”, these...
Placefav is the easiest way to keep track of and... →
Very cool. I started making my mental list after I got back from NYC and was thinking about how I’d entertain someone visiting me.
“Thou Shalt Always Kill” is the sort of song that makes me borrow something...”
– Angles Pitchfork Review
They gave the album a 0.2. YEOUCH!
Is it me or do bands nowadays have no sense of visual continuity from one album to the next? Their identity changes with each new product. Wouldn’t it make more sense to have the artist or band establish their feel or have a logo that doesn’t change and then design the products from there out? For all the talk of branding, it seems a little disjointed that every time there is a new...
Hot Little Hands- Scene of the Crime from Dynamite...
Anathem: an evening with Neal Stephenson →
“Neal Stephenson’s long-awaited book Anathem will be released to the public on Tuesday September 9, 02008. Join us on this evening to hear the author read from his new work and converse with Stewart Brand and Danny Hillis of Long Now.”
LOVE Neal Stephenson. SQUEEEE! Anyone else going to go?
Sold out - 2 tickets for !!! (chk chk chk) The... →
Someone want them? Email me…
The new Matt and Kim track
is catchy as shiiiiit!
Dengue Fever- Sni Bong
One of the first bands I...
Hooker vaults to Olympic gold →
*snicker*
Plastic Little- The Jump Off
I’m the...
Delta Spirit- Trashcan
I know someone who thinks...
buzzandersen:
The Stills: “Snow in California”
...
“A quick jaunt to Yahoo’s search page tells you everything you need to know...”
– Google’s search secret: It gets rid of you
“Music can be free when Mercedes are free.”
– Jon Simons, head of SoundExchange on Wired: Listening Post
Other highlights of the conversation about what Pandora Radio should do to survive:
“I can’t live with (21 cents per song),” he [Simons] said. “They [Pandora] are not right now in the business of selling...
Tantek sez... be more productive! →
My super brainy and crazy driven, organized and self-aware friend Tantek made a wiki about productivity. Ironically, I’d probably have more time if I went through and tried to embetter my work habits. Ironically, I don’t have the time.
Patton Oswalt spoke to his old high school as a... →
Tinariwen- Cler Achel
Are you familiar with...
*From that bitch-ass TRMW
Watchyournewfavorite:
Sarah Haskins’ latest video in her ‘Target: Women’ series. This time, she talks about birth period control. [via Jezebel]
Love it. SO FUNNY.
Hardformat celebrates the beautiful physical... →
Clicking through this makes me sqeel with delight. And reminds me of my idea for a concept record store that only sells beautifully packaged cds and vinyl.