Am angry that Buffalo Place canceled the Neko Case with Jason Lytle Thursday in the Square tonight! Naturally there was no rain or thunderstorms between 5:30 and 9:00 pm, precisely when the concert should have gone on. Periods of sunshine, even... so disappointing.
In other, better news, Social Distortion at Town Ballroom on Sunday 4 October. Mike Ness = good stuff.
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07/23/2009 22:35 #49365
grrr...stupid weather, stupid Buffalo Pl03/23/2009 16:54 #48166
War Child, plus fourCategory: music
In keeping with (e:MrMike,48125) I'm wondering about influential records -- not necessarily autobiographical, but what are you listening to these days? Like, what are your current top 5 records/CDs?
So, at the risk of starting one of these threads where everyone bashes everyone else's muscial tastes...
I've been listening to (in no particular order):
1. The new Morrissey record, "Years of Refusal" (great show last week too)
2. The most recent Death Cab for Cutie record, "Narrow Stairs"
3. The new Franz Ferdinand CD "Tonight" (unfortunately narrowly missed these guys in London....grr)
4. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Fever to Tell"
5. War Child presents "Heroes"
The fifth one is a compilation of songs--all remakes--sold (apparently) to benefit children in war-torn countries. The original artists, who are iconic rock artists, choose a performer or band from "the younger generation" to remake one of their classic songs. Beck does a fantastic version of Dylan's "Brand New Leopardskin Pillbox Hat," Hot Chip does a groovy take on Joy Division's "Transmission," The Hold Steady does their best impersonation of the Boss on "Atlantic City," Franz Ferdinand does a great version of Blondie's "Call Me," TV on the Radio reinterprets Bowie's "Heroes," etc. Lily Allen and Mick Jones's remake of the Clash's "Straight to Hell" has been stuck in my head for two weeks. There's other great stuff on there too (complete list of tracks here: ). Highly recommended!
So, what are you listening to? What are your current Top Five?
So, at the risk of starting one of these threads where everyone bashes everyone else's muscial tastes...
I've been listening to (in no particular order):
1. The new Morrissey record, "Years of Refusal" (great show last week too)
2. The most recent Death Cab for Cutie record, "Narrow Stairs"
3. The new Franz Ferdinand CD "Tonight" (unfortunately narrowly missed these guys in London....grr)
4. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Fever to Tell"
5. War Child presents "Heroes"
The fifth one is a compilation of songs--all remakes--sold (apparently) to benefit children in war-torn countries. The original artists, who are iconic rock artists, choose a performer or band from "the younger generation" to remake one of their classic songs. Beck does a fantastic version of Dylan's "Brand New Leopardskin Pillbox Hat," Hot Chip does a groovy take on Joy Division's "Transmission," The Hold Steady does their best impersonation of the Boss on "Atlantic City," Franz Ferdinand does a great version of Blondie's "Call Me," TV on the Radio reinterprets Bowie's "Heroes," etc. Lily Allen and Mick Jones's remake of the Clash's "Straight to Hell" has been stuck in my head for two weeks. There's other great stuff on there too (complete list of tracks here:
). Highly recommended!So, what are you listening to? What are your current Top Five?
jenks - 07/23/09 22:51
Hmm, i seem to have missed the post at the time you wrote it... I got the War Child compilation a while ago- definitely cool.
And I just got Rules by The Whitest Boy Alive- I loooove it.
And a single by Owl City (fireflies) [actually it was the itunes 'free song of the week']. it's a little cheesy and bubblegum-y, but it reminds me of death cab and I really like it.
Hmm, i seem to have missed the post at the time you wrote it... I got the War Child compilation a while ago- definitely cool.
And I just got Rules by The Whitest Boy Alive- I loooove it.
And a single by Owl City (fireflies) [actually it was the itunes 'free song of the week']. it's a little cheesy and bubblegum-y, but it reminds me of death cab and I really like it.
jbeatty - 03/23/09 20:23
Current top five on no particular order:
Radiohead: In Rainbows
Stereolab: Chemical Chords
The Evens: The Evens
Devotchka: A Mad and Faithful Telling
The Jazz Mandolin Project: The Jazz Mandolin Project
Current top five on no particular order:
Radiohead: In Rainbows
Stereolab: Chemical Chords
The Evens: The Evens
Devotchka: A Mad and Faithful Telling
The Jazz Mandolin Project: The Jazz Mandolin Project
tinypliny - 03/23/09 20:14
I like Death Cab for Cutie.
I like Death Cab for Cutie.
10/24/2008 17:22 #46307
Belated B-day, Belated PostHi everyone, long time no talk/post/read, apologies, hope all is well or that you are hanging in there at the very least.
Hi to (e:matthew) -- spotted you at the gym but too late to say hi before you ran off. Ditto to (e:libertad).
Also, a special shout-out to chica who is treating me to a belated birthday dinner tonight -- can't wait, it will be fun. I've never been to DiGiulio's before but I hear good things.
Have a great weekend (e:strip)pers one and all!
Chico
Hi to (e:matthew) -- spotted you at the gym but too late to say hi before you ran off. Ditto to (e:libertad).
Also, a special shout-out to chica who is treating me to a belated birthday dinner tonight -- can't wait, it will be fun. I've never been to DiGiulio's before but I hear good things.
Have a great weekend (e:strip)pers one and all!
Chico
metalpeter - 10/24/08 18:48
Hope it is a good time
Hope it is a good time
terry - 10/24/08 18:13
opps...that was me , (e:matthew), writing logged in as (e:terry). sorry about that.
opps...that was me , (e:matthew), writing logged in as (e:terry). sorry about that.
terry - 10/24/08 18:12
Hi (e:chico)! I can't say i love the gym, so i run out of there as fast as i possibly can!! :) It's the running away from the gym that's my real workout! :)
Hi (e:chico)! I can't say i love the gym, so i run out of there as fast as i possibly can!! :) It's the running away from the gym that's my real workout! :)
tinypliny - 10/24/08 17:28
Hope you have an awesome year ahead! Would you be dropping by at the party? :)
Hope you have an awesome year ahead! Would you be dropping by at the party? :)
08/21/2008 15:00 #45396
update on the car situationUPDATE: Regarding my '92 Dodge Spirit ("Chuck"): I was very tempted by (e:metalpeter) 's advice (i.e., enter the Dodge in the America's Fair demolition derby...see comments below) but went with a more boring option, sort of a variation on (e:mrmike) 's advice. Instead of trying to get money for it, I donated the car to the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Cars program:
I am now officially sans auto! Carbon footprint: reduced a little bit more. And no worries about on-street parking this winter!
Of course the downside is that I'm now officially a ride-moocher. But hey, I sortakinda already was one anyway.
Chuck, I salute you! And thank you for your nearly seven years of faithful service. I'm sorry that tree fell on you during the October Storm of 2006. I hope your new owners, whomever they may be, will give you the tune-up and repairs you deserve. Or tear you up for parts...I suppose it doesn't hurt.
I am now officially sans auto! Carbon footprint: reduced a little bit more. And no worries about on-street parking this winter!
Of course the downside is that I'm now officially a ride-moocher. But hey, I sortakinda already was one anyway.
Chuck, I salute you! And thank you for your nearly seven years of faithful service. I'm sorry that tree fell on you during the October Storm of 2006. I hope your new owners, whomever they may be, will give you the tune-up and repairs you deserve. Or tear you up for parts...I suppose it doesn't hurt.
mrmike - 08/27/08 10:45
That's pretty much the same thing the City Mission does. They give you a receipt for the book value of the car, then if the car is saleable, they make repairs and sell it on their site.
That's pretty much the same thing the City Mission does. They give you a receipt for the book value of the car, then if the car is saleable, they make repairs and sell it on their site.
metalpeter - 08/22/08 18:52
I don't know much about donating cars but that sounds like you went a good way and helped out a good charity.
I don't know much about donating cars but that sounds like you went a good way and helped out a good charity.
tinypliny - 08/21/08 22:04
Join the progressive green club! Yeehaa! :)
Join the progressive green club! Yeehaa! :)
heidi - 08/21/08 21:02
Hey, Jon! I'm happy to be mooched off. :-)
Hey, Jon! I'm happy to be mooched off. :-)
08/27/2008 10:12 #45468
jbeatty's Omnivore 100Category: food
Thanks (e:jbeatty,45440) for providing this fun time-waster... it's making me hungry...
Incidentally I just read Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma. Great book. As a result of reading it I am really trying hard to buy locally grown, organic foods. Years of buying cheap, industrially produced food makes it awfully hard to pay 50 percent to 300 percent more for the good stuff, but having read the book in its entirety, it's hard to go back to the old way.
My VGT Omnivore's Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile/ Alligator (as jerky)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S'mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs' legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette (I think-in Korean soup)
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (depends)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (if you mean rabbit, yes)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
Wow! I'm just short of the halfway point. I'm looking at this as a glass half-full, though -- so many exciting things left to try!
Couldn't help but notice that there's no Ethiopian/Eritrean food on the list... if you're using these lists for inspiration, try a stewed meat flavored with berbere. Beg wat (lamb or goat) is particularly savory and delicious; mesir wat (lentils) is a good vegetarian option.
Also, no fine (traditional) wine on the list!
Incidentally I just read Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma. Great book. As a result of reading it I am really trying hard to buy locally grown, organic foods. Years of buying cheap, industrially produced food makes it awfully hard to pay 50 percent to 300 percent more for the good stuff, but having read the book in its entirety, it's hard to go back to the old way.
My VGT Omnivore's Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile/ Alligator (as jerky)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S'mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs' legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette (I think-in Korean soup)
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (depends)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (if you mean rabbit, yes)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
Wow! I'm just short of the halfway point. I'm looking at this as a glass half-full, though -- so many exciting things left to try!
Couldn't help but notice that there's no Ethiopian/Eritrean food on the list... if you're using these lists for inspiration, try a stewed meat flavored with berbere. Beg wat (lamb or goat) is particularly savory and delicious; mesir wat (lentils) is a good vegetarian option.
Also, no fine (traditional) wine on the list!
carolinian - 08/28/08 12:19
I too avoid condiments, as many (such as mayonnaise) I find taste absolutely disgusting and they tend to wreck the taste and texture of the food they're put on. Which is why I've never had a big mac, either.
I too avoid condiments, as many (such as mayonnaise) I find taste absolutely disgusting and they tend to wreck the taste and texture of the food they're put on. Which is why I've never had a big mac, either.
chico - 08/28/08 12:05
I know, I know, can you believe it? No Big Mac. And now I am (mostly) anti-fast food (I admit my own double standards, I haven't been able to completely kick the Dunkin Donuts habit yet.)
When I was a kid I was a very picky eater and I avoided the sandwiches loaded with condiments. (Still do.) I'm kinda weird that way.
And, it was great meeting you too, (e:drew) and (e:janelle). Hope to see you again soon! Go Pens! -(e:chico)
I know, I know, can you believe it? No Big Mac. And now I am (mostly) anti-fast food (I admit my own double standards, I haven't been able to completely kick the Dunkin Donuts habit yet.)
When I was a kid I was a very picky eater and I avoided the sandwiches loaded with condiments. (Still do.) I'm kinda weird that way.
And, it was great meeting you too, (e:drew) and (e:janelle). Hope to see you again soon! Go Pens! -(e:chico)
drew - 08/27/08 11:14
never tried the Big Mac? Really?
I can understand why it should be avoided, but I thought everybody that ate meat has had it at least once--maybe in their "less enlightened" days.
fun fact: the Big Mac was invented in Pittsburgh (ok, it's only fun for me, but so what?)
also, it was nice to meet you at the EAFA.
never tried the Big Mac? Really?
I can understand why it should be avoided, but I thought everybody that ate meat has had it at least once--maybe in their "less enlightened" days.
fun fact: the Big Mac was invented in Pittsburgh (ok, it's only fun for me, but so what?)
also, it was nice to meet you at the EAFA.
Well to say you where a Jerk is a bit of a stretch I saw you but wasn't sure if it was you, hey it has been some time and clean shaven vs. Full beard through me a bit, by the time I thought then thought to say anything it was to late. But that brings up another point What is your view on people preaching on that corner? Also I was a little bit annoyed since they came over and tried to hand out there little books. Hey if I want them I'll come find you on the corner with that huge sign and the guy playing music don't push your stuff on me when I'm waiting on a bus. I'm glad you are blogging again and I hope you keep it up. Hey maybe I'll see you around someplace.
thanks for the info...sounds perfect except for the whole November thing. We have already told our neighbor she can have our place starting September, so that's when we are going to need a place. Thanks anyway though!
hey (e:metalpeter) and (e:lauren), thanks for your shout-outs...alive and well and still in Allentown. 'peter, yeah it was me, I thought I spotted you there by the bus stop but we were in a hurry and I was kind of a jerk for passing you by and not saying hello. Sorry about that, man. (e:Lauren), I see you from afar on Elmwood every once in a while hope everything's OK by you and (e:Felly). Hope to see you both and the rest of the crew sometime soon. Cheers!
I thought I saw you at the Italian Fest but not sure if it was you or not. Glad to see you are posting again. I'm surprised they canceled but I guess with loud music you might not see thunder and lighting till it was to late.
you're alive! was actually thinking about you the other day and wondered where you had gone off to...