Victor Hakansson is no stranger to music. He has been making it since he was a five year old tambourine wielding show kid for a traveling theatrical company. As he grew up and faced the wraith of greasers and neo-nazis, living a life of solitude, fighting and fear, Victor eventually came to the point where he realized if he wanted to survive everything had to go. The only thing that he kept around was his music as this was the safest, most socially acceptable form of self-expression. Fast forwarding to the present day Victor, who heads Swedish music collective, The [...]
First there was this . Last night it sounded something like this . Next? Perhaps this . I've been Chicken Frying everything lately. There is something about that glorious mixture of flour and spices that really gets my feet treading water in the deep end. That's what this playlist is all about. It is a tribute to the world of chicken frying. Who better to do that than the bands that sound best chicken fried? Pull on your baffling breaded meat slippers and enjoy. Tender Branson-Chicken Fried Mix [...]
As my family digs out from a Northeast snow dump I want to use the beginning of this post to assure them that I am doing just fine down here. My half marathon went off without a hitch with nary a flurry anywhere. I did have to dodge some kid dressed as a monkey hurling sand balls but his aim was only slightly better than this guys so I survived. One of the meals that I shoved down my throat during those final precious carb party hours was the Autumn Vegetable Roast with Orzo from October's [...]
I was presented with a gift from my co-worker Renee today. It was a bag of these baby chili peppers from her garden. They stared at me throughout our morning meeting and about halfway through I decided to have me a sample. I wanted to check the Scoville Heat Unit on them. The heat was a little too much for my water bottle to handle so I grabbed the only other thing that was in my reach, a mini Hershey's Dark Bar. That's when it came to me. Hot peppers, chocolate and some....peanut butter? Why not? [...]
Thursday night I had the opportunity to attend a sold out event at Roosevelt 2.0 . The event included a showing of the documentary Farmegeddon , a discussion with the director and sampling of local foods and products provided by restaurants, farmers and foodies. WMNF , the local community radio station, played a large role in putting this event together. Farmegeddon, as with most documentaries, had some flaws but overall I enjoyed learning through human impact stories that were presented by the film. These were stories of farmers who were [...]
A few weeks back I did a tasting at Burger 21 ( here ) in West Chase. While I devoured veggie burgers and shakes the meat eaters were treated to sliders and hot dogs. The first thing I noticed when they brought out the hot dogs was the bread. They weren't your typical hot dog buns. These dogs were wrapped in what Burger 21 dubbed "Lobster Rolls." Laymen might call it "Texas Toast." Naturally my curiosity got the best of me and I had to replicate it at home. I chose the restaurant's Chili Cheese Dog as my [...]
I find these awesome recipes for rubs in pretty random places (I'm talking sports magazines, library books even pizza boxes). I hurry home, take out my block of tofu, clean and gut it gently, throw away all the unnecessary parts (tofu stomach is pretty disgusting if you ask me) and set to work rubbing that block with the utmost love. When it looks good I pop it in the oven and tap the minutes away until it is ready. I slide a piece in my mouth expecting bliss and what I get instead is...horror. This tastes awful! I just [...]
A Hollywood insider mentioned to me recently that they are planning a sequel to 2010's Get Him to the Greek . In this story Russell Brand's character, Aldous Snow, must help Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) escape the mundane flavors of processed food America. Snow has only three days to get Green to Greece, find him some gyros, hummus, falafel, salad, saganaki, dolmadas or spanikopita. Failure to do so will result in...well the insider didn't want to give away the ending. I've offered this soundtrack as it is entirely about the desire to seek out Greek food. [...]
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Neutral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane Over the Sea
Bison - Quill
American Idol Finalists: where are they now?
