The Gaslight Anthem

I saw the Gaslight Anthem last night at the Troc and they were freakin' amazing. Get on the bandwagon now because they're going to be huge by tomorrow.

Heartless Bastards

ShamWowThat'sFunny

ShamWow pitchman Vince Shlomi was arrested on felony battery charges in Miami last month following a violent encounter with a hooker!

High Society

I'd miss the punk rock music.

Not the Hare

54. All of this time off from work has allowed me to get some time in the kitchen. The most recent dish: Bison Chili.

73. Yeasayer's "Tightrope" off of the "Dark Was the Night" compilation. It's a pretty sick comp, plus its for a good cause- check out the track listing.

78. Finished Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five." I like his style. I vaguely remember this being in the English curriculum back in middle school or high school, although I was never assigned it. After reading it I can't believe all of he boring stuff I was forced to read.

95. I photographed my first of 5 sunsets while we were at LBI this previous weekend.

Seven

Happy Birthday, Sadie. Its your day. You do what you want.

Chicken Skin

Directed by Spike Jonze, screenplay by David Eggers, and a trailer set to the Arcade Fire's "Wake Up"? Chicken skin.

If I Twittered, I Might Twitter This...

bison chili is'a cookin' on the stove top yum yum yum i just cut a jalapeno then picked my nose ow ow ow

Over the Tasman Sea - April 2004

Little By Little

Some list progress:

39. Found a local school that had a paper-only dumpster that doubles as a fund-raising apparatus (read more here). What did I recycle? Those damn phone books I hated so much.
54. Tackled 6 more recipes:

- Easy Seafood Stir-Fry










- Tortilla Espanola










- Cumin, Honey, and Mint-Marinated Lamb Chops with CousCous w/ Green Peas and Mint








- Lemon Grilled Chicken Breast with Grilled Asparagus









73. Some more "Songs of the Week":
- 14. The Violent Femmes - "I Held Her In My Arms"
- 15. Animal Collective - "Summertime Clothes"

I posted earlier that I hung my world map and dartboard, but I didn't post pictures. Now I did:

Groceries

I went grocery shopping. My checkout person and my bagger were arguing over whether or not Hitler was gay, and if he had a mistress. I've never heard grocery store employees discussing Hitler. This should happen more often.

Vonnegut

"And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep."

R.I.P. S.M.K.

Today marks my last day working on Spice Up My Kitchen. It figures that once we figured out how to eliminate 13 hour days we wouldn't get renewed. It's been a fun ride that took me from the shores of New Jersey to the suburbs of Philadelphia, and culminated with me producing my very first episode, which just happened to be our very last. I hope there's no direct correlation there... Anyway, make sure to catch all 78 kitchen renovations on HGTV.

Headlines

To find all of these in 1 day is very freakin' wonderful:

Woman Buys Used Couch, Finds Cat Living Inside
Couch only cost $27!

10 Kids Drink Windshield Wiper Fluid At Daycare
Why didn't the first kid tell the other 9 kids?

Israeli Hiker Falls to Death Out of Rescue Helicopter
My kids will probably be mentally handicapped because I find this funny.

Corpse Delivered to Pet Store
Whole new meaning to "Sleeping with the Fishes"

Credit

John Mee made me happy today. He told me a photo I took of his band, Iron Chic, had been published in a UK rock rag called, "Rock Sound". Furthermore, I had been credited. I guess this counts as being published, which is kind of cool. I picked up my $9 imported copy after work to see it for myself and now you can see it for yourself (click photo to enlarge).



You can listen to them on MySpace and see more photos I took of them. If you choose.

World War 3

... it will be a "perfect storm" if you will. If you think about it, it all makes sense.

Primates will learn how to talk and drive at the same time computers learn to think for themselves, and before you know it there will be a full blown world war: humans vs. primates vs. cyborg killing machines vs. mother nature.

The logical conclusion? We become pirates. The ice caps will melt due to Global Warming, drastically reducing our land. We'll take to the sea, where the primates can't swim and the cyborgs can't function. We'll live on boats, fighting off scurvy, and growing facial hair.

We're screwed.

Whoring

I'm a Pitchfork whore. As much as I hate them at times, I love them just as much, and they definitely speed along a slow work day. I logged on this morning to find a complete re-work of the site. I was skeptical at first, but I think they did a really nice job. Plus, their address is now "pitchfork.com", instead of "pitchforkmedia.com", something that has always bothered me a ton.

I suppose this post is the equivalent to wearing a giant Nike swoosh across your t-shirt, but, like I said, I'm a whore.

Andrea & Snoop

Andrea, in the kitchen: "Oooh! I found chocolate covered pretzels!"

Snoop Dogg, in my headphones: "Can we get a moment of mother-fuckin' silence up in here?!"


I don't know... I found it funny.

Sodium

When I lived in Hawaii I worked at a restaurant called Aunti Pasto's. Great place. It was owned by this guy, Ed. Great guy. One Saturday morning, shortly after I was hired, we had a staff meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to educate the staff about what they were serving. For example, "If someone tells you they're trying to watch their cholesterol you do NOT recommend the Carbonara." And so on. Eventually he started talking about salt. "Do you know how much salt you're supposed to have a day? This much," he said as he held up the smallest pinch of salt between his fingers. "You should never, EVER, have to put salt on your food because of all the salt that's being put in your food for you." Since that day I very rarely reach for the salt shaker- Not because I care that much about my salt intake, but because whenever I reach for the salt shaker I can't help but think of Ed, and his passion, and I feel guilty. I already feel guilty about enough things in life, so, no, I don't need the salt on top of that.

AND

My mother, Jo Ann, used to, and actually still does, get her hair colored and permed by, coincidentally, another Joanne. If I remember correctly, she's my mom's sister's ex-husband's son's ex-wife. F'real. Once, when I was in elementary school she doing my mom's hair on the back patio, Coors Light in tow (my Mom always made my Dad buy Coors Light cans when Joanne was coming over). The Magic were playing the Knicks that night, and I really wanted to watch because I owned 3 Shaq jerseys, but we didn't get MSG. Hoping I might get invited over, I asked Joanna, "Do you get MSG?"

"No, I don't really like Chinese food."

I didn't see the game that night. And considering how long ago this memory seems, it's remarkable that Shaq is still in the league.

Repeater

I'm thoroughly surprised that it's not a bigger deal that certain birds can talk. It's astonishing, really.

Rose Bank

There's some list crossing-offing to be done.

96. Done. Went to the Rose Bank Winery this past Saturday w/ Barb, Helen, & Steven. Wasn't the best wine in the world, but it wasn't too shabby, and it was definitely an experience. Cross it off!








78. Another book down, this one from the 33 1/3 series: Meat Is Murder by Joe Pernice, of the somewhat average power-pop band the Pernice Brothers. It's the only book in the series that's fiction and it didn't really work. Didn't live up to my expectations. If you don't know what Meat Is Murder is, or for that matter, who the Smiths are, do NOT pick up this book.

73. Song of the Week: "Last Dance" by the Mekons off of Fear & Whiskey.

PS - This post has been updated with pictures.