May 6, 2009
“ Back to music. It makes practically everybody fonder of life than he or she would be without it.

Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country (via beckynotrebecca) (via fuckyeahvonnegut)

(Certainly true)

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May 5, 2009

100 Foods to Try Before You Die

vasta:

Christina recently posted a list of 100 foods you should try before you die. As someone that loves food (you can tell by the size of my stomach) and loves lists and loves memes, it only made sense that I post the list here with an indication of which ones I have tried, and which ones you need to invite me out to dinner for in the next little while.

(What the hell, I’ll bite. (Pun only partially intended, haha) Things I have tried are in bold.)

  1. Venison

  2. Nettle tea

  3. Huevos rancheros

  4. Steak tartare

  5. Crocodile

  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 (Cranberry if you’re curious)

  19. Steamed pork buns

  20. Pistachio ice cream

  21. Heirloom tomatoes

  22. Fresh wild berries (Used to have a mulberry tree in my back yard)

  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 (I’m German so it’s a given that I’ve tried this…but it’s one of the few foods I cannot stand, ug)

  35. Root beer float

  36. Cognac with a fat cigar

  37. Clotted cream tea

  38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O shot

  39. Gumbo

  40. Oxtail

  41. Curried goat

  42. Whole insects

  43. Phaal

  44. Goat’s milk

  45. Single malt whisky

  46. Fugu

  47. Chicken tikka masala

  48. Eel

  49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut

  50. Sea urchin

  51. Prickly pear (This is a recent one…the guy at the grocery store register looked at me like I had two heads)

  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 (Again, a given…being a 10 year Girl Scout, ha)

  62. Sweetbreads

  63. Kaolin

  64. Currywurst (I’ve eaten several types of wurst, but not this one)

  65. Durian

  66. Frogs’ legs

  67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake

  68. Haggis

  69. Fried plantain

  70. Chitterlings, or andouillette

  71. Gazpacho

  72. Caviar and blini

  73. Louche absinthe

  74. Gjetost, or brunost

  75. Roadkill

  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

  87. Goulash

  88. Flowers

  89. Horse

  90. Criollo

  91. Spam

  92. Soft shell crab

  93. Rose harissa

  94. Catfish

  95. Mole poblano

  96. Bagel and lox (sorry, I can’t do lox…my 12 year old cousin LOVES them though)

  97. Lobster Thermidor

  98. Polenta

  99. Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee

  100. Snake

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May 1, 2009

This is like…the classiest/most adorably twee performance I’ve ever seen featuring a ukulele :D

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April 30, 2009
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

“Tightrope” by Yeasayer (from the Dark Was The Night compilation)

I love love love LOVE this song…and I find these guys to be one of the most awkward looking bands ever.

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<3

<3

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April 28, 2009
Supreme Court ruling outlaws broadcast expletive outbursts

In the words of David Dye…”Fuck that shit.” ;)

In all seriousness, though, I fear this means FCC fines are going to be more frequent and that the broadcast networks are really going to have to watch their asses. I have no idea what this means for radio…though I’m assuming the situations would be extremely similar.

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April 26, 2009
“ If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC

(via fuckyeahvonnegut)

I have this (in an adapted form) engraved on the back of my iPod <3

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April 24, 2009
NPR Cutbacks Include 13 Layoffs

Eeesh :\

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Matty Nay has this magical ability to cheer me up even on my worst days. I plan to watch this at least once every 20 minutes today.

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April 23, 2009
I rarely (if ever) pay attention to the &#8220;Tip of the Day&#8221; when I start up Cool Edit&#8230;but I just caught this one and had a nice little chuckle. They&#8217;re usually more audio editing oriented than this, btw. ;)

I rarely (if ever) pay attention to the “Tip of the Day” when I start up Cool Edit…but I just caught this one and had a nice little chuckle.

They’re usually more audio editing oriented than this, btw. ;)

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