The Breeders
Freed Pig (Sebadoh)
Head To Toe EP, 4AD/Elektra 1994
“THE FEEL BAD MOVIE OF CHRISTMAS” might be the best tag-line ever.
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO RED-BAND TRAILER
Every so often I get bored and make a mix. This usually happens around the beginning and end of summer. Guess who’s bored again.
I think it would be fun to do a lil bit of crowdsourcing before I get too deep into this, so what are some songs that you are excited about these days? It usually ends up being dancey but rock is okay too. Last year I did both and it was fun, for me at least. So, whattya think?
“This year’s James Beard Awards self congratulatory goat rodeo/awards ceremony/chef shakedown is built around the theme of “The Ultimate Melting Pot”. Presumably, this will mean that at the mammoth food tasting, in which chefs from all over the country are dragooned into providing bites of food from chafing dishes and hotplates (for free), there will be a “multi-cultural” theme. Perhaps there will be a heartwarming video tape presentation, celebrating our brothers and sisters from around the world– a Benneton commercial, depicting cooks of many lands. But I seriously doubt you will see an increase in the number of Mexicans present. Or any other of the nationalities who comprise the backbone, heart, lungs, blood and muscle of the hospitality industry this organization claims to celebrate. I won’t be there to find out. Though nominated–along with Eric Ripert–for our limited run radio show, TURN AND BURN, I would sooner attend a Renaissance Fair in Hell. It would seem wrong, after all, given that I’ve been loudly peeing on this organization at every opportunity for years, to change my tune, now that I’m nominated for something. Maybe when they make para-legal advice for Mexican cooks a priority-or take a loud, persistent stand on the people doing so much of the actual cooking in this country, I’ll change my views. Till then? Screw ‘em.”
