May 16, 2008
do you sleep in a butter dish or something?
A few programming notes:
I'm pleased to discover that local TV has started showing Durham Bulls games. They even showed a couple of the between innings events, including the birthday parade and fat suit sumo.
I'll be guest-hosting Divaville Lounge, Sunday from 2-4pm. Tune in!
As part of the "Birth of the Cool" film series at the Nasher Museum at Duke, they'll be showing the 1982 documentary Fela Kuti: Music is the Weapon. w00t! Thursday, June 5th at 7pm. Freefreefree.
May 15, 2008
got to give up life in this netherwrrld
XDU wrrld music top 10 (week ending 11 may 08)
Nigeria Disco Funk Special :: various
Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru :: various
Sonido Amazonico! :: Chicha Libre
1 Real :: DJ Dolores
Victrola Favorites: Artifacts from Bygone Days :: various
Gypsy Woman :: Joe Bataan
Tijuana Sound Machine :: Bostich & Fussible
Her Name is Rio :: 3 Na Massa
eXtraOrdinary Rendition :: Rupa & the April Fishes
Camping Shaabi :: Think of One
this week's video feature: DJ Dolores
May 14, 2008
sometimes the world just isn't as shiny as you want it to be
Insanely cool thing: oldschool Good Humor truck on the streets on Manhattan. I'm actually old enough to remember these a little bit altho only a few as they were on their way out, being replaced by the taller stepvan types.
A bit of fun: Things Younger Than McCain
I'm watching the Sinatra movie the Tender Trap right now and I must say, I never noticed before just how completely deranged Debbie Reynolds' character is in this movie. Sure I know it's just an example of the twisted sexual politics of its time. But still... On the other hand, it's got great hats, excessive drinking, Celeste Holm, and Frank.
May 13, 2008
knowing more only encourages your limitations
RIP Robert Rauschenberg.
Check out the excellent NY Times obit. Also, here's a page full of links to Rauschenberg online.
As I've said before on this blog, Rauschenberg is absolutely my favorite artist and I've seen more museum retrospectives and gallery shows of his work than I can remember.
Sad day.
let's all take ten seconds to think about baby lambs
Went up to NYC for Mom's Day this weekend. So I was mostly hanging out at the house. Did stop at the Shake Shack for lunch on my way in on Saturday. As excellent as I remembered it. Also had a very New York food day on my way out yesterday, with a slice of randomly selected pizza. Which was, while not great, a reminder that you can walk into almost any pizza place not called Ray's in NYC and get a damn good slice. Also discovered that there's a Papaya King at JFK. It was okay. Way back when I lived there I was more of a Gray's fan. One thing I was reminded of: if you're not familiar w/ the subways it's maybe not the best idea to listen to iPod while riding. The A train I was on switched over to some other track somewhere along the way from JFK to Manhattan. Not that it mattered because I was heading uptown to the Shake Shack anyway. One thing I learned: there's now a Qdoba at the corner of 8th Ave. and 21st St. That really hit me, probably as much as any of the many much bigger changes. Altho that wasn't my neighborhood I had a bunch of friends who did live around there. To me it'll always be a bar-hopping, couch-surfing, late-night restaurant kinda place. And definitely not a healthy chain Tex-Mex kinda place. Plus ça change...
May 9, 2008
maximum yak feedback
This is amazing. Home movies from Vegas in 1973.
Includes shots of a lot of the casino signs we saw at the Boneyard in Feb, including Stardust, Coin Castle and Algiers. Also proof that not everything's been torn down -- Caesars, Riviera, Circus Circus, Four Queens. And the Mint (which I think shows up in Fear and Loathing...) and the Landmark (which gets blowed up real good in Mars Attacks). So cool.
(found via Five Hundy by Midnight, the Vegas podcast site)
