November 26th, 2010 | by Steve | published in Drinks, Food, Music
Poland – come for the culture, stay for the food. My wife and I recently took a week-long trip to Poland, partially because we’ve been intrigued by Poland for some time, partially because we really needed a vacation, and partially because the Unsound festival, one of the leading experimental music festivals in the world, was [...]
Continue Reading →May 20th, 2010 | by Steve | published in Music
Stumbled upon this little piece about WFMU, far and away my favorite radio station, and their vinyl collection. I especially appreciated the part near the end where station manager Ken talks about the irreplaceable nature of their collection – as someone who recently lost almost my entire music collection this part struck a chord more [...]
Continue Reading →March 5th, 2010 | by Steve | published in Drinks, Food, Music
A few links for today:
Life and sounds of a pig
Electronic music artist Matthew Herbert is trying to make an album based on sounds from the life of an industrially-raised pig to raise awareness of where our food comes from. PETA over-reacts.
Illegal Infusions
Bars in California are beginning to be penalized for house infusions, let’s hope this doesn’t spread.
Drinking in the future
Alex Day, formerly of Death and Company, gives interesting insight on why suspenders and handlebar mustaches may no longer be “necessary” in finer drinking establishments.