March 30, 2020

the revivalists - keep going (MS river, Louisville, KY - 2016) rocking these guys a lot lately

their stuff is really, really good ... esp. the record this song is on, men against mountains. literally every song is solid.

If the voice sounds familiar ... this is their hit song ...



And playing live as a band, these dudes are no joke, they sound awesome ... and put on a great show.

March 29, 2020

So, making a big pot of chicken veggie soup, like I often do on Sundays ... A Leek Question ...

I like a mixture of chicken (i.e. bones and various scraps from chicken) and veggie-flavored stock.

For the rest of the stock besides the chicken part, I use italian parsley, onion, celery greens, bay leaf, coriander seeds, peppercorns, buncha garlic w/skin, and a bit of chicken bouillon (the nasty unhealthy kind with MSG and Palm Oil, from Knorr ... hey, I can only take this healthy thing so far).

Yesterday though I saw leeks at the store and thought ... hey ... I bet that'd be good in there!

But I rarely use them, and was wondering ... do you use the leaves too for something like stock? Or just the stalks?

It's all strained after simmering about 3 hours of course ... then the 'solid' ingredients are added and cooked about 1 more hour. Except for the white meat and squash ... I don't like those overdone. White meat paradoxically gets dry and stringy pretty easy and long-neck squash will like disintegrate.

March 29, 2020

blitzen trapper - furr (live-2009?-kcrw) as close to a dylan song as you can get ...

without being Bob Dylan ... great friggin song despite it's obvious influence. And great production, sounds fantastic.

March 29, 2020

Sorry if this has been posted, but this shit is hilarious man ... best Trump impression ever ...

https://twitter.com/kenolin1/status/1242852430582341639?s=20

March 28, 2020

chvrches - we sink (2013-live-kexp) for a synth band, these folks ROCK ...

lauren mayberry is a goddess ... she has an undergrad law degree, a masters in journalism, plays drums and piano, writes the lyrics for most chvrches songs ... and she's cute as a damn button. i just love her. and the dudes are great too.

March 28, 2020

arctic monkeys - arabella (studio-2013) check it glam ...

If you've never heard the Arctic Monkeys - AM record ... you've been missing out ... it's pretty damn glam man ... every song is very good to great ...

Warning: Alex Turner is so sexy you may find yourself 8 months pregnant just from watching this video.

March 28, 2020

built to spill - carry the zero (studio-1999) one last one for ya sarge ...

You gotta love this one ...

March 28, 2020

mike love & the full circle - i love you (live-2017-from a beautiful place) jah love is the reason

that we're standing here!

to all mah peeps ...

March 28, 2020

mike love - let the healing begin (live-2012) breaking the new subwoofer in with some reggae mon ...

Now, the studio version is MUCH more bass-heavy, but I love this live performance so it's the one I'm sharing here ... bear with it for the first minute while they set up the loops in the samplers ...

This dude is the freakin' man. Props to whichever other MAG denizen turned me onto him a year or so back, I forget who it was.

March 27, 2020

tom waits - ol' 55 (studio-1973) now, eagles' cover of this is pretty great ...

but sometimes you feel like the original ...