Raita. Okay, fans of Indian food talk to me.

[chaska]

I just made raita for the first time ever.

Roughly thus:
yogurt/milk (50/50)
grated cucumber
fresh chopped dill
cumin
cayenne
salt
lots of fresh cracked black pepper

Not as good as most restaurants but plenty good. What I want to know though is how exactly do you eat it? In restaurants I always just dip my nal (bread) in it. I love that. So, is it like a cold soup? If not, I'm here to tell ya, it works pretty darn good that way. Or is it more of a condiment, and, if so, on what?

[flamingyouth]

1. I like it on naan

It's also good on chicken dishes, I've found. Or vegetables. Or just about anything, really. ;)

[chaska]

2. Hey FY, where'd you get that avatar?

Neal Smith of the Alice Cooper group???? I just sold the songbook on ebay that that pic comes from.

[flamingyouth]

3. I just scanned it off Billion Dollar Babies

And wow, you should win a prize! You're the only person who's recognized him!

I've had several people think he was Sissy Spacek, but most have no idea. :D

If only I had a prize for you! :yourock:

On edit - Neal is an awesome drummer. He and Dennis Dunaway were a very underrated rhythm section, I think.

[chaska]

4. My fave band when I was a kid. I wasn't cool enough for Bowie.

Neal has the look, without a doubt. Quintessential rockstar.

[flamingyouth]

5. Seeing Alice do "I'm Eighteen" on TV changed my life

Here I was, this like three or four-year-old kid who was afraid of Mickey Mouse but loved Alice Cooper. :D Go figure. I hate his solo stuff, but that band was great.

[chaska]

7. Yes, Ma'am!

I just sold Billion Dollar Babies and a tour program from that tour.

Jackass Cooper had to go and say all his winger shite. You know he's a big ol' Christian now?

[flamingyouth]

8. I know he's a fundy Bush supporter

It makes me sad. :(

I wish I'd known about that tour program! :D

[mike_c]

27. I saw AC do "I'm Eighteen" at the Alexandria Roller Rink...

...in Alexandria VA, must of been 1970 or '71, I think. I was tripping on acid, the acoustics sounded like, well, like a roller-rink, and during the middle of the song he killed all the lights-- pitch darkness-- and whirled a pinpoint spotlight over his head by a cord. I thought the top of my head was going to explode. And unless I'm getting my shows mixed up, Cooper was the opening act for Tethro Tull that night. I saw him open for Edgar Winters at the Alexandria Roller Rink a year or so later. That was the show where he did the mock hanging.

[flamingyouth]

28. Wow, I wish I could have seen that!

Someone else here on DU saw the band when Neal Smith was stabbed, but I never got a chance to follow up on that story. :)

[flamingyouth]

6. You've got to check out Neal's website!

http://www.nealsmith.com

He's a Realtor now! :D

[chaska]

9. Wow, sure wouldn't have recognized DD.

I thought all those guys would have quit playing by now.

[flamingyouth]

10. Isn't it funny that this thread about raita turned out to be about Alice?

LOL :D

[chaska]

11. Yeah, I was thinking, damn, I've highjacked my own thread.

HOw often does that happen?

[flamingyouth]

12. Well, I'll reiterate, it's good on all kinds of Indian food!

I was just listening to Love It To Death just now - a great album. :hi:

[chaska]

15. I still have that and the Killer album, maybe the BDB album, but...

on vinyl. Turntable not hooked up right now. I want to get the first 4-5 albums on cd. I haven't listened to that stuff in decades.

[flamingyouth]

18. Killer is great

And the packaging for BDB was brilliant - a wallet with that giant bill in it. I loved that! :D

[chaska]

13. Oh, the memories...

My first band back in high school played a lot of Cooper.

I sure have come a long way musically from that stuff, but I still love it.

[flamingyouth]

14. I really like their Zappa-era stuff

Pretties For You and Easy Action. You can see where Bob Ezrin shaped their sound a whole lot. They were a good, trippy band all on their own though. ;)

[chaska]

16. Yeah, I used to have those.

I want to get those again. I wish I'd kept them.

[flamingyouth]

17. Pretties for You is hard to find on CD

I think it might be out of print, but you can still get Easy Action.

[chaska]

19. Damn, I had to go and leave Seattle. I'd come over to your place and....

listen to your coop.

[flamingyouth]

22. I got plenty of it!

:D

[chaska]

20. I coulda sworn I saw both on ebay the other day.

[flamingyouth]

23. I'll have to check eBay

We had it on CD but I think my late husband may have loaned it to someone, as I can't find it now. :(

[chaska]

21. I guess you never saw the original band live, huh?

I only saw 'em once BDB tour. That's where the program came from. I think he had the band stuck in the back sorta and I seem to remember they had other people augmenting the band. I difinitely remember another guitar player that wasn't a band member.

The show was a little hokie, but pretty good entertainment for a kid.

[flamingyouth]

24. Yeah, I was born at the end of '68

So I was a little young for the show, but I loved seeing them on TV.

Glen Buxton had a lot of health problems, so they did have other people augmenting the band, plus they had Michael Bruce playing guitar full time, so they brought on a keyboard player.

I wish I'd seen that tour - that's one of my first stops on my fantasy time machine rock & roll experience! :D

[chaska]

25. That was my only shot.

I wish I'd seen the Killer tour. I seem to recall that was my favorite album. He started to lose me with Schools Out. That West Side Story stuff ... not for me. But BDB was great. Then Muscle of Love ... say bye bye now. I hated that album. And never went back. I think it's time to refresh my memory. I can't remember how a lot of those songs go anymore.

[flamingyouth]

26. Oh man, Muscle of Love sucked

What a disappointment. I think he'd forced out a lot of the rest of the band by then.

If you get a chance, pick up a used copy of the VHS "Prime Cuts" by Alice. The first half or so is great - has lots of great footage, plus the actual video from "Elected," which is so funny. It has a chimpanzee in it! When I saw that recently, I about died - talk about prophetic!!! :D

[chaska]

29. I remember seeing that at some point, Elected, that is.

I just checked ebay. There are at leasr two copies of pretties on cd on there right now. easy action too.

[flamingyouth]

30. Cool - thanks for the tip

One for each of us! ;)

[chaska]

31. Okay FY, I won't tie you up all night long. Enjoyed talking to you....

We should maybe continue, via PM, at a later date. I want to go check out the Neal site some more.

Later....

[flamingyouth]

32. Yeah, that would be great

I love talking about old Alice stuff!:hi: