stupidfool, yet again Vox 2009-05-22T19:46:52Z btrott http://btrott.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00b8ea0714f01bc0/ "No room for me, no fun for you." Penelope is one year old! tag:vox.com,2008-10-11:asset-6a00b8ea0714f01bc00100a802571b000e 2008-10-11T16:50:03Z 2009-05-22T19:46:52Z btrott http://btrott.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Penelope with her rolling pin

It's incredible how quickly this first year has gone. From lump to person.

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]]> Culture QotW: Cheers! tag:vox.com,2008-06-26:asset-6a00b8ea0714f01bc000fa96826f330003 2008-06-26T04:03:44Z 2009-01-26T18:35:48Z btrott http://btrott.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Salma Hayek recommends Campari

Share a recipe for your favorite summer drink. I can answer this one! Lately, I've been enjoying a nightly Americano, made with equal parts Campari and sweet vermouth (I really like Vya), along with a splash of club soda and an optional slice o...

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]]> Listening, lately tag:vox.com,2008-01-20:asset-6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398d4135e0002 2008-01-20T03:35:33Z 2008-02-19T17:50:24Z btrott http://btrott.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Distortion

In addition to Nicole Atkins... The Magnetic Fields' Distortion is, as advertised, full of lovely, noisy distortion. Aside from that, it's a nice set of pop songs, as usual; my favorites are "California Girls" and "The Nun's Litany." Now that ...

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]]> Nicole Atkins, Neptune City tag:vox.com,2008-01-12:asset-6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398d17f6f0004 2008-01-12T06:39:54Z 2008-08-21T14:20:46Z btrott http://btrott.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Neptune City

My album of the week: Nicole Atkins's Neptune City, which has accompanied me all of this week on my various commutes to work. I love it all--it's like listening to ABBA and the Pretenders at the same time, or something. I have a lot of favorites...

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]]> Poochie! tag:vox.com,2008-01-06:asset-6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398cf64810003 2008-01-06T05:39:10Z 2008-01-07T17:12:58Z btrott http://btrott.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Anthony Bourdain, in a wonderful rant about the Food Network: There's last year's Great Hope, Guy Fieri, who reminds me of the "Poochie" character in the classic Simpson's episode where it is decided that Itchy and Scratchy need a "hip, in-your-f...

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]]> "Bad company makes bad wine!" tag:vox.com,2008-01-01:asset-6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398cd9fcf0003 2008-01-01T06:53:25Z 2008-02-19T17:50:01Z btrott http://btrott.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Campfire

And, as a final something for 2007: Wu-Tang Clan's "Campfire" (listen), track one from 8 Diagrams. A very sobering and (dare-I-say) mature kung-fu sample; an incredibly spooky sample of the Persuasions' cover of Curtis Mayfield's "Gypsy Woman"; ...

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]]> Favorites of 2007 tag:vox.com,2008-01-01:asset-6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398cd9d030003 2008-01-01T05:49:58Z 2008-02-19T17:49:47Z btrott http://btrott.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Special Topics in Calamity Physics Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts

Favorite books: Some of these were published in 2006, but when reading I'm always behind by at least a year, I figure--so I think it's safe to say that these were my favorite books that I read in 2007 (hey, they all start with "M"!): Michael ...

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]]> Something really sad tag:vox.com,2007-12-15:asset-6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398c863bb0004 2007-12-15T05:11:44Z 2007-12-15T06:33:03Z btrott http://btrott.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I love this quote (among others) from a 1996 interview with David Foster Wallace: And I know that when I started this book I wanted--I had very vague and not very ambitious...ambitions, and one was I wanted to do something really sad. I'd done co...

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]]> QotD: Cold Weather Beverage tag:vox.com,2007-12-13:asset-6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398c7a89d0003 2007-12-13T17:59:07Z 2007-12-26T08:21:45Z btrott http://btrott.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Brooklyn Skyline

What's your favorite thing to drink when it's cold outside? Over the last couple of weeks, I've really been enjoying an occasional Red Hook cocktail, which I first read about on the Cocktail Chronicles, and then again on gumbopages.com (which is...

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]]> QotD: Singing A Holiday Tune tag:vox.com,2007-12-06:asset-6a00b8ea0714f01bc000e398c4e7260005 2007-12-06T06:18:51Z 2007-12-06T06:20:28Z btrott http://btrott.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Another Lonely Christmas

Audio: What's your favorite carol or holiday song? Without a doubt: Price's "Another Lonely Christmas". I must admit that I'm still a little thrown by the pokeno & banana daiquiris, but that said, this is my #1 when it comes to Christmas son...

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