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Culture QotW: Cheers!

nobody@vox.com(btrott) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:03:44 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(btrott) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:35:33 -0800

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

nobody@vox.com(btrott) — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:39:54 -0800

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!

nobody@vox.com(btrott) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:39:10 -0800

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!"

nobody@vox.com(btrott) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:53:25 -0800

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

nobody@vox.com(btrott) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:49:58 -0800

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

nobody@vox.com(btrott) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:11:44 -0800

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

nobody@vox.com(btrott) — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:59:07 -0800

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

nobody@vox.com(btrott) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:18:51 -0800

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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Link Grab Bag

nobody@vox.com(btrott) — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:27:31 -0700

I have a file of things to post to my blog about, and it's become clear to me that I'm not going to have the time/inclination/desire to write full posts about each of them. Some of these are old, so you may have read or seen them already. So: ...

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