We’re back with another installment of the Baker’s Dozen Interview Series. This time we get up close and personal (or as close and personal as the internet waves allow us to) with Trapdoor Social. Band members Merritt and Skylar and I talk about such things as environmental activism, sustainability, spicy foods and Death Cab for Cutie. We then head off to the kitchen for a mean [...]
Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, published in 1918, is the first literary mention of a Parisian sandwich staple called the Croque-Monsieur. Traditionally the Croque-Monsieur, which loosely(or literally, I’m not well versed in the French language) translates to “Mister Crunchy”, is a grilled ham and cheese sandwich with Emmental or Gruyere providing the gooeyness. According to Wikipedia there are a number of other versions including [...]
(picture of Bertie from To Kill a King’s Website shot during the filming of “Funeral”) While the video for “Funeral” by To Kill A King features some drunken angels eating french fries, what really makes it food flavored is the fact that it comes from an album titled Cannibals with Cutlery. Now, I have to admit, when I first heard the title of the album [...]
As far as I can tell brandade is a dish that is traditionally made by mashing salt cod with a bit of olive oil and garlic. At some point, maybe it was Julia Child, maybe it wasn’t, someone got wise to the fact that mashing cod was overrated and outdated and they replaced the fish with beans. Despite the fact that Adolphe Thiers, noted French [...]
“Don’t stop believin’? Follow your dreams? Sure. But it seems to me that the heart is a bit too complex to be summed up in a catchphrase.” -Dean Povinsky (Lead Singer of Wildlife) Wildlife’s new album …On the Heart was released March 5th. It is an album dedicated to the most vulnerable and vital organ in the human body. It is an album of realization, [...]
You know that old saying when life gives you lemons you make lemonade? Yeah, well that didn’t happen to me this week. There weren’t lemons waiting on my doorstep Monday morning, there were poblanos. Now I’m not complaining, I mean I love poblanos and all, but a whole bunch of them can’t be easily made into something like juice. Believe me. I tried. Don’t go [...]
March 1st is a day dedicated to St. David, the patron saint of the Welsh. David is said to have had a melodic voice and so school age children honor this by taking part in concerts that include both recitation and song. St. David’s personal symbol (and a Welsh national symbol) is the Allium porrum or leek. According to legend, King Cadwaladr of Gwynedd ordered [...]
The new single from Astronauts, etc is called “Coldboy.” It is a hypnotic upbeat foray into the world of electronic pop. It is what would happen if MGMT and Passion Pit decided to put on a dance part smack dab in the middle of a terrible blizzard. During “Coldboy”, Astonauts, etc’s last single before the release of his LP in August (which will be all brand [...]
Before last night when someone mentioned the word Hollywood only three things came to mind. These were, in no particular order, Elizabeth Short, Glam metal and the Walk of Fame. Oh, and the Dwarves. It should shock no one that my desire to visit this district in Los Angeles was tepid at best. But everything about this ho-hum place changed with one simple message in [...]
