Her Strut by Bob Seger
Hair Of The Dog by Nazareth
Saturday Night Special by Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Stroke by Billy Squier
Fantasy by Aldo Nova
All Over Town by April Wine
Tush by ZZ Top
Highway Star by Deep Purple
Renegade by Styx
Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas
Slow Ride by Foghat
Refugee by Tom Petty
Detroit Rock City by Kiss
Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh
Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy
20th Century Boy by T.Rex
Stranglehold by Ted Nugent
School's Out by Alice Cooper
It's A Long Way To The Top by AC/DC
Cherry Bomb by The Runaways
Queen Bitch by David Bowie
Powerman by The Kinks
Any Way You Want It by Journey
Funk #49 by James Gang
Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult
Fox On The Run by Sweet
That 70's Song by Cheap Trick
Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo by Rick Derringer
Bitch by The Rolling Stones
Hold Your Head Up by Argent
Never Been Any Reason by Head East
Let It Ride by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Rock 'N' Roll Machine by Triumph
Mississippi Queen by Mountain
Heavy Metal by Sammy Hagar
Rock The Nation by Montrose
The Breakup Song by Greg Kihn Band
Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride) by Don Felder
La Grange by ZZ Top
Ah! Leah! by Donnie Iris
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Monday, April 04, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
NYTimes Asia Issue: Bangkok
NYTimes Asia Issue
THAILAND
31 Bangkok Hop a Khlong Saen Saep boat taxi at Pratunam Pier (behind Gaysorn Plaza) to Bo Bae. A tiny soi, or side street, off Lang Suan Road leads to Bangkok’s oldest market, Nang Leong. Make an offering at the Chinese temple and then snack on specialties like sai-krok plaa naem (rice topped with sour pork, pickled shallots and shredded fish). Pick up kanom (sweets) at Mae Som Jit and exit past Chalerm Thani movie theater, enitrely made of teak.
32 Bangkok The Grand Palace, with its medley of temples and glittering spires, is Bangkok’s glory. From downtown, skim over the traffic on the Sky Train to the Saphan Taksin stop, go down Exit 2 to the pier and pay 14 baht ($1.35 at 30 baht to the dollar) to ride the Chao Phraya Express public riverboat to Tha Chang. Savor the clamor of food stalls, and sample fried banana, dragon fruit or countless other snacks. Visit the hall of the Emerald Buddha, then walk 900 yards to Wat Po, home of the country’s largest reclining Buddha, to the camphor-scented cool of its famous massage school.
THAILAND
31 Bangkok Hop a Khlong Saen Saep boat taxi at Pratunam Pier (behind Gaysorn Plaza) to Bo Bae. A tiny soi, or side street, off Lang Suan Road leads to Bangkok’s oldest market, Nang Leong. Make an offering at the Chinese temple and then snack on specialties like sai-krok plaa naem (rice topped with sour pork, pickled shallots and shredded fish). Pick up kanom (sweets) at Mae Som Jit and exit past Chalerm Thani movie theater, enitrely made of teak.
32 Bangkok The Grand Palace, with its medley of temples and glittering spires, is Bangkok’s glory. From downtown, skim over the traffic on the Sky Train to the Saphan Taksin stop, go down Exit 2 to the pier and pay 14 baht ($1.35 at 30 baht to the dollar) to ride the Chao Phraya Express public riverboat to Tha Chang. Savor the clamor of food stalls, and sample fried banana, dragon fruit or countless other snacks. Visit the hall of the Emerald Buddha, then walk 900 yards to Wat Po, home of the country’s largest reclining Buddha, to the camphor-scented cool of its famous massage school.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Edible Soil
Edible Soil Recipe from Andreas Viestad & Nathan Myhrvold
MAKE AHEAD: The mixture can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Makes about 2 1/3 cups
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons dark raisins
1/4 cup mixed nuts
1/4 cup salted smoked almonds
5 ounces (2 thin slices) black bread
1/2 cup crushed dark crispbreads, such as Wasa Hearty (about 7 half-crackers; may substitute toasted bread crumbs)
1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms
2 tablespoons dehydrated onion
2 tablespoons black olive paste, or more to taste
Pumpkin seed oil (optional)
Fresh shoots of vegetables and herbs, for garnish
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 275 degrees. Place the raisins, mixed nuts, smoked almonds and black bread on a rimmed baking sheet in a single layer. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes; the bread should be crisp on top. Turn off the oven and let the ingredients cool thoroughly. The raisins should dry to a hardened state. Coarsely chop the mixed nuts and almonds.
Tear the bread into bite-size pieces and place in the bowl of a food processor, along with the dried raisins, mixed nuts, almonds, crispbreads, dried porcini mushrooms and dried onion. Pulse to form a fairly even, coarse mixture. Add the olive paste, and pulse so the mixture resembles soil in color and consistency. If desired, drizzle in a little pumpkin seed oil and pulse to incorporate.
Divide the mixture among small glass serving containers. Arrange small edible shoots in the containers so they seem to be growing in the soil.
Recipe Source:
Adapted from "Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking," by Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young and Maxime Bilet (The Cooking Lab, 2011).
MAKE AHEAD: The mixture can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Makes about 2 1/3 cups
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons dark raisins
1/4 cup mixed nuts
1/4 cup salted smoked almonds
5 ounces (2 thin slices) black bread
1/2 cup crushed dark crispbreads, such as Wasa Hearty (about 7 half-crackers; may substitute toasted bread crumbs)
1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms
2 tablespoons dehydrated onion
2 tablespoons black olive paste, or more to taste
Pumpkin seed oil (optional)
Fresh shoots of vegetables and herbs, for garnish
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 275 degrees. Place the raisins, mixed nuts, smoked almonds and black bread on a rimmed baking sheet in a single layer. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes; the bread should be crisp on top. Turn off the oven and let the ingredients cool thoroughly. The raisins should dry to a hardened state. Coarsely chop the mixed nuts and almonds.
Tear the bread into bite-size pieces and place in the bowl of a food processor, along with the dried raisins, mixed nuts, almonds, crispbreads, dried porcini mushrooms and dried onion. Pulse to form a fairly even, coarse mixture. Add the olive paste, and pulse so the mixture resembles soil in color and consistency. If desired, drizzle in a little pumpkin seed oil and pulse to incorporate.
Divide the mixture among small glass serving containers. Arrange small edible shoots in the containers so they seem to be growing in the soil.
Recipe Source:
Adapted from "Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking," by Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young and Maxime Bilet (The Cooking Lab, 2011).
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Friday, March 04, 2011
Pac Man
Yahoo
When you play the game, it might seem as if the four ghosts are actively chasing you. That's not exactly true. Iwatani intentionally avoided programming them with that purpose, since that would have resulted in Pac-Man zipping around the screen with four ghosts always right behind him.
Instead, it's only Blinky, the red ghost, who doggedly pursues you throughout the game. Pinky, the pink ghost (naturally), simply wants to position itself at a point that's 32 pixels in front of Pac-Man's mouth. The blue ghost, Inky, is seeking to position itself at a similar fixed spot. And Clyde, the orange ghost, moves completely at random.
Because the player constantly has Pac-Man on the go, however, the ghosts are always changing direction and trying to achieve their goal, which adds to the challenge of the game.
When you play the game, it might seem as if the four ghosts are actively chasing you. That's not exactly true. Iwatani intentionally avoided programming them with that purpose, since that would have resulted in Pac-Man zipping around the screen with four ghosts always right behind him.
Instead, it's only Blinky, the red ghost, who doggedly pursues you throughout the game. Pinky, the pink ghost (naturally), simply wants to position itself at a point that's 32 pixels in front of Pac-Man's mouth. The blue ghost, Inky, is seeking to position itself at a similar fixed spot. And Clyde, the orange ghost, moves completely at random.
Because the player constantly has Pac-Man on the go, however, the ghosts are always changing direction and trying to achieve their goal, which adds to the challenge of the game.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Walking and Wind
Today ended up being a walking day. Some of it more fruitful than others. Having taken a benadryl at midnight I was out for a while but Sara was up early reading and having breakfast and working out. My spirits were eventually lifted by a nice cup of coffee. In winter here, the sun never gets very high in the sky and thus has a low angle of incidence with the horizon making for very long sunrises and sunsets, but finally finds its way up a little after nine.
We head out with the idea of finding some Icelandic sweaters with their iconic circular pattern around the collar and made of the local sheep wool. We take a long winding route into downtown passing the tall, gaudy cement church which dominates the otherwise short skyline. More interestingly is the statue of Leifer Eiriksson in front which we dutifully snap some pictures of. Even though its almost 10 at this point downtown is mostly empty and we struggle to find a coffee shop open at such an hour on a Saturday morning. We are able to find one finally and get a muffin to share with our coffees.
Noticing that the Handknitters Association is still closed we make our first stop Farmers Market, actually a local sweater shop which is located on the far side of downtown out on a large pier like peninsula. Its once we reach this peninsula that we really start feeling the wind. I quickly remember something that I recently read, it's not the temperature of Iceland that makes it uncomfortable but the wind. I later find out that steady winds are blowing at 30 mph with gusts to 45. We do wind our way to the end of the land where we are greeted with stunning views of the neighboring Mt. Esja across the bay and even more wind. At the very end we find the Farmers Market sign and the front door. We confirm that, "Opið Mán-Fös" does indeed mean open Monday through Friday with a tug on the very locked door handle. Well, it was a nice walk if a bit windy. So, we turn around and head back to town.
On the way back is the sushi place recommended by the tourist information guy, Sushi Smiðjan. With all the fishing around Iceland we had been looking forward to trying some sushi with their ultra fresh fish. Our expectations were easily met. And we ended up being there during two for one time. We both had a mixed plate of 10 pieces, with five rolls and five nigiri, and a bowl of miso. Excellent food and excellent price. We'll be back!
Nearby is the flea and fish market. The bulk of the space is for the fleas with many stalls of locals selling books and jackets and sweaters and knick knacks. Towards the back is the fish market oddly filled mainly with dried fish. We do happen upon one stall with little tubs of white cubes. We recognize these as the dreaded and famous Hakarl, a shark that when fresh is poisonous with acid in its flesh but once left to rot/ferment for a few months becomes edible. Who was the first person to figure that out??? The woman hands us toothpicks with dice sized pieces and tells us not to smell them. I do anyway, smells faintly of ammonia, and then pop it into my mouth. Not to bad, tastes like some overripe cheese. But liking fairly stinky cheeses I find it not completely repellent. We end up buying a little tub for 150 krona.
On the way home is the Handknitters Association store where we make our way to. The back half of the store is filled with shelves, floor to ceiling, packed with sweaters of all styles and sizes and colors. After trying a few I find a charcoal one that I like and that fits pretty well. With sweater in hand we head home through the strong wind for some needed napping.
After waking up we decide on the Iceland Fish & Chips shop for dinner. Its a vaguely Portland style place what with its healthy bent. No wheat, the batter is made with barley and spelt flour. Chips are baked not deep fried. And for a truly local twist, instead of mayonnaise they have various flavored skyronnaise made with the ever present skyr. After dinner we trudge back home facing straight into the seemingly ever present gale force winds.
We head out with the idea of finding some Icelandic sweaters with their iconic circular pattern around the collar and made of the local sheep wool. We take a long winding route into downtown passing the tall, gaudy cement church which dominates the otherwise short skyline. More interestingly is the statue of Leifer Eiriksson in front which we dutifully snap some pictures of. Even though its almost 10 at this point downtown is mostly empty and we struggle to find a coffee shop open at such an hour on a Saturday morning. We are able to find one finally and get a muffin to share with our coffees.
Noticing that the Handknitters Association is still closed we make our first stop Farmers Market, actually a local sweater shop which is located on the far side of downtown out on a large pier like peninsula. Its once we reach this peninsula that we really start feeling the wind. I quickly remember something that I recently read, it's not the temperature of Iceland that makes it uncomfortable but the wind. I later find out that steady winds are blowing at 30 mph with gusts to 45. We do wind our way to the end of the land where we are greeted with stunning views of the neighboring Mt. Esja across the bay and even more wind. At the very end we find the Farmers Market sign and the front door. We confirm that, "Opið Mán-Fös" does indeed mean open Monday through Friday with a tug on the very locked door handle. Well, it was a nice walk if a bit windy. So, we turn around and head back to town.
On the way back is the sushi place recommended by the tourist information guy, Sushi Smiðjan. With all the fishing around Iceland we had been looking forward to trying some sushi with their ultra fresh fish. Our expectations were easily met. And we ended up being there during two for one time. We both had a mixed plate of 10 pieces, with five rolls and five nigiri, and a bowl of miso. Excellent food and excellent price. We'll be back!
Nearby is the flea and fish market. The bulk of the space is for the fleas with many stalls of locals selling books and jackets and sweaters and knick knacks. Towards the back is the fish market oddly filled mainly with dried fish. We do happen upon one stall with little tubs of white cubes. We recognize these as the dreaded and famous Hakarl, a shark that when fresh is poisonous with acid in its flesh but once left to rot/ferment for a few months becomes edible. Who was the first person to figure that out??? The woman hands us toothpicks with dice sized pieces and tells us not to smell them. I do anyway, smells faintly of ammonia, and then pop it into my mouth. Not to bad, tastes like some overripe cheese. But liking fairly stinky cheeses I find it not completely repellent. We end up buying a little tub for 150 krona.
On the way home is the Handknitters Association store where we make our way to. The back half of the store is filled with shelves, floor to ceiling, packed with sweaters of all styles and sizes and colors. After trying a few I find a charcoal one that I like and that fits pretty well. With sweater in hand we head home through the strong wind for some needed napping.
After waking up we decide on the Iceland Fish & Chips shop for dinner. Its a vaguely Portland style place what with its healthy bent. No wheat, the batter is made with barley and spelt flour. Chips are baked not deep fried. And for a truly local twist, instead of mayonnaise they have various flavored skyronnaise made with the ever present skyr. After dinner we trudge back home facing straight into the seemingly ever present gale force winds.
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Le Petite Province
Pain au Chocolat: Pretty big and heavy feeling. Must be 7" long. Lots of chocolate, almost too much, pretty sweet. Dough looks more like a well risen bread than pâte feuilletée. Nice and fluffy not horrendously flakey. Cooked well, that is, not over baked, a nice golden brown color.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Some Music
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong
Radiohead - 15 Step
Radiohead - Bodysnatchers
Elbow - Grounds for Divorce
Elbow - Picky Bugger
Elbow - Fallen Angel
Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait
Arcade Fire - Sprawl II
Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
Led Zeppelin - Trampled Under Foot
Jonsi - Animal Arithmetic
Bjork - Declare Independence
Amon Tobin - The Killer's Vanilla
Amon Tobin - Keep Your Distance
Amon Tobin - Hey Blondie
Metallica - Orion
Kasabian - Underdog, Secret Alphabets, Fire
DJ Shadow - Number Song
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Muse - Hysteria
Tricky - Slow
Tricky - Early Bird (or UK Jamaican, Excess, or Five Days)
Radiohead - 15 Step
Radiohead - Bodysnatchers
Elbow - Grounds for Divorce
Elbow - Picky Bugger
Elbow - Fallen Angel
Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait
Arcade Fire - Sprawl II
Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
Led Zeppelin - Trampled Under Foot
Jonsi - Animal Arithmetic
Bjork - Declare Independence
Amon Tobin - The Killer's Vanilla
Amon Tobin - Keep Your Distance
Amon Tobin - Hey Blondie
Metallica - Orion
Kasabian - Underdog, Secret Alphabets, Fire
DJ Shadow - Number Song
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Muse - Hysteria
Tricky - Slow
Tricky - Early Bird (or UK Jamaican, Excess, or Five Days)
Friday, January 21, 2011
East Side Deli
East Side Deli
Looks like and actual independent Deli in Portland, will have to try it sometime
Looks like and actual independent Deli in Portland, will have to try it sometime
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Friday, December 24, 2010
2010 Gourmand World Cookbook Award Winners
2010 Gourmand World Cookbook Award Winners
Argentina : Siete Fuegos, Mallmann, Kaminky (V-R Editoras)
Australia : Bentley (Murdoch Books)
Austria : Sacher (Styria)
Bangladesh : Sasto Sochaton Ranna, Keka Ferdousi (Anannya)
Belgium : Dix Petits Doights Pleains de Chocolat, Pierre Marcolini
(Racine)
Bhutan : Foods of the Kingdom of Bhutan (Bhutan Foundation)
Canada : Glutton for Pleasure, Bob Blumer (Whitecap)
Chile : Gastronomia del Mar (Gourmet Patagonia)
China : Official Health Food, Master Chef Du Guang Bei
Colombia : Secretos de la Parrilla, Bernardo Gomez Cortazar (Gama)
Costa Rica : Saberes y Sabores de Boruca, Leila Garro Valverde (Gama
Print)
Czech Republic : Czech Home Cook, Jitka Rakoskikova (Mlada Fronta)
Denmark : Paul Food, Paul Cunningham (Politiker)
Ecuador : Cocina de Autor, Santiago Chamorro (Sesos Creacion
Visual-Unimarket)
Finland : Olo (Teos)
France : 1 Canard, 2 Daguin (Sud Ouest)
Ghana : Ghanaian Cook Book, Sophia Manu ((Adaex Educational Publication -
Accra)
Germany : JW4 (Wissler Group)
Greece : Every Day , Argiro Barbarigou (Liberis)
Hong Kong : Grandma, Grandpa Cook (MCCM Creations)
Hungary : Segal Viktor - Colours and Taste (Book Publishing)
Iceland :Silver of the Sea, Volundar Snaer Volundarsson (Salka)
India : Byriani-Pratibha Karan (Random House India)
Ireland : Catherine's Italian Kitchen , Catherine Fulvio (Gill McMillan)
Italy : Food Designing, Marti Guixe (Corraini)
Japan : 12 Roads and Stories of the Foods, Chieko Mukasa (Heibonya)
Latvia : Est Ir Tava Daba (Zvaigzne)
Laos : Food from Northern Laos - The Boat Landing Cookbook (Galangal
Press)
Luxembourg : Henri Schumacher Patissier (Guy Binsfeld)
Lebanon : Mouneh (Barbara Abdeni Massaad)
Malaysia : Kulit Manis, A Taste of Terengganu's Heritage. Puan Rosita Bt
Abdullah (My Viscom)
Malta : Pippa's Festa , Pippa Mattei (Miranda)
Mexico : Los Top Chefs de Mexico (Larousse)
Morocco : Le Figuier de Barbarie (Alwifak)
Netherlands : Toscanini Venticinqe (Toscanini)
New Zealand : Me'a Kai, Come Eat, Robert Oliver, Dr.Tracy Berno, Shiri
Ram (Random House NZ)
Norway : Ekte Mat, Andreas Viestad (Cappelen Damm)
Peru : History, Anecdotes, and Some Recipes from Peruvian Cuisine,
Berit Knudsen (Iandu)
Philippines : An Invitation to Malacanan (Art Post Asia)
Poland :Nature of Polish Cuisine - Woicieh Modest Amaro
Portugal : 2780 Taberna (Bertrand)
Russia : Larousse Gastronomique (Chernov)
Singapore : Above and Beyond, Singapore Airlines (Marshall Cavendish)
Slovenia : Ljubezen Skoz Zwloswx (Vale Novak-Gorenjski Tisk)
South Africa : Koekemakranka Khoi-Khoin Kultuurgoed en Kom-Kuier-Kos
Renata Coetzee (Lapa)
Spain : Las Cocinas del Camino de Santiago (Al Gusto)
Sweden : Syrat -Sour (Informationsforlaget)
Switzerland : Fusion Pur (Betty Bossi)
Trinidad Tobago : Ah'Len - Welcome (Syrian Lebanese Woman Association)
Turkey : Tadi Damagimda Kaldi, Mehmet Soykan (Food in Le Gastronomy)
UAE : Arabian Dreams, Aaron Maree (Motivate)
Uruguay : Gastronomia de las Costas de Rocha, Juan Antonio Varese
(Cruz del Sur)
UK : Noma, Rene Redzepi (Phaidon)
USA : The Essential New York Times Cookbook, Amanda Hesser (WWW Norton)
Venezuela : Las Recetas Olvidadas, Gamal El Fakih Rodriguez (Speedread)
Argentina : Siete Fuegos, Mallmann, Kaminky (V-R Editoras)
Australia : Bentley (Murdoch Books)
Austria : Sacher (Styria)
Bangladesh : Sasto Sochaton Ranna, Keka Ferdousi (Anannya)
Belgium : Dix Petits Doights Pleains de Chocolat, Pierre Marcolini
(Racine)
Bhutan : Foods of the Kingdom of Bhutan (Bhutan Foundation)
Canada : Glutton for Pleasure, Bob Blumer (Whitecap)
Chile : Gastronomia del Mar (Gourmet Patagonia)
China : Official Health Food, Master Chef Du Guang Bei
Colombia : Secretos de la Parrilla, Bernardo Gomez Cortazar (Gama)
Costa Rica : Saberes y Sabores de Boruca, Leila Garro Valverde (Gama
Print)
Czech Republic : Czech Home Cook, Jitka Rakoskikova (Mlada Fronta)
Denmark : Paul Food, Paul Cunningham (Politiker)
Ecuador : Cocina de Autor, Santiago Chamorro (Sesos Creacion
Visual-Unimarket)
Finland : Olo (Teos)
France : 1 Canard, 2 Daguin (Sud Ouest)
Ghana : Ghanaian Cook Book, Sophia Manu ((Adaex Educational Publication -
Accra)
Germany : JW4 (Wissler Group)
Greece : Every Day , Argiro Barbarigou (Liberis)
Hong Kong : Grandma, Grandpa Cook (MCCM Creations)
Hungary : Segal Viktor - Colours and Taste (Book Publishing)
Iceland :Silver of the Sea, Volundar Snaer Volundarsson (Salka)
India : Byriani-Pratibha Karan (Random House India)
Ireland : Catherine's Italian Kitchen , Catherine Fulvio (Gill McMillan)
Italy : Food Designing, Marti Guixe (Corraini)
Japan : 12 Roads and Stories of the Foods, Chieko Mukasa (Heibonya)
Latvia : Est Ir Tava Daba (Zvaigzne)
Laos : Food from Northern Laos - The Boat Landing Cookbook (Galangal
Press)
Luxembourg : Henri Schumacher Patissier (Guy Binsfeld)
Lebanon : Mouneh (Barbara Abdeni Massaad)
Malaysia : Kulit Manis, A Taste of Terengganu's Heritage. Puan Rosita Bt
Abdullah (My Viscom)
Malta : Pippa's Festa , Pippa Mattei (Miranda)
Mexico : Los Top Chefs de Mexico (Larousse)
Morocco : Le Figuier de Barbarie (Alwifak)
Netherlands : Toscanini Venticinqe (Toscanini)
New Zealand : Me'a Kai, Come Eat, Robert Oliver, Dr.Tracy Berno, Shiri
Ram (Random House NZ)
Norway : Ekte Mat, Andreas Viestad (Cappelen Damm)
Peru : History, Anecdotes, and Some Recipes from Peruvian Cuisine,
Berit Knudsen (Iandu)
Philippines : An Invitation to Malacanan (Art Post Asia)
Poland :Nature of Polish Cuisine - Woicieh Modest Amaro
Portugal : 2780 Taberna (Bertrand)
Russia : Larousse Gastronomique (Chernov)
Singapore : Above and Beyond, Singapore Airlines (Marshall Cavendish)
Slovenia : Ljubezen Skoz Zwloswx (Vale Novak-Gorenjski Tisk)
South Africa : Koekemakranka Khoi-Khoin Kultuurgoed en Kom-Kuier-Kos
Renata Coetzee (Lapa)
Spain : Las Cocinas del Camino de Santiago (Al Gusto)
Sweden : Syrat -Sour (Informationsforlaget)
Switzerland : Fusion Pur (Betty Bossi)
Trinidad Tobago : Ah'Len - Welcome (Syrian Lebanese Woman Association)
Turkey : Tadi Damagimda Kaldi, Mehmet Soykan (Food in Le Gastronomy)
UAE : Arabian Dreams, Aaron Maree (Motivate)
Uruguay : Gastronomia de las Costas de Rocha, Juan Antonio Varese
(Cruz del Sur)
UK : Noma, Rene Redzepi (Phaidon)
USA : The Essential New York Times Cookbook, Amanda Hesser (WWW Norton)
Venezuela : Las Recetas Olvidadas, Gamal El Fakih Rodriguez (Speedread)
Monday, December 13, 2010
Some workout ideas
Some of Mark Wahlberg's workout
Micky Ward Trains You for the Ring
By Bryan Payton
You need a strong core to be a strong boxer, says Ward, the pugilist Mark Wahlberg plays in The Fighter. "That's where all your power comes from. When you twist to throw a punch, you throw your hips and entire core into it." Follow his routine.
1 Pushup
15 reps
2 McGill curlup
15 reps each leg
Lie faceup—right leg straight, left leg bent so your foot is flat on the floor. With palms under your lower-back arch, lift your head and shoulders (don't bend your lower back). Pause, then lower.
3 Side crunch
15 reps each side
Lie straight on your left side and brace your feet against a wall or a heavy object. Rest your left hand on your chest, and place your right hand behind your head. Crunch your torso toward your hip. Pause, and then return to the starting position.
4 Hip-up
10 reps each side
Lie on your left side, propping your upper body up with your left elbow and forearm and keeping your knees straight. Raise your hips so that your torso is beyond parallel to the floor and your body forms a straight line from your head to ankles. Pause, and then lower.
5 Medicine-ball twist
15 reps
Hold a medicine ball at chest level, arms straight out. Without moving your torso, rotate your arms far to the left, then far to the right. That's 1 rep. Continue back and forth as fast as you can.
Do 2 or 3 circuits total.
Pushup
McGill Curlup
Side Crunch
Side Plank
Weighted Russian Twist
Micky Ward Trains You for the Ring
By Bryan Payton
You need a strong core to be a strong boxer, says Ward, the pugilist Mark Wahlberg plays in The Fighter. "That's where all your power comes from. When you twist to throw a punch, you throw your hips and entire core into it." Follow his routine.
1 Pushup
15 reps
2 McGill curlup
15 reps each leg
Lie faceup—right leg straight, left leg bent so your foot is flat on the floor. With palms under your lower-back arch, lift your head and shoulders (don't bend your lower back). Pause, then lower.
3 Side crunch
15 reps each side
Lie straight on your left side and brace your feet against a wall or a heavy object. Rest your left hand on your chest, and place your right hand behind your head. Crunch your torso toward your hip. Pause, and then return to the starting position.
4 Hip-up
10 reps each side
Lie on your left side, propping your upper body up with your left elbow and forearm and keeping your knees straight. Raise your hips so that your torso is beyond parallel to the floor and your body forms a straight line from your head to ankles. Pause, and then lower.
5 Medicine-ball twist
15 reps
Hold a medicine ball at chest level, arms straight out. Without moving your torso, rotate your arms far to the left, then far to the right. That's 1 rep. Continue back and forth as fast as you can.
Do 2 or 3 circuits total.
Pushup
McGill Curlup
Side Crunch
Side Plank
Weighted Russian Twist
Friday, December 03, 2010
Inception Stuff
Wired interviews Christopher Nolan about Inception
Inception Theory
Inception and Catharsis
Six Interpretations and Five Holes
Wedding Ring Theory
Nolan's Dream Layers
Inception Ending Blog
Possible track order for Inception soundtrack from some dude on the Hans Zimmer message board...
1. Half Remembered Dream
2. Projections
3. One Simple Idea
4. Radical Notion
5. Mombasa (first half)
6. One Simple Idea [again]
7. Paradox [first 3/4s]
8. Mombasa [last half]
8. Dream Within A Dream
9. Don’t Think About Elephants
10. 528491
11. Waiting For A Train
12. 528491 [again]
13. Paradox [last quarter]
14. Time
15. Dream Is Collapsing
Although I gotta say, I like finishing with Elephant > 528491 > Time
Inception Theory
Inception and Catharsis
Six Interpretations and Five Holes
Wedding Ring Theory
Nolan's Dream Layers
Inception Ending Blog
Possible track order for Inception soundtrack from some dude on the Hans Zimmer message board...
1. Half Remembered Dream
2. Projections
3. One Simple Idea
4. Radical Notion
5. Mombasa (first half)
6. One Simple Idea [again]
7. Paradox [first 3/4s]
8. Mombasa [last half]
8. Dream Within A Dream
9. Don’t Think About Elephants
10. 528491
11. Waiting For A Train
12. 528491 [again]
13. Paradox [last quarter]
14. Time
15. Dream Is Collapsing
Although I gotta say, I like finishing with Elephant > 528491 > Time
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Plumbing Fun
Fix A Running Toilet
Drain Repairs
If you have a moderately clogged drain, try this homemade drain cleaner: Pour 1/2 cup of baking soda down the drain followed by 1/2 cup of vinegar. Be careful. The two ingredients interact with foaming and fumes, so replace the drain cover loosely. Let the concoction set for about three hours before running water.
If you know the slow drain is from grease, try this treatment: Pour in 1/2 cup of salt and 1/2 cup of baking soda followed by a teakettle of boiling water. Allow to sit overnight.
You can keep your drains clog-free and odorless by using the following homemade noncorrosive drain cleaner weekly. Combine 1 cup baking soda, 1 cup table salt, and 1/4 cup cream of tartar. Stir ingredients together thoroughly and pour into a clean, covered jar. Pour 1/4 cup of mixture into drain, and immediately add 1 cup boiling water. Wait 10 seconds, then flush with cold water. Flushing weekly with a generous amount of boiling water also works well.
from http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/plumbing/how-to-unclog-a-drain.htm
Drain Repairs
If you have a moderately clogged drain, try this homemade drain cleaner: Pour 1/2 cup of baking soda down the drain followed by 1/2 cup of vinegar. Be careful. The two ingredients interact with foaming and fumes, so replace the drain cover loosely. Let the concoction set for about three hours before running water.
If you know the slow drain is from grease, try this treatment: Pour in 1/2 cup of salt and 1/2 cup of baking soda followed by a teakettle of boiling water. Allow to sit overnight.
You can keep your drains clog-free and odorless by using the following homemade noncorrosive drain cleaner weekly. Combine 1 cup baking soda, 1 cup table salt, and 1/4 cup cream of tartar. Stir ingredients together thoroughly and pour into a clean, covered jar. Pour 1/4 cup of mixture into drain, and immediately add 1 cup boiling water. Wait 10 seconds, then flush with cold water. Flushing weekly with a generous amount of boiling water also works well.
from http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/plumbing/how-to-unclog-a-drain.htm
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Friday, September 03, 2010
Early Tomatoes
ideas for early tomato varieties from the Oregonian...
I talked to Josh Kirschenbaum, who does product development for Territorial Seed Co., and was astonished to learn that of the 300 varieties growing in the trial gardens at London Springs near Cottage Grove, only about 10 had ripened by Aug. 25. And they know what they're doing.
The tomatoes that had come along were cherry types such as 'Gold Nugget' or ultra-early varieties like 'Glacier' and 'Stupice.'
The tomatoes that had come along were cherry types such as 'Gold Nugget' or ultra-early varieties like 'Glacier' and 'Stupice.'
In a last-ditch effort to get the red on, Kirschenbaum suggested:
- Cut back on water to twice a week. If you've got plastic mulch, go down to once a week.
- Pinch off flowers and some of the smaller fruit.
- You can go to the trouble of building a plastic tent, but that seems like a lot of work ... and iffy at this point.
comment: what we do is plant a variety of types, always including some of the "Russian" types - which in my experience do better in cooler weather years than the hot-blooded Mediterranean varieties... this year that strategy has paid off admirably for us.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/kympokorny/2010/09/tomato_woes_is_there_a_way_to.html
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Timbers Tunes
Elvis - I Can't Help Falling in Love
White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
The Toasters - Two Tone Army
The Offspring - Neocon
Loretta Lynn - Portland, Oregon
The Expoloited - Barmy Army
White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
The Toasters - Two Tone Army
The Offspring - Neocon
Loretta Lynn - Portland, Oregon
The Expoloited - Barmy Army
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Oregon Fishing Reports
Tredewinds Depoe Bay
Looking forward to getting some albacore and these folks seem to keep their reports up to date. Sounds like they are coming soon, maybe next week!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Our ramen shop in Tokyo
I finally found it
http://r.tabelog.com/tokyo/A1314/A131401/13059518/
http://ramendb.supleks.jp/shop/11908
福気
Shibadaimon 2-1-1, Minato-kuhttp://r.tabelog.com/tokyo/A1314/A131401/13059518/
http://ramendb.supleks.jp/shop/11908
Monday, June 07, 2010
World Cup 2010 schedule
USA
England 6/12 Sat 11:30 ABC
Slovenia 6/18 Fri 07:00 ESPN
Algeria 6/23 Wed 07:00 ESPN
France
Uruguay 6/11 Fri 11:30 ESPN
Mexico 6/17 Thur 11:30 ESPN
RSA 6/22 Tue 07:00 ESPN
Netherlands
Denmark 6/14 Mon 04:30 ESPN
Japan 6/19 Sat 04:30 ESPN
Cameroon 6/24 Thur 11:30 ESPN
England 6/12 Sat 11:30 ABC
Slovenia 6/18 Fri 07:00 ESPN
Algeria 6/23 Wed 07:00 ESPN
France
Uruguay 6/11 Fri 11:30 ESPN
Mexico 6/17 Thur 11:30 ESPN
RSA 6/22 Tue 07:00 ESPN
Netherlands
Denmark 6/14 Mon 04:30 ESPN
Japan 6/19 Sat 04:30 ESPN
Cameroon 6/24 Thur 11:30 ESPN
Friday, February 05, 2010
Moqueca or Mokeka
Moqueca de camarão Dendê (palm) oil brings to the cooking of coastal Brazil what drums bring to samba: an insistent underlying sensuality. It transforms the coconut milk with its deep orange-red color and makes the flavor of the shrimp sing. But it is as perishable as it is seductive, so smell it before you use it. Active time: 25 min Start to finish: 45 min Yield: Makes 6 servingsActive Time: 25 min Total Time: 45 min  1 1/4 lb large shrimp in shell (21 to 25 per lb), peeled and deveined 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 1 (14- to 15-oz) can diced tomatoes including juice 1 medium onion, finely chopped 1 green bell pepper, finely chopped 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 teaspoon cayenne 5 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh cilantro 1 cup well-stirred canned unsweetened coconut milk 1 tablespoon dendê (palm) oil* Accompaniment: cooked white rice  Toss shrimp with black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon salt, garlic, and lemon juice and marinate, covered and chilled, 20 minutes. Purée tomatoes with juice in a blender until smooth. Cook onion and bell pepper in olive oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened, 8 to 10 minutes. Add cayenne, 1 tablespoon cilantro, and remaining teaspoon salt and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add tomato purée and simmer briskly, stirring, until mixture is very thick, about 15 minutes. Stir in coconut milk and bring to a boil, then add shrimp mixture and cook, stirring, until shrimp are just cooked through, about 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in dendê oil and remaining 4 tablespoons cilantro and season with salt and pepper. * Available at Brazilian and West African markets and Kalustyan's (800-352-3451). |
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Our Borscht Recipe
3 slices bacon
1 yellow onion
5 giant bulk beets
2 boxes beef broth
bouquet parsley
3 T red wine vinegar
6 juniper berries
big pinch ~1t cloves
3 finger pinch sugar
salt & pepper
~1 cup chopped cabbage (optional)
Saturday, December 05, 2009
First Down MONTANA!
Today I got up and went out to rake and sweep up the leaves while they were still dry. The city leaf collection folks have already come twice so the rest of the leaves from the junk trees had to go into the bins. Unfortunately there are still more leaves left, boooo. After the leaves, I went up to check the intertubes, however the older laptop wasn't seeing the new modem. The new netbook was fine. So, I putzed around, searching for tips on the web and shutting down and restarting computers. Apparently, the fourth or fifth time was a charm. I got both computers working just in time to catch the beginning of the Montana quarter-finals game against Stephen F Austin. The Griz went on to win 51-0, excellent. Also, tried out the speed test with the laptop hardwired to the router, got 30 Mbs!!! Never got higher than 6 with the old ancient modem. After the game we went for two trips up Mt Tabor. It was cool but sunny and a nice ride. On the way home we went to New Seasons to get food for the week. We decided to try a Dungeness crab for the first time. I just read how the season just started, Dec 1st, and the first 8 weeks are the most prolific. We had three stinky cheeses with some rye bread, then had the crab with butter, yummy. They are quite a bit bigger than Maryland Blue Crabs and probably equally tasty. We finished dinner roasting chorizo sausages over the fire in the backyard, more flavor! What a delicious dinner. Now, off to work for three days.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Armadillo Eggs
Armadillo Eggs
Cut jalapenos in half. Stuff with cream cheese. Wrap in loose sausage. Wrap all that in a piece of bacon. Grill!!! From LSU video @ 13:10.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Iowa Fight Song - Skin Kandy
Apparently I'm a little slow on this as it came out in 2007. That's what happens when you live 2000 miles away. A little band from Cedar Rapids called Skin Kandy did this! VERY SWEET!!!
Skin Candy- Iowa Fight Song - Skin Candy (intro by Hawkeye Marching Band)
Skin Candy- Iowa Fight Song - Skin Candy (intro by Hawkeye Marching Band)
Porter Playoffs round 4
Kona Pipeline vs MacTarnahan's Black Watch
Both of these entries have what I call a sharp flavor, or maybe in the case of the Black Watch a sharp feel. The Kona's sharpness comes from, I think, their addition of actual coffe, which is not necessary as roasted barley will do the job just fine. The MacTarnahan's problem is its over carbonation and thin feel. Also, while I haven't had a Bud or Miller for quite some time, there was something in the taste of the Black Watch that reminded me of that sort of beer. Oh, well. The Deshutes Black Butte and Butte Creek remain 1 and 2, but not sure of the order. I will have to have showdown this weekend, back to Belmont Station to pick up more! Here's a guess at an order for the rest:
3: Otter Creek Stovepipe
4: Kona Pipeline
5: Rogue Mocha
6: MacTarnahan's Black Watch
7: Dick's Lava Rock
8: Anchor
Both of these entries have what I call a sharp flavor, or maybe in the case of the Black Watch a sharp feel. The Kona's sharpness comes from, I think, their addition of actual coffe, which is not necessary as roasted barley will do the job just fine. The MacTarnahan's problem is its over carbonation and thin feel. Also, while I haven't had a Bud or Miller for quite some time, there was something in the taste of the Black Watch that reminded me of that sort of beer. Oh, well. The Deshutes Black Butte and Butte Creek remain 1 and 2, but not sure of the order. I will have to have showdown this weekend, back to Belmont Station to pick up more! Here's a guess at an order for the rest:
3: Otter Creek Stovepipe
4: Kona Pipeline
5: Rogue Mocha
6: MacTarnahan's Black Watch
7: Dick's Lava Rock
8: Anchor
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Porter Playoffs round 3
Rogue Mocha vs Deshutes Black Butte
The Rogue Mocha is a good example of the porter style in every way but one. As some Oregon breweries are wont to do, and as Oregon is home to many of the States' hops farms, Rogue over hops their Mocha Porter. The grapefruit flavour of what I'm guessing is cascade hops does not jive well with the coffe flavour of the roasted malt. The Deschutes on the other hand is a nearly perfectly balanced porter. Lots of chocolate maltiness, not too sweet, not too much molasses aroma, nice big head, very nice. I'd have to say at this point its a tie between the Black Butte and the Butte Creek. All the best porters have the word Butte in them.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Porter Playoffs round 2
Dick's Lava Rock vs Otter Creek Stovepipe
The Dick's entry in this showdown is quite similar to the Anchor beer, although not as big. It is a little sweet for my tastes. The Otter Creek, is moving towards the beatuy that is Butte Creek, a little dryer but still has a big coffee taste and molasses nose. So far the Butte Creek is still in first followed by Otter Creek, maybe I'm just a sucker for beers with the word creek in them.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Porter Playoffs round 1
Butte Creek vs Anchor
Although the Butte Creek feels just a little light in mouth it was the winner of the first round. The Anchor porter came off a little syruppy with a molasses flavor, it was a little strong and over malted for me. The Butte Creek has a wonderful typical porter flavor and is easy drinkin!
Friday, November 21, 2008
My Concerts concert gigs shows
1984
Van Halen, Autograph Mar 25, Capital Centre, Largo, MD
Duran Duran Apr 2, Capital Centre, Largo, MD
Beach Boys July 4th The Mall, Washington DC
Yes Sept 6, Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia MD
1985
Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister Jan 28 Capital Centre, Largo, MD
Eric Clapton, Graham Parker Jun 27 Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia MD
Motley Crue, Loudness Aug 11, Civic Center, Baltimore
Ratt, Bon Jovi Oct 15 Capital Centre, Largo, MD
Rush, Steve Morse Dec 16 Capital Centre, Largo, MD
1986
Aerosmith, Ted Nugent Mar 7 Captial Centre, Largo, MD
Judas Priest, Dokken May 31 Capital Centre, Largo, MD
Kix, Obsesion Jun 6 Crystal Skate, Marlow Heights, MD
NYC Fresh Fest III- Kurtis Blow, The Fat Boys Jun 7 Civic Center, Baltimore
AC/DC, Queensryche Aug 23 Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AB
Metallica, Metal Church Dec 16, Convention Center, Edmonton, AB
Triumph, Kick Axe Dec 31 Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AB
1987
The Pretenders, Iggy Pop Mar 8 Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AB
Iron Maiden, Wasted Apr 22 Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AB
1989
Ratt, Kix, Brittny Fox Feb 8 Rosemont Horizon, Chicago
Metallica, The Cult Jun 2 Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AB
Tora Tora, The Hangmen Sept 21, The Metro, Chicago
Dirty Looks, EZO Oct 1 The Metro, Chicago
PiL, Flesh For Lulu, Out of Order Oct 21 The Riv, Chicago
David Byrne Oct 23, Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
Testament, WrathChild, Anihilator Oct 27 The Vic, Chicago
1990
I Love You, Feb 17 The Cubby Bear, Chicago
Testament, Savatage, Nuclear Assault Mar 25 The Vic, Chicago
Fates Warning, Sanctuary Apr 8 Medusas, Chicago
Butthole Surfers, Killdozer, Out of Order Apr 21 The Vic, Chicago
Consolidated July 7 The Metro, Chicago
Aerosmith Jul 21, Alpine Valley, WI
Consolidated, MC 900ft Jesus Oct 5 The Metro, Chicago
Skinny Puppy, Babes in Toyland Nov 2 The Riv, Chicago
Jane's Addiction, Henry Rollins Band Nov 30 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
1991
Slayer, Testament Jan 31 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
Buck Pets, Kill City Mar 28 Lounge Ax, Chicago
Pigface, Silverfick May 5 The Metro, Chicago
KMFDM, Brain Dead Sound Machine May 25 The Metro, Chicago
Social Act, Daisy Chain Jun 1 The Vic, Chicago
Clash of the Titans June 14 World Music Theater, Chicago
Sisters of Mercy, Public Enemy, Gang of Four, Warrior Soul Jul 12 Poplar Creek, Chicago
Soul Asylum, Jayhawks, Pearl Jam July 21 The Metro, Chicago
Lollapalooza - Jane's, Buttholes, NIN, Living Colour Aug 3 World Music Theater, Chicago
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Aug 31 The Riv, Chicago
Nirvana Oct 12 The Metro, Chicago
1992
Alice Donut, Didjits, Victims Family Jan 31 The Metro, Chicago
Skid Row, Soundgarden Feb 13 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
Kix with D-Generation Oct 18 Limelight, NYC
Mudhoney, Flaming Lips, Eugeneious Oct 29 Roseland, NYC
Neds Atomic Dustbin Nov Roseland, NYC
Pigface, Psychic TV, EBN Dec 18 The Ritz, NYC
King Missile Dec The Continental, NYC
1993
The Smalls Jan 7 Edmonton, AB
Love Battery, Springhouse Mar 9 The Grand, NYC
Buck Pets, Hammer Box Jun 26 China Club, Chicago
Thrill Kill Kult Jul 31 The Metro, Chicago
Love Battery Sept 18 Lounge Ax, Chicago
Nirvana, Mudhoney Oct 25 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
77 Luscious Babes, Molly McGuire Dec 20 Smart Bar Chicago
1994
Stabbing Westward, Local H Apr 28 The Metro, Chicago
Pearl Jam, Urge Overkill Mar 10 Chicago Stadium, Chicago
Loud Lucy, Triple Fast Action Thurston's, Chicago
Eleventh Dream Day, God's Acre Record Release Show, Chicago
Veruca Salt Sept 29 Lounge Ax Chicago
Pop Will Eat Itself Nov 19 The Metro, Chicago
Pigface, Monster Voodoo Machine Dec 2 Double Door, Chicago
1995
Bettie Serveert, Love Battery Mar 30 The Metro, Chicago
Ned's Atomic Dustbin May 14 The Vic, Chicago
The Orb Jun 9 The Riv, Chicago
The Cows, US Maple Aug 19 The Empty Bottle, Chicago
White Zombie, Supersuckers, The Toadies Nov 16 UIC Pavillion, Chicago
Sonic Youth Oct 26 The Riv, Chicago
Urge Overkill, The Geraldine Fibbers Nov 24 The Riv, Chicago
1996
Butthole Surfers, Toadies, Rev Horton Heat July 19 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
1997
The Jesus Lizard, Freakwater Feb 18 Gabe's Iowa City, IA
Liquid Soul April 18 Gunnerz Iowa City, IA
Sweat Lodge Gabe's Iowa City, IA
The Orb, Chemical Brothers Apr 26 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago
House of Large Sizes July 29 Gunnerz Iowa City, IA
Lilith Fair Aug 9 World Music Theater, Chicago
1998
Thrill Kill Kult Aug 9, First Ave, Minneapolis
2000
Pearl Jam Nov 2 Rose Garden Portland, OR
2001
Arlo Mar 7 Satyricon, Portland, OR
Arlo, Deathray Davies Jun 3 Satyricon, Portland, OR
2002
Elbow, South Feb 26 Berbatis Pan Portland, OR
David Cross, Arlo Jun 1 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
The Dandy Warhols Jun 13 Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
The Vines, OK Go Aug 3 Dantes Portland, OR
Rilo Kiley, Arlo Aug 8 Blackbird Portland, OR
2003
Ok Go Feb 24 Pete's Room at Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
2004
Skinny Puppy, Tweaker Jun 11 Roseland, Portland, OR
The Libertines Sept 28 Dantes Portland, OR
2005
The Music, Kasabian Mar 9 Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
Bloc Party May 27 Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
Kasabian Jun 2 Doug Fir Portland, OR
2006
Elbow Apr 12 Doug Fir Portland, OR
Paul Simon Sep 30 Rose Garden Portland, OR
2011
Korpiklaani, Arkona Dec 5 Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
2012
Korpiklaani, Moonsorrow, Tyr, Metsatoll Sep 10 Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
2013
Enslaved, Pallbearer, Ancient VVisdom Feb10 Branx, Portland, OR
Kvelertak, The Cancer Bats, Black Tusk May 3 Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
2016
Kvelertak, Torche, Wild Throne Apr 29 In The Venue, Salt Lake City,UT
Megadeth, Amon Amarth, Metal Church Sept 20 Events Center, Casper, WY
2017
Amon Amarth, Goat Whore May 17 Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO
2018
Architects, Stick to your Guns, Counterparts Mar 10 Metro Music Hall, Salt Lake City, UT
2019
Gojira Aug 2, House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
2022
Dvne Jun 5, Le Hangar, Liege, BE
Sports Team, Meltheads Nov 20, Le Botanique, Brussels, BE
2023
Squid, Pega Sept 7, Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, BE
2024
Jane's Addiction, WineMom June 28, Trinity College, Dublin, IE
Elbow, Conchúr White July 1, Trinity College, Dublin, IE
Nada Surf, Bertie Newman Nov 21, The Academy, Dublin, IE
2025
Touche Amore, Trauma Ray, A Burial at Sea Feb 25, Whelan's, Dublin, IE
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Weekend
Sooo tired, wanna go home, sick and tired. Luckily my weekend, as previously mentioned, start on Wednesday. The Blazers take on the Clippers in their 6th preseason game. It starts in a few minutes. The killer Bs are looking pretty good, getting very excited for the season, which starts in 6 days. Sweet! Nuttin big this weekend, now I just wanna sleep, I work out some, do some vacuuming, the standard. I'm really craving a real burger. We ended up at Wendy's last night, but the burger was luke-warm at best and kinda thin and watery and should go to hell.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Weekend
Work's almost over, long weekend is almost here. I really need to buy Hey Mercedes' Our Weekend Starts on Wednesday, cuz it fits my schedule.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Some Are Good, Some Are Terrible
Saw 3 movies this past insanely hot weekend, trying to stay cool is an entertaining job, mostly. 1st up on Thurs was Tropic Thunder, it was hilarious and ridiculous and a great movie. Over the top in the best of possible manners. Robert Downey Jr was excellent. I guess some folks are getting their shorts in a knot over his character, forget about it, its a movie, shut up and be entertained, it was an awesome performance. Apparently, it wasn't fair to the other flicks to watch Tropic first as it set the bar too high.
Next up was Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull (finally), ummm, well, it was entertaining, but not close to the first one which is a silver screen classic. I guess over all I'd have to say I was disappointed. Wasn't really into the plot, I mean aliens in an Indiana Jones movie, Jones steps out of a nuked refrigerator without a scratch? Just pushed it a little too much, a little too goofy.
Last up was a doozy, damn thing nearly erased my brain is was so bad, what, oh yeah, Step Brothers, ughhh. Instead of choosing the funniest thing they could do for each bit they chose the dumbist thing. At some points during the movie, I actually felt embarrased for the actors, it was that bad, not to say that I didn't ever laugh, I did, but the few laughs hardly redeemed the rest of the flick.
Next up was Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull (finally), ummm, well, it was entertaining, but not close to the first one which is a silver screen classic. I guess over all I'd have to say I was disappointed. Wasn't really into the plot, I mean aliens in an Indiana Jones movie, Jones steps out of a nuked refrigerator without a scratch? Just pushed it a little too much, a little too goofy.
Last up was a doozy, damn thing nearly erased my brain is was so bad, what, oh yeah, Step Brothers, ughhh. Instead of choosing the funniest thing they could do for each bit they chose the dumbist thing. At some points during the movie, I actually felt embarrased for the actors, it was that bad, not to say that I didn't ever laugh, I did, but the few laughs hardly redeemed the rest of the flick.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Up the Timbers!
Have you ever had a tin, have you ever had a tin
Have you ever had a tin of flounder spread
Here comes your mama with a loaf of bread
Flounder, Oh, Flounder
Buy it in a small tin
Buy it in a big tin
Buy it at the Pike Street
OK!!!
Have you ever had a tin of flounder spread
Here comes your mama with a loaf of bread
Flounder, Oh, Flounder
Buy it in a small tin
Buy it in a big tin
Buy it at the Pike Street
OK!!!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Portland food carts
I'm stealing this from the WW to make sure I can find it again... ExtraMSG's taco truck guide seems to have disappeared. My favorites are Samurai Bento, Lindo Michoacan and the Chaat House. mmmm mmm good, street food!
and here is ExtraMSG's taco truck list from August 2007, found it on the PortlandFood board
TACO TRUCKS
Downtown
Chintos
SW 9th & Alder, Portland
some uncovered seating
al pastor, machaca
C-
Jarochita
SW 5th between Stark & Oak, Portland
huaraches, sopes, horchata, tamales, carnitas, al pastor
small covered table
A-
King Burrito
SW 5th & Oak, Portland
carnitas
small covered table
B-
Loco Locos Burritos
SW 5th between Oak & Stark, Portland
large burrito selection
some seating
C+
Loco Locos Burritos
SW 9th & Morrison, Portland
some uncovered seating
carne asada, carnitas
C+
Mr. Taco
SW 5th between Stark & Oak, Portland
can't recommend anything
two seats
D+
Ortiz's/Francisco
SW 3rd & Stark, Portland
can't recommend food, cool painting on the truck
small covered table
D+
Tito's Burritos
SW 3rd & Washington, Portland
carnitas
one covered table
B
Taqueria Villanieva
SW 3rd & Oak, Portland
pastor, asada
one table, plus covered counter for standing
B
North Portland
Cabana Rolling Grill
N Vancouver & MLK, Portland
carne asada
no seating
C-
La Chiquita
(formerly 3 Hermanos)
N Killingsworth & Interstate, Portland
fresh tortillas, birria de chivo, sopes, pollo, salsa verde
covered seating
A
Northeast Portland
La Estacion Express #2
NE Lombard & Killingsworth, Portland
panuchos, huaraches, cochinita, cabeza
covered seating
A-
Taqueria Mendoza
NE Killingsworth & 57th, Portland
carnitas, carne asada, al pastor, beans
some seating
B
Southeast Portland
El Brasero
SE 12th & Hawthorne, Portland
barbacoa de borrego estilo DF, consome, birria de chivo, pollo, tamales
covered seating
A
Los Gorditos
SE Division & 50th, Portland
Carne asada en cebollada, nachos
covered seating
B+
Lindo Michoacan
SE Division & 34th, Portland
fresh tortillas, oversized sopes, tamales de elote
covered seating
B+
Torres de Morelos
SE Powell & 31st, Portland
offal, specials
covered seating
B
Taqueria Pardo
SE 7th & Division, Portland
Eastside
La Catrina (Tortas Gigantes)
9684 SE 82nd, Portland
tortas, torta cubana, carnitas, carne asada
covered seating
A
Dos Amigos
SE Powell & 122nd, Portland
ceviche, pollo, encurtido, champurrado, horchata
covered seating
B+
Morelia
SE 82nd & Lambert, Portland
salsas, champurrado, birria de chivo, deshebrada, carnitas, postres, gorditas, flautas, enchiladas, chicharron en salsa roja
some seating
A
Taqueria El Cazador #2
SE 82nd & Ash, Portland
seafood, encurtido
covered seating
B-
Washington County
Ely's
SE 11th & Walnut, Hillsboro
fresh tortillas, empanadas, sopes, birria de chivo, carnitas
no seating
A
Ely's
Aloha Shopping Center
18565 SW Tualatin Valley Hwy, Aloha
fresh tortillas, birria de chivo, carnitas
some seating
A
Mely's
10th & Maple, Hillsboro
fresh tortillas, huaraches, cabeza
no seating
A
Mexico Lindo
Aloha Shopping Center
18565 SW Tualatin Valley Hwy, Aloha
fresh tortillas, huaraches, carnitas, cabeza, buche, champurrado
some seating
A
Rico's Tacos
Aloha Shopping Center
18565 SW Tualatin Valley Hwy, Aloha
carnitas
some seating
C+
Can’t afford Vindalho? Try: India Chaat House.
In Hindi, “Chaat” are savory snacks, and this van with a rickety-looking but functional closed-in porch serves up Indian chow that’s less greasy, fresher and more authentic than that at most Indian restaurants in town. India Chaat prepares one honkin’ huge $5 combo meal daily with greatest hits of vegetarian curries and bean dishes, and loads of fragrant basmati rice. Don’t forget the fresh naan breads (the garlic is a standout), mango lassi shakes and samosas. Corner of Southwest 12th Avenue and Yamhill Street, 241-7944. Lunch and dinner Monday-Friday, lunch Saturday.
^Can’t afford Castagna? Try: Garden State.
This super-shiny metal trailer makes some of the best Sicilian-inspired mangiare in the city. Owner Kevin Sandri prepares classics like Italian sausage with grilled peppers on a ciabatta roll, a meatball sandwich, a wonderfully moist and smoky grilled chicken Diablo ($12 for a whole bird) big enough to serve two. The real specialty here, though, is the arancine ($6): four racquetball-sized fried orbs infused with heady saffron and stuffed with either molten mozzarella or a meat ragú that would make Nonna proud. Southeast 13th Avenue and Lexington Street, across from the Sellwood Library. 705-5273. Lunch and early dinner Tuesday-Saturday.
^Can’t afford Typhoon? Try: Thai Basil.
A little bit off the beaten food-cart path, Thai Basil sits nearly alone in a parking lot a few blocks from the busy Pod on 5th Avenue. There are plenty of Thai carts downtown, but most offer the same heavy coconut-laden curries, soggy noodles and oily stir-fries. Not so at Thai Basil. The chili-cashew fried rice, spicy asparagus stir fry ($5), and young green coconut or pineapple curries ($5) are filled with crisp veggies and come with white or brown rice or thin rice noodles. Portions are big enough to eat for lunch, dinner and maybe another lunch. What more can you ask for? Southwest 2nd Avenue and Oak Street, 330-1010. Lunch and early dinner Monday-Friday.
^Can’t afford Biwa? Try: Samurai Bento.
Samurai Bento is one of the grander-looking of the city’s carts, but the menu is pure Japanese soul food. All dishes come with a side of rice, veggies and pickles. The yakisoba is a real steal for $5, with plump noodles stir fried with loads of veggies and chicken, tofu or beef. The katsu don (chicken or pork) is panko-crusted and fried pork or chicken served over rice with soy-seasoned soft scrambled egg and onion sauce. Vegetarians rejoice: Everything is available meatless. Southwest 9th Avenue and Alder Street, 757-8802. Lunch Monday-Friday.
^Can’t afford Screen Door? Try: Flavour Spot.
Why someone didn’t think of this sooner is beyond us: Take a 10-inch-round, freshly baked, old-fashioned waffle—the kind with the little holes, not the thick Belgian variety—stuff it with all sorts of goodness, fold it in half and voila! A breakfast sandwich the size of a giant burrito with enough calories to keep you going for at least the next 12 hours. And what a flavorful sandwich it is, crispy on the outside, then warm, soft and tender in the next bite. Standouts include an oozing cheese and Black Forest ham for $4 and a sausage with organic maple syrup ($4). North Fremont Street and Mississippi Avenue. North Lombard Street between Greeley and Denver avenues. 289-9866, flavourspot.com. Breakfast and lunch daily. Lunch only at Mississippi Avenue location.
^Can’t afford Ken’s Artisan Pizza? Try: Al Forno Ferruzza.
Unless you’re a student at Portland State University, you’ll have to go a bit out of your way to try the pizza and Sicilian treats at this “purple people feeder” (their words, not ours). It’s worth the trek: Owner Stephen Ferruzza makes killer hand-tossed artisan pizzas, calzones ($5) and specials ($5 with bread) like eggplant Parmesan that rival some of the best Italian restaurants in town. Ferruzza, an affable dude in his early 20s, learned the dough trade (he also bakes and sells Italian breads for about $3 per loaf) from his Sicilian kinfolk and has some pretty impressive credentials: He cooked at Lake Placid Lodge in upstate New York. Pies are made in the traditional manner, with dough left to proof and mellow overnight and baked in an 800-degree oven. A large slice is $3, a nine-inch “personal pizza” is $6, and a whole pie goes for $14. Southwest 4th Avenue and College Street, 315-523-3407. Lunch and early dinner Monday-Friday.
^Can’t afford Taqueria nueve? Try: La Jarochita.
Taco trucks are by far the most common carts in town, gathering en masse in the cart “pods” and “rows” downtown and going it alone in scattered parking lots from St. Johns to Southeast 82nd Avenue. La Jarochita is not the biggest or flashiest of the bunch, and the small maroon-colored trailer is easy to miss among its companions on Southwest 5th Avenue, but the food here is some of the best and most authentic around. Look a little bit off the menu at the colorful handwritten signs plastered on the truck for regional specialties rarely found at other carts: sopes from Guadalajara ($1.50 each), like tacos with a thick base made from fried cornmeal “bowls” and topped with beans, meat and salsa; huaraches, a beloved Mexican street treat of thick “paddles” of grilled masa piled with a healthy dose of meats, beans and veggies and smothered with sauces; and tamales ($1.50 each) made Veracruz style, wrapped not in the typical corn husks but in banana leaves. Southwest 5th Avenue between Oak and Stark streets, 421-9838. Breakfast, lunch and early dinner Monday-Friday, lunch Saturday.
^Can’t afford Wong’s King? Try: Asian Station.
A newcomer to the cart scene, Asian Station is a greatest-hits medley of East-Asian street snacks from Shanghai to Singapore. Owner Cindy Margheim based the menu on favorites from her own childhood in Hong Kong. The menu’s still evolving, but look for the likes of flaky Malaysian roti flatbreads served with a smooth yellow coconut curry ($6), pot stickers and shrimp shumai dumplings, and addictively sweet-and-savory caramelized chicken wings served with rice, pot stickers and green papaya salad ($6.50). The signature dish is Shanghai soup dumplings ($6.50 for six), addictive little balls of steamed dough stuffed with ground pork, cabbage and a magic burst of steaming broth. You can’t get these babies anywhere else. They take a while to prepare, so call ahead. Southwest 10th Avenue and Alder Street, 227-5727. Lunch Monday-Friday.
^Can’t afford Al Amir? Try: Aybla Grill.
You know this isn’t your average greasy gyros stand when the owner comes dressed in an impeccable white chef’s coat with his name embroidered on the chest. Syrian-born and professionally trained chef Saied Samaiel makes some of the best gyros, falafel and other Mediterranean treats in Portland. The super lamb gyro ($6) is stuffed with crisp veggies and garlicky lamb, dressed with tzatziki sauce. The falafel is light, tender and flavorful, and can be ordered either as a sandwich ($4) or as part of the large mixed mezza platter ($6, $8 with meat) with stuffed grape leaves, hummus and baba ghanouj. 925 SW Alder St.. 490-3387. Lunch and early dinner Monday-Friday, lunch Saturday.
^Can’t afford a flight to Rome? Try: Spella Caffe.
Andrea Spella is Portland’s Zen master of espresso. No goofy, syrupy, flavored concoctions; $20,000 robot coffee makers; or “foam art” here—Spella takes the classic approach, making his drinks with single-origin beans he roasts himself, a hand-pulled piston Rancilio machine and gentle delivery. Loyal customers have been known to walk from as far away as PSU to get their daily fix. Southwest Alder Street and 9th Avenue, 421-9723. 9 am-4 pm Monday-Friday.
TACO TRUCKS
Downtown
Chintos
SW 9th & Alder, Portland
some uncovered seating
al pastor, machaca
C-
Jarochita
SW 5th between Stark & Oak, Portland
huaraches, sopes, horchata, tamales, carnitas, al pastor
small covered table
A-
King Burrito
SW 5th & Oak, Portland
carnitas
small covered table
B-
Loco Locos Burritos
SW 5th between Oak & Stark, Portland
large burrito selection
some seating
C+
Loco Locos Burritos
SW 9th & Morrison, Portland
some uncovered seating
carne asada, carnitas
C+
Mr. Taco
SW 5th between Stark & Oak, Portland
can't recommend anything
two seats
D+
Ortiz's/Francisco
SW 3rd & Stark, Portland
can't recommend food, cool painting on the truck
small covered table
D+
Tito's Burritos
SW 3rd & Washington, Portland
carnitas
one covered table
B
Taqueria Villanieva
SW 3rd & Oak, Portland
pastor, asada
one table, plus covered counter for standing
B
North Portland
Cabana Rolling Grill
N Vancouver & MLK, Portland
carne asada
no seating
C-
La Chiquita
(formerly 3 Hermanos)
N Killingsworth & Interstate, Portland
fresh tortillas, birria de chivo, sopes, pollo, salsa verde
covered seating
A
Northeast Portland
La Estacion Express #2
NE Lombard & Killingsworth, Portland
panuchos, huaraches, cochinita, cabeza
covered seating
A-
Taqueria Mendoza
NE Killingsworth & 57th, Portland
carnitas, carne asada, al pastor, beans
some seating
B
Southeast Portland
El Brasero
SE 12th & Hawthorne, Portland
barbacoa de borrego estilo DF, consome, birria de chivo, pollo, tamales
covered seating
A
Los Gorditos
SE Division & 50th, Portland
Carne asada en cebollada, nachos
covered seating
B+
Lindo Michoacan
SE Division & 34th, Portland
fresh tortillas, oversized sopes, tamales de elote
covered seating
B+
Torres de Morelos
SE Powell & 31st, Portland
offal, specials
covered seating
B
Taqueria Pardo
SE 7th & Division, Portland
Eastside
La Catrina (Tortas Gigantes)
9684 SE 82nd, Portland
tortas, torta cubana, carnitas, carne asada
covered seating
A
Dos Amigos
SE Powell & 122nd, Portland
ceviche, pollo, encurtido, champurrado, horchata
covered seating
B+
Morelia
SE 82nd & Lambert, Portland
salsas, champurrado, birria de chivo, deshebrada, carnitas, postres, gorditas, flautas, enchiladas, chicharron en salsa roja
some seating
A
Taqueria El Cazador #2
SE 82nd & Ash, Portland
seafood, encurtido
covered seating
B-
Washington County
Ely's
SE 11th & Walnut, Hillsboro
fresh tortillas, empanadas, sopes, birria de chivo, carnitas
no seating
A
Ely's
Aloha Shopping Center
18565 SW Tualatin Valley Hwy, Aloha
fresh tortillas, birria de chivo, carnitas
some seating
A
Mely's
10th & Maple, Hillsboro
fresh tortillas, huaraches, cabeza
no seating
A
Mexico Lindo
Aloha Shopping Center
18565 SW Tualatin Valley Hwy, Aloha
fresh tortillas, huaraches, carnitas, cabeza, buche, champurrado
some seating
A
Rico's Tacos
Aloha Shopping Center
18565 SW Tualatin Valley Hwy, Aloha
carnitas
some seating
C+
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Pitchfork hates it, must be good! mmm! mmm!
Noticed this little gem on Pitchfork this morning, apparently they don't like it. I guess they don't understand it, that's too bad for them. I suppose thats because Does It Offend You, Yeah? have a sense of humor and like to have fun. Not nearly enough angst and self pity for Pitchfork. Do check DIOY,Y? out. Fun, indie style techno bashing. Definitely a good rollick, some good craic! Recommended if you like: Vive La Fete, Kasabian, upbeat MGMT and Pony Pony Run Run. disclaimer: not that I've heard the whole thing, it's not even out in the States, just checked out what's on their myspace page.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Power Ballad Killed the Metal Star
Something very important and very serious has been bothering me for quite some time. This has been nagging me and eating at my very existence. That it was allowed to continue altered the very course of my being. I am of course talking about the metal power ballad. A musical genre that rallied around high energy chord changes, screaming fast guitar solos, and wailing vocals, reduced to dust by sappy feelings. This comes up now, having grown up in the early Eighties listening to Twisted Sister, Kix, Ratt, Def Leppard, since I decided to dig out some of the golden oldies: Out of the Cellar, Shout at the Devil, L.A. Guns, Long Cold Winter, Pyromania. But as I listened along, and really dug some tunes that I had forgotten about over the last decade (crikey I'm gettin old), every so often, some insipid fluff would spew forth from the speakers, ackk, what the hell was that. Damnit, I wanna rock out, and some jackass is crying about how he lost the girl or is a long way from home... fuggetaboutit, I want my ass kicked! Now in the digital age its easy enough to go through and delete all the ballads, which is exactly what I did, but back in the day, it always seemed that the monster hit was the stupid ballad, at least 1 on every album. So a genre that is 90% wall to wall obnoxiously loud noise got best known by the most mellow, most vapid garbage ever laid to tape? This killed, yes, killed, hard rock or hair metal or glam rock, whatever you wanna call it. Some mellow folks bought rockin albums cuz they heard a ballad they liked but couldn't stand the rest of the beautiful, glorious noise, then folks like myself got tired of fast forwarding past the damn ballad, wouldn't have been so bad if they had just always put them at the end of the record. Like, hey, we know this song sucks but its gonna make us a ton of money, so we'll put it on at the end, and you can pretend that the album finishes one song earlier. Somehow, Ratt got away without having a ballad, and on each of their first 3 albums they got harder and louder, sweet! I'm not sure who to blame for this, now this is America so someone must be at fault. Possibly Zeppelin with Stairway, was that the first power ballad? Motley Crue surely hit the big time with Home Sweet Home in 85, and GnR struck platinum with Sweet Child O' Mine, so I suppose at lot of folks were trying to emulate those bands. So there you have it... Led Zeppelin, Motley Crue and Guns and Roses shall stand guilty for Metal's sins against Rock and paving the way for a buncha whiney babies filled with angst post Nirvana.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
If there was any doubt about the Blazers' legitimacy in the Western Conference - or their newfound superiority over the Warriors - it all dissolved in an opening blur of dunks and three-pointers.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Portland Trail Blazers Playlist
This includes stuff they play at The Rose Garden and some of my own pump ya up style tunes
Young Jeezy - Standing Ovation (The first 3 picked by players during warm-ups)
Birdman - Pop Bottles
Jibbs - King Kong
The Who - Who Are You (who is the visiting team???)
Daft Punk - Harder Faster Better (Deadmau5 Edit) (Pre-intro warming up)
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - O Fortuna (One of the intros, the other is GNR... boring)
Run DMC - Walk This Way (Def Beats)
Jim Noir - Eanie Meany (Fat Boy Slim Mix) (The World Cup 2006 Adidas Comercial song)
The Game - Compton (Def Beats)
Spoon - I Turn My Camera On (the Blazers cuz they is rollin)
DJ Food - Dark Lady (Def Beats)
Timo Maas - To Get Down (One of my favs)
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop (Ay Oh, Let's Go)
Junkie XL - A Little Less Conversation (Def Beats)
Republica - Ready To Go (The Blazers are always ready to go)
Randy Newman - I Love LA (When Lamarcus Aldridge scores)
Outkast - Hey Ya (What's cooler than cool??? The Blazers!)
Dubfire - Rib Cage (Def Beats)
Groove Armada - I See you Baby (shaking your a... watch your mouth, I'm just talking bout Blazers)
Modest Mouse - We've Got Everything (NW represent)
Nelly - Hot In Here (Def Beats)
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer (Heard this at an Auburn game)
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At (I didn't know Kevin Pritchard could get down)
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (How come they don't play MY house?)
Black Box - Strike It Up (Dumb early techno/house, but it gets people going)
Dusty Kid - The Cat/The Kitten (Def Beats)
Ennio Morricone - The Good The Bad & The Ugly (When Travis Outlaw scores... The Good!!!)
Gary Glitter - Rock n Roll Part 2 (Necessary at sporting events)
Gorillaz - Re-Hash (Def Beats)
Blur - Song 2 (Loud)
THX (Lets grill, lets grill, lets grill 'em!!!)
Lyrics Born - I Changed My Mind (Def Beats)
Ole Ole Ole (When Sergio Rodriguez scores - He's Spanish, he must like soccer)
Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So (Also loud!)
Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People (Def Beats)
The Isley Brothers - Shout (A little LOUDER now!!!)
2 Unlimited - Get Ready (dumb lyrics, but not bad if you edit them out)
2 Unlimited - Twilight Zone (see above, plus good riot inducing early techno/house)
AC/DC - Hells Bells (Rock the bells, geetar pumpin)
BTO - Taking Care of Business (The Blazers have done just this 11 out the last 11 games!!!)
This includes stuff they play at The Rose Garden and some of my own pump ya up style tunes
Young Jeezy - Standing Ovation (The first 3 picked by players during warm-ups)
Birdman - Pop Bottles
Jibbs - King Kong
The Who - Who Are You (who is the visiting team???)
Daft Punk - Harder Faster Better (Deadmau5 Edit) (Pre-intro warming up)
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - O Fortuna (One of the intros, the other is GNR... boring)
Run DMC - Walk This Way (Def Beats)
Jim Noir - Eanie Meany (Fat Boy Slim Mix) (The World Cup 2006 Adidas Comercial song)
The Game - Compton (Def Beats)
Spoon - I Turn My Camera On (the Blazers cuz they is rollin)
DJ Food - Dark Lady (Def Beats)
Timo Maas - To Get Down (One of my favs)
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop (Ay Oh, Let's Go)
Junkie XL - A Little Less Conversation (Def Beats)
Republica - Ready To Go (The Blazers are always ready to go)
Randy Newman - I Love LA (When Lamarcus Aldridge scores)
Outkast - Hey Ya (What's cooler than cool??? The Blazers!)
Dubfire - Rib Cage (Def Beats)
Groove Armada - I See you Baby (shaking your a... watch your mouth, I'm just talking bout Blazers)
Modest Mouse - We've Got Everything (NW represent)
Nelly - Hot In Here (Def Beats)
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer (Heard this at an Auburn game)
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At (I didn't know Kevin Pritchard could get down)
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (How come they don't play MY house?)
Black Box - Strike It Up (Dumb early techno/house, but it gets people going)
Dusty Kid - The Cat/The Kitten (Def Beats)
Ennio Morricone - The Good The Bad & The Ugly (When Travis Outlaw scores... The Good!!!)
Gary Glitter - Rock n Roll Part 2 (Necessary at sporting events)
Gorillaz - Re-Hash (Def Beats)
Blur - Song 2 (Loud)
THX (Lets grill, lets grill, lets grill 'em!!!)
Lyrics Born - I Changed My Mind (Def Beats)
Ole Ole Ole (When Sergio Rodriguez scores - He's Spanish, he must like soccer)
Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So (Also loud!)
Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People (Def Beats)
The Isley Brothers - Shout (A little LOUDER now!!!)
2 Unlimited - Get Ready (dumb lyrics, but not bad if you edit them out)
2 Unlimited - Twilight Zone (see above, plus good riot inducing early techno/house)
AC/DC - Hells Bells (Rock the bells, geetar pumpin)
BTO - Taking Care of Business (The Blazers have done just this 11 out the last 11 games!!!)
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
USL Division 1 Playoffs 1st round
Portland Timbers vs ???
Sunday Sept 16 5pm @ PGE Park
Timbers Army Chants with video
Timbers Chants with audio
Talk Timbers message board
PortlandTimbers.com
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Great Portland rock I'm just getting around to checking out...
Menomena
Boy Eats Drum Machine
The Shaky Hands
Blitzen Trapper
RIYL: Super Furry Animals, Radiohead & The Flaming Lips
ok, the Radiohead part is a bit of a cop out, I don't mean folks like near twins the Muse, but more like like minded, artists who aren't afraid to push boundaries a little. Also, you could say TV On The Radio and maybe (I can't even believe my fingers can type these words) the grateful dead (just a bit on a couple Shaky Hands and Blitzen Trapper songs). Somebody else said acoustic Neil Young, that's much better, but not what came to my mind. Nevertheless, these bands are all quite good and deserve you attention.
Menomena
Boy Eats Drum Machine
The Shaky Hands
Blitzen Trapper
RIYL: Super Furry Animals, Radiohead & The Flaming Lips
ok, the Radiohead part is a bit of a cop out, I don't mean folks like near twins the Muse, but more like like minded, artists who aren't afraid to push boundaries a little. Also, you could say TV On The Radio and maybe (I can't even believe my fingers can type these words) the grateful dead (just a bit on a couple Shaky Hands and Blitzen Trapper songs). Somebody else said acoustic Neil Young, that's much better, but not what came to my mind. Nevertheless, these bands are all quite good and deserve you attention.
Hey Big Ten alumni in Oregon, I know there's a lot of you out here, I work with a buncha ya. Go to the Big Ten Network's site and tell Comcast you want 'em to carry it out here!!!
Monday, July 09, 2007
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
CNN-SI has its list of top 10 ugliest uniforms in college football, and they are close but missed the Oregon triumvirate... with Portland State. I don't know how such a beautiful state could have such nasty jerseys??? here's my top 3...
3. Portland State
2. Oregon
1. Oregon State
3. Portland State
2. Oregon
1. Oregon State
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Song from Shrek the Third commercial???
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger, 4th track from their Costello Music album... you know, the one that goes doo doo doo.... doo doo doo.... doo doo doo... doo doo doo doo doo. Sounds kinda like T-Rex meets the Datsuns meets Franz Ferdinand. Great, and extremely catchy tune!
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger, 4th track from their Costello Music album... you know, the one that goes doo doo doo.... doo doo doo.... doo doo doo... doo doo doo doo doo. Sounds kinda like T-Rex meets the Datsuns meets Franz Ferdinand. Great, and extremely catchy tune!
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Timbers have the week off, to keep you in the mood checkout Fuzzball's version of Green Is The Color. Next game May 5th in Seattle, who will be destroyed!!!
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Portland Timbers beat the Puerto Rico Islanders 3-1 in their opening game of the 2007 USL season!!! Sweet!!! and the Timbers Army is still growing!!!
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007
Been checking out the Portland chocolate scene lately. Most recently we went to Alma on NE 28th between Couch & Davis. Had the Manjari truffle, which was excellent, such good rich chocolate flavor!!! Highly recommended.
Then there's the downtown 4:
Teuscher
Moonstruck
Leonidas
See's
Both times Teuscher was our favorite. The triple chocolate truffle is excellent. Leonidas & Moonstruck split 2nd place on our two trips. Quite liked the Mayan truffle (with almond & cinnamon) at Moonstruck but the mostly straight chocolate truffle the first time left something to be desired. See's comes in last, more like candy (think snickers) than chocolates.
Then there's the downtown 4:
Teuscher
Moonstruck
Leonidas
See's
Both times Teuscher was our favorite. The triple chocolate truffle is excellent. Leonidas & Moonstruck split 2nd place on our two trips. Quite liked the Mayan truffle (with almond & cinnamon) at Moonstruck but the mostly straight chocolate truffle the first time left something to be desired. See's comes in last, more like candy (think snickers) than chocolates.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Went to see Clint Eastwood's Flag's of Our Fathers last night at the Academy Theater in SE Portland. First off, that was a tough movie to take and also quite moving. But on a Portland bent, the folks at the Academy have done a wonderful job remodeling the old theater. Very comfortable, new seats, new paint, new carpet. They have pizza (from Flying Pie) and numerous beers on tap as well as wine and hot dogs. Looking forward to seeing Letters From Iwo Jima and returning to the Academy!
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Finally got to Ken's Artisan Pizza on NE 28th. First off I'll say that Nostrana can rest easy, it retains its crown as Portland's best pizza. Ken's biggest mistake is his odd decision to put fennel seeds in his sauce, making every pizza taste like it has sausage. Plus you can't really call a pizza a Margherita if it has fennel... there are no fennel seeds in a Margherita pizza... A Margherita is a very specific pizza. Besides that not quite enough sauce, and the dough wasn't cooked enough on the bottom, although the edge was blackened. Anyway, Nostrana's pizza is better across the board!!!
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Apparently, Blogger isn't a big fan of tables, they look slightly goofy and are hard to edit, so I'll just update this page from now on. On a fairly rainy night, with many dropped passes, and a slippery pig skin, Cleveland beat the Crescent Valley raiders 15-0!!!
Friday, September 15, 2006
CLEVELAND WARRIORS
| Date | Opponent | Time/ Result |
| 9/8 | Woodburn Bulldogs | w 27-0 |
| 9/15 | Crescent Valley Raiders | w 15-0 |
| 9/22 | @ Willamette Wolverines | 7pm |
| 9/29 | @ Franklin Quakers | 7pm |
| 10/6 | Marshall Minutemen | 7pm |
| 10/12 | Jefferson Democrats | 7pm |
| 10/20 | @ Roosevelt Roughriders | 7pm |
| 10/27 | Wilson Trojans | 7pm |
| 11/3 | @ Madison Senators | 7pm |
| PIL 5A STANDINGS | ||
| SCHOOL | LEAGUE | OVERALL |
| Cleveland | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| Madison | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Jefferson | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| Marshall | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| Roosevelt | 0-0 | 0-2 |
Cleveland Community Field Project
Portland Interscholastic League
Oregonian High School Football
Oregon School Activities Association
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