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There has to be a better way
There just has got to be a better way to get access to content from good UK-based music magazines! Subscriptions to the “rest of the world” are incredibly expensive: For Mojo and Q, that’s roughly $300 USD / yr, or $25/month. (In the UK, the same subscriptions would be about $150 USD, or $12.50/month. Why…
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Organic Garden Cafe, Beverly MA
My wife and I had dinner the other night at the Organic Garden in Beverly (map). It’s an all vegan, raw food restaurant, with a focus on organic ingredients – including organic wine and beer.
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Post-Cabaret
 Although all labels are odious, I’ve come to like the term “post-cabaret” as a way of referring to an interesting and diverse group of musicians, including: Regina Spektor Nellie McKay Casey Dienel Dresden Dolls
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Angelica Kitchen, New York, NY
So last week I was in Manhattan for the day, and convinced my non-vegan colleague Brian to lunch with me at Angelica Kitchen in the East Village (300 E. 12th Street) (Sorry for the glare in the photo – sunny day in NY even if quite cold).
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Stop Global Warming: Eat Vegetables
I’m often asked whether I’m a vegetarian because of ethical concerns about the treatment of animals (i.e., that we kill them) or for health reasons (because, I suppose you could argue, the animals humans eat kill us). The easy answer is yes. And also for environmental reasons. That’s the one people don’t even think to…
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Podcasting Becomes Eclectic
One of my favorite benefits of the Internet is the ability to connect with media you would otherwise not likely have known: bands, bloggers, radio shows, and the like. At the top of the shortlist of the discoveries I’m happiest about finding the online, streaming version of Morning Becomes Eclectic, a radio show from KCRW…
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Detroit Airport, Walled Garden?
I was in Detroit, Michigan earlier this week. (I hear many folks now describe this area as “southeastern Michigan” rather than “the Detroit area” – to avoid scaring away the out-of-towners.)
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Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me
Another favorite podcast of mine is a show co-produced byChicago Public Radio and NPR called Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me. Self-described as “the oddly informative news quiz,” the show takes a humorous spin on the week’s news, involving a panel of comedic talent (regulars include Roy Blount, Jr, Paula Poundstone, Charlie Pierce, PJ O’Rourke, Mo…
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My Own Hell to Raise
Bettye Lavette’s I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise came out back in 2005, but it’s been stuck on repeat mode in my home office for the last few days. (Not literally stuck, of course – it’s all digital now, and I could change it if I want, but can’t bring myself to). Bettye’s been…
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Permapuppy
From a promo for Michael Crichton’s Next comes this ad, featuring a cavalier king charles spaniel (we have two at our house just like this one): You can find this and related products at the NextGenCode website.
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Wish I could have been there
A long time ago I had a client in New Haven, and spent a fair amount of time there – walking by the New Haven Colliseum on the way from the train into town. I wish I could have been there for this:
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Austin, via Houston, via Memphis, via Boston . . .
I’m visiting the new Optaros office in Austin this week. Who knew it could be so challenging to get between two major US cities? There was really no direct flight that was going to make this easy.
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Terminal A, Logan Airport, Thursday Night, 9:45pm
Testing out the “Sepia” function in the camera phone in my Samsung i607 (Cingular Blackjack).
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Manna Vegetarian Cafe, Cincinnati
Had a great lunch at Manna Vegetarian Deli in downtown Cincinnati. (map)
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Eating Vegan at the Westin Cincinnati
So I’m in Cincinnati, Ohio, this week for work. (map) I flew in Tuesday night. After the “Northern Kentucky Regional Airport” and their no cabs without first getting a taxi request slip from the desk inside the airport – which took me a few minutes to figure out, and a $25 cab ride into Cincinnati,…
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Podcast Favorites – Coverville
It’s not exactly an obscure podcast, and it won’t win me any Indie cred, but it was one of the first I subscribed to and actually listened to on a regular basis: Brian Ibbott’s Coverville.
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This time with feeling
Alright, let’s try this one again. I started tried to start two blogs at once back in May of 2006 – this one, and Open Parenthesis. I did pretty well on Open Parenthesis – not trying to do multiple posts-per-day or anything, but at least it is a real live blog. This one’s been dead…
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Nouvelle Vague on World Cafe
B(oot)log posted Mp3’s this weekend of a session Nouvelle Vague did on World Cafe last November. If you haven’t heard Nouvelle Vague you should definitely check it out. Their latest album, Bande à Part, is due out June 12th. On that album, they cover (among others) New Order’s “Blue Monday.” While I like all of…