Archive for December, 2008

Mexican Food

December 23rd, 2008

When I am in California I eat too much delicious Mexican Food. Because, well, it is so delicious!

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Home for the Holidaze

December 20th, 2008

Actual Picture of California at Christmas I finally landed at LAX around 2:30 this morning. I’ve already told Sue that she gets one of my kidneys if she ever needs one – for picking me up at the airport, you know. Kidneys for everyone! This afternoon we are going to see a performance of the [...]

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F*CK THE SNOW

December 19th, 2008

Right now, we’re in the early stages of a full on blizzard here in NYC. Normally, I’d be all about the snow. But  today is one of the busiest holiday travel days of the year. So I say, “Fuck the snow.” American Airlines has already canceled my 2:15 flight to Burbank and if I’m very [...]

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Periodic Table of Awesoments

December 18th, 2008

Go to This Link for a Picture of this That You Can Actually Read According to Dapperstache Dot Com: “>The Periodic table of Awesoments can be a very useful tool. It’s designed to show the relationships between awesoments, and often one can even predict how awesoments interact simply by their positions on the table.” Well, [...]

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Happy 65th Birthday, Keith Richards!

December 18th, 2008

When it comes to providing living proof that chain smoking and living inside of a bottle of alcohol can ruin your looks, Keith Richards takes the cake! Happy Birthday, Keef!

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Bacon Thing of The Day: Bacon Rice Krispie Treats!

December 17th, 2008

Behold: Delicious Goodness Ridiculous Food Society of Upstate New York has posted a lovingly crafted and beautifully detailed recipe for Bacon Rice Krispie Treats. I will now request that somebody reading this blog please make some of these delicious treats and invite me over to help you eat them. I will bring an appropriate accompanying [...]

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Odd Gift of the Day: The Birds Barbie!

December 17th, 2008

I found this on Geekologie a few minutes ago and had to share. “The Alfred Hitchcock The Birds doll is a genuine Barbie, manufactured by Mattel and everything. It’s not just a doll that somebody modded in their basement (although by all means feel free to do that yourself).” Here’s a description of the doll [...]

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CBGB Gingerbread House

December 16th, 2008

Image Source If you remember the old CBGB rock club located at Bleecker and Bowery in NYC, then you know that the above Gingerbread rendering of the club’s former façade is pretty spot on. These days, the space is home to the John Varvatos men’s clothing boutique, which is still worth a visit even if [...]

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RIP Bill Miller, Modern Drummer’s Editor in Chief

December 15th, 2008

Me and Bill at the Modern Drummer Hang, 2006, at the Cutting Room NYC Last weekend I was in a Duane Reade buying a “Get Well” card for my friend Bill Miller. Yesterday I was buying a condolence card for his wife. Bill, who was my editor at Modern Drummer for over ten years, passed [...]

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Gail’s Top Ten Favorite CDs of 2008

December 14th, 2008

2008 wasn’t the worst year for music. I managed to find ten CDs I really like. These are them. Gail’s Top Ten Favorite CDs of 2008 1.    MGMT, Oracular Spectacular 2.    Sloan, Parallel Play 3.    Hugh Cornwell, Hoover Dam

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