This morning I finally had a chance to stop by the 17th Street Farmers Market to check out Veronica Perez’s macarons. She sells them under a little side business called Petites Bouchées, and after the free sample of the hazelnut with salted caramel (pictured above, I believe, from her Flickr account), it was an [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Laughter is the Best Anything
Friday, May 30, 2008
I have three new shots up on Flickr, and this one was my fave
I’ll be starting my photography class this coming Monday, and I fully intend to blog about my assignments, critiques, and results. My photography category is about to get more crowded…
The A.V. Club Interviews Jackson Publick
Friday, May 30, 2008
One of the creators of The Venture Brothers spills the beans on his creative process, his characters, and connections to his own life. One of my favorite parts:
AVC: It feels like the show gives viewers a lot of freedom to choose who they respect or sympathize with.
JP: Right, right. [Laughs.] It’s a little bit [...]
Cupertino’s N.Y. Bagel and Deli
Friday, May 30, 2008
Well well well.
I just returned from an early morning bagel run to Cupertino’s N.Y. Bagel and Deli in the West End (do they actually have their own website?). This is my third visit including yesterday morning - investigation requires work, after all - and I’m convinced now that I’ve found something resembling a decent [...]
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
Thursday, May 29, 2008
This morning I discovered a fairly absurd web comic called The Adventures of Dr. McNinja. How could I resist sharing that?
It’s presented in comic book format with multiple pages, and is fairly well drawn and pretty funny so far as well. But I have to be honest…I just thought the name was pretty [...]
Beck + Danger Mouse = Awesome Sauce?
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
So a little further prodding provided me with a bit more detail on Beck’s next release. It seems that:
1. The new album may (or may not?) be called Modern Guilt, and may (or may not?) release in June.
2. Danger Mouse (the non-singing half of Gnarles Barkley) may be responsible for much of the delicious [...]
Kehinde Wiley
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Nicole Pasulka interviews painter Kehinde Wiley for The Morning News about his series, “Colliding Worlds,” which unites classical portrait painting and contemporary imagery.
The images provided for the article are particularly enjoyable in their inclusion of the frames which, I feel, add a bit of extra character to these works. My favorite is “Tosin Otegbole” [...]
Sweet Mother of Mighty Music!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
As if I didn’t already love The A.V. Club, I just read happy news on their site about upcoming albums from two musical acts which I dig.
Apparently Sigur Ros is dropping a new album on June 24th, and - this one really has me pumped - BECK is expected to release a new album [...]
Dorkin’ Donuts
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
There’s a story making the rounds on the Interwebs about Dunkin’ Donuts pulling an ad in which Rachel Ray wears a patterned scarf. This scarf caused a furor because it apparently resembles an Arabic keffiyeh - a detail which enraged talking heads who are so xenophobically knee-jerk in their responses that they’re practically kicking [...]
Vitamin Records
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
On this past weekend’s episode of This American Life (the radio program) I caught two string quartet arrangements of some Led Zeppelin music - “Stairway to Heaven” and “Dazed and Confused” - so, naturally, I had to find out who performed the songs.
It turns out to be a group called The Vitamin String Quartet, which [...]
