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Slow Food 2008

The First Annual Slow Food Festival took place this past week, and we had tickets to the tasting event on Sunday evening. The tastings included wine, cheese, olive oil, ice cream, coffee, naan, dried meats, fish and everything else legally edible. It was like taking acid for your taste buds. Although most of my buds have been burnt off for various reasons, and thus scotch has become a favorite, I was still able to taste some incredible flavors. I've always loved food, but I got a greater appreciation for it when I was living in Philly. There were/are? so many incredible corner neighborhood restaurants from Cafe Nola with their Shrimp Diane, to The Latest Dish with their specially prepared Monkfish to Blue In Green for their pancakes and egg scrambles. Everything was always fresh and I assume that it was from regional farmers. The Slow Food festival was a great celebration of tastes for food lovers that brought back the "re-localizing" of food.

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You tell people in the present about your past. This is you're present. That was your past. You describe a memory. Of how it felt. Of what was real. To hold on. You let go. Reality can only come from truth. I hope you are the next contestant on the Price is Right.


Stars - A Thread Cut With A Carving Knife - I'm not a huge fan of this band, although i do like the song, Your Ex-Lover is Dead. This one is from their new EP, Sad Robots and it has a good banter between the male voice and the female voice like the X-lova song. Maybe, they are growing on me.

The Gutter Twins - Belles (Vetiver Cover) - From their new EP, Adorata which also has an uptempo version of Jose Gonzalez' Down The Line. I like this dreamy version of the Vetiver classic from Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan. It's a slow descent into your own hell of knowing when to leave.

DJ Koze - Smornin - Better known for his techno stompers. It sounds like Michael Jackson, when he was black, being kicked in the balls singing one of his 70's to early 80's classic. Maybe it's one of those 4am songs, when you don't even have the energy to raise those hands in the air........

The Velvet Teen - Red, Like Roses - From the excellent Out Of the Fierce Parade release. This band from the Bay Area, on this track do sound like Radiohead, and yes, it is a bit over the top. It is self serving (like this site), and maybe a little high school love letter-esque in a desperate love, or death kind of way, but when it does finally boil over at the 5minute mark, it shows the beautifully tragedy.

Call Your Important, I Want Syrup

Florida Street Warehouse ChinUp Bar, 2008

I can't sleep. I woke up at 5:30 am which is normal for me, if I was at my last job. I went out last night, so I guess it's my body way of saying to me, you treat me like shit, i'm not going to let you sleep, well. I have a slight dull pain somewhere in my brain. It's causing me to use words like, jellyfish, trombone, and aficionado, which is difficult when you are trying to send work emails. I used the words by saying that I was not an aficionado of that pool, it felt like it had too many jellyfish-like loans in it and I would rather have a trombone stuck up my ass than recommend the pool for purchase. Hopefully, they'll think it's just me trying to be funny. Maybe I should try to get some sleep. And then I'll put in the Slip N Slide I got for my first floor. I've put tarps and sealants on the floor as not to have the water leak downstairs. My first floor is about 12 feet long, so it's perfect for the slide. Have a trombone day, may you become an aficianado of someone, and don't ever stick a jellyfish down your pants, even if you're trying to get a laugh.


Here are some fuzzy songs for a Sunday morning.

The Chemical Brothers featuring Beth Orton - Where Do I Begin

Mint Royale featuring Damien Jurado - Dancehall Places

Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead

The Magnetic Fields - Drive On, Driver