rebecca gates of the spinanes hasn't released much in the last few years, but recently she dropped a little acoustic demo onto her myspace page. sounds like a home recording, but it is lovely nonetheless.
if it's good enough for kottke.org, it's good enough for me. these are all the places i spent at least one night this year.
san francisco, ca (home)
merced, ca (2x)
columbus, oh
atlanta, ga
philadelphia, pa (2x)
westminster, co
jackson, ca
cortez, co
durango, co
pagosa springs, co
chama, nm
alamosa, co
salida, co
boulder, co
truckee, ca
salinas, ca
windsor, ca
king city, ca
madison, wi
elizabeth, nj
chicago, il
claremont, ca
01 . cliff
martinez . don’t blow it
02 . asobi seksu . new years
03 . css . music is my hot hot
sex
04 . the shins . we will become silhouettes
05 . +/- . steal the
blueprints
06 . kiss me deadly . dance 1
07 . citizens here & abroad .
the neighbors called the police
08 . headlights . tv
09 . aggro1 . since u
been hard to find (kelly clarkson vs american analog set)
10 . bark psychosis
. 400 winters
11 . boards of
canada . heard from telegraph lines
12 . yo la tengo . the race is on again
13 .
ulrich schnauss . crazy for you
14 . juana molina . malherido
15 . a cloud
mireya . winter sleep
16 . emily haines & the soft skeleton . our hell
17 . calexico with nicolai dunger and his band . alone again or
18 . savath +
savalas . folk song for cello
19 . sufjan stevens . i was invited for once
20 . sam prekop . something
i've been working on a new holiday mix for my drive to la with a next weekend. please don't give her any hints about the details!
assumptions:
1 packet quaker instant oatmeal (apple/cinnamon)
trader joe's dried cranberries
milk
method:
1. put ingredients in bowl
2. stir
3. microwave until it almost bubbles out of control (~90 sec)
4. stir
5. microwave until it almost bubbles out of control (~15 sec)
6. stir
7. eat
for some reason i dreamed last night that a and i were hanging out with mena trott at her house.
awake?
shit, awake
shit, now really awake
that work thing
that other work thing
guilt that worry is perpetuating insomnia
worry that guilt is perpetuating insomnia
checking email to induce sleep: effective or no?
i might as well read something
does she know i am awake?
what should i wear on saturday?
i might as well read something
hey let's blog this
assumptions:
onion
bell pepper
trader joe's frozen shrimp
minced garlic
lemon
salt
butter
method:
1. cut up onion & bell pepper
2. sauté for few minutes over med-high heat
3. add frozen shrimp, garlic
4. sauté for few minutes
5. add salt, juice of lemon
6. turn shrimp over
7. sauté for few minutes
8. add chunk of butter & salt to taste
9. serve with rice or tortillas (or both)
assumptions:
tequila
cointreau
amaretto (secret ingredient)
trader joe's margarita mix
ice
drinking glass
plastic cup with slightly larger rim than drinking glass
method:
1. put ice in glass
2. put other ingredients in glass*
3. put plastic cup upside down on top of glass
4. shake hell out of it (very important)
5. remove plastic cup
6. serve drink in glass
* drink tastes better if you don't measure anything. try different combinations. I happen to like 4:1:1:4 (teq:coin:amar:mix).
