March 2010
18 posts
And a quick test post here… →
…just checking out the new Publicize: Facebook feature which hopefully means a lot less lag time when it comes to uploading my blog entries over there. Crossed fingers!
Meanwhile, a couple of restaurant reviews →
Because why not?
So two new spots have opened up in Costa Mesa recently have already garnered a lot of attention — and well deserved too, it turns out. Various photos and comments via Flickr and…
Spaghetti with kale and miso →
So I wanted to use the leftover wheat spaghetti from the tomato/kale/tofu recipe the other week, plus I had some new kale to use. A little scrounging turned up a variety of other recipes…
February 2010
30 posts
Not Just the Ticket — #25, Morrissey, November 1,... →
Then current album: Kill Uncle
Opening act: The Planet Rockers
Back of ticket ad: free popcorn should I have deigned to go to AMC Theatres to watch…what would I have watched, actually….
Not Just the Ticket — audience question #5 →
This does not count if we’re talking about a show you played, since I know there are musicians out there reading this and all — instead, this is as an audience member:
What is the smallest show you…
A nice late February sunrise… →
…as captured yesterday. (At home today due to a schedule change.) As I mutter from time to time, being up early sometimes has its advantages!
Not Just the Ticket — #24, Nirvana headlining Rock... →
Then-current album: Nevermind
Opening acts: Sister Double Happiness, L7, Hole
Back of ticket ad: …I think the irony of a Domino’s Pizza ad on the back of a Rock for Choice ticket had to…
Not Just the Ticket — #23, The Wonder Stuff,... →
Then current album: Never Loved Elvis
Opening act: The Milltown Brothers
Back of ticket ad: free popcorn at AMC Theatres, “Bringing Quality & Convenience to the Magic of the Movies!”
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Temporary pause in Not Just the Ticket this week →
Normally I’d have a further third entry up by now but in classic Spinal Tap fashion yesterday I suffered the equivalent of a bizarre gardening accident — in this case, peeling an orange and causing…
First AMG reviews for 2010 →
Been a long while since I did a proper catchup on these! Distracting few months. But I have been plugging away on reviews all this time — here’s the first couple of batches from this year:
The…
Not Just the Ticket — audience question #4 →
You could save the ticket stubs. You can buy a T-shirt. (And, as many know, I’ve bought a lot of T-shirts.) Other possibilities for mementos exist, but what is the piece of memorabilia that you…
Spaghetti with tomato-braised kale →
So this came about due to a desire to use up some of the last kale before the next basket arrives on Thursday. Also, I hadn’t made any pasta for a while, so why not? I’d initially…
Not Just the Ticket — #22, Pigface, October 18,... →
Then-current album: Welcome to Mexico…Asshole
Opening act: …was there one? Not sure at all.
Back of ticket ad: I would have been terribly amused to see any member of the Pigface…
Not Just the Ticket — #21, The Damned, Oct. 3 1991 →
Then-current album: at this stage in their career, quite unnecessary
Opening acts: …honestly don’t remember. There might not have been one?
Back of ticket ad: Pirate Radio, we meet again….
Not Just the Ticket — #20, Chapterhouse, Sept. 11,... →
Then-current album: Whirlpool
Opening act: Medicine
Back-of-ticket ad: KLSX, you just won’t go away. And you’re about to play the rock block of ELP hits to prove it.
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So many of these…
Snow on the San Gabriels →
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New post over at Chain of Knives on the cassette... →
The post is new but the meme isn’t, I’d like to make clear. Anyway, just wanted to use Chain of Knives to bash out some thoughts I’d had kicking around my head for a bit about the format’s…
Storm remnants over a forthcoming dawn →
A bit of a sequel to yesterday’s photo, around the same time of day but looking a different direction twenty-four hours later. Supposed to be clear the rest of the week but we’ll see…
Not Just the Ticket — audience question number 3 →
Okay, middle of the week, time for a new question for everyone!
Out of all the possible answers you might have, what was the one show you knew was happening, that you knew you could go to, but…
Storm clouds over the Back Bay →
Let these bouts of rain we’re having continue, at least in some sort of manageable way. (Doubtless I’d be saying something else if I were living near the Angeles National Forest.) But…
Not Just the Ticket — #19, Fugazi, Sept. 8 1991 →
Then-current album: Steady Diet of Nothing
Opening act: that’s part of the story, really
Back of ticket ad: because when I think of Fugazi, I think of, once again, 97.1 KLSX, The Classic…
Not Just the Ticket — #18, Jesus Jones, Sept. 6,... →
Then-current album: Doubt
Opening act: Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
Back of ticket ad: oh 97.1 KLSX, you and your classic rock ways, because it was ‘real’ music and because it would last, and it…
Sealions and a seagull just chilling away →
And that’s how my afternoon went out on a whale watch run — no whales seen, alas, but some dolphins turned up, too quickly for my camera to catch. I did like how even as the waves were…
Apple tart with strawberry jam topping →
The recipe here comes courtesy of Ina Garten — there are a slew of potential recipes out there, notably from Jacques Pepin, but this one sounded sharp enough. The pastry itself was a…
Potato/tomato/soy cheese bake →
So the idea for this came from a recipe with the last basket called ‘easiest Armenian potato bake,’ though honestly the only thing that seemed even slightly Armenian about the recipe…
Not Just the Ticket — a ticketless show of note:... →
I’ll preface this entry by noting that while I’ve been running each entry off a ticket — thus the name of the series — not every show I’ve seen is one where there was a ticket or where one was…
Not Just the Ticket — audience question #2 →
I liked how last week’s question turned out so since Wednesday has been my regular ‘break’ day for this whole thing I’ll make this the day for this whole deal.
So my question to you all — what…
Not Just the Ticket — #17, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin,... →
Then-current album: God Fodder
Opening act: Swervedriver
Back-of-ticket ad: 97.1 KLSX, “The Classic Rock Station.” An incredibly logical sponsor for a tour featuring two bands that…
Not Just the Ticket — #16, Lollapalooza, July 21,... →
Full line-up from the top: Jane’s Addiction, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Living Colour, Nine Inch Nails, Ice-T, Butthole Surfers, Rollins Band
Back of ticket ad: 75 cents off a steak…
