August 2010
22 posts
Not Just the Ticket — a ticketless entry on... →
Some lineups and shows are perfect microcosms of time and space.
Last week good friend Mackro went and saw Trumans Water play a show up in Seattle, which made me think of this show, which Mackro…
Malabar spinach soup →
I should preface this with a description of malabar spinach, which my friend Y is growing in the garden:
As Wikipedia says, it’s a plant that appears under a number of different names;…
Not Just the Ticket — a ticketless entry on Green... →
Time for a break from the run of stories about shows I have tickets for to talk about ones I wish I had tickets or flyers or photos or something more for — in fact there’s probably an archive of…
Molokhiya — an experiment in gardening and cooking →
So besides shiso, which you can see to the right of that photo above, my other experiment in the garden this year was molokhiya, which is one of a variety of spellings for the plant above….
The garden on August 20, 2010 →
And back to the garden we go — or at least I go. Another lovely Friday afternoon:
Plus, of course, more photos:
Not Just the Ticket — #62, The Jesus and Mary... →
Then-current album: Honey’s Dead
Opening bands: Curve, Spiritualized, Medicine
Back of ticket ad: Perfect synergy for once — KROQ sponsored the show and they had the back of ticket ad…
Quick midweek post — including today’s radio... →
A combination of vacation, being under the weather and other things has meant a little less attention on Not Just the Ticket but the next one is coming — in the meantime, a few things to note:
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Kale, brown rice and tofu soup →
So I came back from my quick break home to Carmel suffering from a cold. (Classic plane journey situation I’m sure — so no thanks to whatever person on the flight up passed it along.) Given…
And the final part of Scott Woods’s interview... →
Quite a bit of it — it’s the ‘bonus beats’ section, as he termed it. It was a chance to talk about ten songs, but instead of it being ten favorite songs ever or from this year or the like, I…
The third part of Scott Woods’s interview series... →
And you can find it here. The shortest of the segments, it covers my Marooned essay on My Bloody Valentine, the Not Just the Ticket series and, but of course, cooking!
The final section is…
Not Just the Ticket — #61, KMFDM, Nov. 12 1992 →
Then-current album: Money
Opening act: …no idea at all. Not a clue.
Back of ticket ad: hey, thanks Fox Photo once more but…
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Ah, the world of free promo tickets. Note the ‘GUEST’ on the…
The second part in the interview series with Scott... →
As you can hear!
This entry is a bit more esoteric, but hopefully of interest for those either working in music criticism or interested in the state of the field — it’s a lot of discussion about…
Announcing the start of a four part interview... →
A lengthy title for the entry, but hey, it’s my blog so whatever works…
Scott’s put the first part up for listening and the rest will follow this week, so get ready for links as they get posted!…
Not Just the Ticket #60 — Therapy?, October 19,... →
Then-current album: Nurse
Opening act: Naked Soul…but not at the same show.
Back of ticket ad: Fox Photo, 50% off! If I had any random unexposed rolls of film around maybe I could send it…
The garden on August 6, 2010 →
And onward and along — no major changes here but a quick overview nonetheless; I won’t be around next Friday due to a quick visit home so this’ll be a tideover for now!
And as ever you can…
Butternut squash and fennel gratin →
Been meaning to put up the next NJTT entry today but I’m kinda tired. So — a meal from the other night, using this recipe. It was a nice way to use both some squash and fennel I had around…
Not Just the Ticket — #59, Kitchens of... →
Then-current album: The Death of Cool
Opening acts: Bleach, Kingmaker
Back of ticket ad: Fox Photo, eager for my developing business.
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Back to a pretty faded set of tickets here for the…
Not Just the Ticket — #58, Lollapalooza ’92, Sept.... →
Festival lineup from headliners to openers: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Ice Cube, Soundgarden, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pearl Jam, Lush
Back of ticket ad: I suspect KLSX was already…
RIP Tony Dale →
(With thanks to Rustic Goodwig for taking and hosting this photo.)
A hard post to write, especially since others knew him more and for longer, and far more profoundly, but the passing of such…
Sometimes you get lucky when it comes to a photo →
Thus this, from yesterday:
Towards the end of the day, friends Stripey and Anni and I went to Corona Del Mar State Beach, specifically the ‘Little Corona’ beach that’s slightly separate from…
Not Just the Ticket — #57, Laibach, July 26 1992 →
Then-current album: Kapital
Opening act: none
Back of ticket ad: Power Insurance Brokerage, “The Low-Cost Auto Insurance Experts.” I wouldn’t know.
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Somehow Laibach just doesn’t even…
The garden on July 30, 2010 →
Another visit, another video:
Looking forward to seeing what will happen in August! Again, more photos at the usual spot, with some samples here:
