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Friday Fun: Horchata

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Have I mentioned that this has been a s**t week? How about that one of my jobs is moving office? Yeah, well, that’s only the half of it but it’s Friday so it’s a fun day.

Today we celebrate horchata.

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What, you don’t know this tasty Mexican treat? It’s so good Vampire Weekend wrote a song about the elixir.

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Next time you’re at a taqueria (a real one, not some lame Americanized chain), order up a tall, cool glass of horchata or why not try to make it yourself.

Hope you’re having some Friday fun!

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Friday Fun: Dominos

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Today I’m coming to you from Chicago where I’m prepare\ing for my wedding video 2.0 experiment. Please, wish me luck.

Still, work can’t get in the way of Friday Fun. Allow me to present you with song that grabbed me the second I heard it on the radio. Say hello to “Dominos” by The Big Pink.

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Also, I thought I should share fortune for the week.

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(… I’m speechless)

Until I’m back on the West Coast, have a happy fun Friday!

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Friday Fun: Monsters

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Okay, so last week’s Friday Fun wasn’t as fun once you downloaded the whole album. Who knew The Raveonettes had songs about alcoholism, suicide and rape? Not me!

So, Friday Fun take two. This week: monsters!

First, some very gentle monsters I’ve already reviewed. Meet the Monsters of Folk .

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And for an added Halloween bonus, Japanese kids fight a zombie.

How very 1.0 of the zombie to send a letter.

BTW, am I the only person waiting for those kids to grow up and go on a semi-automatic subway shooting spree? Oh come on, you know that one kid is gonna run around Tokyo suffocating girls with plastic wrap.

…on that note:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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Friday Fun: Last Dance

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Fridays could use more fun. Therefore I’m instituting “Friday Fun!” on this blog. Why? Because gray skies are turning black. Because I’m not at the edge of darkness, I’m in the heart of it. Because I heard this song this morning and I wanted to share it.

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I’ve seen The Ravonettes live twice at SXSW and while I like them, I’m not wild about their live show. What gets me juiced is listening to them while driving. This first happened after driving home from seeing Chrissy, a PhD candidate from UC Riverside that has since broken my heart twice. I hit the road around 3 AM, no one was on the freeway and my iPod was set to play my latest eMusic downloads. That’s when I first heard “Lust Lust Lust” by The Ravonettes and that terrible drive was transformed into a lone wolf’s nocturnal swagger across asphalt highways.

Now I haven’t heard the new album in its entirety but if this one song not only got me to post this but also institute a whole new subcategory of post, you’d think it’s gotta be worth it, no? FYI, thanks to Stereogum for the free MP3.

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