Entries tagged with 'music'
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Note: On Mondays, one of our various Market Scene correspondents checks in with what's fresh at farmstands, what's coming up, and what you better get while the gettin's good. Take us to market, Jen! [Okra soldiers from Short Night Farm; Jen Maiser] I am addicted to attending farmers' markets. The most recent proof was over the weekend: I had no intention of shopping for food yet I found myself wandering through the Divisadero Farmers' Market in San Francisco after breakfast. Though I am going out of town and didn't need anything in my fridge, I found myself buying just a bit of okra, just one nectarine, and just a couple tomatoes like an addict who needs a fix. I mentioned...
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If anyone can educate children to not put random things in their mouths, it's a singing duo of fuzzy, blue, demonic-looking puppets who don't have legs. Their message? If you want to put something in your mouth and you're not sure what it is, don't eat it unless a loved one tells you it's OK. And if for some reason you don't trust the words of the Blue Demon Siblings, the skinny lion puppet at the end should send the message home. Watch the video after the jump....
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Photograph from dsb nola on Flickr From Putumayo World Music, in an interview with Kermit Ruffins, trumpeter in the Rebirth Brass Band and Barbecue Swingers: So you originally were barbecuing to have some hot food at the [Barbecue Swingers] shows, then the idea just caught on? Yep, the tailgating started [it] all. I would cook hot sausage for the guys during break time, and whatever was left over, we would give it to the fans. Then I bought a big grill and started cooking for everyone, still up [to] today! Sounds like my kind of show. [via Boing Boing]...
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I first head the Fast Food Song—at least, the "A-Pizza Hut! A Pizza Hut!" part of it—at summer camp, where it wasn't at all unusual to belt nonsensical songs or break into dance. But I had no idea that in 2003, this version by the Fast Food Rockers reached #2 on the British pop charts. The music video is, er, colorful. Though some parts of their dance are identical to ours (of course you flap your wings when you say "Kentucky Fried Chicken!") there's a lot more to scratch your head about. What's with those shoulder pads? Do fast-food servers really wear corsets? And why on earth is there a big blue dog following them around? Decide for yourself,...
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Critic Turned Cook follows former Seattle Post-Intelligencer food critic Leslie Kelly on her journey away from the keyboard and into the kitchen. Take it away, Leslie! Photograph from Yelp.com One of the things I love best about being in restaurant kitchens is the music that gets cranked in the back, the beat that motivatives like a double espresso. It's easy to go faster when you're chopping in time. Each of the kitchens in which I've worked has its own soundtrack. At Lola, it was hardcore. In the Tom Douglas pastry kitchen, it was a wild iPod shuffle mix worthy of inspiring dance moves. It cracked me up when "Beat It" came on as I was standing over a giant Hobart...
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What a fool I was to think I could only use a bottle of Heinz ketchup to dispense ketchup or frustrate me when it refused to release the ketchup I craved so badly. I could've also used it to make a bunch of noises and, with the power of my computer, edit the sounds so that they came together as pleasant beats and not sound like random knocks and clinks. Watch the video after the jump....
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"Sandwich, sandwich, I'm in love with you," sings Parry Gripp in his song "Sandwich." But as much as he loves this sandwich, he doesn't really go into the specifics about the relationship. Whether or not you want to know, Edd Gould fills the gaps with his animation of the song depicting a day in the life of a man and his beloved sandwich. See-saw, milkshake, sunset—you know, the works. Watch the video after the jump....
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Today's video of the day is Au Revoir Simone's charming video for "Sad Song," from the album The Bird Of Music. You'll be humming this song and craving freshly baked cookies the rest of the day. You're welcome! Watch the video after the jump. [via Fork in the Road]...
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This cute commercial out of Brazil for Do Bem boxed fruit drinks imagines a sampler made from various breakfast items assembled on a cafeteria tray. Video, after the jump....
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Wikimedia Commons A bit of candy-related trivia for you: In a recently unearthed letter to a fan, late Beatle George Harrison discusses how the band disliked it when the crowd threw jelly babies at them while on stage. Apparently, Harrison had mentioned in an interview that he like the candy. But in a letter to Lynn Smith, 15 at the time, he says: We don't like Jelly Babies, or Fruit Gums for that matter, so think how we feel standing on stage trying to dodge the stuff, before you throw some more at us.Couldn't you eat them yourself, besides it is dangerous. I was hit in the eye once with a boiled sweet, and it's not funny! Not familiar...
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