Entries tagged with 'music'
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Mario Batali and
Anthony Bourdain discuss music in restaurants (a topic
we've discussed with Batali before), and their own music abilities (or lack thereof). Batali's air guitar is not to be missed.
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To prove you worship White Castle more than the next guy, check out these White Castle amps. Because the fast-food chain is so known for its audio-visual department. The realistic brickwork is a nice touch. Related The Castle Holds Against Heathen Detractors Deep-Fried White Castle Sliders Gourmet White Castle Hamburger Stuffing Is Just a Bad Idea...
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In this excerpt from The Johnny Cash Show, Waylon Jennings muses on an alternative career for his old buddy. If the whole chart-topping recording artist thing hadn't worked out, he could've been a chef. "He was my cook," Jennings tells the audience. "Can you imagine Johnny Cash in a black suit with bacon fat all the way down it and gravy in his hair?" This is not to say the Man in Black was a good cook, though Cash claims otherwise in the clip. Jennings often reminisced about Cash's cooking in interviews, noting that "his biscuits weren't that great but I loved when he cooked 'em cause he looked so damn funny with flour all over the place." The...
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"Most people don't realize that POTUS's 'Peaches' is not a weird novelty rock song; rather, it is actually a thinly veiled critique of the anti-locavore movement." —Helen Rosner, MenuPages Chicago...
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Yesterday was a real trip for anyone who remembers when MTV actually played music. The network launched mtvmusic.com, making available a gigantic web library of original music videos. Though many food-related favorites come to mind, it's hard not to recall Weird Al Yankovic's take on Michael Jackson's "Beat It." Don't you tell me you're full, just eat it/ Get yourself an egg and beat it/ If it's gettin' cold, reheat it/ Have some more chicken, have some more pie. It doesn't matter if it's boiled or fried/ Just eat it The next time someone gives you sass about their food, borrow some of Weird Al's lines. Both videos, after the jump....
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From left: Nas, fried chicken. As Alaina who discovered this via the Guardian, said, "I can’t believe I’m only hearing this song now." I second that. I guess that's what I get for sleepin' on the latest Nas album. "Fried Chicken" is the 11th track on the untitled record and features Busta Rhymes. Sample lyrics: After you shower, you and your Gold Medal flour/ Then you rub your hot oil for 'bout a half an hour/ You in your hot tub, I'm looking at you, salivating/ Dry you off, I got your paper towel waiting I keep going back and forth on whether he's using this as a sexual metaphor or truly rapping about fried chicken alone. I guess...
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Crispbread is that flat Nordic rye cracker they serve to armies and school children because it's so cheap, lightweight, and lasts forever. It's also the latest in musical innovation according to Yoshi Akai, a Japanese guy who engineers electronic beats with the sheets of fibery crunch. Some of this Swedish news interview with him is in Swedish, but you don't need any language proficiency to watch the rotation of the vinyl-shaped cracker in action. Watch the video after the jump....
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Album covers looked so much cooler before CDs were invented. Or weirder. BizarreRecords.com aims to document the "strange & wonderful album covers" of the world in scientific categories such as Nordic Adventure and Teen Dance Party. There's no category for food, but check out some of my favorite food-related covers after the jump:...
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Remy likes hummus. A lot. So much that he made a rap music video to illustrate the greatness of this "paste with some taste." Watch him rhyme while stuffing his face with hummus and pita bread after the jump. Preferably, you'd have a tub of hummus nearby....
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Denny's All Nighter Denny's has been "feeding bands and music fans since 1953," but now they are hosting Warped Tour After Parties, running a music blog, adding "rock edge" and dimly lit ambiance to their restaurants late at night, and rolling out menu items designed by real rock stars. Music blog The Modern Age declares the Denny's All Nighter Menu, featuring dishes created by music groups, possibly "the greatest marketing idea of all time." Does anything sound more delicious, come a drunken and hungry nighttime, than Hearts on a Plate: heart-shaped pancakes covered in strawberry syrup and white chocolate chips, developed by Eagles of Death Metal’s Jesse Hughes? Or Taking Back Bacon Burger Fries: fries topped with all the...
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