Finches show coming up!

Things got a little negative yesterday. Let's forget about that now.

Me and Gballs are heading to Mexico City tomorrow. I'm pretty excited but have felt a bit sick for the last couple of days which is preventing me from getting too stoked. I think it is all in my mind because I've been so freaked about the possibility I could get the flu and it would ruin my trip. Anyway, did you know that al pastor appeared in Mexico City in the 50's due to the culinary influence of Lebanese immigrants? I learned that and other facts in the book "good food in Mexico City". It has an extensive food term glossary that is going to come in soooooo handy. The author also has a blog. Any additional recommendations would be appreciated. We'll be heading to the "El Chopo" flea market which I guess is a big punk/metal/goth scene. Hopefully I'll find some funny shit to buy. We'll be traveling to Guanajuato, too, and of course to the MUMMY MUSEUM.

Oh yeah, and PLEASE don't forget to go see the Finches on Sunday night!! It's an early show, starts at 6:00 at the Press. Should be over by 9 or 9:30 because Roger also wants to go see the Nodzzz Yellow Fever show that is going on after. I'm bummed to miss these shows and will have to stuff my face with tortas to console myself.

Welkom op de website van het Hinkelspel. De website is nog volop in ontwikkelin

Wow, here's Meckfessel on Democracy Now. He just sent a letter to Ahmadinejad. Good luck getting his friends out of jail. It was interesting to finally hear his story of why he went camping in Iraq. It almost makes sense the way he explains it.

So here's that beer that I mentioned that you can only get at Whole Foods. DKK was kind enough to get me the cheese that it was brewed to go with. Here's the website for the cooperative in Ghent that makes it. I love how you can kind of read Flemish (and Dutch) without knowing it. It makes it seem more like a made up language. They are both cow's milk cheeses. I loved the pas de rouge, which is very tangy and zippy and salty. The pas de bleu was just a regular blue. It's hard for me to find the nuance in blue sometimes and it lasts on the palate so long that I don't think it goes well with beer. Anyway, a fun tasting and all available at Whole Foods right now.
Tonight is Tyvek and G. Green! At the Hub.

have you seen my wallet?

Halloween was crazy but fun. I didn't bring my camera so I don't have any pictures. Even if I had brought my camera I wouldn't have any pictures, because it probably would have been stolen along with my wallet. On the plus side, I got to do a whip it. Blast from the past. The past being the walk-in refrigerator at my job when I was 21.

There is a good show tonight for those of you who aren't partied out. It's DJ Mike C.'s night at the Press. Maybe he will play some Rage Against The Machine. I don't know about the other bands but I know how young band Vichy Water will be playing. Good name. Tomorrow is the big Tyvek show.

sexy Abe Lincoln

Ah, how sweet is an unexpected day off? Sweet indeed. That's all. Gotta write my MidMo article. Have a fun Halloween. What are your costumes? My favorite I've heard is Babraham Lincoln (sexy Abe Lincoln). My coworker is going as a LOL cat.

I wish I had a pizza and a bottle of wine

Yesterday at Rolle, Rafik (sp?) told me that the Rolle clip is on youtube, and I had never seen it. I've never tried that lentil salad, but now I'm going to. I had a chicken pate sandwich for breakfast today, and for lunch yesterday.

In the evening I had a Jack Rose cocktail at Shady Lady. It's a Calvados-based cocktail. It has house made grenadine and I guess lemon juice? I thought the internet would tell me, but Shady Lady is not internet-y. It was delicious, very citrus-y with a faint apple tinge.
Then I won the pumpkin carving contest with my hatchet girl. That's Violent J on the right.
This is such a brilliant idea for a band! It's the rated R version of the Girls video for their song "Lust for Life" (why did they name the song that?). It's NSFW cuz Hunx's dick is used as a microphone. HOT!

drunk biking verboten

There are a couple of interesting screenings going on tonight and tomorrow at La Galleria Posada, Lurch posted about them on the MOBS blog. I assume they are not subtitled?

Some scary news from the Sacbee: a DUI sweep last friday in South Sac and downtown netted 7 bicyclists! Yikes. I do this all the time. I have heard that it's treated the same as vehicular DUI. Could that possibly be true? DUI in this state is insanely expensive (I'm not saying it shouldn't be!). That would probably ruin my life. I guess I'll have to start taking our excellent public transportation. Or just walk through all our really safe neighborhoods.

yay!

I emailed the creator of one of my favorite blogs, Ilovehotdogs (she's the one who compiles the eye candy film stills, and I get lots of movie rental ideas from her) and recommended the movie "Smooth Talk". She watched it and loved it. Here's her post about it. She's a fellow DePalma and Argento lover, and the person who turned me onto the mindblowingness of Jodorowsky.

stop work

That little cutie is a financier, a French buttery almond cake. Easy (I made some this morning) and tasty. Here's a link to the epicurious recipe. Does anyone know if Conde Nasty is going to leave epicurious up?

The city council meeting with the Nestle plant on the agenda is tonight. I will not be in attendance, but I hope it goes off well. There is currently a stop work order on the plant, according to Sacpress.