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Brother Ali // “Truth Is” Live from SXSW...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:02:19 -0500

Brother Ali // “Truth Is”

Live from SXSW 2007.

(via theunderground)

A Take Away Show | Phoenix |...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:59:42 -0500

A Take Away Show | Phoenix | “1901”

(via indieandyy:theduty)

This is fantastic.

Also: ”Long Distance Call”

Also also: ”Lisztomania / One Time Too Many”

Also also also: Phoenix will be at the Newport NEXT WEDNESDAY!

Disposable Flask GENIUS!

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:10:18 -0500

Disposable Flask

GENIUS!

GPOYW. I Just Love It So Much Edition.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:03:05 -0500

GPOYW.

I Just Love It So Much Edition.

Next week, I start a new job where I'll be working from home.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:17:05 -0500

In related news, next week I stop wearing pants.

Friday at Circus: CD101 For the Kids benefit with Flotation Walls, This Is My Suitcase, others

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:17:00 -0500

Friday at Circus: CD101 For the Kids benefit with Flotation Walls, This Is My Suitcase, others :

My newest post is up on Donewaiting. And if you live in Columbus, you should head to Circus on Friday. There will be some great local bands (Flotation Walls, This Is My Suitcase, Couch Forts, & more), and the $5 admission goes to CD101 For The Kids’ children’s charities.

Flotation Walls (via J in J-land)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:49:00 -0500

Flotation Walls
(via J in J-land)

[via.]

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:54:23 -0500

[via.]

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists // “Even Horses Have To...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:53:00 -0500

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists // “Even Horses Have To Die” // The Brutalist Bricks

New Ted Leo!

I’m very excited for this record.

[via.]

BenCo and Donewaiting.com present Sloan at...

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:50:05 -0500

BenCo and Donewaiting.com present Sloan at Skully’s.

TONIGHT.

OK Go // “WTF?” These guys and their videos. (via...

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:54:50 -0500

OK Go // “WTF?”

These guys and their videos.

(via the grip)

Yeasayer // “Ambling Alp” NSFW (due to naked people...

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:12:26 -0500

Yeasayer // “Ambling Alp”

NSFW (due to naked people creepily standing around in a circle, then running through the desert).

Soul Position // “Printmatic” // 8 Million...

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:23:16 -0500

Soul Position // “Printmatic” // 8 Million Stories

Blueprint killed it tonight.

TONIGHT.

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:52:00 -0500

TONIGHT.

Never forget.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:52:27 -0500

Never forget.

"Until about the middle of the last century, most of the turkeys eaten on Thanksgiving would have..."

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:53:36 -0500

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Until about the middle of the last century, most of the turkeys eaten on Thanksgiving would have been what we now call “heritage breeds,” including the Standard Bronze, Bourbon Red, White Holland, Naragansett, and Jersey Buff varieties. These turkeys are gorgeous, hardy creatures, developed in Europe and America over hundreds of years and rich in flavor. Though they are the ancestors to the Broad-Breasted White, a sort of made-up breed that arose in the 1960s with the advent of industrial turkey farms (the Broad-Breasted Bronze was mostly abandoned because its dark pinfeathers put off consumers), they bear little resemblance to that now ubiquitous bird in taste or texture.

Today more than 99 percent of turkeys sold in America come from the roughly 270 million raised on factory farms each year. These birds are bred to be so literally broad-breasted that by the time they are 8 weeks old, they are too fat to walk, much less procreate—every Broad-Breasted White on the market is the product of artificial insemination. They are kept in giant barns, given antibiotics to prevent disease, and fed constantly so that they reach maturity in almost half the time it takes a heritage turkey. The result is bland, mushy meat that we have come to equate with tenderness, but in reality processors inject the dressed birds with saline solutions and vegetable oils to improve “mouth feel” and keep the oversize breasts from drying out.

”

- Julia Reed’s history of the Thanksgiving turkey is like a fine meal. (via newsweek)

YUM.

The Seedy Seeds // “Drive Me To The Center” // Count...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:52:53 -0500

The Seedy Seeds // “Drive Me To The Center” // Count The Days

I wrote about these guys today for Donewaiting.

They’re coming to The Treehouse on Friday.

I’ll be there.

Friday in Columbus: The Seedy Seeds at The Treehouse

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:33:00 -0500

Friday in Columbus: The Seedy Seeds at The Treehouse:

So my big news from last week is that I was asked to join the team of writers for venerable Columbus-based music blog Donewaiting.com.

That right there is my inaugural post.

Tobias’ Thanksgiving Turducken (via indieandyy)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:36:26 -0500

Tobias’ Thanksgiving Turducken

(via indieandyy)

Beer does not cure heartburn.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:42:11 -0500

The More You Know.