food

it's about time for a food entry i think. a few things have inspired me lately and i feel the need to share.

1. for anyone who lives off the graham stop, have you had a sandwich from the Graham ave meat & deli? you know...the one near daddy's? a friend had recommended it to me and oddly it was the last spot in the area i had tried for a hoagie. and it was DA BOMB. not to mention dude (possibly willie? as i got the willie's special) is pretty killer himself. anyways....check out the photo then go get yourself a sammy.

2. CARNITAS. i decided to put together some sort of pulled pork tacos for the Lost finale last week and i put a few recipes together to create the ultimate carnitas recipe. it was so easy and FUCKING DELICIOUS. figured i might as well divulge my secrets so you too can enjoy.

- buy yourself a nice chunk of pork shoulder

- cut the pork into little 2 inch chunks and put in a bowl

- marinate the pork overnight in the juice of one orange, large slices of orange rind, a small onion cut 8 ways + a bay leaf, some thyme, salt and pepper

- next day, make yourself a rub in the food processor that consists of the ingredients from this recipe off bon appetit: carnitas. i didn't use the achiote and felt it was fine without it. i also took out the orange juice factor in this recipe cuz of the marination.

- add pork + rub to a cooking pan

- cook for 3.5 hours covered with foil in the oven at 300 degrees

- BOOYA! damn good carnitas tacos. i also made a tomatillo sauce and pickled onions to add in with fresh tortillas and crema. extra addition......PINEAPPLE.

there now go out and EAT SOME FOOD!!

everybody heart's berrin

so one of my best friends Berrin had a little birthday getaway weekend up at our friend jon's place. and it was a little piece of amazing. good friends, good times, and a lot of alcohol.

**food, drinks, dancing, midnight walks to the lake, grass lounging, cooking, balloons, flower headpieces, 3 cakes, bb guns, fire pit sparklers, youtube, music room jam out, booze, booze, booze**

berrin....happy 30th. I LOVE YOU!!!

Daydreaming + more

In Open Ocean news....

We have a new track produced by the Stallions! aka Lovefingers and Doug Lee, two of my favorite disco heads. and they did an amazing job. check out our myspace to take a listen.

myspace.com/openoceanband

also...if you're around this weekend come to Union Pool for INTERNATIONAL (fe)MALES w/ j penry and i saturday night. or if anything for a late night sweeper mack on.

UNION POOL

10pm-4am

last minute playlist

May has been a little nuts.....not sure if you feel the same. at least mercury has gone direct now. i feel good vibes for the rest of the month.

SIDETRACK

anyways, onto the viva playlist for this week. i kinda put it together last minute so it's a little random for me.

My band, Open Ocean, just finished recording a new song. My good friends Lovefingers and Doug Lee produced it and it's pretty RAD. i'm so happy with it. you'll find that stuck in between a little Horace Andy and Galaxie 500. also duly noted is the Creepers version of Baby's On Fire. a sold cover in my opinion. close to the original.

ok next up we've got a song from Ariel Pink's new album Before Today. I swear every song on this album reminds me of a different band or song. Little Wig reminds me of Bowie. which is never a bad thing. i like the album a lot. you should check it out.

i first heard of Disappears when my friends drove to chicago to check them out. finally got their album and i'm pretty into it. they're playing Union Pool on June 19th and i'm stoked to check them out. Alongside them i smashed in some Sebadoh (always a personal favorite) and Descendants (fuck yeah!) Ahhhhh stoked for a good punk show.

Light Asylum has been getting a bunch of hype lately. I really love their live set. it's really powerful. Shannon....damn girl. you can sing. i've been blown away since !!! days. welcome back industrial. Tones on Tail and Silver Apples!! booya. can never go wrong. lastly a new track by my homies Holy Ghost!. so stoked to see these guys finally perform after all these years. they feel like my lil bros all grown up. first shows with LCD soundsystem? not so bad.

Horace Andy - Skylarking

Open Ocean - Daydreaming

Galaxie 500 - Submission

The Kinks - Lola

The Creepers - Baby's On Fire

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Little Wig

Sebadoh - Worst Thing

Disappears - Gone Completely

Descendents - Hope

Tubeway Army - Something's In The House

Satisfact - 50mg Once Daily

Silver Apples - Misty Mountain

Tones on Tail - Performance

Light Asylum - A Certain Person

Holy Ghost! - Say My Name

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phoenicia is a mystery

so we drove up to Phoenicia saturday in search of some good tchotchkes...and just to get out of town for a day. there was this mystery spot that we wanted to check out.

but first we got some pancakes from sweet sue's. and boy were they delicious! we tried the 'blue monkey'. it made a delicious dessert later as well.

then on to the thrifting. lots of good finds at this place. slightly over-priced but definitely worth checking out. plus they had petey the piranha and a cookie instead of veronica lake's ashes!!

but that wasn't all. we managed to continue to find utter weirdness everywhere we went. if you search real hard you can find shops that carry both these dandy collections. and a sweet poster as well.

thanks phoenicia/woodstock/saugerties!!!

NOM is back at 88 Palace this Friday!

This Friday No Ordinary Monkey is making an appearance in your local mall!!! that is if you're local mall is in Chinatown. Thomas Bullock (Rub n Tug, Welcome Stranger) will be spreading the wealth of dance tunes alongside the regular NOM guys so come through!!

NO ORDINARY MONKEY

FRIDAY, APRIL 30TH

88 Palace

88 East Broadway

10pm

$10/$5 members

tit for tat

is it just me or does this.....

kinda sound like this.....

gotta love marianne no? she is kinda the tits.

it's all good

a few of my friends come down to the desert with me every year as i'm lucky enough to have a family house right by the Coachella fields. This year i didn't even make it to the festival! and i was kind of ok with that.

our adventure started in LA when Carlos + Karyna came in early and i took them on a "see LA in one day" excursion. We went to the Getty, we drove by the beach, ate at Apple Pan, and did a star tours (i kid). but it was quite a nice day.

down in the desert we did only a few things. eat, swim, drink, sleep. i think that's about it. we attempted to go the Anthem party but left after 15 minutes. are we dicks? no i don't think so. it was just boiling over with douchiness. sorry language.

carlos was also obsessed with wearing all white the whole weekend. it's quite a good look i must say. karyna and aisa also attempted it but i did not. bad friend i am.

next up....ADVENTURE DAY AT THE INTEGRATRON!! this was kind of the highlight of the trip i gotta say. thank you jess rotter for tipping me off to this wonderful spot. i don't even know how to describe this place to you so i'm just going to have you read up on it on the INTEGRATRON site. if it was near me, i'd be going every week. can't wait for the sleepover next year. joanne you ruled!!

all i can say is....perfect sound in dome, quartz bowls tuned to your chakra, 30 min sound bath.

then we were told of the giant rock that's behind the integratron that you can get to off a dirt road. we said, yeah sure. even tho we had no idea where we were going. but we found it. apparently so did a pickup truck that said 'HILLBILLY' on the front that did donuts in the sand and then drove off. no joke. but seriously, this thing was amazing. it was ginormous.

and that's the end of our story. it was sad to say goodbye. fond memories as always. til next year. PEACE!