had to clip this one from gawker stalker --

Sunday afternoon, Paul Simon and Lorne Michaels walking together in Central Park, listening to the annoying 'Guitar Man from Central Park' peform Simon's own 'Homeward Bound.'

warblogs being covered on newshour, ch 13

another one of the guys i play soccer with when i get my lazy ass out of bed owns a gallery. apparently its quite successful.

The rock at the root of the tree.

WFMU www.wfmu.org 91.1 fm, 90.1fm Rocket From the Tombs June 10th 3-6pm Brian Turner's show

Only recently have legit recordings surfaced from this legendary Cleveland 70s proto-punk gang, and 27 years after they broke up, they're in the WFMU studios playing live yet again. They're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but they're responsible for undeniable punk classics like "Sonic Reducer", "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" and "Ain't It Fun" (covered by Guns and Roses for crying out loud). Richard Lloyd of Television takes over guitar duties for the late Peter Laughner, and David Thomas (visionary of Pere Ubu among other things), Cheetah Chrome (Dead Boys), Steve Mehlman and Craig Bell are all in the WFMU studio today, fresh from a jawdropping appearance at Thomas's Disastodrome fest in L.A. Holy hell.

At Bacco in NOLA had swordfish, most tasty, tasted black truffle fettuccine, yum, and sampled shrimp and lobster ravioli, not my favorite, it seemed over-flavored and of questionable texture. Wine was Opus 1 (?) California (?), whatever, it was favorable to my senses. Room is nice, good ceilings, but noisy, wait staff is attentive but slightly android-ish.

Le Bernardin was never on my radar, first I was too poor than too gruffey for stuffy, well a suprise lunch there the other day was quite nice, I will not go back but the food was while not challenging was very clean and flavorful...2*

Classic comics covers. (via robotwisdom)

In case you missed it.

WD50 for the 4th and final time for April anyway:>), had a fantastic new fish main, Duraude (sp?).......

all jean-luc, all the time.

They sure don't make treehouses like they used to.

felice bryant passed on too. she co-wrote a slew of songs for the everly brothers and others. she is probably best known for "rocky top" a tune about a fictional mountain in Tennessee, once described to me as the "proud mary" of blue grass numbers. I'm constantly blown away when this happens, belatedly putting a face on music written in the 20c that seemed to have been around forever in its perfection.

"With inconsolable sadness we let you know that Dr. NINA SIMONE has passed away."

SF;
Slanted Door was amazing on most dish's, a few were just ok, the crab asparagus soup, the imperial rolls, spicy lemongrass tofu, grilled ahi, grapefruit jicama salad, oven roasted beets, etc etc but the #1 dish and I wish they were in NY cause I would eat it every week was stuffed monterey squid (pork, glass noodles, tree ears) which is like a spring roll with squid as the wrapper, with a orange colored sauce that is like what Wylie uses on his squid...WOW...3*

Zuni Cafe: Great brunch spot, but it does suck drinking amazing wine out of libby glass, oysters were so fresh, pizza's crisp, eggs very orange, sardines in cimmicuri sauce over bean crustini yummy, salads super.....2*

Was is Cali for 42 hours so I missed my buddys crazy birthday Philly food fest:>)

Right On Alex

K2 has two kittens, over in Sheba the pitbull's yard, near the back corner boundary. One is black and white; the other is orange, black and white. They are hiding in a discarded section of rain gutter, don't tell anyone.

Earl King died on Thursday. What a crappy week this was.

would wind, anyone?

nice honda ad.

Someone found my message in a bottle--there is a newsgroup discussion here captioned "Whatever happened to Doris Piserchia?" Many of the posters aren't familiar with the books but it's interesting to read about DP in the context of other, better-known authors, particularly regarding the issue of whether their works are feminist or not.

night vision

clingfilm roy orbison

The chef at google.com corporate headquarters is Charlie Ayers, former chef for the grateful dead. Here are the menus. Cyberdelic. (via fimoculous)