Reading cookbooks and dancing at 4:00 a.m.! Not at the same time, of course. But then again, anything is possible. Making fancy food and desserts. Menu development. Japanese knives. French mandolins. South/Central American cuisine. Eating cheese and drinking red wine. Vietnamese and Indian pickles. Banh Mi. A nice cup of tea with lots of milk, and a little sugar in the winter - PG Tips is good. Sun tea with lots of lemon in the summer. Chicken fried steak and Texas toast. Pie -- especially cherry. Braising in the winter, grilling in the summer. Picnics in the park. Fort Greene Park is especially nice. I also like Prospect Park. Looking for parks in Raleigh. Driving around the country in big trucks. Birch trees in the Winter, Poplar trees in the Spring and Maples in the Fall. Pine trees all year long. How people looked anywhere from the 1920's to the 1940's. How buildings looked anywhere from the 1200's to the 1930's. Espana. Canada! Minnewiki. Looking for jobs that allow me to cook in distant lands, or at least within the Raleigh beltline. Looking out my window and wishing there was a train nearby. Hangin' at the dog park in Tompkins Square. Being nostalgic about Minneapolis and LA, and now NYC. Block parties. Mad Scientists. Wondering why I always end up in hotter climates than New York's in August, when I really, really hate hot weather. Sitting on my front step and watching the red tail hawks. Kitties - especially Penelope and Agnes, but Pink, Blue, Bodey, Keisha and Luna are pretty cool too.
Um, o.k., here it goes. Ready? Radio Birdman, The Saints, Swell Maps, Jacobites, Nikki Sudden, Epic Soundtracks, Pretenders, Wire, The Dwarves, Celibate Rifles, Husker Du, The Replacements, Magnolias, Cows, Vertigo, Arcwelder, Mudhoney, Wipers, The Stranglers, ESG, The Only Ones, The Clean, Chris Knox, Black Helicopter, The Beatings, Soft Boys, Roxy Music, ELO, Eno, Big Black, Gun Club, Minutemen, The Didjits, Lee Harvey Oswald Experience, Mission of Burma, The Real Kids, Mekons, Waco Brothers, Sally Timms, Grin, Spirit, Scratch Acid, Refused, The Leaving Trains, Black Angel's Death Song, Oblivians, Dinosaur Jr., Buzzcocks, Bevis Frond, Supergrass, That Petrol Emotion, Kaiser Chiefs, New Pornographers, Graham Coxon, Gary Numan, Flying Saucer Attack, MBV, Pere Ubu, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Nick Lowe, Cheap Trick, Big Star, Joe Jackson, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, The Kinks, Miles Davis, The Fall, The Fall, The Fall, Kill Radio, Grand Funk, Thin Lizzy, Prince, ZZ Top, Shocking Blue, X, The Knitters, Foo Fighters, QOTSA, Judas Priest, Witchcraft, Tom Petty, Dolly Parton (we share the same birthday - so does Janis Joplin and Edgar Allan Poe. Is this a sign?), Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, Hank Williams, Dream Syndicate, Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3, Dirty 3, Spacemen 3, Gang of 4, Birthday Party, Bailter Space, Come, Spirit, Live Skull, Hollow Rocket (who?), Mastodon, Au Pairs, The Faith Healers, Adolescents, Dirty Pretty Things, Blur, Parliament, Skeleton Key, Melvins, The Effigies, Naked Raygun, Volcano Suns, Descendents, TSOL, PJ Harvey, Brought Low, Van Halen, Dwight Twilley, Phil Seymour, Etta James, that one song by Gloria Gaynor, Oneida, 13th Floor Elevators, King Sunny Ade, Bee Gees, Amil Stewart, and on, and on, and on. Also, lately I have a fascination with Norwegian (or Scandinavian in general) black metal. I don't really listen to all that much of it, but I think the culture is sort of amusing. It's the Minnesotan in me! And did I mention The Fall??? Some newish things that I've been listening to lately: Witch Hats, Torche and Thomas Dybdahl.
Movies
Donnie Darko, Goodfellas, Death and the Maiden, 28 Days Later, Shawshank Redemption, Notorious, Paris, TX, Boogie Nights, Usual Suspects, Kill Bill, Bridges of Madison County, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, River's Edge, John Hughes' movies, "I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream", and Grease. Oh, and that Def Leppard movie that was on VH1. Captivating, to say the least. Oh yeah!
Unfortunately, though, in the movies, I am...
The Zombie Movie Survival Quiz
You're big. You're bad. You're scary as hell. Even zombies would run from you (if they had enough intelligence to do so). You are scarier than any undead minion. Yes, the title of bad ass head villian falls to you alone. Like Nemesis from Resident Evil 3, you are scary as hell and have one thing on your mind, death and carnage of the hero. Usually, however, you end up dead in the end. Too bad. Take this quiz!
I've been finding myself watching a lot of the health channel. I love the emergency room shows, and also I love the medical mystery shows. The other day there was a show on where a kid had what they suspected was a tumor in his abdomen. Well, it wasn't! It was actually his parasitic twin. It was all balled up, and had long hair, and you could see what looked like hands and feet. The Eraserhead baby had nothing on this creature. Let me see, I also like food shows, but not so much on the Food Network. Food Network is to food, as MTV is to music. Other topics that circulate through the TV: animals, home refurbishing/purchasing, science, and biographies.
Books
Yes. Mostly of the cookery variety. Larousse Gastronomique, On Food and Cooking, any James Peterson, Elizabeth David, and Diana Kennedy. Dorothy Parker. And of course, I would never forget Mr. Anthony Bourdain. Paul Bowles. Augusten Boroughs. Down and Out in Paris and London. Hesse. Also bios of tortured types, like Zelda Fitzgerald, or Frances Farmer. 20th century music history, too. One of my last reads was The Replacements; All Over but the Shouting. It made me miss Minneapolis and the Midwest in general, a lot!
You're Siddhartha!
by Hermann Hesse You simply don't know what to believe, but you're willing to try
anything once. Western values, Eastern values, hedonism and minimalism, you've spent
some time in every camp. But you still don't have any idea what camp you belong in.
This makes you an individualist of the highest order, but also really lonely. It's
time to chill out under a tree. And realize that at least you believe in
ferries.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyr
A true blue Minnesota girl, but I've lived in LA for three years, NYC for ten and even in Jersey for a minute or two! And now? I live in North Carolina and like it quite a bit. Surprising, but true. I spent the past couple of years traveling around the country, feeding musicians and their crews in stadiums, arenas and remote music festival locations. It was nice, and often I enjoyed it, but now I'm cooking for Raleighites at a lovely little restaurant/wine bar in the city. Is it time to settle into Raleigh? We shall see.
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: North Central
"North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.
Who I'd like to meet: Dorothy Parker, Nikki Sudden and Julia Child -- all at the same time. I would mix up some classic Manhattans in well chilled, crystal cocktail glasses, and serve boeuf bourguignon made with a nice bordeaux. I'd also like to meet fellow chefs and people who are crazy about food and cooking. People who love the music, and smart people with big hearts are pretty good too.
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.. THE ZEBRAS VINYL IS HERE!!! 300 hand numbered copies of the split LP with E=MC Hammer have been pressed and the official release shows are all booked (see below). PLUS RIGHT NOW i have a small batch ready to be ordered online to the quick fans that do not want to wait! you want it now? just go to myspace.com/slazebras.
RELEASE SHOWS!!!!!!
april 16th @ the frequency - madison, WI 21+ w/ e=mc hammer, heart shaped hate & united sons of toil
april 24th @ blind pig - ann arbor, MI 18+ w/ counter cosby
april 25th @ ronny's - chicago, IL w/ paper mice & heart shaped hate
may 1st @ borg ward - milwaukee, WI ALL AGES w/ e=mc hammer, ifihadahifi, collections of colonies of bees
may 22nd @ tba - kalamazoo, MI
may 23rd @ brass rail - fort wayne, IN w/ kantis, heart shaped hate & the freezing scene
may 24th @ mad maggies - elgin, IL w/ heart shaped hate & hot garbage
Come out and help me celebrate my 4th annual 29th birthday this weekend....not once BUT TWICE!!!! We kick off at Slim's at 10pm Saturday 11/8 with The T's and Blood Red River. Then part two will find us at Deep South The Bar at 8pm Sunday 11/9 (my actual birthday) with Summers of Amber and A VERY SPECIAL GUEST!! The flyer for the Slim's show is below. Hope to see everyone out this weekend for one if not BOTH parties!!! xoxo Lisa
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