Stupidfool.orgtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-82009-07-11T21:46:21-07:00From pork to Prince to Project Runway.TypePadSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesRevolutiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455876069e2011571f810ac970b2009-07-11T21:46:21-07:002009-07-11T21:56:01-07:00The other night at the Dirty Projectors show at the Independent [1], Angel & Dave walked out to play the first song, "Two Doves", and I noticed that Angel was wearing a Spacemen 3 t-shirt, and even though I'd been...btrott
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The other night at the <a href="http://ben.stupidfool.org/typepad/2009/07/dirty-projectors-live.html">Dirty Projectors show at the Independent</a> [1], Angel & Dave walked out to play the first song, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmmy9Q0bMGo">"Two Doves"</a>, and I noticed that Angel was wearing a Spacemen 3 t-shirt, and even though I'd been already looking forward to this concert as the best concert <em>ever</em>, I knew, then, that it really would be.</p>
<p>Here's Spacemen 3's nonsensically awesome "Revolution".</p>
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<p>[1] Everything begins and ends with the Dirty Projectors.</p></div>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/btrott/~4/oOaLd2Tm9WQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://ben.stupidfool.org/typepad/2009/07/revolution.htmlDirty Projectors Livetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455876069e2011571e0060c970b2009-07-08T20:51:57-07:002009-07-08T20:54:02-07:00Dirty Projectors, originally uploaded by Wexner Center Last night, Dirty Projectors at The Independent; this was my first time seeing them live, and they absolutely killed.btrott
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wexnercenter/3653624045/"><img alt="Dirty Projectors" height="333" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3653624045_03e8c10830.jpg" width="500"></a><br />
<span class="caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wexnercenter/3653624045/">Dirty Projectors</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wexnercenter/">Wexner Center</a></span></p>
<p>Last night, Dirty Projectors at <a href="http://www.theindependentsf.com/">The Independent</a>; this was my first time seeing them live, and they absolutely killed.</p></div>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/btrott/~4/TTGdTBYsK8c" height="1" width="1"/>http://ben.stupidfool.org/typepad/2009/07/dirty-projectors-live.htmlScopetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455876069e2011570e7a177970c2009-07-08T11:59:52-07:002009-07-08T20:41:55-07:00Matt Webb's keynote at reboot11 is pretty great and inspiring and full of interesting things. One of those interesting things is this mention of a South Indian martial art called Kalarippayattu: There's this idea in Kalarippayattu that you reach with...btrott
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://schulzeandwebb.com/2009/scope/slides/">Matt Webb's keynote at reboot11</a> is pretty great and inspiring and full of interesting things. One of those interesting things is this mention of a South Indian martial art called Kalarippayattu:</p>
<blockquote><p>There's this idea in Kalarippayattu that you reach with your body an optimal state of awareness and readiness [p19], where you're instinctively and intuitively ready for anything, and it's as if, and I quote, "the body becomes all eyes."</p></blockquote>
<p>Which reminds me of Roald Dahl's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037581423X?ie=UTF8&tag=stupidfool-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=037581423X"><em>The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More</em></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=stupidfool-20&l=as2&o=1&a=037581423X" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, which I hadn't thought about in years, but which I now really want to read again.</p></div>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/btrott/~4/nUUfvEhLaek" height="1" width="1"/>http://ben.stupidfool.org/typepad/2009/07/scope.htmlLlamas and Mountainstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455876069e20115719e2bc7970b2009-07-01T21:25:16-07:002009-07-01T21:25:16-07:00In case you were wondering why Bitte Orca is the best album of 2009, the video for "Stillness Is The Move"--complete with llamas, Siberian Huskies, and the mountains of Vermont--is proof.btrott
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In case you were wondering why <a href="http://ben.stupidfool.org/typepad/2009/06/bitte-orca-orca-bitte.html"><em>Bitte Orca</em></a> is the best album of 2009, the video for "Stillness Is The Move"--complete with llamas, Siberian Huskies, and the mountains of Vermont--is proof.</p>
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<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/btrott/~4/4eGiMJzuo04" height="1" width="1"/>http://ben.stupidfool.org/typepad/2009/07/llamas-and-mountains.htmlChipotle Pork Cheeseburgertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455876069e20115708afbbd970c2009-06-28T16:42:06-07:002009-06-28T21:54:01-07:00Chipotle pork cheeseburger, from gourmet.com This--a chipotle pork cheeseburger--is what I'm going to eat tonight. We have leftover chipotles in adobo, and I bought some ground pork at the farmers market, and I made some mayonnaise, &c. I'm excited about...btrott
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a style="display: inline;" href="http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/2000s/2009/06/chipotle-pork-cheeseburgers"><img width="500" heigth="312" class="at-xid-6a00d83455876069e20115708afb20970c" alt="Chipotle Pork Cheeseburger" src="http://ben.stupidfool.org/.a/6a00d83455876069e20115708afb20970c-500wi" /></a><br />
<span class="caption"><a href="http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/2000s/2009/06/chipotle-pork-cheeseburgers">Chipotle pork cheeseburger, from gourmet.com</a></span></p>
<p>This--a <a href="http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/2000s/2009/06/chipotle-pork-cheeseburgers">chipotle pork cheeseburger</a>--is what I'm going to eat tonight. We have leftover chipotles in adobo, and I bought some ground pork at the farmers market, and I made some mayonnaise, &c. I'm excited about this [1].</p>
<p><strong>Updated 10pm: and it was good.</strong></p>
<p>[1] Less so by the glass of water, though.</p></div>
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/btrott/~4/deXK-pIU7MM" height="1" width="1"/>http://ben.stupidfool.org/typepad/2009/06/chipotle-pork-cheeseburger.html