The guy that KK+BBQ were speaking of in a recent interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5w7sIPtero
Category Archives: Food
Food Review: Kane’s Donuts
Kane’s Donuts in Saugus (MA) is the real deal!
I used to be a Daddy’s Donuts junkie before it closed its doors a few years back. They had a great honey dip stick and a pretty solid blueberry donut. Since then I’ve mainly been patronizing Honey Dew Donuts simply because I find Dunkin’ Donuts to be extremely lackluster. DD is the hallmark of meh doughnuts, in fact. Honey Dew is a bit better than Daddy’s was…I find the honey dip stick to be pretty filling and it has a nice amount of glaze. There is certainly the question of freshness in my mind when I eat it. Any questions or concerns I had were eliminated when I took my first bite of a Kane’s old fashioned glaze stick. It was as fresh as you can possibly imagine, overflowing with glaze, and very soft on the inside all around. Sometimes with Honey Dew I find the batter to be a bit hard on the inside. Not at all with Kane’s. I had a circular honey dip in addition to the old fashioned stick and it was awesome as well! Ten thousand times better than DD and much much better Honey Dew.
Grade: 9.5
Food Aid At 20-Year Low
Something is wrong:
LONDON (Reuters) – Food aid is at a 20-year low despite the number of critically hungry people soaring this year to its highest level ever, the United Nations relief agency said Wednesday.
The number of hungry people will pass 1 billion this year for the first time, the U.N. World Food Program budget shortfall. (WFP) said, adding that it is facing a serious
To date the WFP has confirmed $2.6 billion in funding for its 2009 budget of $6.7 billion.
“This comes at a time of great vulnerability for the hungry,” the WFP said in a statement.
“Millions have been buffeted by the global financial downturn, their ability to buy food is limited by stubbornly high prices. In addition, unpredictable weather patterns are causing more weather-related hunger,” the WFP said.
Veggie Burgers Blow!
Just an anecdote from my new college life. When I got to the front of a longgg line for dinner, they were all out of my beloved, standard hamburgers, so I tried something new with the vegetarian burger. NOTE: IF YOU KNOW ME, I AM ONE OF THE PICKIEST EATERS EVER AND I RARELY TRY NEW FOODS. IN FACT MOST OF WHAT I CONSUME, I HAVE BEEN EATING SINCE I WAS A TODDLER. Anywho, I fucking hated it! Haha. I seriously don’t know how you vegetarians do it. Kudos to you!
Chris
My Favorite Directors Sucka!
1) Quentin Tarantino- Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill Vol.1 (2003), Kill Bill Vol.2 (2004), and Death Proof (2007)
2) Steven Spielberg- Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. (1982), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Hook (1991), Jurassic Park (1993), Schindler’s List (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998)
3) Stanley Kubrick- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Shining (1980), Full Metal Jacket (1987)
4) David Lynch- Eraser (1977), Blue Velvet (1986)
5) Martin Scorsese- Taxi Driver (1976), The Last Waltz (1978), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), Gangs of New York (2002), No Direction Home (2005)
6) Francis Ford Coppola- The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979)
7) Richard Linklater- Slacker (1991), Dazed and Confused (1993), The School of Rock (2003),
8) Kevin Smith- Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Clerks II (2006), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
9) Spike Lee- Do The Right Thing (1989), Malcolm X (1992)
10) David Fincher- Se7en (1995), Fight Club (1999)
11) Danny Boyle- Trainspotting (1996), 28 Days Later (2002), Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
12) Gus Van Sant- Good Will Hunting (1997), Elephant (2003), Milk (2008)
13) Christopher Nolan- Memento (2000), Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008)
14) John Waters- Pink Flamingos (1972), Serial Mom (1995)
15) Cameron Crowe- Almost Famous (2000)
16) Frank Capra- It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
17) Alfred Hitchcock- Psycho (1960)
18) Brian De Palma- Carrie (1976), Scarface (1983)
19) Oliver Stone- Platoon (1986), Born On the Fourth of July (1989), JFK (1991), The Doors (1991), Natural Born Killers (1994)
20) Paul Thomas Anderson- Boogie Nights (1997)
21) The Coen Brothers- Raising Arizona (1987), Miller’s Crossing (1990), Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
22) Darren Aronofsky- Pi (1997), Requiem For A Dream (2000), The Wrestler (2008)
23) Jason Reitman- Thank You For Smoking (2005), Juno (2007)
24) Sam Raimi- Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), Army of Darkness (1993), Spiderman (2002, Spiderman 2 (2004), Spiderman 3 (2007)
25) Robert Zemeckis- Back To the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Back to the Future Part III (1990), Forrest Gump (1994), Cast Away (2000)
26) Mark Romanek- One Hour Photo (2002)
27) Rob Reiner- This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Stand By Me (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), Misery (1990)
28) Milos Forman- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Amadeus (1984), The People vs, Larry Flynt (1996), Man On the Moon (1999)
29) John Hughes- Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Weird Science (1985) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987), Uncle Buck (1989)
30) George Lucas- American Graffiti (1973), Star Wars (1977), Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
31) Sidney Lumet- 12 Angry Men (1957)
32) Mike Nichols- The Graduate (1967)
33) Sam Mendes- American Beauty (1999)
34) John Carpenter- Halloween (1978), The Thing (1982)
35) James Mangold- Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005)
36) Steven Soderbergh- Erin Brockovich (2000), Ocean’s 11 (2001),
37) Bryan Singer- The Usual Suspects (1995), X-Men (2000), X2 (2003)
38) Judd Apatow- The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Funny People (2009)
39) Todd Phillips- Hated (1994), Road Trip (2000), Old School (2002)
40) Michael Moore- Roger and Me (1989), Bowling For Columbine (2002), Sicko (2007)
41) Michel Gondry- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
42) Wes Anderson- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
43) James Cameron- Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
44) Tony Kaye- American History X (1998)
45) Zach Braff- Garden State (2004)
46) Robert Rodriguez- Desperado (1995), Sin City (2005), Planet Terror (2007)
47) Tim Burton- Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985), Beetle Juice (1989), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Big Fish (2003)
48) Amy Heckerling- Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
49) Larry Clark- Kids (1995)
50) Mary Harron- American Psycho (1998)
51) Richard Kelly- Donnie Darko (2001)
52) M. Night Shamylan- The Sixth Sense (1999), Signs (2002)
53) Kevin Booth- American Drug War (2007)
Eh, probably others lol.
Chris
The Oprah Book Club Minus Oprah!
This is a new set of weekly posts inspired by some facebook chat with our very own Ben “The BBT” Tan. Every week we’ll discuss one subversive book, from the obvious to the obscure, doesn’t matter. Don’t panic there will be dick jokes!!! and Hicks jokes and Chomsky and all sorts of incendiary material just waiting to explode!!! This week we will begin with a book I have already reviewed from nearly two years ago on the Etudiant. Next week, it will be Catcher in the Rye or A People’s History, I haven’t decided yet. Enjoy!
Musicians, Read this Book!
Title: Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
Author: Michael Azerrad
Year: 2001
Pages: 522
Review: OBCBYL is a study of 13 independent, underground rock bands that stampeded the music industry during the Reagan Conservative decade we call the 80’s. These are the bands that grew right under the nose of mainstream America; these self- made musicians took the musical influence of their punk predecessors and said “Fuck It! I’m not playing New Wave, Who cares if we never make any money or appear on MTV, let’s just Jam!” And so they hopped in the van with their companions and toured the nation non stop, founded their own independent labels, and began issuing fanzines. This was music run by kids (teens- early twenties), played by kids, and for kids; existing entirely outside the music industry. DIY (Do It Yourself) at its finest!
First off, this book details some of the greatest artists in the history of music. Despite the fact that few of these bands broke into the mainstream, their influence is immense. Without Sonic Youth there’s no Nirvana, without Black Flag there’s no hardcore, and so on. Okay, here’s the bands:
Black Flag
Minutemen
Mission of Burma
Minor Threat
Husker DU
The Replacements
Sonic Youth
Butthole Surfers
Big Black
Dinosaur Jr
Fugazi
Mudhoney
Beat Happening
Of these bands, Sonic Youth is definitely my favorite, with Fugazi being a close second. If I were you I would go out and buy a SY album immediately! I highly recommend Goo (1990). If you don’t feel like spending dough, then download their shit, they have a huge, plethora of works. For those of you Étudiant Radio listeners, which should be all of you! you will hear at some point or another all of these artists, in fact Glen and I already played Fugazi and Beat Happening.
Warning!: If you plan to read this book (Do It Now, it’s at Newbury Comics, Barnes and Noble, hell you can order it online, you won’t even have to get off your ass!) please do not read this criticism section and rather go into the novel with an open mind, you will discover an insightful analysis of underground culture and possibly the greatest chronicle of music in history.
Though this book is amazing, it is not 100% free of foibles. My main criticism is its lack of numerous, other, troubadours from that era, chief amongst these artists are: The Pixies, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Misfits, Daniel Johnston, Descendants, Melvins, Meat Puppets, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, and who could forget The Smiths? Now of course the biggest flaw in my complaint is the fact that if Azerrad had included all these artists it would have been over a thousand pages (I would read em’!) and also it’s most likely he tried to contact these artists, but they wanted nothing to do with the novel. Who Knows? Maybe we’ll see a Volume 2, hopefully! Another criticism is the author’s gratuitous use of the word “indie.” I showed one chapter to Glen and he pointed this out, without even my mention of it. A final criticism is the way the author leaves out certain info or uses his opinion as if it is fact to build a story, for example in the Mudhoney chapter, he makes it sound like “Touch Me I’m Sick” was the only great song the band recorded… my favorite album of theirs is My Brother The Cow (1995) , where the song does not appear, and in fact there is no mention of this album or any other album by them on Reprise (major label) records. Sorry Azerrad.
My Rating: 4 and a half out of 5 stars. A must for those who think punk stopped in 1978 and then resurfaced with Nirvana in 1991.
Here are some (but certainly not all) other works I recommend you check out if you like this novel:
American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush
Get In The Van by Henry Rollins
American Hardcore (film, 2006)
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (film, 2005)
P.S. that was not a knock at Nirvana above.
Comment it up and let’s start the discussion now!
Chris
My Favorite Writers
1) Noam Chomsky- Manufacturing Consent:The Political Economy of the Mass Media (1988) with Edward S. Herman, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy (2006), Chomsky On Anarchism (2005), Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (2002)
2) Howard Zinn- A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present (1980)
3) Hunter S. Thompson- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (1971), Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century (2003)
4) J.D. Salinger- The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
5) Michael Azerrad- Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 (2001)
6) Lester Bangs- “Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves,” (1975) “The Greatest Album Ever Made,” (1975)
7) Chuck Klosterman- Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs (2003)
8) Charles R. Cross- Heavier Than Heaven (2002)
9) Chuck Palahniuk- Fight Club (1996)
10) Abbie Hoffman- Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture (1979), Steal This Book (1972)
11) Jerry Rubin- Do iT!: Scenarios of the Revolution (1970)
12) David Dellinger- From Yale to Jail: The Autobiography of a Moral Dissenter (1993)
13) Mumia Abu-Jamal- Live From Death Row (1995)
14) James W. Lowren- Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (1995)
15) Gary Webb- Dark Alliance: The CIA, The Contras, and The Crack Cocaine Explosion (1996)
16) Stephen King- The Shining (1977), Carrie (1974), The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
17) Roald Dahl- Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (1964), The Twits (1980) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977)
18) George Orwell- 1984 (1949), Animal Farm (1945)
19) Jack Kerouac- On The Road (1957)
20) Ken Kesey- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1962)
21) William Shakespeare- Macbeth (1611), Hamlet (1601), Romeo and Juliet (?), Julius Caesar (1599)
22) Richard Wright- Black Boy (1945)
23) Bill Hicks- Love All the People: The Essential Bill Hicks (2004)
24) Judge James P. Gray- Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It (2001)
25) John Steinbeck- Of Mice and Men (1937), The Grapes of Wrath (1939), The Pearl (1947)
26) F. Scott Fitzgerald- The Great Gatsby (1925)
27) Ernesto “Che” Guevara- The Motorcycle Diaries (1993 published, written in 1952), Guerrilla Warfare (1961)
28) Ralph Nader- Crashing the Party (2002), Cutting Corporate Welfare (2000)
29) Susanna Kaysen- Girl, Interrupted (1993)
30) Michael Cart- My Father’s Scar (1998)
31) Walter Dean Meyers- Monster (2001)
32) Markus Zusak- I Am the Messenger (2002)
33) Robert Cormier- The Chocolate War (1974)
34) Stephen Chobosky- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999)
35) Harper Lee- To Kill A Mockingbird (1960)
36) William Golding- Lord of the Flies (1954)
37) John Knowles- A Separate Peace (1959)
38) S.E. Hinton- The Outsiders (1967)
39) Emma Goldman- Anarchism and Other Essays (1910), My Disillusionment in Russia (1923)
40) Alexander Berkman- Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism aka What Is Anarchism? (1929)
41) Bill Ayers- Fugitive Days (2001)
42) Anthony Burgess- A Clockwork Orange (1962)
43) Henry Rollins- Get In the Van: On the Road With Black Flag (1994)
44) Timothy Leary- Flashbacks (1983)
45) Carl Jung- Two Essays on Analytical Psychology (1966)
46) Sigmund Freud- The Ego and the Id (1923)
47) Friedrich Nietzsche- The Antichrist (1888)
48) Bobby Seale- Black Panthers Speak (1971)
49) Huey P. Newton- Black Panthers Speak (1971)
50) Eldridge Cleaver- Black Panthers Speak (1971)
51) Martin Luther King Jr- “Letter From Birmingham Jail” (1963)
52) Malcolm X- The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965),
Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements (1965)
53) Alex Haley- The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965),
(1965)
54) Thomas Jefferson- “The Declaration of Independence” (1776)
Chris
Concert Review: Trevor Hall
Artist: Trevor Hall
Location: Harpers Ferry, Allston, MA
Date: July 29, 2009
Trevor Hall and his band mates put on a simply fantastic show! Hall reminded me of Bob Marley with his peaceful demeanor and dreadlocks. He and his boys impressed the crowd with amazing musicianship and an undeniable love for their craft as well as for their fans. Which isn’t hard to see, because I was surrounded by die hard fans for the performance. Unfortunately, I am not a “die hard,” but I am a fan and very much enjoy the invigorating and contagious music of Trevor Hall. I only knew a few songs, but in spite of this handicap, I managed to vibrantly dance, cheer, and sing along to all of the songs. It was impossible not to! Which, I must say, often when I see bands I am not as familiar with as other fans I can’t get “into it” and dance or sing along. So kudos to Trevor and the gang. On top of singing heartfelt numbers, such as, “Lime Tree,” “Unity, ” “Venomous,” and “Sunny Day,” amongst other classics, Trevor demonstrated his unquestionable ability to communicate with his audience: making direct eye contact with fans, replacing Boston instead of Heaven the lyrics of one of his tunes, reciting his personal, passionate, poem, hopping into the crowd and pogoing with us. I hugged him (and his guitar), not as intensely as some of the femmes lol, greeting us with bananas and oranges (I ate my banana there!), quite different from my last HF show in which we were greeted with Jay Reatard’s Corona directly from his saliva!. Once again, I make the Bob Marley comparison, because Hall took the time to mention the awful conflict of war and religion in the world and how young kids are starving in India, and the band set up a table for fans to make donations to help them out. With a guest rapper and a three song, powerful encore, I can say with certainty that it was a great night.
Chris
I’m a Hot Chocolate Boy
I think we can handle two Beat Happening songs in one day. Since Glen posted “Indian Summer,” I’m posting my favorite BH song and #3 on my all time favorites, “Hot Chocolate Boy.” Don’t you just love ( or hate?!) the simplicity? Enjoy!
Chris
Book Review: DO iT!
Book: DO iT! Scenarios of the Revolution
Author: Jerry Rubin
Year: 1970
This is easily the greatest and most inspiring manifesto ever written. Even before you begin this delicious work of incendiary material, just gazing at the back cover clues you in that your in for one hell of a ride! It reads in giant letters: “DANGER! This book will become a Molotov Cocktail in your very hands.” To the left of this summary is a photo of author Jerry Rubin being escorted out of the halls of Congress by the “pigs,” while dressed up like an American Revolutionary soldier: bare chested (with lots of hair!), covered in war paint, reeking of stench from weeks of not bathing, a head full of acid, and well armed ( a toy gun! albeit very real looking!).
As we open up the subversive memoir we are commanded to “READ THIS BOOK STONED,” a theme that is prevalent throughout the book.
Next, we experience one of the finest introductions by Eldridge Cleaver, the Minister of Information of the Black Panther Party For Self-Defense. Cleaver explains how “if everybody carried out Jerry’s program- there would be immediate peace in the world. Amerika, in particular would cease to bleed.” So, what exactly was Jerry’s programs? Well, his program is very simple: Go out in the streets and be a revolutionary, your own legislator. He shouts, “All you have to do to be a yippie is be a yippie.” Transform your ideas into actions. Fuck Ideologies. Fuck Rules. Fuck Religion. Fuck Everything…in the streets and bring some dope and dynamite with you! Destroy the Schools. Burn the Prisons down. Kill Your Parents. Drop out of society. Burn Money. Actions speak louder than words, so cut out long boring speeches on what your goals or demands are. Instead, use Yippie (Youth International Party) tactics to highlight your agenda. The Yippies nominated an actual pig named Pigasus as their presidential candidate, illustrating the point that all the other candidates were equally filthy pigs. And after all, don’t most politicians like to roll around in their own shit anyway?! If all of this sounds irrational to you, then it should. Our menacing Yippie informs us, “Yippies know we’re sane and everyone else is crazy, so we call ourselves “the crazies.” Jerry Rubin was indeed “crazy,” he was a dedicated revolutionary and a relentless outlaw in the true sense of the word. You know you often hear badass musicians, actors, or comedians like Bill Hicks, referred to as “outlaws.” But, they weren’t constantly in trouble with the law. Jerry, on the other hand was. In fact, at the time of this book’s publication, he and seven other defendants (Abbie Hoffman, Dave Dellinger, Bobby Seale, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, Lee Weiner, and John Froines) were on trial for conspiracy to incite a riot while crossing state lines at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Grade: A 9.5/10- One of the most subversive books I’ve ever read!
Chris
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 