i don't know how to do this, but every time i had japanese pickles they had some sesame flavor.

oh yeah -grilling eggplant is the way to go, especially in the summer. 
dinner last night: cold purple rice noodles, with sesame oil/lime juice/soy sauce, grilled eggplant and grilled tofu.

todd rundgren - couldn't i just tell you
heatmiser - cruel reminder
the police - born in the 50's
superchunk - detroit has a skyline
the faces - my fault

sell out.

Does he still play a Flying V?

hank: can i call you mike?

i catch it on tv once in a while - i love it, and for all the goofiness, everything (STILL!) gets tied together at the end with the simple minds song and the perfectly on the nose letter.

XO also has bottled up and explode and bled white, probably two of my favorite songs by him.

There's a youtube video of him on Jon Brion's TV show where they cover Waterloo Sunset - one of my favorite songs. It is so great. The video was produced by Paul Thomas Anderson.

risotto - i made my first one this week based on a NY times recipe. tomato risotto. it was just ok because i over cooked it a little.   BUT - i grated tomatoes (it called for tomato pulp) for the first time and that was interesting.

High Fidelity (the book)

He's simple, he's dumb, he's the pilot - Grandaddy
Yellow Sarong - Yo La Tengo
The Rover - Led Zeppelin
Green Gardens, Cold Montreal - Sloan
A Pillar of Salt - The Thermals

have you tried parfait amour, a purple french liquer? floral, orangey, sweet.
it's pretty delicious when shaken with gin or vodka. and an orange twist or a clementine wedge garnish. very hard to find though.

while not going strictly vegetarian - we are trying to cut waaaaay back on our meat consumption this summer. it's going ok, we have been grilling a lot of
the vegetables and tofu we've been eating. we're doing it for similar reasons as you - it just feels right. it's healthier, it's a lot lighter and the produce seems…

we just got some at trader joe's.

my favorite too!  i love the staccato/chirping strings, but several friends hate the song because of these.

the moaning is so fucking sexy.

also - i didn't know cloud cult had anything new out, for some reason i thought they split up. will check it….

really? it's definitely a change of pace for them, but i never found it that terrible.

that foxygen record…..i'm still on the fence about it. i really dig all the influences, and though it didn't make my list, it's close. it's got a great groove to it.