Thepunkguy

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So I figured that I would talk about my dinner last night. A nicely chosen place in Tribeca called “The Harrison.” Please check out the menu of what I ate last night. Enjoy..

Here’s the Restaurant HERE. http://www.theharrison.com/harrison.html

JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE SOUP
roasted chestnuts & crème fraiche

LONG ISLAND DUCK BREAST
sunchokes, bartlett pears, apple ginger glaze

SMASHED SWEET POTATOES
caramelized homemade marshmallows

CAULIFLOWER GRATIN
aged Vermont cheddar, herbed breadcrumbs

and for DESSERT:

CHOCOLATE PRETZEL TART
malted anglaise, sea salt potato chip

um, yeah.

just a few links for those overfed before I need to work.

a. watch a show having to do with artist Jeff Soto below.

Jeff Soto ‘Turning in Circles’ Preview from Modus Films on Vimeo.

b. what happens when you drink below..

When I was younger, my mom and brother and whatever ex druggies we had staying at our house, would gather around the record player and listen to this song below:

Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant

it remains to be the only thing in this world that makes me think of Thanksgiving besides my grandmother’s candied yams.

mmmm..

Happy Thanksgiving..

don’t know why but here’s a great Temptations song.

the Temptations – Runaway Child, Running Wild

some links. as if you’re not busy..

a. JESUS LIZARD IS REUNITING, YEAH!! HERE. (thanks tom c)

b. Test your Phishing IQ HERE.

c. not for nothing but when the fuck is Shellac coming to NYC HERE.

d. new Tiger Lou coming out soon, check out a review HERE> a track from their last album live below.

what I listen to while I work..

today has been filled with

1. a new (new to me) split by Rosetta. both songs clocking somewhere in the 10 minute range.
2. Akimbo – Jersey Shores
3. Pentemple – another 20 minute song that just grows curiously more intense as each minute passes.
4. the Red Sparowes – I have a reason to really dislike this band but I am overlooking it cause the record is good. damn.
5. Earth – Sunn Amps

jesus. I need fuckin’ help.

Maybe a new series of posts called “thepunkguy tells you how it is…” Sort of the equivilant to Peter Griffith’s “What Grinds my Gears..”

Truth be told, when you hear a cellphone go off in a movie or a play, it’s most likely a girl. Girls put their cellphones in their purses so they need to turn the volume up. Dudes will have their phones in their pockets which means they usually have it on vibrate.

Am I right? C’mon, girls, admit that shit…

Hey guys, a reader and friend from Germany has ton a nice review of a Faint show in Cologne on the 24th. Check out the review and pictures below, and then leave her some comments.

(click pictures to see large format)

tpg.

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(dåg för dåg)

the show took place at an old exhibition hall in cologne and as expected, the location was pretty.

the audience was kinda different to the last Faint show i’ve been to (must have been 4 years ago), there have been more teenagers and a ton of electro kids, that look like hardcore kids in super tight pants.

anyway, first band to play was dåg för dåg from sweden. i hadn’t heard of them before, but to my surprise, i really liked them. imagine a sound somewhere between the b-52’s and the new trust (great band by the way) with a female singer and a male singer. these guys definitely rocked. good job.

next up the faint. a small group of teenagers around me got pretty excited and i was afraid they would faint (how funny would that have been?), but in the end they did nothing but stared at the band… at a dance party.

and that’s what it was a dance party. at the least people in the front totally freaked out. in other words: this show was fun.

the band started their show with “agenda suicide” – a goddamn hit.

their set contained mostly new songs (e.g. like the geeks were right, psycho, get seduced, mirror error) plus some songs of the wet from birth album.

the new songs didn’t work that well. mainly ‘cause the crowd didn’t know them and if you ask me, they tend to be boring. but i won’t complain.

they played a coupled of great songs and the audience went totally crazy on the wet from birth songs (e.g. dropkick the punks, paranoiattack, i disappear). especially paranoiattack, which turned out to be a crowd favorite, which wasn’t a big surprise cause the song was a huge disco hit in germany in the last years.
people even started crowd surfing and jumping. pretty strange.

unfortunately the last song (glass danse!! i love it!) didn’t wow the kids which i really didn’t understand.

as for the band, the singer was dancin’ like a maniac the whole set through and looked a little like a mad professor with his sunglasses on.

but since i’m still a sucker for crazy keyboarders, i have to say that the keyboard dude was definitely the raddest guy on stage. a ton of fun to watch.

in general the band seemed to have a lot of fun on stage. the only disappointment was the video show in the background. last time i saw the band the show fitted the songs perfectly (showing parts of the lyrics, related pics), but this time it was nothing special.

upshot: great show, strange audience. but i got a new bag. too bad i forgot to buy a copy of the ep by dåg för dåg. maybe next time. i’ll check them out again for sure.

- betty germany.

dåg för dåg.

the faint.

a. check out this “not my photo” HERE.

b. Fucked Up covers Blitz and one our favorites, the Descendents with Ezra from Vampire Weekend below.

c. Does it get better than Lil’ Wayne’s record covers HERE.

d. new Portishead video below.

e. write for VICE mag HERE.

f. Making Iron Man shot by Jeff Bridges HERE.

I have been listening to a lot of radiohead today. Maybe it’s my mood, maybe .. Anyway, here are three B Sides, that you big radiohead fans probably already have. For the rest of you..
take the music and run.

Radiohead – Amazing Sounds of Orgy

Radiohead – the Trickster

Radiohead – Subterranean Homesick Alien (Acoustic on KCRW)