I Put A Smell On You

[Doctor Rock]

He also believes in the Chemtrail conspiracy theory nonsense and that the government is spraying us regularly to prevent our consciousness from being elevated as we move through a photon belt as we reach the end of the cycle of the Meso-american long count calendar.

I actually overheard him talking about this on the phone to someone today:

"I am telling you, you will be able to see Churches in the Sky and Synagogues in the Sky...the government doesn't want you to..." and I missed the last bit.

A regular customer of ours complained to one of the cashiers today that speaking to the new guy (the one described in the quote above) in supplements makes her feel like she is "being brainwashed". I wonder how long it will take these sorts of complaints to work themselves back to management.

Did I even mention the knife-throwing?

Last week around quittin' time (for my shift, anyway) Fra nk walked into the warehouse in back palming a knife from the kitchen drawer. He asked if I had seen Kir k and when I said "No." he explained that,

"I told him I would show him how to throw a knife properly. I used to train people how to do this."

He then pulled a piece of cardboard box out of a shopping cart of recycling and tore off a large flat section, lifted the garage door and walked into the alley, propped the piece up in the hedge on the edge of the alley and the parking lot and walked back into the store to take position. As he pinched the knife by it serrated blade he complained that it was not properly balanced for throwing, but that it would have to suffice. He let it go and the knife wobbled as it traversed the ten or so feet before the rounded tip struck the cardboard on an angle, bounced off the cedar branches and tumbled into the alley gutter (did I mention this was a knife from the staff kitchen?). I muffled a laugh and turned back into the warehouse and continued working. As I did I heard repeated "Fwaap!"s as the knife deflected off the cardboard in the alley. After five or six attempts Fran k returned to the kitchen, as he passed behind me he muttered, "...the Midas Touch; I've still got it."

After retrieving the cardboard that he left in the bushes I went for a drink of water and he was again on the telephone (he spends an awful lot of time on the phone for a new employee), this time haggling over car tires. He hung up and explained to me how expensive one garage on the South Shore was compared to another garage in the West Island. I noticed that he was still holding the knife and when he saw that I did he abandoned tire talk for again explaining that the knife was not balanced properly, then boasting that it would be preferable to fight close-quarters with such a knife and that there were various ways to take down an opponent with a short blade. All of sudden, after tucking the knife into his palm discretely, he lunged forward, mimicking the knife driving up and into my belly. He quickly ran through a variety or ways he could kill me with the knife before P hil, our new grocery manager walked in to interrupt him. Unperturbed by the change of atmosphere, F rank switched to the more welcoming audience and began making two intersecting slashing motions in the form of an X across the chest of his boss. I excused myself and walked back to anything else ...

And he stinks!  You weren't kidding when you called him "your Gareth". 

[full blown possession]

hey you canoodians are mashed potatoes with NO GRAVY...according to billy bob.  i think he's having a personal meltdown

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090411/ap_en_mu/canada_people_billy_bob_thornton

good day.  beautiful here in indy.  blue skies and i am stuck in the library while thing 2 does his science fair project.  Which brand of chocolate chip cookies have the most chips?

btw 2 brands keebler rules over chips ahoy

ok, at the hi tone show for dragoon, i was in another galaxy but during your set did someone yell that he hated jews?  i just remembered that today.  am i dreaming, cuz i remember bobby saying something to him, i think?


thing 2 was singing tangerine in the backseat 2day, off key but did a damn good plant impression on holding the notes.  earlier he was drumming to ramble on.  i gave myself a headache angussing to ramble on.

sav, you look beautiful and the play looks delightful

thanks s and bobby for the teaching tips, im getting better command of the classroom

[full blown possession]

Frankley I cannot wait for this weekend.

http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com/



walkmen
M83, Black Lips, Matt and Kim Added to P4k Fest Lineup
Plus: Fucked Up, Wavves, the Very Best, and more.
April 10

This summer's Pitchfork Music Festival is set to take over Chicago's Union Park July 17-19 with already announced performances from the Flaming Lips, the National, Grizzly Bear, and Built to Spill, to name just a few. And now we have some new names to add to the lineup: shoegaze masters M83, Atlanta garage-rockers Black Lips, epic punks Fucked Up, rising Harlem MC Charles Hamilton, no-fi prodigy Wavves, global funk team the Very Best, bluesy Seattle rockers the Dutchess and the Duke, and rowdy crowd-pleasers Matt and Kim. Good times. Check out all the acts set for the fest thus far below.

A reminder: On Friday, July 17, we'll launch the "Write the Night: Set Lists by Request" series, in which four bands will all play fan-selected set lists. Here's how it works: You, the audience, vote on which songs all four bands-- Built to Spill, the Jesus Lizard, Yo La Tengo, and Tortoise-- will play. When you buy your ticket, you'll get a confirmation email. That confirmation email will include a link to a page where you can vote on which songs from each band you want to hear. The bands will tailor their set lists accordingly. (Also worth mentioning: This will be the Jesus Lizard's first American show in a decade.) Voting ends June 12.

There are still many more bands to come.

P.S. Tickets are on sale now.

2009 Pitchfork Music Festival (so far):

Friday, July 17
"Write the Night: Set Lists by Request"
Built to Spill
The Jesus Lizard
Yo La Tengo
Tortoise

Saturday, July 18
The National
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Fucked Up*
Matt and Kim*
Wavves*
Charles Hamilton*
The Dutchess and the Duke*

Sunday, July 19
The Flaming Lips

Grizzly Bear
M83*
The Walkmen
Pharoahe Monch
Black Lips*
The Very Best*
Vivian Girls

* Just added

[full blown possession]

when's dragoon playing again?  looking to come back to memphis in may or june.  only have may 22, 23 where i have a show in indy and one in columbus, oh. 

[full blown possession]

for you guys who need a girl.  just got this in spam

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[Bizarro]

I love Matthew's stories about his job.

[Bizarro]

Can anybody help me out with an Out of 5 selection for this week? It's songs about snack food, and I got nothing.

[Bizarro]

Billy Bob's blowup explained:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/VpaG-XBw7ro" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/VpaG-XBw7ro</a>

[Moetown]

Lipgloss by Pulp

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JXmnb5riCI[/youtube]

[Moetown]

This is also a good snack tune.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pxt_R7jLKA[/youtube]

[Moetown]

Another good snack song:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePaHG6g7uFw[/youtube]

[Moetown]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XTY4URNRC4&feature=related[/youtube].

[Moetown]

Afternoon Delight?

[Bizarro]

The boring part is, we've done food-related themes twice before. I've already sent in "Bar-B-Q" by Wendy Rene and "Pecan Pie" by Golden Smog.

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

Happy Easter!

I am cooking a couple of dishes for my family dinner.

Black Eyed Peas

Soaked em over night.  Today I cut up a big slab of salt pork.  cooked that up with some chopped onion and garlic, threw some dry sherry in there.  Now I'm simmering the the beans with all chicken stock.  No water.

The other dish is CORN PUDDING...but I'm not using Chad's pineapple pudding variant.  I scoured these internets  for a good recipe and I settled on this one from epicurious:

    *  4 cups frozen corn kernels (about 19 ounces), thawed
    * 4 large eggs
    * 1 cup whipping cream
    * 1/2 cup whole milk
    * 6 tablespoons sugar
    * 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, room temperature
    * 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
    * 2 teaspoons baking powder
    * 1 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 8x8x2-inch glass baking dish. Blend all ingredients in processor until almost smooth. Pour batter into prepared dish. Bake pudding until brown and center is just set, about 45 minutes. Cool 10 minutes; serve.

I processed only 2 cups of the corn, the other 2 cups I threw in whole for texture

I cut the sugar in half to just 3 Ts...6 Ts is probably too sweet

Finally I added a spot of vanilla extract