Blog is a Mix Tape

beyond the 140: wherein we bite from anil and think about biting dogs

2008-03-22T07:16:19Z

I told Anil I was stealing this idea and now, for you, a new blog feature - Beyond the 140!

home! my short good friday wasn't that short. Now waiting for my sister to come over so we can go see There Will Be Blood at the arclight. about 7 hours ago from twhirl

The verdict on There Will Be Blood - intense. Daniel Day-Lewis's performance was amazing to watch. I get all the "I Drink Your Milkshake" references now and why people have enjoyed the film overall. That said, it is lacking in a clear plot path. I could've used more story and less character study. That would've made the two and a half hours not feel like two and a half hours.

The sisterly time included a lively conversation about what her dream 21st birthday would look like (a trip to Paris with friends from both LA and New York) and what my ideal wedding would look like (taking 20 people - 10 for the bride, 10 for the groom - to the Greek Islands featuring a small outdoor ceremony, a ship, me being named the new king of Santorini and a lot of happy). That said, pretty much any dream party of mine these days involves taking X number of people to Y location (where Y varies from Greece, South Africa, Japan or Hawaii).

This was my favorite article in last month's GOOD. I want the most expensive pizza, like now: http://xrl.us/bh29f about 11 hours ago from twitterrific

It was. GOOD is a very enjoyable magazine and I'm a sucker for decadence. I'm not one for denying myself the finer things in life. I'd probably feel sick after this meal but, you know, I don't desire to jump out of planes or do the extreme sports. The $250 pizza is how I take it to the limit.

hot dog talk: twitter as food pr0n: flickr - put that on your SAT Verbal Exam. about 12 hours ago from twitterrific

a hot dog is most perfect with just mustard. You may add cheese, chili, saurkraut and maybe relish (not all at once). at a BBQ, bbq sce, ok about 12 hours ago from twitterrific

ketchup is *never* okay on a hot dog made for the kid. about 12 hours ago from twitterrific

There was a passionate 2 hour conversation about hot dogs on twitter today. This is why twitter is winning, by the way, despite one of the most wrong-headed articles I've read in awhile. The most perfect dog is the Dodger Dog with mustard. Well, really 3 or 4 of them washed down with a giant lemonade. That said, my number 2 is a chili cheese dog also with a little moustasa. I don't do the LA street dogs and even our recent trip to Pink's was pretty tame on my part. Don't mess with the classics.

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song for sunday: that thing happened...

2008-01-14T05:16:01Z

That Night [Live] (Feat. Clara Hill)

Jazzanova

Berlin got a new show in 2006, Belle et Fou realised by four star chef and event caterer HANS-PETER WODARZ and producer/director ARTHUR CASTRO. Besides dance, theatre and refined culinary delights, this new project from the makers of Pomp, Duck & Circumstance has one very special highlight to offer: the soundtrack is by JAZZANOVA.

-quango.com

This track is of particular interest because it was originally sung by Vikter Duplaix. Clara Hill gives it a completely different vibe. I dig it. The whole soundtrack, however, is stellar. Jazzanova can do very little wrong.

I'm staring at the screen, distracted by the corny profile that 60 Minutes is doing on Facebook (although I'm impressed that after the first half of puff, Leslie Stahl is digging into Beacon a bit), and thinking about what I want to share about my week. That's what these song for sunday posts have become. For some odd reason, I want to talk about how I've been postponing cleaning my bathroom all week and using remember the milk to do so. That's not a good story.

I feel like I should say something about the week I had with my sister - it began with us leaving Vegas, the middle was having Ethiopian at Nyala, the end was dropping her off at the airport for her to return to school today - but I'm not trying to get all sappy up in this piece. Especially when I know she's reading. The highlight, however, was switching iPods with her at McCarran Airport and getting her into Björk. She left town with a CD packed with my favorite tracks from across her entire catalog. Bomb.

I could talk about the Murakami Exhibit (that needs it's own post) or the trip we took to Pink's yesterday (but I might turn that into something for laist) or my initial thoughts on the first two episodes of the final season of The Wire or on all the signs that I'm starting to act like a grown-up that showed themselves this week. I could talk about all those things but I don't feel like it.

It's Sunday, Andy Rooney is being crabby, my feet are up and I'm still not going to clean that damn bathroom.

It's enough.

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Denied!

2007-02-15T23:40:00Z

Cancelled

I'm so bummed. Who knows if I'll actually make it to NYC this weekend. I really really want to see my sister's performance. She said people were crying during dress rehearsal yesterday. The Black Terror is powerful!

But so is a serious Nor'easter apparently.

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@Work: Lincoln Heights

2006-11-20T22:24:12Z

Lincolnheights

http://abcfamily.go.com/lincolnheights/

It's just the teaser site, we'll have a full launch in a couple weeks but you can get a feel for the show - the grittiest show abc family has ever run and it features a predominantly black cast.

In another case of "it's a small world, after all" - this is the show my sister very nearly got cast in (as Cassie) the summer before her freshman year at NYU and just about a year before I started producing the site.

The Toney family is nothing if not synergistic.

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