Maybe I should move to Berlin!

Oh my god. Yes, I am too old, but whoever said you don't discover new music after 30 was just plain...dumb and under 30.

Holy...shit.

Maybe I should move to Berlin!

Modeselektor, both remixes for boys and girls on myspace. Or, for more fun...don't press here!

Musical meandering...thanks to NPR and Prince

"Hearting" NPR like always, I wanted to sing thanks and praises for Bob Boilen, who I tried to befriend on Facebook, but he hasn't accepted me yet. At least I am on the NPR Community! No friends yet, however. I am a late bloomer, as most people know.

I love so many things, like the story If Abraham Lincoln Had An iPod, which makes me want to go and create Dostoyevsky's and Mandela's and Mao's iPod! I could waste a lot of time, but it would be fun!

I also love the last edition of All Songs Considered, especially the new Morrissey, Lily Allen and K'naan track. And who know Jason Schwartzman was a musician, until Bob Boilen's last show?

Finally, keeping it real, my old lady and I watched Purple Rain last night. She was a Purple Rain virgin, if you can believe that. It stirred up many memories!

First, André Cymone, "Survin in the 80s", which was certainly better than the cleverly named next album, "AC". I believe I have discovered my new look.






Then, a surprise to realize Jesse Johnson is still alive and on myspace???


Vanity was not. Nor did her acting inspire me to do anything more than download Nasty Girl, which is entirely legal since I own it, I think.


The main surprise was that Wendy and Lisa, the obvious heart and soul behind Purple Rain (according to the film) are still making music! They are also on myspace.


Such things I did not know.

An Ode to Wodka!

Lovely little piece in the paper the other day: Country, Vodka and Sour Cream. Includes some impressions of Brighton Beach as well as a general tutorial excerpt from A History of Vodka by William Pokhlebkin, which I need to get...clearly.

There are no bars for us to visit in Brighton because they are anathema to the Russian manner of drinking. Pokhlebkin, perhaps the most passionate and erudite defender of vodka consumption in recorded history, notes that "the correct role of vodka at a table drink is to accompany and to highlight exclusively Russian national dishes. Above all, vodka is the appropriate drink with meat and meat-cereal dishes, with salty and sharp-tasting dishes, and with fish." No less than the Italians or French, Russians treat drinking as part of a complete gastronomic experience, and divorcing the two would be unthinkable for anyone with a modicum of taste. But perhaps because our foods are less sensuous or readily appealing than Mediterranean cuisine ― sour cream is not so sexy, it turns out ― only the bottle lingers in the imagination.

My last jaunt to Brighton Beach had more sharp-tasting dishes than I could name!

Another Chocolate President...in Azerbaijan?

Continuing the first chocolate president thread...


...catch this story about Azerbaijan!

In the capital city of Azerbaijan, a new chocolate cake called Obama has appeared for sale, writes Day.Az.

For 15 manats (more than 600 rubles or $18.59) everyday Azerbaijanis can now purchase "Obama" and cut him into pieces to be eaten while drinking tea.

It had been previously reported that the name of the US president has become a popular brand. In honor of Obama, streets, barber shops, schools and even a grade of heroin have been renamed.

Hello iMac

And on the 9th day of January, P&M produced and iMac.

We haven't been the same since. M keeps watching Gitmo re-runs on the Daily Show and I can't even get her to leave the house, let alone allow me a few minutes to watch the new t.a.t.u video on youtube. If anyone finds us, you will know the cause of our demise.

Yes... The First Chocolate President!

I am sure these are made on a sustainable farm in Africa! I am buying loads just 'cause I like chocolate!

Support Max in the best business idea since... well, frankly, this is the best business idea ever!

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Dahomey - Gbeti Madjro

Best thing I heard all weekend, via my new friend on myspace, Analog Africa, who I found via Benn loxo du taccu. I like that music is endless.