My friend Alice Moore sent me this adorable video, which had reached 13 million views before I caught up with it. I think it’s racked up so many views because of this adorableness, (not to mention the precocious ear and…
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Cereal Box records: The Archies (Honey-Comb)
In perhaps the most dramatic episode of my mother spoiling me as a child, she bought, all at once, the four different huge boxes of Honeycomb cereal featuring Archies’ records on the back. I still have the cut-out records. How…
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You’re No Good.
Dionne Warwick’s sister Dee Dee sang the original “You’re No Good” in 1963. Did you know that? I didn’t. She also sang this song. The drums inspired the drums of Led Zep’s “D’yer Makr” (which is pronounced like “D’Jamaica’r”)
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“Honey chile, honey lamb, honey baby, honey doll, honey pie” — Spike Jones and Hoppy Jones
“Honey chile, honey lamb, honey baby, honey doll, honey pie.” Recently I found myself intoning this litany of “honeys” in a moment of love-drunkenness, with some cat or dog or person. It is from one of my childhood fave recordings,…
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Geido, Brooklyn sushi restaurant. Secrets, layer #1.
For 19 years, I’ve lived around the corner from Geido, deservedly one of the most famous sushi restaurants in the five boroughs of New York. It is only in the past couple of years that I’ve even begun to crack…
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On the Shaggs musical, “Philosphy of the World”
THE SHAGGS Philosophy of the World Well the outsider musicians want what the insider musicians got…but the insider musicians want what the outsider musicians got. How can you write a musical about the Shaggs without loving, understanding, or even trying…
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Steve Espinola’s Recipe for Ramen with Anchovies
Caution: Certain details are specific to the New York City area. Translate as appropriate. 1) Get off at home subway station after late night gig. 2) Check in with stomach. If hungry in that 2:00-in-the-morning, too-late-for-a-full-meal way, proceed to Korean…
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