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wassadeal: This video comes to us from the fine folks over at...

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:26:35 -0700

This video comes to us from the fine folks over at Tongal ‘where the best ideas find the best filmmakers’. Always a good idea in my book is creative/clever advertising. Check out wassadeal with this stop motion Duck Tape ode to Tron.

pretty sweet Duck Tape ad - how’d they think of it?

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:56:00 -0700

pretty sweet Duck Tape ad - how’d they think of it?

Radiohead - Meeting in the Aisle. And This One’s For...

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 02:52:50 -0700

Radiohead - Meeting in the Aisle. And This One’s For You. Airbag EP you are crazy.

Radiohead - Hunting Bears. I am hunting bears at this specific...

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 02:46:00 -0700

Radiohead - Hunting Bears. I am hunting bears at this specific moment. You might consider it.

Little Dragon - My Step. Low-key dance track from Little...

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:49:29 -0700

Little Dragon - My Step. Low-key dance track from Little Dragon’s second album, Machine Dreams. Develops into a Murhpy-esque groovejam when they play it live. Love the synth effects.

LCD Soundsystem - You Wanted a Hit (Soulwax Remix). Another...

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:00:18 -0700

LCD Soundsystem - You Wanted a Hit (Soulwax Remix). Another shining Soulwax remix of an LCD track.

LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous (Soulwax Remix). For those of...

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:51:04 -0700

LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous (Soulwax Remix). For those of you who are not aware how particularly well Soulwax remixes LCD tracks.

Spoon - Who Makes Your Money from Transference (2010). Heard...

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:58:05 -0700

Spoon - Who Makes Your Money from Transference (2010). Heard this one open up a segment on the KCRW drive this morning. It caught my ear. Spoon continues to produce catchy, agreeable music album after album.

Stanley Donwood getting political. Stanley Donwood does all of...

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:15:54 -0700

Stanley Donwood getting political. Stanley Donwood does all of the Radiohead art. He has a few pieces at Post No Bills on Abbot Kinney in Venice. Stumbled up his work, recognized the style and sure enough, my hunch was correct!

On The Raid on Rawesome Foods in Venice Last Week

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:42:00 -0700

My 12 year old brother saw my tweets last week about the raid and asked me what was going on.

I’ve copied my response to him below for you to read:

Hey Jacko - Sorry it has taken me a while to get back to your text. I’ve been so busy and haven’t had the time to write you a proper response explaining what happened last week and why it is important to me.

There is a little food store across the street from my house in Venice called Rawesome. Basically - they sell lots of different types of raw food because they believe that applying HEAT to food kills off a lot of the nutrients and that, unless you eat all raw food, you aren’t fully getting the benefits of the food that you are eating. While I don’t eat raw only, I do agree with their point. It makes sense to me that if you eat a piece of organic broccoli right out of the ground, there will be more available vitamins and nutrients than if you boil it for 4 hours until it is mushy.

Broccoli is just an example to demonstrate what these people believe, but Raw Dairy is the main reason why this place exists, or existed.

As you may or may not know, all dairy and milk products that we eat must be Pasteurized by law. This is a process in which milk is brought to a high temperature for a relatively short period of time to kill potentially harmful bacteria. Pasteurization isn’t a really big deal to me as I am not strict about only consuming raw foods, but it is to a lot of people.

The point is: it is LAW that ALL dairy has to be pasteurized, or cooked, before we can use it. For those people that eat RAW diets, dairy products that you find in normal stores like Ralph’s or Whole Foods don’t cut it. People that eat raw foods argue that raw milk and dairy is much more nutritious and healthy than pasteurized dairy - again, it doesn’t matter whether or not it IS or ISNT more healthy - just that it is Illegal and that Rawesome sold it. Rawesome broke the Law.

As a result, people who eat strictly raw diets would flock to Rawesome to buy their unpasteurized dairy products.

The federal police became aware that Rawesome sold these raw goods, and raided the store because they were selling “harmful” foods illegally. They arrested the owner and seized all of the raw dairy products.

There was a lot of action on that day and it was right across from my house - that’s why I was tweeting so much about it. It was exciting and close to home.

but the MAIN POINT about this whole thing: Rawesome broke the law and they were shut down for it. That’s fine- I don’t take issue with the fact that they broke the law. The frustrating thing is that the government is spending money that we DON’T HAVE to enforce ignorant laws that infringe on our liberties as humans. It’s GREAT that the gov’t makes it illegal to murder. It’s NOT GREAT that the government makes it illegal to sell and consume raw milk. Don’t they have better things to do with their time and our money? They certainly do.

It’s a similar argument that Dad makes about online poker. In this day when public money is so scarce and the USA is in such great debt, why are we spending money to enforce such stupid rules that shouldn’t exist in the first place? online gambling and consumption of raw dairy are TOTALLY DIFFERENT from Murder and Theft. The government has no right to tell me or ANYONE that a mom cannot feed her child raw dairy. The government has no right to tell me or ANYONE that I can’t play poker online! It’s such BS!!! and the fact that they are spending money that we DON’T HAVE to enforce these things when Americans are starving and poorly educated? It makes me so ANGRY! The government is not a Nutritionist, nor is it a moral authority. I believe that it should not spend money while trying to be either of these things.

This is why the raid on Rawesome Foods in Venice last week was so important to me.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Love,

Jason

Photo credit to http://iquestionauthority.wordpress.com. Thanks!

alecowen: Apparently this still happens.

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:39:21 -0700

alecowen:

Apparently this still happens.

MUSIC FOR FRIDAY AFTER WORK: SPRINGSTEEN - DANCING IN THE DARK

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:30:24 -0700

MUSIC FOR FRIDAY AFTER WORK: SPRINGSTEEN - DANCING IN THE DARK

Larry David on Golf - "FORE!", from The New Yorker

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:42:00 -0700

Larry David on Golf - "FORE!", from The New Yorker:

This had me in tears.

Very Useful For Getting Things Done. In Motion - The Social...

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:31:32 -0700

Very Useful For Getting Things Done. In Motion - The Social Network OST (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)

They shackle your minds and you’re left on the cross! When...

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:18:32 -0700

They shackle your minds and you’re left on the cross!
When ignorance reigns, LIFE IS LOST!

They shackle your minds when you’re bent on the cross!
When ignorance reigns, LIFE IS LOST!

Rage Against the Machine - Township Rebellion

AMEN, FRANK!

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:14:05 -0700

AMEN, FRANK!

WHY STAND ON A SILENT PLATFORM? FIGHT THE WAR! FUCK THE NORM! ...

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:05:00 -0700

WHY STAND ON A SILENT PLATFORM? FIGHT THE WAR! FUCK THE NORM! Rage Against the Machine triumphantly returned to LA with a show at the Coliseum last night. Despite a few sound issues, they rocked the house down. Opened with Testify (called it!) and closed with an encore of FREEDOM and KILLING IN THE NAME. There were a few bonfires, many mosh pits, a few Event Staff tents were climbed and dismantled and a few crazies climbed to the top of the speaker towers in the middle of the field. Thankfully, no one jumped off…Someone got some incredible footage of the whole encore, so I’ve attached it! Feel the power. Zach, Tom, Tim and Brad still have it!

Some Excellent Bill Gates Quotes, AKA #BizPorn

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:32:03 -0700

Some Excellent Bill Gates Quotes, AKA #BizPorn:

My Personal Favorite: “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” - Bill Gates

Musings on #LudoBites - Past Favorites

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:51:00 -0700

Musings on #LudoBites - Past Favorites:

I entered a little contest today- the prize? A 4 top on opening night of the highly-anticipated 7th iteration of Chef Ludo Lefebvre’s Pop Up, LudoBites 007, on August 3rd, 2011 at Gram & Papas in downtown LA.

Pop Up restaurants and are very popular these days…Ludo (@ChefLudo) is largely responsible for this explosion. Thousands upon thousands of Ravenous eaters CRASHED OpenTable when ressies went live for LudoBites 6.0 at MAX. This time around, OpenTable held up, as the 5 week session booked up entirely in about 15 seconds. Needless to say, this is a hot table.

When I saw that LA Food Blogger, Darin Dines (www.darindines.com), was giving away a 4 top on opening night, I gave it a go. He asked his readers to talk about their favorite dishes from past LudoBites or fantasy dishes they might hope to see (you really never know what will be on the menu - Ludo’s food is truly off-the-wall). I decided to write about past favorites - after all, it’s Chef’s job to come up with the new menus, not mine. This was a great exercise; one which got me very excited for the upcoming session. He’ll disclose the winner on Sunday. My submission follows. Fingers crossed!

Great question and even better contest! It has been an awesome exercise thinking back through all of the different ludo dishes (ludobites?) over the years. So many hits; some misses. But all progressive and playful. The cobwebs have been dusted off and I’m back in ludo mode.

I wasn’t a huge fan of the space at Ludo 6.0 at MAX, but my two all time favorite plates came from 6.0: The marinated mackerel, leche del tigre, baby leeks, and verdolagas leaves and the creme fraiche panna cotta, caramel, and caviar. I guess he’s offered similar desserts at Bastide and Breadbar, but that’s beside the point.

Mackerel in that preparation has always been among my favorites- i really enjoy it with a cold beer at my favorite izakayas. I particularly enjoy it at Wakasan, where they charmingly call it Vinegarized Mackerel. love it. Anyway- it was awesome to get ludo’s take on this traditional Japanese concept. The accoutrements were playful and supportive, balancing out the dish really nicely. the tart, rich leche del tigre (from the mackerel, presumably? awesome.) matched the sweet pickle on the fish. the slight char on the skin gave it a nice bite and texture, too. For me, 6.0 was all about this dish. hands down.

The creme fraiche panna cotta was so fun! seriously so fun! I want to put that plate in front of my grandma and watch her squirm!!!!!! It was executed perfectly- both the custard itself and the sticky, thick, blemish-free caramel sauce. Flavor-wise, the pale tartness of the creme fraiche was a perfect match for the sweet sauce. the complex saltiness of the caviar brought it to the next level. in this day and age where salted caramel is so popular, this was such an amazing way to turn the concept on it’s head and make it his own. And it was so simple! Man! I was so impressed with this dish.

I hope to see you on the third!

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - CALM LIKE A BOMB, from the record THE...

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:24:05 -0700

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - CALM LIKE A BOMB, from the record THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES. GETTING SO PUMPED FOR THEIR UPCOMING SHOW ON SATURDAY AT THE LOS ANGELES COLISEUM FOR LA RISING. MUSE IS PLAYING, TOO. WE’VE GOT GA/FLOOR SEATS AND YOU KNOW SHIT’S GONNA GET NUTS. FIRST MAJOR SHOW IN LA IN 10 YEARS. I AM VERY EXCITED.