You’re probably going to laugh at me, but I ate pho for the first time today. It was delicious. Super-spicy and weird and great. When you carry out from this local Vietnamese…
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The Top Ten Movies To Watch On Friday The 13th
In case you haven’t yet read, my first blog non-Swan Fungus blog post ever was published yesterday on WFMU’s Beware Of The Blog. If you want to jump directly to my post,…
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Bobby Beausoleil And The Freedom Orchestra – Lucifer Rising [Soundtrack]
“In the mid-’60s, noted obscurantist/occultist Kenneth Anger drew plans to make a film through Alistair Crowley’s works, and had approached Jimmy Page for documentation. Through conversations they decided that the guitarist would…
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The Distinguished Gourmand: Aroma Cafe
Note: My inaugural post for WFMU’s Beware Of The Blog will be published tomorrow night, Thursday March 12th, 2009 at 9:00pm EST. Please be sure to check it out (all my posts…
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Cheer-Accident – Dumb Ask
My dear friend Jet introduced me to Cheer-Accident in 2005 when I was visiting her during a road trip. She let me burn a bunch of CDs for the car, and Sever…
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Mushroom Ceremony Of The Mazatec Indians Of Mexico
Originally released on Folkways Records (8975) in 1957, this recording by Gordon & Valentina Wasson in Oaxaca, Mexico captures native Mexican curandera (witch-doctor) Maria Sabina, a male Mazatec indian, the Wassons and…
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I Answer Tough Job Interview Questions So You Don’t Have To!
Oh boy! An interactive new article from CNN/CareerBuilder! …Interactive in the sense that it attempts to teach you answers to tricky job interview questions. But the mere fact that the article asks…
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Pierre Henry – Machine Danse
We’ve had two copies of this album pass through the store in the last month, and both were snatched up by collectors within a day of their being priced and made available.…
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Sunday Mix Tape – Number 135
Did you all remember to deprive yourselves of one hour of sleep this morning? I sure did! I had to be at work early and the entire day just kind of crept…
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Wally Pleasant – Songs About Stuff
Woo hoo! College rock! A cross between Nerf Herder and Neutral Milk Hotel and…uh…irony? “Wally Pleasant is a U.S. musician from Michigan . He plays humorous songs based on folk music &…