Add salt to taste

alternateorg on February 3, 2002

Recipe for a successful Super Bowl party if you yourself are not exactly a football fan:

1. Invite over friends who are equally apathetic about most sports in general, football in particular.

2. Make bean dip.

3. Make sure aformentioned guests are in possession of a deep-fryer and much fried foods.

4. Fry many foods.

5. Make awesome chicken wings, also fried but not battered.

6. Watch 5 culmunative minutes of the first half between the four (well, seven) of you and remark when someone scores.

7. Take cute baby pictures instead of watching the insipid half-time show.

8. Tune in and actually pay attention right as the losing team makes a last 2-minute drive to the end-zone to tie it. THEN watch in amazement as the now-tied game turns back to the original winning team in the last 1 second of the game.

9. Let cool for 3-4 hours, serves 4-7.

Say a Prayer for Surf Boy

alternateorg on February 1, 2002

French Club President, Bombardment Society Founder, Bee Keeping Society Member, rocker? Max Fischer has been plugging his new movie “Slackers” on the tube, and somehow managed to get his band to play Letterman. Talia Shire’s son is a smart kid, quick with the wit, and of the actor-to-musician kids out there, his band isn’t half bad. Much better than Tina Yothers’ band, (Though not as good as Theo’s).

When you’ve had such memorable, defined roles, is the possible anonymity of music your only escape? I mean, J-Lo wasn’t really much of an actress before she went headlong into music (*coughAnacondacough*), so it’s not that weird for her, but these other kids, I’m struck by how surreal it is to watch them rock out. It’s not fair, but in many ways, we the public see them more as their roles than for the people that they are. Guess thats a compliment to their craft. Oh well, just enjoy the strangeness.

It all blends together…

alternateorg on January 29, 2002

I’ve wanted to do something, as a musician, for years. I’ve always enjoyed songwriting, especially of the rock variety, but I’ve been interesting in DJs and remixing, but I’ve never thought that they were truly using the medium as well as they could.

Well, it happened. Listen to the second song, and anything else that catches your fancy. Apparently, this is a huge thing in London. I enjoyed the Avalanches’ record this year, because it hinted at this kind of music (and in many ways did it better). While a lot of it can definitely be described as novelty, the potential here is mindboggling, to me. Via MeFi.

Hello….?

alternateorg on January 15, 2002

Alternate not being an exception, I’ve noticed a severe dip in ‘blog updates lately.. Hrmm.. Maybe it’s because it’s January and work for us all has picked up (has for me) or if December’s just a natural time for obsessive and often blogging. Who knows.