Thursday, January 15, 2009

My Favorite Cooking Show on DVD!

bayless

I just discovered the full DVD collection from my favorite cooking show. So naturally, I bought all of the seasons!

Mexico, One Plate at a Time airs every Saturday (in southern California) on PBS. I love it, I always joke that its my favorite time of the week. And it really is! Sometimes I have a margarita while I watch that week's episode, to get in the proper fiesta mood.

While this show is omni, the show's host, Rick Bayless is a master chef and he shares many recipes that are vegetarian and vegan friendly. The guacamole he makes always looks so good. It is one of my goals to eat at his top-rated Mexican restaurant, Topolobampo the next time I'm in Chicago.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Frostbite Metalfest

Wish I lived in Finland!

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Funeral Fog w/Dead on Vocals

This version, with Dead on vocals is so much better to the album version with Atilla singing. Atilla's vocals sound like how I would imagine someone would sound if they were trying to sing while severely constipated.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

The Forest Whispers My Name

Wandered around the woodsy area in southern Orange County a few weekends ago and I brought my camera.....for once. A few more if you click on one of the pictures and go to my flickr page.

carpathian forest

lost souls?

Shade Empire - Pain & Pleasure

This song rules.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Nibelungenlied

Last night was Wikinger Kino Abend (viking movie night) at my house. My cousin Kurt came over and we did our part to keep the fires of Midgard burning bright.

After a hearty feast (veggie burgers), we watched Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King, which is an English version of a German movie called Die Nibelungen. It was a great movie and very entertaining.

My cousin has an older German movie version of this saga from the 1960's and it was interesting to compare the two.

After the movie, we got into a long philosophical conversation about the evils of monotheistic religions (aka the top three). Much fun was had.

A few links for more info on this Germanic/Norse saga:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagen_(legend)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibelungenlied
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibelungs

Friday, December 12, 2008

1985 Newscast About Punk

Awesome punk documentary clip.

I love the goth radio dj at the end. He had cool hair.

I really want to see a "where are they now" clip. Would probably be disappointing though.