February 2012
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The Return of the Amaretto Sour
I love Amaretto, and Amaretto Sours. I feel both get unfairly ragged on though. Happy to see some respect given.
Here’s Jeffery Morganthaler’s recipe, which tones down the sweetness in the drink, which can admittedly be a problem.
Amaretto Sour
1½ oz amaretto (I love the Lazzaroni amaretto, but DiSaronno works well here, too) ¾ oz cask-proof bourbon (I use Booker’s, from the Jim...
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WatchBill Callahan - So Long Marianne
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WatchErrol Morris is making shorts for the New York Times now. I think this is a fantastic idea.
This one is about a competitive chicken wing eater.
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The Sad Tale of Margaret →
Saw this last night. God, it was good.
January 2012
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December 2011
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“Most people end up seeing, as their first silent movie, the wrong silent...”
– Amen. Mick LaSalle recommends non-canon silent films.
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David Gordon Green “Embraces The Cliches” →
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“Tom Brady? He’ll kill ya. If he catches you half asleep, he’ll punch you right...”
– John Gruden to himself.
The New Yorker on the great MNF broadcaster.
November 2011
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PBS Frontline | Syria Undercover →
charquaouia:
Reporter Ramita Navai goes undercover for a rare look at the uprising from inside Syria. Plus a profile of the dictator who has managed to hold on longer than any amidst the Arab unrest—President Bashar al-Assad.
Must-watch.
“One cold morning many years ago, a grouchy old New Yorker cranked out a letter...”
– So begins the Slate’s Troy Patterson’s article on everything you wanted to know about everything you wanted to know about the Old-Fashioned. The good, the bad and the foolish.
The old-fashioned: a complete history and guide to this classic cocktail. - Slate Magazine
Perfect for your Instapaper or...
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Bologna's Mysterious Cold Fusion Reactor →
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Reigning Sound Mini LP, Both New and Free →
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Recipes for Fall Cocktails from Bourbon & Branch
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October 2011
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Cocktails by Consensus: Pegu Club Cocktail →
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Film Fading to Black →
ARRI, Panavision and Aaton have all quietly ceased production of their film cameras to focus exclusively on the design and manufacture of digital cameras. Film? Fade to black.
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LAWeekly's Best of LA 2011 for Bars and Clubs →
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The Search for a More Perfect Kilogram →
givemesomethingtoread:
The kilogram is the only fundamental metric unit based on a physical artifact, but it’s losing weight and scientists are looking for a natural constant.
The American prototype is one of some four dozen such national standards around the world, and each of those, in turn, is accountable to an even higher authority: a regal artifact called the international prototype...
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The Race to Grow the One-Ton Pumpkin →
September 2011
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Neon Indian - Polish Girl
WHAT A SONG!
MP3
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A Beautiful Companion Piece to Yesterday's Curtis →
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WatchWow. This is nothing short of spectacular.
theatlanticvideo:
An Animated Ode to the Golden Age of Space Travel
Celine Desrumaux’s Countdown is a mini masterpiece and labor of love; she spent two years designing, directing, and animating it in her spare time. With references to Kubrick’s 2001 and music by Apparat, the short is a gorgeous synthesis of influences and a tribute to the space...
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The Scaffa
Scaffas are an old style of drink made by mixing spirits with liqueurs without ice. I’d venture to guess that as ice became easier to get, these drinks became less common. The B&B is the only real modern example of this style that I can think of.
It’s really mind-bending to drink a gin drink at room temperature, but halfway through the drink you start to warm up to it. Rich...
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Beertails that could be good, but dont quote me on... →
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Nathan Reese: The Shortlisters Episode 22 →
My other internet presence. Listen if you need me to explain just how gigantic those savings are at Super King.
nathanreese:
A couple weeks ago I was the guest The Shortlisters Episode 22.
The Shorlisters is a podcast:
Each episode, the Shortlisters — Micah Gordon, John Squire, and Ross the Intern (Ross Mann) — argue a topic and end up with a Top 5 “Shortlist” for that topic.
The topic...
August 2011
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“At Koenji Station, Tengo boarded the Chuo Line inbound rapid-service train. The...”
– The first paragraph of Haruki Murakami’s “Town of Cats,” published in this week’s issue. (via newyorker)
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The Mizuwari
1 to 1.5 fl. oz. whisky (if not Japanese whisky, then scotch)
Two to three times as much sparkling water as whisky
Add ice to a highball glass. Stir with a barspoon to chill the glass, then discard any melted water from the glass.
Add whisky to the glass. Stir thirteen and one-half times clockwise.
Add the sparkling water and stir three and one-half times clockwise.
Enjoy.
I love...
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Sampencisco Accents
While I was back in the Bay last weekend, I came across a depressing article from Chronicle columnist Carl Nolte about how natives are fleeing the City.
You can’t go very far in Marin, or Sonoma, or on the Peninsula or over in Walnut Creek without hearing this kind of thing; you see the guy you knew in high school, hear the San Francisco accent. “You still live in the city?”
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“Spend a night with an owl and you’ll see more blood than sleep.”
– -Bill Callahan, 2007
These Pitchfork quotes are all pretty golden.
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“In the midst of an art opening at a Paris gallery in 1902, Ambient music was...”
– I was digging through the YouTube crates tonight, and somehow ran across this great article on Erik Satie.
For me, Satie is one of those artists I instantly get. I usually struggle with Classical, but as the article notes, the music Satie was writing was so strongly influential on XX century music,...
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Wando - Lamento do Capoeira
Heard this at El...
July 2011
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“We make Fine Bourbon. At a profit if we can, at a loss if we must, but always...”
– Julian “Pappy” Van Winkle
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“But the allure of producing brown liquor is a strong one, so for the last few...”
– Wow. One of the best articles I’ve read on aging spirits. In no way dry and hardly any talk of tasting notes…
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