scott on August 24th, 2009

Low and slow heat with a few cherry-wood chips makes for down home BBQ pork that just falls apart and makes the perfect, smoky pulled-pork sammy.

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scott on August 21st, 2009

Because the chicken marinates overnight, the flavors blend to picture perfection. Then by charcoal cooking the bird, the meat just falls off the bone. As good as any Indian restuarant in town.

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scott on August 20th, 2009

The line usually snakes around the vibrantly colored tiled shell of a shack; which makes all the more reason to order a tall, frosty PBR from the open-air bar next door to keep you company while waiting.

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scott on August 18th, 2009

I once interviewed Rick Rubin, landmark producer of such acts as the Beasties, Chili Peppers and Slayer, and I asked him if he could produce one band’s music that he hadn’t already, who would that be. Without hesitation, he responded, Metallica.
 
Always wondering what the thunderous paw of their music might sound like under his watchful [...]

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scott on August 18th, 2009

A stone’s throw from the house where Anne Frank hid from Nazis during World War II and wrote her famous diary, stands the Yab Yum club, one of Amsterdam’s last bastions of high-class, civilized prostitution.

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scott on August 18th, 2009

BAM
CD Review
Melvins
Stag (Atlantic/Mammoth)
Rating: Four umbrellas
             The greatest concept album since Venom’s At War With Satan, Stag presents a whirling dervish tailspin through a euphoric psychosis (chemically induced or otherwise) where our Mevinic hero (King Buzzo) gets blasted off to Planet High to lead a legion of warriors into battle against the forces of common decency. [...]

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scott on August 18th, 2009

This is a new, fresh take on the classic side perfect for fish and chicken tacos or just straight up on a chip.

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scott on August 18th, 2009

The key to a great grilled chicken is cutting the bird open like a book and laying the beast flat on the grill with a couple bricks on top to press the flesh into the searing heat.

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scott on August 17th, 2009

http://toolshed.down.net/articles/text/bam.nov.93.htmlPublication: BAM
Date: November 1993
Transcribed by “St. Michael Reed” (mung@u.washington.edu)

 
 
title: Sob Story – Tool Will Give You Something To Cry About
author: Scott Schalin
 ”Do for others what you want them to do for you.” -Matthew 7:12
 ”Do unto others what has been done to you.” -”Prison Sex,” from Tool’s Undertow
Little did Jesus’ disciple realize when he [...]

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scott on August 17th, 2009

Singer Maynard James Keenan’s cutting insights are even more oblique with the possible exception of the clear-cut anger barrage, “Hooker With a Penis” (just in time for Christmas!).

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