Caturday Covers: What is an apistat?

Posted: July 24th, 2010 | Author: BPB | Filed under: Caturday Covers | No Comments »

Xiu Xiu’s Apistat Commander is one of those songs that you never actually listened to for like two years because it takes so long to kick in that you always instinctually skip it, and then one day you’re standing at an intersection and you’re too lazy to fish out your iPod and press forward so you listen to the whole song for the first time, maybe with the volume a little too high, and you realize finally that the song contains this perfect moment where, like, the sun suddenly bursts out of a cloudy sky but only for 30 seconds before there’s like this terrible, Hepatitis-infected rainstorm that lasts for the rest of your life.

Apistat Commander, covered by Sunset Rubdown. This is what the song would sound like if it were a really good rock song made by a band that didn’t print t-shirts with the phrase “Fun is for assholes” on them.

Apistat Commander, covered by something called “Parts & Labor.” I don’t know anything about this band, but if their normal songs sound like this they are probably not very good.


TOBACCO – Hawker Boat

Posted: July 23rd, 2010 | Author: robo | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »

FamDin 7/14/10

Posted: July 19th, 2010 | Author: Cheryl | Filed under: family dinner meals, meat | No Comments »

Wood Smoked Tri-Tip with Sicilian Herb Sauce
I did the thing from the comments: make double the sauce and marinate the meat in it too

Carrot Salad with Harissa, Feta, and Mint

Arugula, Potato and Green Bean Salad, with a Creamy Walnut Dressing

and of course, Strawberry Yum Yum
notes: my Mom always uses Dream Whip for the instant whipped topping, and it is not clear in the recipe, but you make the Dream Whip according to the package instructions before folding it in.  I’ve never tried to make it with just regular sweetened whip cream, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. It would just make it less lactard friendly.
Oh, and missing from the scanned original (this is my mom’s recipe card) is the back side which says:  “Top with remaining crumbs.  Freeze.  Serve frozen (melts fast).”

I was happy with this meal.


Palin Haiku #1

Posted: July 18th, 2010 | Author: Drunkle | Filed under: Palin Haiku | No Comments »

A bet I once lost
So now the debt must be paid
With Palin Haiku.
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Here’s Palin Haiku #1, boehners, entitled “Late Breaking Update!”  Enjoy:

Facebook postings from
Former half-term governor
Somehow make the news.

Be back soon!


Caturday Covers: The Velvet Underground Part I

Posted: July 17th, 2010 | Author: BPB | Filed under: Caturday Covers | No Comments »

And now for my most ambitious maneuver to date: The entire Velvet Underground debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (a.k.a. the Andy Warhol album), as rendered in cover form. This is made slightly less ambitious by the fact that I stole most of these files from some dude who already did this, and simply replaced the songs I didn’t like. I’m not including links to the originals, because if you don’t have this album already you’re a dick, but you can become less of a dick today for the low low price of clicking here.

1. Sunday Morning, covered live by Belle and Sebastian. Sung, unfortunately, by the one nobody likes.

2. I’m Waiting For My Man, covered live by David Fucking Bowie.

3. Femme Fatale. Everyone has covered this song. Here is REM’s totally sweet, plodding version with weird harmonies, off of Dead Letter Office. Here is a version by Big Star, because it is not a Caturday if I don’t give you a link to a Big Star song, you dick.

4. Venus in Furs, covered by DeVotchKa. I can never get the capitalization of this band name right.

5. Run Run Run, performed live by Echo and the Bunnymen

6. All Tomorrow’s Parties, performed by Calexico with Iron & Wine. Also performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, but it’s kind of a lame performance and a shitty recording.

7. Heroin, performed live by Echo and the Bunnymen. Also covered by something called The String Quartet.

8. There She Goes Again. Another cover by REM off of Dead Letter Office.

9. I’ll Be Your Mirror, covered, inevitably, as a country song by Clem Snide.

10. The Black Angel’s Death Song. This is maybe my favorite Velvet Underground song, so I’m including the original, because even if you’re so much of a dick that you ignored my link above you should at least listen to this song and think, “Ah, now I understand why this is his favorite Velvet Underground song. It makes perfect sense, and also I hate him.” Covered by Bettie Serveert (remember them?) on an album of VU covers. Unfortunately this is the only one I can find, so it’s not a great cover.

11. European Son, covered by Olivia Tremor Control. Totally whoa, right?

Not pictured: A mid to late 90’s appearance of Evan Dando on (I think) MTV’s 120 minutes, where he plays a few lines of Femme Fatale and goes, “It’s the Velvets, kids. The Velvets!” and I was like “Damn, girl” [mimes spending the next week trying to find a band called The Velvets].


Caturday Covers

Posted: July 3rd, 2010 | Author: BPB | Filed under: Caturday Covers | No Comments »

The forgotten and self-obscured Kath Bloom (plus Loren Connors)’s version of The Breeze / My Baby Cries.
The Bill Callahan cover of The Breeze / My Baby Cries, off of some Kath Bloom tribute or something.

The Bill Callahan (as Smog, duh) version of Bathysphere, off of Wild Love.
One of Cat Power’s many covers of Bathysphere (the live one with the boopie-doop-oop-doop-oopie-doo).

BOEHNUS:
Bill Callahan live and tiny:


Caturday Covers

Posted: June 26th, 2010 | Author: BPB | Filed under: Caturday Covers | No Comments »

Twin Peaks Theme – Angelo Badalamenti
Twin Peaks Theme with vocals by Julee Cruise, that creepy woman who sings at The Roadhouse.

Twin Peaks Twist by Messer Chups:

Really, the only reason I did this was to introduce you to Messer Chups. Enjoy spending the rest of your day plumbing the youtubian depths of this one, you fuckers.

BOEHNUS:
Messer Chups’ cover of Ministry’s Stigmata:


Caturday Covers: Wild is the Wind

Posted: June 19th, 2010 | Author: BPB | Filed under: Caturday Covers | 2 Comments »

Johnny Mathis originally recorded Wild is the Wind for a 1957 movie of the same name, so his version is all sad and schmaltzy and Hollywood. Then Nina Simone took it and made it like when heroin makes all your teeth fall out. Then David Bowie took it and made it like when Dennis takes his shirt off on It’s Always Sunny in Philadephia. Then Cat Power took it and made it my favorite Cat Power cover, all bummed out on red wine. Fucking devastating. And then Bat for Lashes took it and, like, prissied it back up:

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4U Star Wars Fans

Posted: June 16th, 2010 | Author: robo | Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Caturday Covers: A convoluted flowchart of alcohol and drugs

Posted: June 12th, 2010 | Author: BPB | Filed under: Caturday Covers | No Comments »

Hank Williams, Sr. – I Can’t Help It (Still in Love with You)
Cat Power – Still in Love (off of Myra Lee)

AND

Hank Williams, Sr. – Honky Tonkin’
The The – Honky Tonkin’ (off of Hanky Panky)

BUT THEN

Tim Hardin – Tribute to Hank Williams
Evan Dando – Tribute to Hank Williams (live)

OH MAN