Transportation Is a Big Responsibility

Side One:

1. New Order – Ceremony (the rest is on side two!)
2. (11 Apr 1982)
3. XTC – Strange Tales
4. Gang of 4 -What We All Want
5. Bow Wow Wow – W.O.R.K.
6. The Contractions – Rules & Regulations
7. Positive Noise – Give Me Passion
8. Public Image Ltd – Four Enclosed Walls
9. Adam and the Ants – Interview + “Los Rancheros” on Tom Snyder
10. (30 May 1982)
11. Landscape – Einstein a Go-Go
12. Johnny Rivers – Secret Agent Man
13. Psychedelic Furs – Pretty in Pink
14. (from 6 June 1981)
15. Nina Hagen – My Way
16. Yoko Ono – Dogtown

Side Two:

1. The Selecter – Who Likes Facing Situations?
2. Ellen Foley – Torchlight
3. Stray Cats – Runaway Boy
4. Spandau Ballet – To Cut a Long Story Short
5. Charles de Goal – Hang on to Yourself
6. Lene Lovich – New Toy
7. Essential Logic – Moontown
8. The Monochrome Set – Silicon Carne
9. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Plan B
10. Secret Affair – I Am a Bully
11. The Lambrettas – London Calling
12. Stray Cats – Ubangi Stomp
13. The 101ers – Silent Telephone
14. Scott Popper Death by Phone
15. Mary Wilson – Telephone
16. New Order – Ceremony (part)

Enjoy!

-Robert

Remember those carefree days when the worst thing we had to worry about was Communism?

This is a compilation I did in 1990, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Side One:

Enjoy!

-R

Simple but delicious. I’ve made a slight modification to her recipe (chicken stock), and these are slightly better than Grammy’s (did I say that?)

Ingredients:

    1) I lb. green beans, trimmed (only where they were attached to the vine…the curly bits on the bottom are fine)

    2) Three slices/rashers bacon, chopped

    3) 1/2 C. chicken stock

    4) 1 Tbsp cider vinegar

Method:

1) Chop the beans to your preferred length:

    2) Cook the bacon over medium heat for three to four minutes:

    3) Add the chicken stock and beans.  Cover.

    4)  Simmer/steam over medium heat for eight minutes.  Test for doneness.  If not to your liking, continue to cook, covered, checking every minute.

    5)  Stir in the vinegar and cook for 30 seconds.

    6) Enjoy!

-R

Bok choy with chilis and fermented bean curd:

Malaysian fish curry:

Chicken feet (the secret is in the sauce!):

Mustard greens:

Hot and Sour Soup (This: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/hot-and-sour-soup-recipe.html is a great recipe, fiddly but the results are better than any I’ve had in a restaurant.)  Black vinegar and Sichuan peppercorn make it even better:

Fish and Tofu in Hot and Sour Sauce:

Leftover Delight (pork, green peppers and cloud ears in oyster sauce):

Rice:

Who can come over for dinner?

🙂 

Side One:

1. John Hiatt – The Slug Line
2. Die Krupps – Larm macht Spass
3. Blancmange – I Have Seen the World
4. A Flock of Seagulls – Telecommunications
5. Squeeze – I’m Returning
6. TSOL – Thoughts of Yesterday
7. Angelic Upstarts – Never Say Die
8. (from 16 May 1982)
9. Units – Warm Moving Bodies
10. Dead Kenndys – [systems considerations]
11. KGB – Picture Frame Seduction
12. (from 24 May 1982)
13. Buzzcocks – Breakdown
14. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Fireworks
15. X – Under the Big Black Sun
16. Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy
17. Adam and the Ants – Goody Two Shoes

Side Two:

1. (from 29 May 1982)
2. Echo and the Bunnymen – The Back of Love
3. Nick Lowe – (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (live)
4. Josef K – Missionary
5. New Order – Temptation
6. BEF / Paul Jones – There’s a Ghost in My House
7. (from 5 June 1982)
8. Jody Harris – It Happened One Night
9. A Flock of Seagulls – That’s Not Me Talking
10. DAF – Ich und die Wirklichheit
11. BEF / Paula Yates – These Boot Were Made for Walking
12. Bohemia – I Want Cigarettes
13. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Coal Mine
14. The Violent Femmes – Kiss Off
15. The Go-Go’s – Beatnik Beat
16. Lords of the New Church – Holy War

Enjoy!

-R

Taped from radio, 1980 (ish).

Enjoy!

-R

Side One:

1. (from 7 Feb 1981)
2. Human Sexual Response – I Want to Be Jackie Onassis
3. The Cramps – Uranium Rock
4. Terry Vitoni – Practical Blonde
5. Elvis Costello – Lovers Walk
6. The Moondogs – Who’s Gonna Tell Mary?
7. Bakersfield Boogie Boys – I Get Around
8. The Damned – Wait for the Blackout
9. Der Plan – Meine Freunde
10. Ultravox – Mr. X
11. (from 21 Feb 1981)
12. Adam and the Ants – Interview / Los Rancheros
13. The Boomtown Rats – Under My Thumb
14. The Pretenders – Message of Love
15. The Undertones – One Way Love
16. The Distractions – One Way Love
17. The Velvet Underground – Rock & Roll
18. The Waitresses – I Know What Boys Like
19. Nikki & the Corvettes – Boys Boys Boys

Side Two:

1. (from 31 Jan 1981)
2. Vktms – 100% White Girl
3. Smack – Edward Fox
4. Orange Juice – Simply Thrilled Honey
5. Mystere 5’s – Never Say Thank You
6. The X-Pletes – Liar Liar
7. The Shoes – Hopin’ She’s the One
8. The Ramones – She’s the One
9. Magazine – Shot by Both Sides
10. The Vapors – Here Comes the Judge
11. The Gist – This is Love
12. Girls at Our Best – Politics
13. Au Pairs – Diet
14. (from 7 Feb 1981)
15. Josef K – It’s Kind of Funny
16. The Boomtown Rats – Banana Republic
17. Pylon – ?
18. Scientific Americans – Service Dub

Enjoy!

-R

(report from June 2015)

They are labor-intensive, but freeze extremely well, so now I have enough for a few months.

I made two kinds:  chicken with salsa verde, and for the first time, “de elote.”  I don’t know what that means, but they’re a combination of pureed corn, whole kernel corn, and corn batter.  That may sound a bit redundant, but when served with “crema” (runny sour cream) the sourness of the cream perfectly balances the sweetness of the corn, and they’re my favorites.

Your tour starts now!

Soaking corn husks:

Charred tomatillos fresh from the oven:

Salsa verde, yum!

Super A Market doesn’t carry my favorite brand of pork fat, so I had to make do with the generic:

Assembly line:

Assembly:

Ready for steaming:

Steamer steamin’:

Cheers,

-R

(repost from June 2015)

The National Memorial Park (/National Funeral Home/King David Memorial Garden/Cremation Center of Northern Virginia) is a block and a half from my house.  Part of its 200 acres are sectioned into “themed” areas.  Here are some pictures from “Babyland.”

I’m don’t really have anything to say, and I’m certainly not poking fun.  To me this part of the cemetery is visually interesting, but also very moving, especially the tributes left.  So just some pics:

-R

(repost from June 2015)

Chicken Tamale Pie, adapted from James McNair, Chicken.

1.  Combine one 28-oz. can tomatoes with one 16-oz can creamed corn, three teaspoons salt, one medium chopped onion, one half cup olive oil and 1-1/2 Tbsps chile powder in a large saucepan and cook for 15 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In a mixing bowl, stir together one cup milk, one half cup cornmeal and three eggs, lightly beaten:

Add to the tomato mixture and stir constantly for 15 minutes [confession: my arm got tired after five and I stopped].

Remove from the heat and stir in two cups coarsely chopped chicken and one cup chopped olives.

Pour mixture into a lightly greased shallow ovenproof dish [I used a 13 x 9 pan].  Top with one cup shredded Monterey Jack mixed with one cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese.

Bake 35-45 minutes or until the pie is firm and the cheese is crusty.

The result?  Homey and comforting, and some nice heat from the chile powder.  Will I make it again?  Maybe.

-R