Adam's post got me psyched again to eat some pancakes. I have to admit, I have been out of the game ever since that Horrible Herndon Amphora Blueberry Disaster. Left such a bad taste in my mouth that I have stayed away from ordering them in restaurants in fear of being completely let down, breakfast ruined. Then I read about glories of fruit infused stacks and decided to pull out an extreme pancake dinner last Thursday night. I made three types, blueberry, raspberry, and blueberry/raspberry. You wouldn't think there was much distinction between the three, but you would be wrong. As much as I like a good blueberry pancake, the clear winner was the combo. And I actually had them with maple syrup (something I usually do not do). The time away from that has made it all the more sweet of a return. Cooked up the remaining batter this morning for breakfast. Nothing beats good pancakes on a Saturday w/ fake bacon, fresh ground french press coffee and some fancy juice (which was strawberry apple today). I am already psyched for the next excursion. Hey Adam, can I make you a pancake dinner and/or breakfast for your birthday next weekend? You better be free.
RECORD TALK!!!
I finally got in one of my pre-orders from Vinyl Collective and coincidental enough, the As Tall As Lions record got here on the exact day of their show at Jammin' Java. Kahwayzee. Only took 3 months! Still waiting on my Touche Amore pre-order, which there have been zero updates on... Two other label orders came in, Ghostly and Half Machine. Totally in love with Banjo and Freakout and the Real Estate 7" just makes me more pumped to see them again. Super impressed with the Ghostly package. Got stickers, a couple of posters and even a free 12" from Lusine (which is insanely good and sounds pristine). I really hope Deastro tours around here soon... and finally, my annual Labor Day trip to Last Vestige (second only to my annual Christmas week trip). Slick finds this time including the Manowar, Soul Asylum, and Mr. Mister. The multitude of Janet 12 inchers is just icing. Totally jealous of one of the workers there though who snagged the Black Cat 12" just before me. It will be mine! The rest is just collection rounding out. Pleased to have the Adams big time. Great record and it feels right that it is now in my collection after having to pass on it last time I was there, in December. I had planned to go to the Albany location too, but I just ran out of time. Come Christmas there is some Bolton, A-Ha and Prefab Sprout that has my name on it... in the meantime, I am doing my best to resist dropping a FAT sub pop order on the internet. Barsuk as well... good grief...
VINYL COLLECTIVE
As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
Killing The Dream - Fractures
HALF MACHINE RECORDS
Banjo or Freakout - Upside Down
Real Estate - Fake Blues/Green River 7"
GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL
Lusine - Push EP 12"
Deastro - Moondagger
Deastro - Vermillion Plaza 7"
School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
LAST VESTIGE (saratoga location)
Bryan Adams - Waking Up The Neighbours
The Knack - ...But The Little Girls Understand
The Knack - Round Trip
The Boomtown Rats - In The Long Grass
Bangles - Different Light
Janet Jackson - Escapade 12"
Janet Jackson - Miss You Much 12"
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do Without You 12"
Manowar - Sign of the Hammer
INXS - Listen Like Thieves 12"
INXS - Suicide Blonde 12"
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
Down By Law - punkrockacademyfightsong
Mr. Mister - Go On...
Soul Asylum - Let Your Dim Light Shine
U2 - Boy
I got a little too excited reading that you had some maple syrup for the first time in a while. It's a little bit vulgar actually, how much I liked that. Pancake dinner sounds delicious. (I just had the most miraculous vision of a pancake birthday cake. It's a stack of pancakes with a layer of frosting between each one and then frosting around and on top of the stack. It'll probably be around 20 pancakes high and take 3 or 4 cans of frosting to complete. And probably one those things that sounds better than it tastes, sort of like the birthday cake we made Christy that was 60% candles. And also probably one of those things that will either make your blood stop or speed it up to the point your arteries break and start spurting.) I'll have to get back to you on the day though cuz I'm not sure if the family has any plans yet. I haven't heard anything from them yet though.
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