Another Harrison and Bourdain

Bourdain's Bobby Gold Stories read very fast. Similar to other novels written by the Chef, the center of the story revolves around the mob and the restaurant scene in New York City. I could see more stories for this character in the future.

Of course, Harrison's 2nd book of food essays, these from the 80's/90's, was extremely enjoyable. I really can't get enough of reading his stories of hunting and eating. I'm hoping to take a fall retreat to Northern Michigan this fall, inspired by Harrison's home state and the setting for so many of these essays.

EMusic and Such

Paul Weller - Wake Up the Nation

Josh Ritter - So Runs the World Away

Superdrag - Industry Giants

Alex Chilton, Alan Vega, Ben Vaughn - Cubist Blues

Also received some cool vinyl in the mail the last week:

Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (10" vinyl reissue box set)

Velvet Underground - The Quine Tapes (6 LP live from 1969)

I did some shopping at Luna too.

Music from Desparate Man Blues (cd) - love the dvd, 19 selections from the movie

Tall Dwarves - Fork Songs (cd)

Mission of Burma - The Sound, The Vision, The Light (LP)

Gang of Four - Entertainment! (180 gram LP)