Miscellaneous


7
Dec 09

Apple Cake

3 cups flour all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
½ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 ¼ cups vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups apples, peeled and sliced or chopped
1 cup pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, sugars, cinnamon, salt and baking soda) until thoroughly combined.

Whisk together the wet ingredients (eggs, oil and vanilla) and stir into the dry ingredients. Stir to just combine. Fold in apples and pecans. The batter will be quite stiff. Add 1/4 cup water if desired. [I've never added the water.]

Spread the batter into an ungreased tube pan or ungreased 9-inch-by-11-inch-by-2-inch baking dish. Bake 60 to 65 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

Recipe via NPR.

Recommended listening:
Le Volume Courbe – “Sitting In Your Head”
Tomasz Bednarczyk – “A Bus-Ride With A Red-Haired Girl”
Beach House – “Saltwater”
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – “Gold Finch And the Red Oak Tree, The”
Akron/Family – “stoop consciousness”
Takagi Masakatsu – “Ketle 2”
Her Space Holiday – “Tech Romance (Matmos Remix)”


19
Jun 09

CHOMP WOMP SODA FEST

If you are in Kansas City or the surrounding areas, you NEED to go to this! It will be amazing and fantastic; all of your wildest dreams will come true!

CHOMP WOMP SODA FEST
June 19, 8:00 PM
THE PISTOL & FOUNDATION
1219 UNION & 1221 UNION, Kansas City, MO
In the West Bottoms

8:30 DEMON HORSE @ The Pistol
8:50 ECHO OF THE ELMS @ Foundation
9:10 NONRETURNER @ The Pistol
9:30 THE CALAMITY CUBES @ Foundation
9:50 GOODWILLIES @ The Pistol
10:10 THE FACTORY WORKERS @ Foundation
10:30 ROOFTOP VIGILANTES @ The Pistol
10:50 SPELL MASTER @ Foundation
11:10 HIGH DIVING PONIES @ The Pistol
11:30 FORTUNING @ Foundation
11:50 BURGER KINGDOM @ The Pistol
12:10 BOO AND BOO TOO @ Foundation
12:30 WRONG CROWD! @ The Pistol
12:50 BLEACHBLOODZ @ Foundation

Live Art By THE RATHAUS

FREE CAKE
FREE SODA
FREE FUN
FREE FREEDOM


1
Jun 09

Fountain Valley, CA

BMW’s with ladders protruding from sunroofs.  Walking mothers with young children in hand.  Fragmented transit systems.  Coffee habits skyrocketing.  Burrito trucks parade across every city block. 45 minutes from anything. Let’s convince minds to drive to Pomona, Hollywood was never really that glamorous.  Out of state deposits called out by up-and-coming banking executives.  Yes, I know I am a foreigner in this land.  Thin Chinese men dressed in fitted dress shirts with loose vests elegantly smoking cigarettes in the shade.  Drinking 12 oz. double lattes too fast for my body to cope.  Win!  Win! Win!


24
May 09

Taste The Snake

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