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Fun fact: right after college my girlfriend and I adopted a chihuahua mutt and named him Pepe after the chef in “La Cocina.” We also at some point had a Beta fish named Little Jerry Seinfeld.

Man, if that thing was coral (tomatillo?) or lake placid blue I might find myself adding burglary to my repertoire!

Big Stein wants an eggplant calzone!

I’m getting the joke, right? Is that the joke? That I shit my pants? Is that the joke? My farts are loooong. And they smell.

Jerry and Elaine celebrate with Coors yellows when they think George got David and Beth Lukner to split up. “That ‘there for you’ crap was a stroke of genius!”

What I wouldn’t give to have a few days to just fuck around in their Chicago space. Also can’t wait!

That’s so Franco.

They definitely didn’t start out as Velvet Hammer but I can’t for the life of me remember what. There was Sister 7 but that was a different group. And at one point I had an internship at the Austin Grammy/Latin Grammy office and worked with someone named Krissy who was somehow affiliated but i was either too inebriated back then to keep track or too inebriated now to remember or a combo of both. Or I’m just old. I also hope that at some point I hooked up with her but I kinda doubt that now too.

So many great ones mentioned. I was always fond of - Rolling By - REK And from Lyle too many to list but some greats: - Don’t Touch My Hat - That’s Right You’re Not From Texas - Road to Ensenada - Flyswatter Blues (one of the most Texas and Lyle songs ever sung) ZZ Top - La Grange - Just Got Paid John Hiatt - Slow Turning (no idea why - just a good song to tear across west Texas to) Anything SRV or James McMurtry counts. I also overly equate Texas-ness with Ian Moore, Arc Angels, Storyville, Poi Dog, Abra Moore, Velvet Hammer, Jackopierce, etc of those Austin favorites from when I was in college. I also had a CD of KGSR Live Broadcasts no.2 from either 1995 or 1994 and that was burned into my brain and still brings back memories of Jester and redwings and Players or Crown and Anchor late night pitchers.

Would love some advice on a basic red sauce I’ve been making. I love doing a big gravy or ragu or bolognese but I’ve been trying to perfect a basic rd sauce (I guess it would be marinara?). What I’ve been doing basically: - olive oil to soften half a yellow onion - toss in a single garlic clove - 28oz whole peeled San - half a cup of chicken stock - half can of tomato paste - teaspoon of Italian seasoning (vary this up sometimes) - 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce That is it. But it keeps turning out just too… tomato-y. Almost too rich. Should I cut it with a little water? Maybe kill the tomato paste? Any super simple recipes or techniques I’m over-thinking?

Not sure if this is the thread but just dropped by to mention the new Margo Price album is really good.

Those are sweet looking but I’m hoping to stay under $1500 - shoulda mentioned that.

This thread (and a few recent smokes at friends’ houses) have me ready to pull the trigger! I plan to hang on the gas grill for searing etc but do all the smokey stuff on the pellet. Seems like consensus here is Rec Teq is the way to go. I think 590 would be enough but is the 700 any better or worse (or worth the $300 more). Anything else I should know or other brands to look at?

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Hard to beat Museum of Natural History and it’s a place you spend an hour in or half a day and either way it’s cool as shit. Or the intrepid.

Both Lyle Lovett’s and Patty Griffin’s first six albums were great. Could pick any grouping of three for either of them.

tHaT’s A gIrL’s BiKe!!!

My office is essentially 1 block away from both the NYSE and Freedom Tower/WTC. So, I guess it’s been nice knowing you fellas!

Oh, I spend that much on after shave. Yes, I buy and sell men like myself every day. Now, I assume that there's a waterfall grotto?

Chvrches is an underrated band

Chvrches is an underrated band

Well, how about them…. Oh wait. Dammit.

He was awesome when he played with the Thomas Thomas Club.

Damn. Incidentally, his drum setup was very unique and used symphonic toms set too far out of reach and many said he set his seat “too high” to reach which meant he was making very fast, fine motor movements while stretched out too far. Result was some bad lower back shit. But as one of our resident drummers, I’ll add my voice to the record that Phil is laughably underrated and absolutely phenomenal as not only a drummer but as a contributor to the potential and canon of the instrument. His brilliance as a drummer was overshadowed by his prominence later as a pop artist and singer. But he wasn’t too goddamn shabby there - solo or with post Gabriel Genesis. And even then his drum compositions are deceptively simple sounding but hard to chart/play AND he was a pioneer in mixing acoustic and electronic sounds, triggers, synthesizers, etc. In terms of just sheer versatility and musicianship (to say nothing of his monstrous technical chops as a drummer), I would hazard to say he’s on par with Prince. And back specifically to the drummer part: when Chester-fucking-Thompson is your “understudy” for touring over several decades, you know you’re dealing with a virtuoso behind the kit. Oh, and the Alamo shit is just fascinating to me. Like, he’s a big fucking ego-less, curious nerd. Who happens to sell out coliseums and stadiums since many of us were tots. Veers toward Rush level nerdiness but with an oddly specific Texas focus. I dig it.

Chet hasn’t aged a bit since that time that hot alien turned him into a giant poo.