Listener comments!

Wed. 6/24/09 12:05pm From: Cecile

morning DJ woody!

Wed. 6/24/09 12:09pm From: evan

that cromagnon track is so good

Wed. 6/24/09 12:09pm From: Baff

This Black Pus is making my job so much better, as if editing this HTML were a mission to save everyone on earth from being sawed in pieces by wild, eyeless half-mechanized creatures.

Wed. 6/24/09 12:11pm From: Baff's Boss

It *is* a mission. To save yourself from being sawed in pieces by wild, eyeless half-mechanized creatures like me.

Wed. 6/24/09 12:14pm From: Cecile

This reminds me of Yeti What Are You by Snakefinger

Wed. 6/24/09 12:15pm From: Carmichael

Anyone named Conrad Schnitzler probably ROCKS!!

Wed. 6/24/09 12:18pm From: Kenny G's Hard Drive

I'm Here Lounging on the Beach in Wildwood. Wish You Were Here! Carry On...

Wed. 6/24/09 12:24pm From: Marshall Stacks

The vocals sound a bit like Mrs. Edith Prickley.

Wed. 6/24/09 12:24pm From: Woody

Its better to burn out then .... to rust.

Wed. 6/24/09 12:28pm From: north guinea hills

good to hear ya, Woody.

Wed. 6/24/09 12:31pm From: Ike

I agree with NGH.

I'm belaboring the point at work today. How about all of you?

Wed. 6/24/09 12:31pm From: Carmichael

I loved seeing Edith on the Sammy Maudlin show.

Wed. 6/24/09 12:34pm From: dc pat

wait, did somebody just mention Edith Prickley? ("PFFF-HA!")

Wed. 6/24/09 12:37pm From: Cecile

That Bats set I have to dl. That was excellent

Wed. 6/24/09 12:37pm From: Carmichael

Pat, are you interested in my prediction for US - Spain? Since I was so close with my last prognostication (Endorra) ....

Wed. 6/24/09 12:41pm From: Cecile

Andorra. Endora was Samantha's mom on Bewitched. :D

Wed. 6/24/09 12:45pm From: Carmichael

Thanks. And you're not even Ike ....

What was Paul Lynde's character named?

Wed. 6/24/09 12:46pm From: webitched

Naww, Endora is an off-road motorcycle race.

(Uncle Arthur)

Wed. 6/24/09 12:47pm From: Cecile

Uncle Arthur!

Wed. 6/24/09 12:47pm From: Gladys Kravitz

I found Arthur intriguing. Unlike my Abner ...

Wed. 6/24/09 12:48pm From: Bowie

Not to be confused with...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUBUl4yZ0Eg

Wed. 6/24/09 12:52pm From: north guinea hills

I think this is the first time i've actually heard the people band. (not to be confused w/ kevin shea's group, people).

Wed. 6/24/09 12:56pm From: Cecile

damn, you are right Woody

Wed. 6/24/09 12:57pm From: Carmichael

Oh cmon, this is Stevie Winwood.

Wed. 6/24/09 12:58pm From: Cecile

did this predate Spencer Davis Group's "I'm A Man"? cause i get that feel from it.

Wed. 6/24/09 12:58pm From: Cecile

Carm, get out of my head

Wed. 6/24/09 12:59pm From: Carmichael

Are you thinking about tacos now, too?

Wed. 6/24/09 1:00pm From: Cecile

I was thinking about Vietnamese spring rolls.
Oh well, one for two

Wed. 6/24/09 1:00pm From: Woody

Funny.... I'm always thinking of tacos. Unfortunate being in NYC land of everything but good tacos.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:01pm From: Cecile

Ike posted a taco truck that looked good. Sets up by the Red Hook Brewery in Brooklyn

Wed. 6/24/09 1:02pm From: Cecile

THIS IS THE BEST FUSION OF WHATEVER I HAVE HEARD IN UH, A WHILE

Wed. 6/24/09 1:06pm From: dc pat

woops, sorry Carm, I went away--lay your prediction on me.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:07pm From: Woody

Yep, Red Hook tacos are promising...

Wed. 6/24/09 1:07pm From: Cecile

okay, can you play some Gap band. I am serious. Burn Rubber?

Wed. 6/24/09 1:10pm From: Ike

Those amazing Red Hook trucks are a few blocks from the brewery. Only weekends and holidays at Bay & Clinton Sts., roughly May-Oct. Their huaraches and sopes are even better than their tacos.

But yes, most Mex. food in NYC is disappointing. Chowhounds hyped one place on 10th Ave., but my reaction was zzzzzzzzzzz, bland.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:12pm From: Cecile

That is surprising to me.
Minneapolis has turned into a pretty decent hotbed. Not like Texas or CA, but you can get some good food.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:14pm From: Cecile

I have had no experience eating mexican food in TX or CA, but my friends who have pronounce it halfway decent.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:18pm From: dc pat

I've eaten in CA, NM, and TX and it blows any east cost stuff away. DC Mex food is forgettable too.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:20pm From: Cecile

I mean they say some of the new MN places are ok.
That does suprise me about East Coast mex food being not so hot.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:20pm From: Ike

Many East Coast Mex. immigrants are from a different region than southern/western immigrants, I think. Maybe their regional cuisine is just not as tasty...? Who knows?

It's not all bad on the East Coast... I've had really good Mex. in Delaware. I mean, boring flat-ass Delaware, beating anything in Manhattan! Sheesh.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:20pm From: Disastrogirl

There's a Freakshow, baby baby, in my cubicle.

There's a Freakshow.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:22pm From: gumby

I had pretty good Mexica fare in Hawaii, but then again when you're in Hawaii, food is an afterthought

Wed. 6/24/09 1:22pm From: Cecile

that could be, Ike.
I like Southern Italian food, and the part of Michigan I come from has a lot of Northern Italian immigrants. So not so much of the tomato I love.
But my mom comes from Pittsburgh, so I grew up on red sauce.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:24pm From: Carmichael

Needless to say, there is a TON of mexican food out here, very cheap and mostly pretty good. It's all northern Mex cuisine: tacos, burritos, chimichangas, enchiladas, etc ...

Now over in Texas, they have that border stuff I've never heard of.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:24pm From: Woody

cannibals, cannibals, cannibals

Wed. 6/24/09 1:24pm From: Cecile

Is this from the Units from the Pacific NW?

Wed. 6/24/09 1:24pm From: Dr. Atkins

It's hard to have Mexican food without overcarbing, but foodies don't give a rat's ass about their pancreas, only about their tastebuds and their aesthetic sensibilities...

Wed. 6/24/09 1:25pm From: Cecile

that's my husband's favorite. Loves good Tex-Mex

Wed. 6/24/09 1:26pm From: Carmichael

Sacramento was a relocation center for Vietnamese after the war, so we also have a huge SE Asian population. I am a new convert to Thai and Viet food. Healthy, inexpensive and incredibly tasty.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:27pm From: Carmichael

We have an extremely small cannibal population.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:28pm From: Cecile

Minnesota was as well. Vietnamese food here is excellent. Thai food is getting better. And we have one Cambodian restaurant that is supposed to be great, but I haven't been to yet.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:28pm From: Marshall Stacks

Once upon a time I stayed in a hotel in northern Finland where the restaurant served Mexican - or was it "Mexican"? - food.

I stuck to the local stuff: crusty bread, herring and pickles. And, in Helsinki, reindeer carpaccio.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:31pm From: Carmichael

Marshall, the worst pizza I ever had was in Scotland. It was billed as "ham and pineapple". I was stunned at how far away they were from the actual thing.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:33pm From: Cecile

I had salsa and chips in Montreal. The chips were excellent, but the salsa wasn't quite right. I think they put tarrgon and basil in it. :(

Wed. 6/24/09 1:34pm From: dc pat

Carm, I've heard that about UK pizza.

I'll say this, it's hard to get a good salsa--it's usually over done. If you can't get it right, just chop up tomatoes, onions, and chiles and you're done.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:35pm From: Carmichael

Oh Pat, BTW I say 2-1 US.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:35pm From: Lizardner Dave

I went to a place that called itself "The American Bar" in Zurich. I ordered buffalo wings and they served them with all the "traditional accompaniments": bleu cheese, ranch dressing, thousand island dressing and salsa. Hmmm....

Wed. 6/24/09 1:36pm From: Woody

Cecile, just noticed your question within all the taco talk (I haven't hadlunch!).... that was the Units from San Francisco, early 80s.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:39pm From: Cecile

I remember reading about them in Trouser Press!

Wed. 6/24/09 1:39pm From: Carmichael

Me neither. Now I'm torn. Maybe I'll do a complete 180 and try an Indian food place.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:39pm From: risky!

hey woody, thanks for that black pus!

go woody go!

Wed. 6/24/09 1:43pm From: dc pat

that's a bold prediction there, Carm. It'd be nice if Spain choked and the US played at their level..

Wed. 6/24/09 1:46pm From: stingy d

woody! hey man... ah man... i missed a great first set. i twitterd you guys, did i win those daggone tickets?

Wed. 6/24/09 1:54pm From: Woody

Hi Stingy-

Didn't even see the Tweet feed (not a twitterer)... I'm guessing no if you haven't heard back.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:56pm From: Ike

To go back to NYC being "land of everything but good tacos"... unfortunately NYC also lacks some other cuisines, like Laotian, or (good) Burmese. And NYC's Vietnamese food is not as good as in other cities. Actually, Montclair NJ has better Viet than Manhattan.

Twitter is dumb.

Wed. 6/24/09 1:58pm From: Woody

Ike, but there is always the Bahn Mi!

Wed. 6/24/09 2:00pm From: Twitter

tweety poo, twits -- i sucked you in, and in five years i'll be just as much of a trivial pursuit question as friendster and altavista are now

Wed. 6/24/09 2:03pm From: stingy d

i think the tacos at la superior are good. all the hating of twitter is senseless man. it's like saying a current band is no good. it's not no good, it's just that it's very ahead of the curve. technology will advance and eclipse it sure. but get over it. buckethead

Wed. 6/24/09 2:03pm From: BBS

Don't you ....forget about me ....

Wed. 6/24/09 2:06pm From: twittagata

Twitter is for bloggers who can't write more than ten words without getting bored with themselves. Livejournal and blogspot required use of new paragraphs. Too oldschool.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:08pm From: stingy d

i'm not convinced gator.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:08pm From: proofreader

You meant twittahata dude. But I feel ya.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:09pm From: Bad Ronald

Ain't never been to Burma but I always thought Village Mingala was pretty good...

Wed. 6/24/09 2:09pm From: stingy d

the best part about you twitigation may be the fact that it was under 140 characters.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:10pm From: Carmichael

Well I never been to Burma,
But I kinda like the music.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:11pm From: Twitter

yes, since almost no one ever has anything worthwhile to say, i turn out to be a benevolent dictator of concision. still wastage, but less of it {bows for applause}

Wed. 6/24/09 2:13pm From: Ike

Village Mingala was awful the last time I tried it. That stuff barely even counts as Chinese food, much less Burmese.

Woody, that's true, some bahn mi is great here! I hope the place at 369 Broome St. is still good. I think somebody said it went downhill. Haven't been over there to check. Vietnamese people sure do know how to make a great cheap sub sandwich.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:13pm From: Twitter

ok, still a bigass shitload of wastage, but in smaller, bitesize turds :-) ( <--- under 140)

Wed. 6/24/09 2:13pm From: eb

yeah twitter's a bit lame-- I can't believe all the hype, I guess people, including major news organizations, need something to talk about---
email wasn't fast enough? geez, just hit cc and add a bunch of people, and you get the same thing--

Wed. 6/24/09 2:14pm From: stoich

they are a wonderful nation of hoagie chefs

Wed. 6/24/09 2:14pm From: Bad Ronald

I see, I'd like to meet a broad with them fancy neck rings though.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:15pm From: Vietnamese People

We do luvs da samiches!

Wed. 6/24/09 2:16pm From: doug from dc

I can get the best banh mi right near my house for less than $4 a sandwich.

I was in a Burmese restaurant here and they were playing native classical/ritual music,which is really atonal. We would think of it as avant garde, but it's probably centuries old. S.E. Asian music is as good as their food, I've been wanting to learn more about it.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:16pm From: stingy d

the simple fact that people are so quick to despise twitter is part of what makes it effective.

when will hate be useless? thats the real revolutionary question. you birds!

Wed. 6/24/09 2:16pm From: Carmichael

OK foodheads, what is Burmese food exactly? And Bahn Mi?

Wed. 6/24/09 2:17pm From: AnAnonymousParty

Burmese food is like monkey food ...

Wed. 6/24/09 2:18pm From: stingy d

Baoguette's Bahn mi game is ridic.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:21pm From: doug from dc

Burmeses: Mohingar, a fish 'n noodle soup. Salads that are really room-temperature stir fry. Yellow tofu made from chickpeas. Curried pork with mangos. It's closer to indian cuisine than thai food is.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:22pm From: Liz B.

Woody, you are killin' it today! Loving every minute!

Wed. 6/24/09 2:22pm From: Marshall Stacks

I'm into Burmese food in a big way, but it's hard to describe. It doesn't really have too much in common with the neighboring cuisines. Which doesn't tell you much, I'm afraid. Doug from dc summed it up pretty well.

Bahn mi is easier. Wikipedia (like Twitter but more verbose) says it well: "Bánh mì or bánh mỳ (English pronunciation: /ˈbʌnmiː/, Vietnamese: [ɓǎːɲ mî]) is a Vietnamese baguette made with wheat and rice flour, as well as a type of sandwich traditionally made with this type of baguette."

Wed. 6/24/09 2:24pm From: Marshall Stacks

I'd request an Uncle Woody Sullender track, but I bet this DJ won't play it.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:24pm From: doug from dc

The strange revelation of banh mi is that the vietnamese are really into baloney. I've actually had some really gourmet viet omelette dish with "steamed pork" which was, for all intents and purposes, baloney.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:25pm From: Ike

Some Burmese food photos:
http://tinyurl.com/lpxjkh
http://tinyurl.com/ndhk5o

NYC will have some GOOD Burmese food at some upcoming festivals:
http://tinyurl.com/burmesefests

Wed. 6/24/09 2:26pm From: Carmichael

You had me at Curried Pork with Mangos. I'm off to Burma. Or Myanmar.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:26pm From: doug from dc

ok, i probably should have spelled it bologna.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:28pm From: Woody

Thanks Liz!

Wed. 6/24/09 2:29pm From: Woody

Angst! Angst!

Wed. 6/24/09 2:32pm From: Ike

Stingy, what's the connotation of "ridic" in English pls.? Does that mean you like Baoguette? I went to the one on Lex (Curry Hill) once and they were out of baguettes, so I couldn't try it.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:34pm From: slang

ridic = ridiculously excellent

Wed. 6/24/09 2:35pm From: Marshall Stacks

All fans of Burmese tea leaf salad (laphet thoke) - 2 of us? - should read

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=15329

Who knew that the Gov't of Myanmar had an FDA or cared about its citizens' health?

More to the point, Woody, I'm loving the show!

Wed. 6/24/09 2:36pm From: stingy d

yea i'm talking top notch merriam

Wed. 6/24/09 2:36pm From: Woody

Thanks Marshall.... all this food talk hurts as I can't eat, keep a playlist, cue records, etc. at the same time!

Wed. 6/24/09 2:39pm From: Floating Food Mirage

wooooooooooooo woody, here i am but you can't get me neener neener

Wed. 6/24/09 2:40pm From: stingy d

hey woody are you the guy that works at academy records that is named woody?

Wed. 6/24/09 2:42pm From: Brendan

Mandalay (Burmese Restaurant) - Silver Spring MD - amazing! The Mandalay in the East Village can be hit or miss.
Surprisingly, most food that I had while in Burma was pretty gnarly, but with the situation there....what can you say. Tea Leaf salad and pork with chili and mango!!!!!!! And Pat-waing music!!! YES!!!

Wed. 6/24/09 2:43pm From: Woody

I am not said guy. I wonder if saying "I am Woody" could get me a discount though?

Wed. 6/24/09 2:45pm From: stingy d

probably not. give it a go at other music.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:46pm From: Butthead

He said 'wood', heh heh heh.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:46pm From: stingy d

oh, i finded out that the tickets is goners.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:46pm From: Ike

In Thailand near the Burmese border, I had GREAT laphet thoke. Brendan, I've been to Mandalay in MD too. Yum. Myanmar Rest. in Falls Church VA was even better last time I was there.

Oh no Marshall, that sucks. So there's some aspect of the Myanmar govt. that *works*?!? Really? Or did the laphet makers just piss off the military junta somehow?

Great show!

Wed. 6/24/09 2:47pm From: beavis

no he didn't! he said woody! butt sumpling! hehehehehehehehehe

Wed. 6/24/09 2:47pm From: beavis

ah shit thats supposed to say dumpling. not sumpling. maaaaaan fuck that

Wed. 6/24/09 2:48pm From: Butthead

Shuddup, dillweed. {snortsnort}

Wed. 6/24/09 2:49pm From: stingy d

yo ike what's the english meaning of all that writing you just said. i am miffed, my g.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:49pm From: Brendan

Wow! Burmese food in Falls Church? I will have to hunt that down. Have you seen the film Burma VJ yet? Pretty incredible.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:50pm From: Audience Member, Stage Left

Looking forward to getting SY July 4th CD and seeing if I can hear myself, lolz

Wed. 6/24/09 2:51pm From: doug from dc

This blog about Burmese food is pretty funny: http://tinyurl.com/lflcbm. I wish they had the gon-bad at Myanmar Restaurant (which is in Falls Church, off rt. 29).

Wed. 6/24/09 2:51pm From: stingy d

yo i'm out! don't let the sour kraut pout

Wed. 6/24/09 2:53pm From: Ike

Stingy, you punk, go brine yourself in a pickle bucket, you language-mangling smeghead! (Mmm, pickles.)

Wed. 6/24/09 2:57pm From: Cecile

There's this Thai place in town that makes a curry with beef, thin crispy noodles and pickled mustard greens.

Wed. 6/24/09 2:58pm From: dc pat

GOOOOOOAAALLLL 1 - 0 USA!!

Wed. 6/24/09 2:58pm From: Marshall Stacks

Brendan, I haven't seen or heard of Burma VJ. Got a pointer?

My 7-yr-old and I spent part of a day trying to find some laphet thoke in the Burmese neighborhoods of Chiang Mai. Ultimately thirst and hunger got the better of us and we gave up.

Upon our return I found a US laphet connection.

And now I need to find a chemist to test my supply. :-(

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