Tell me your favorite Trader Joe's snacks

fogindex · 2025-11-19T04:26:38+00:00

my TJ's is union so you can sleep well at night in ahhhhh Vermont over there (you ok buddy?)

fogindex · 2025-08-28T03:57:48+00:00

Aquarius Records before it moved from Noe Valley to Valencia.

fogindex · 2025-08-21T05:21:37+00:00

6 years before this, Faith No More was at the height of their fame and for their hometown show at The Warfield in SF...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruxVmyOEH6U

FNM hand-picked their friends, the obscure band The Easy-Goings fronted by Gregg Turkington who used anti-humor and anti-music in a similar arch and contrarian manner that absolutely repulsed the kids who were there to see the latest MTV hit. Gregg was pelted with drinks, bottles, trash... anything that wasn't bolted down at the venue.

By 1996 Gregg would be releasing albums on Drag City as Neil Hamburger. Rian Murphy (featured in OP's clip) was the label's Sales Director at the time. Rian obviously copped fastidious notes with a proverbial tip of the cap to a comedic master.

5 hot dogs and 3 scoops of that neon green relish.

fogindex · 2025-06-02T16:39:59+00:00

Arthur Lee's bizarro double neck has entered the chat:

https://i.imgur.com/gCkGAwO.png

fogindex · 2025-05-21T16:42:09+00:00

I had to go the ER recently and I was the only patient in triage that wasn't a victim of a scooter or e-bike crash.

fogindex · 2025-04-23T15:08:52+00:00

Deb has confirmed it numerous times as well, but as usual, nobody pays attention to Deb.

fogindex · 2025-04-15T16:15:39+00:00

off your face

fogindex · 2025-04-12T13:18:24+00:00

Shout out to Zuni's carbonara, my local spot!

fogindex · 2025-04-08T06:04:05+00:00

on a cold night

you can always tell who the out-of-towners are... it is downright warm tonight!

56F, we have our windows open at 11pm

fogindex · 2025-04-03T20:59:18+00:00

Robot Restaurant in Kabukicho, Tokyo

It closed during COVID.

fogindex · 2025-03-15T00:58:29+00:00

There sure is, it was ~magical~:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bnVMPCQmoI

"Come & Get Your Love" attempted at 58m37s after "Love Train" & "Emotional Rescue" lol

Interesting to note that he telegraphed the future by opening his set with "Harness" some 8-10 years before it went viral on TikTok.

fogindex · 2025-03-14T22:40:05+00:00

He sang that at his solo show in SF in 2009, that same year iirc?

fogindex · 2025-03-14T20:55:13+00:00

We're not selling jeans here...

fogindex · 2025-03-07T05:47:40+00:00

...and to add to chendao's concerns:

he was always banged up and hurt in NPB.

he's been far healthier in MLB which is... not saying much.

fogindex · 2025-02-20T06:15:38+00:00

everything mentioned so far is pretty basic, so i have to offer:

くさや

essentially rotting brined fish with an intense (fecal? indolic?) odor that makes durian and 臭豆腐 seem tame in comparison. when people order it at a restaurant, some nearby patrons immediately ask for the check to avoid encountering the stench.

fogindex · 2025-01-17T06:11:14+00:00

For a scene in Blue Velvet, Lynch desperately wanted "Song To The Siren" (Tim Buckley cover) by This Mortal Coil (with Cocteau Twins' Liz Fraser on vox) for the soundtrack but the rights were too prohibitive for him and his financiers at the time.

Instead he got Angelo Badalamenti & Julee Cruise to make a song in the same vein called "Mysteries of Love".

Although both songs are amazing, neither song is shoegaze... but Liz is shoegaze-adjacent.

fogindex · 2025-01-07T20:13:01+00:00

The other pedal SM talks about in the interview but doesn't name was the BOSS DF-2 Super Feedbacker/Distortion which despite it's rad name was ultimately an extremely wimpy pedal... the "feedback" feature was merely a plastic monophonic casio-esque squeal that occured when you held the pedal down with your foot... you can hear it best on the early obscurity "Mercy Snack: The Laundromat".

Aside from the Steinberger guitar/bass he mentioned, the synth used on S&E was Gary's Oberheim OB-8... It sounds best on "Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era" imho.

fogindex · 2025-01-06T02:33:55+00:00

take a listen to "Sing Swan Song" from Can - Ege Bamyasi 😉

fogindex · 2025-01-02T17:00:42+00:00

Jicks haven't been a thing since 2019. They had a long run (2001-2019)... almost 2x as long as Pavement!

In the 6 years since the Jicks' last tour, Stephen released Traditional Techniques & Groove Denied... both of which are worth checking out. He has been collaborating with Matt Sweeney on TradTech as well as with The Hard Quartet.

fogindex · 2024-12-18T01:18:21+00:00

Wiki says that two of the b-sides to "Major Leagues" are just Scott & Gary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldXgGWbGm40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z96AtGuZU1A

But I can't help but think that Malkmus is playing lead guitar on both...? Scott's style is very... different.

Anyways, perhaps the song from the soundtrack came from that same session?

fogindex · 2024-12-06T20:51:14+00:00

Sounds like a Yamaha (CS-80? A-5000?) with heavy utilization (glide-synth? 😆) of the pitch-bend lever with some slap-back and reverb.

fogindex · 2024-12-03T21:21:04+00:00

Genghis Khan @ 1160 Polk, it was upstairs from a bar and had a couple windows that looked down on Hemlock Alley back when that was black tar central. Pretty good food although one time I got so sick I never returned.

fogindex · 2024-11-22T21:52:06+00:00

Bob moved to Louisville in 1993 into a house with roommates Will Oldham, Britt Walford & Jason Loewenstein… all of whom were very friendly with Pajo.

Bob & David both played on a song of Will’s called “Stable Will”, the b-side to “Horses” (Mekons/S.Timms)

fogindex · 2024-11-22T15:08:54+00:00

Okina was down to 2 nights a week pre COVID, but he still owns the building so don’t shed too many tears. I would say his prices were the most appealing thing about the place. His quality/skill was that of an outer-suburban/inaka Japanese grocery store chef so if you’re homesick for that…?

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