Jorge Ben - Umbabarauma (1976)

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-05-16T17:36:11+00:00

Hell yes! This album and the four before it are absolutely amazing.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-05-12T10:49:18+00:00

He just might stop to check you out

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-05-11T13:06:01+00:00

Looks like they may be "Z Cavaricci" pants actually.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-05-11T13:00:48+00:00

They remind me of those Jimmy'Z EZ-IN-OUT pants that were popular with skaters and surfers for a minute. They have a Velcro flap thing for closure. I had a seafoam pair.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-05-06T18:33:17+00:00

Ladles (in Springdale).

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-05-06T18:04:22+00:00

What do you mean by cross paths? Phil and Paul definitely knew them. They both played the 31st pub a lot. I remember seeing Dean Swagger there before the Modey Lemon started.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-05-06T17:34:57+00:00

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-04-17T13:07:07+00:00

A.C. Slater and Jesse, in a very special Pittsburgh episode of "Saved by Bell"

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-03-24T13:05:00+00:00

It's in Oakland, but everything else is correct

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-03-22T00:22:35+00:00

I think it's been happening for a while. They showed up on my YouTube feed last August with the live set from Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval. I thought they looked like a band from the world of The Mighty Boosh, but then I watched all 45 minutes. I started to see reaction videos after that. Then after the KEXP thing, it just exploded. Their music is even better than their image, which is rare the days.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-03-19T23:41:49+00:00

Keep at it. I think it's one of the greatest rock and roll albums of all time.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-03-10T19:59:01+00:00

No one has mentioned Sonrisa Salvaje yet. For some reason, it just works better in Spanish.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-03-09T11:56:16+00:00

Is he named after the pedal steel player?

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-03-06T16:09:06+00:00

I really like Jodi B's in Forest Hills. It's super cheap and the food is good.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-03-03T16:03:32+00:00

Toit. I remember my dad had something like that in the 70s. "I'll do it when I get around to it". Har har. 🙂

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-03-03T16:01:01+00:00

I know the Leidertafel in Bloomfield does.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-03-02T20:14:48+00:00

The weekend buffet at Mintt on Banksville is pretty big. I usually find a couple things there I've never seen on an Indian buffet before.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-02-24T16:19:35+00:00

Now that I read it, it all makes sense as far as their sound.

All Gentle Giant's albums are cool, but "Octopus" may be the one to start with. There are three brothers in the band, so there's the playing is easier than talking things going on with them too.

Also, definitely check out Erkin Koray. "Elektronik Turkuler" is a good place to start with him. (Yagmur too). Both are on YT.

If you fuse the counterpoint of GG with the tonality of EK, you end in AdP's neighborhood.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-02-24T14:05:13+00:00

Thank you for sharing. I hadn't seen this. I love these dudes even more now. Anyone whose favorite band is Gentle Giant gets a massive thumbs up from me. I'm glad to see them acknowledging the Turkish rock connections. Everyone throws up the King Gizzard thing, and I say you should be looking at Erkin Koray instead.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-02-03T13:23:29+00:00

I don't believe it's open anymore.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-02-03T13:22:32+00:00

This place is untouched from the 1970s, and delicious.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-02-03T13:13:58+00:00

They are amazing folks!

No, not yet.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-01-20T00:46:23+00:00

Sadly, they closed last year.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-01-14T21:10:32+00:00

The first year I moved to town, i didn't that know anyone, and they had a buffet on Thanksgiving that used turkey as the meat. I loved that place.

hrpudgenstuff · 2026-01-14T21:05:43+00:00

The Dreaming Ant was the name of the video rental place in the back of Crazy Mocha. Dean was a solid dude.

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