I think I heard Steve Vai play along with spoken word first... and this one from Japan came around recently, but this Jones' thing great.
There's music all around us. Tune in.
I'm reverse-blogging this so please bear with the memories. I recall the service to be top-notch. I witnessed a table of 6 (maybe 8?) served silently, simultaneously, with such grace and precision. Our service was impeccable: every question about preparation or ingredients was met with expert, but friendly answers. I witnessed negotiations between an obviously French patron and a server over the cheese course. The server knew everything about every cheese: climate, preparation, treatments... the patron (and I) was impressed.
Our tasting menu worked like this:
Hits: Cocktails were really good: the bar uses seasonal ingredients to create new drinks. The Amuse Bouche was a play on all senses of taste. The Scallop was amazing: the scallop/chorizo/manzanilla pairing was so perfect. The Foie Gras "Torchon" was a play on indian flavors: I think they served it with papadam and maybe even a puri -- lots of fun.
Misses: Very little. The espresso in the desert was too bitter. The Blood Orange Riesling Soup was a little lame. Nothing much else to complain about.
If we win the lottery we'll get back there sometime soon. Untill then, the memories will keep us rolling along.
Website housekeeping note: I moved everyone's ftp directories from /29/you to /29/players/you. I'll delete the other directories soon. This will help with a page that will do automatic updation as the files come in.
Seth + Peter: I too am really digging listening to everyone's songs. I can't express how psyched I am that youses (an EXTREMELY talented bunch) are kookoo enough to try this with me.
This week will be tough! It'll be our first time balancing this with work. Anytime you sit down to write, try writing two. Have a few ideas in your back pocket for those time crunches. Also, no penalties awarded for digging up something a few years old too.
Speaking of a few years old -- when I told eve about this she was interested in helping. She asked me to transcribe a song she wrote which I'll try to put to music on 2/6:
http://29.netscra p.com/29/players/greacen/lyrics.txt
Finally, Michael Tornatore dropped off a drum kit today, a loaner for the month. I didn't have a chance to use it yet but I'll likely switch from recording exclusively on the laptop to start using my 'studio' (finally) which means some elec-trific-o-rock-i-fication in my (and therefore your) near future.
Good luck this week!
And easy: I just dropped a script tag and div onto my page and their system does the rest. I'm using threaded commenting, sorted by time, pre-moderated (I approve all posts before they're live). There's an rss feed for comments somewhere in there too. One thing I like is that they seem to be checking posts/comments against Akismet for spam filtering/blocking.
Downside:
Let's get the js-kit and crush3r.com folks together to mash up something calendar-y... no wait... js-kit & freebase for some semantic widgetation... no wait...
Anyway, it's a fun experiment at least. Drop me a note and we'll give this a spin.
