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Mad Magazine's It's A Gas was released in 1963? I beg to disagree. I would have been too young to remember at that date. But I clearly remember my oldest brother tearing this out of the magazine and playing it for us. I swear it had to be 1965 or later.

So does our audiophilia only cover playback or do we know anything about recording? With the current stay-at-home rules, I'm looking for a way to do some recording at home. There are lots of condenser mics with USB output available these days. I'm looking at this one: Samson C01U Pro . Any...

When I went shopping last, there was no chicken available so I'd picked up some sirloins. Having just bought mushrooms (for reasons I can't recall), I had all the ingredients for Sirloin Marsala. I didn't have time to make a side dish, but I had a garden salad with "goddess" dressing (whatever...

You know, with two Beatles lost to the earthly realm and the remaining two not getting any younger, a stray thought floated through my head. When Paul McCartney finally does pass away, do you think there will be "Paul Is Alive" conspiracy theories?

This was the answer, by the way. I've never piled the bread crumbs on top of the meal. That was good, because it seemed to carry along the flavor of the other garnishes. With a chopped salad with almonds, sunflower seeds and sesame ginger dressing and a bit of hearty bread on the side, it was...

But why would one want to create a bagpipe in a presumably bagpipe-free environment?

I finally made that lasagna I've been wanting for days now. I had to get some sirloin ground up, as there was no ground meat (beef, turkey or chicken) at the grocery store. So that was kind of business-class upgrade of lasagna. Mine is pretty typical but I make a bechamel sauce instead of...

Just to present a counterpoint, I'm having a turkey sandwich with olive oil mayo, thin sliced white onion and colby cheese on "artisan" 9-grain italian bread. And carrot slices with chipotle ranch dressing for dipping. Yeah, Wed is the night I work.

I've never listened to that album. I'll give it a shot. In the first few tracks of the album I can say this: If I ignore the vocals and melodies altogether, the instrumentation and chord patterns of A Crow Looked at Me are almost pleasant. Where How I Loved You has that from time to time...

This was a tough listen. I got to track 7 and it was so overwhelmingly depressing that I gave it up. I have nothing against sad or even depressing music. A good Adagio is a wonderful listen. I listen to tons of blues music. I like Echo and The Bunnymen. But this is so far down the hole...

Darn it. Now I'm craving lasagna. And I don't have any of the ingredients.

As I surveyed my foodstuffs, I realized I had some king mackerel that my sweetheart and I caught last summer in FL. I defrosted it and it seemed okay, so I cooked it up. It seems I cook everything with white wine and lemon juice, so I'm a bit tired of that. I just sauteed it in butter and...

As I cook more at home, this is going to be my ongoing strategy. Always cook with wine. Sometimes put it in the food.

Dave Alvin And The Guilty Women - Dave Alvin And The Guilty Women Dave Alvin - Eleven Eleven Been on a Dave Alvin kick lately. If you like that kind of "heavy folk" music, then that first album is a delight. Cindy Cashdollar and Nina Gerber are in the band, if either of those names mean...