You may have heard these rappers without knowing who they were. These elementary age children from Maryland are on The Go! Team’s latest record. But they’re at least as wonderful rapping on their own.
Really, check them out, they’re surprisingly irresistible, and just plain surprising. Here they’re rapping over…wait for it…Jens Lekman, Swedish pop troubadour, who in turn is sampling I don’t know who…
When We Were Kids
Listen and download more of their songs on their MySpace page.
Do you ever find that the dishes you toss together from what’s at hand turn out amazingly delicious? That’s what happened to me this evening.
The measurements are only a guess, so use your own judgment.
Beef and kidney bean ghoulash
1/2 onion, sliced thinly
1/4 lb ground beef
2 c. cooked kidney beans with their cooking “liquor”
2 T. decent red wine
1/2 green bell pepper, sliced thinly
1 c. thinly sliced cabbage
1 T. paprika
1/2 t. thyme
1/2 t. tarragon
salt to taste
In a large pan, saute onion and ground beef until onions are translucent and beef is browned. Add beans, wine, green pepper, cabbage, and paprika; cover and simmer for 5-10 minutes, until cabbage is limp. Uncover, add thyme and tarragon, stir, and add salt to taste.
To accompany I had a couple of thin slices of french bread, brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with salt and basil, and heated in a 300 degree toaster oven until just crispy. These were great for dipping in the ghoulash.
Oh my, one of my tastiest dishes of 2007.
Update: I misspelled “goulash” as “ghoulash.” Must have been Halloween on the brain!
My bike frustration of today illustrates that pedestrians can cause problems by forcing cyclists into the path of motor traffic.
I was crossing an intersection, and a woman was pushing a baby stroller across the street, meanwhile talking on her cell phone. She was using the crosswalk properly and I didn’t give her much attention.
So we get to the other side and I have to stop in the intersection, because instead of going up onto the sidewalk like a normal pedestrian, she goes into the bike lane, camps out there, right at the corner, and jaws on the phone. I had to yell at her so she would hear me and let me get out of the damn Water-Branciforte intersection.
Her sins were threefold:
1. Being in the bike lane when there was a perfectly good sidewalk, thus blocking me
2. Walking on the right hand side of the road (if you ever have to walk on the road for lack of a sidewalk, use the left), thus not being able to see that she was blocking me
3. Talking on the phone, so that she could not hear me the first time I asked her to stop blocking me
4. Endangering her baby by behaving so thoughtlessly
Okay, that’s four. GRRR!!!
Whew, I feel better. Thanks for the chance to vent.
Making Fiends - The hilarious adventures of Charlotte and Vendetta. Also fine for kids.
Oddio Overplay Halloween music - The musicians at Oddio Overplay have generously offered us enough spooky music for all our Halloween needs! Good for parties or haunted house effects.
Old Time Horror Radio - Gather round the virtual wireless, kiddies, for some old radio drama. You’ll hear the old-timey ads for things like Ironized Yeast too. Listen online or download for your iPod.
The musicians at Oddio Overplay have generously offered us enough spooky music for all our Halloween needs!
I recommend the Ghouls with Attitude compilation for a seasonal dance party, and Calling All Fiends for a haunted house soundtrack. Here’s a sample track from the latter:
You may have heard these rappers without knowing who they were. These elementary age children from Maryland are on The Go! Team’s latest record. But they’re at least as wonderful rapping on their own.
My bike frustration of today illustrates that pedestrians can cause problems by forcing cyclists into the path of motor traffic.
