April 8
adamfrucci: After being faced with 1.5-2 hour waits on Sunday night that we weren’t up to, Cho and I are making a return trip to Ippudo tonight, hopefully one that ends with ramen rather than disappointment. OH SHIT. I’m also always very grateful towards the people who take pictures of food at restaurants, especially the people who do it with really nice cameras so that the food looks sick as f. Even though I really want to take pictures to document my eating experiences (especially somewhere like Ko, or in this case Ippudo or any other place where the food is exceptionally goodlooking), I feel like an Asian kid at a table of food emitting some sort of camera flash, that inevitably causes people in the room to turn around and look, is a little too expected/stereotypical (especially when I have my violin case over my shoulder with my A+ math quiz in hand), so I tend not to do it, but at times like this I’m really thankful that someone does.

adamfrucci:

After being faced with 1.5-2 hour waits on Sunday night that we weren’t up to, Cho and I are making a return trip to Ippudo tonight, hopefully one that ends with ramen rather than disappointment.

OH SHIT.

I’m also always very grateful towards the people who take pictures of food at restaurants, especially the people who do it with really nice cameras so that the food looks sick as f.

Even though I really want to take pictures to document my eating experiences (especially somewhere like Ko, or in this case Ippudo or any other place where the food is exceptionally goodlooking), I feel like an Asian kid at a table of food emitting some sort of camera flash, that inevitably causes people in the room to turn around and look, is a little too expected/stereotypical (especially when I have my violin case over my shoulder with my A+ math quiz in hand), so I tend not to do it, but at times like this I’m really thankful that someone does.

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alexbalk: If you look over here you’ll notice that we’re still running yesterday’s feature. That’s because a certain staffer who has had weeks to finish his assignment is still filing copy even as we speak. I’ve suggested replacing the current billboard with the one you see above until the new feature is ready, but I think we all know it’s an empty threat: I worry that he might actually enjoy it.

alexbalk:

If you look over here you’ll notice that we’re still running yesterday’s feature. That’s because a certain staffer who has had weeks to finish his assignment is still filing copy even as we speak. I’ve suggested replacing the current billboard with the one you see above until the new feature is ready, but I think we all know it’s an empty threat: I worry that he might actually enjoy it.
April 7
Free Jamba Juice breakfast smoothies tomorrow (Tuesday) before 10 AM!
Free Jamba Juice breakfast smoothies tomorrow (Tuesday) before 10 AM!
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Usher feat. Young Jeezy - ‘Love in the Club’

I didn’t like this song the first time I heard it, but by the 34,879th time it kind of grew on me.

More interesting is the news that the producer Polow Da Don may have made this song by using unchanged demo samples from Garage Band, the program that comes for free when you buy an Apple computer. There’s a video on the internet that shows some random kid making the beat for ‘Love in the Club’ in about two minutes by setting the two samples on top of each other. Mr. Da Don responds (really obnoxiously) here.

Also, does anyone know what’s happening in this video? I can’t really seem to figure it out. 

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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

The Mendoza Line - ‘A Damn Good Disguise’

Surprisingly really good, surprising because I assume Balk just listens to the Boss or some shit like that. 

(via alexbalk)

April 6

I just saw Bobby Flay win a throwdown.

The category was hot dogs and the competitor was Pink’s in LA.

Pink’s made a terrible decision by, at the last minute, trying to match Bobby’s creativity and adding guacamole to their classic chili cheese dog which the judges called ‘watery’.

It seemed kind of unfair though, in that Bobby, a classicly trained chef, was going against this family-run fast food restaurant that had much lower quality ingredients (in their condiments, not the dogs) and just not as well prepared toppings— he had made his own guacamole, slaw, and roasted red pepper salsa from scratch. He also looked like he felt really bad about winning.

An update to this previous post.

ALSO, why the f does Time Warner Cable not offer FoodNetworkHD?! You’re telling me people don’t want to see Giada’s big-ass dome in hi-def? 

April 5
Celebrity Doppelgangers: Jason ‘JET’ Terry (Dallas Mavericks) and Romany Malco (40 Year Old Virgin)

Celebrity Doppelgangers:

Jason ‘JET’ Terry (Dallas Mavericks) and Romany Malco (40 Year Old Virgin)

April 4
Cap Boso- Issue #4 This installment of Amir and my wildly popular comic strip for CollegeHumor was ripped off in their most recent CHTV video. 

Cap Boso- Issue #4

This installment of Amir and my wildly popular comic strip for CollegeHumor was ripped off in their most recent CHTV video. 

April 3
Fake Canal St: Very cheeky Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From WWD: Outside the museum, Vuitton is setting up 10 New York-style street vendors—not to sell fakes, but rather authentic Louis Vuitton product and special Monogramouflage canvases that Murakami has created specifically for the exhibition.” Yes, that means that the sweet, fancy Monogramouflage will be laid out like so much PVC junk on fold-up tables on the sidewalk. Why? “While it may seem lighthearted on the surface, the presentation is meant to underscore just how serious Vuitton executives are taking the counterfeit trade, and how diligently they are working to stop copycats from getting their merchandise to consumers.

Fake Canal St: Very cheeky Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

From WWD:

Outside the museum, Vuitton is setting up 10 New York-style street vendors—not to sell fakes, but rather authentic Louis Vuitton product and special Monogramouflage canvases that Murakami has created specifically for the exhibition.” Yes, that means that the sweet, fancy Monogramouflage will be laid out like so much PVC junk on fold-up tables on the sidewalk. Why? “While it may seem lighthearted on the surface, the presentation is meant to underscore just how serious Vuitton executives are taking the counterfeit trade, and how diligently they are working to stop copycats from getting their merchandise to consumers.

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Pretty amazing: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
Pretty amazing: Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
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“ I’ve got to figure out if I can get a coaching job. I want to get back so bad. I’m so bored. Larry Brown today; latez Isaiah. (link)
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Lil Wayne’s new dance: ‘The Wam’

I want to do everything in my power to make this dance the most popular dance in all the world, please feel compelled to do the same. Also, the beat for ‘Back Dat Azz Up*’ is still kind of hot right? I’d totally forgotten about it.

*I’m just assuming that’s how it’s spelled 

April 2
Signing a $150 million dollar deal, Jay-Z is set to join Madonna and U2 at LiveNation.

The dollar amount is so that Hovie can start his own label, acquire artists, go into brand management and all kinds of other stuff, although it looks like about $50 million still goes straight into Shawn Corey’s bank acct from the get-go.

Jay has a new persepctive on how the new landscape of touring and fan support has become more important/lucrative than declining album sales:

In a way I want to operate like an indie band. Play the music on tour instead of relying on radio. Hopefully we’ll get some hits out of there and radio will pick it up, but we won’t make it with that in mind.

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“ I’m honored to have Heidi’s support and I want to assure her that I never miss an episode of ‘The Hills,’ especially since the new season started.

John McCain in response to Heidi Montag’s endorsement of him. (link)

How is this real? What is going on here? 
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“ We all love it, we all believe in it, and we are going to continue to deliver it, hopefully for years to come.

Ben Silverman on FriNiLi at the NBC upfronts. (link)

The distribution will look like this:

Viewers without access to DirecTV will have to wait a while. The third season of the series, set in a small Texas town, will be shown on DirecTV’s platform beginning on October 1. NBC will delay broadcasting the same episodes until the winter, months after satellite subscribers have seen them.

CLEAR EYES.