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Tale of the tape - B.C. Lions versus Calgary Stampeders
Mike Beamish, Vancouver SunPublished: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
B.C. Lions versus Calgary Stampeders
QUARTERBACKS -- Calgary starter Drew Tate was in la-la land after being blasted by the Roughriders' Tearrius George in Sunday's West semi-final, though George was only following orders from his coach. Corey Chamblin beseeched his players to ("hit 'em in the mouth, hit 'em in the mouth") in a pre-game clip caught by the inquisitive TSN cameras. And that's what George did. Still, with Tate, one never knows where the concussion ends and the spacey personality begins. Then again, that surfer-dude mentality (there is a surfing machine in a park in Tate's hometown of Baytown, Tex.,) can't disguise his burning desire to play, as evidenced by his unexpected return from an apparent season-ending shoulder injury. While Tate was out, veteran Kevin Glenn held down the fort. Glenn wasn't the team's most outstanding player (see Jon Cornish and Nik Lewis) but definitely was the Stampeders' most valuable player. Elusiveness, body control, the ability to throw on the run, the Lions' Travis Lulay is the ultimate winner. Still, Lulay hasn't played a full game since Oct. 12, and it remains to be seen whether he is the same fluid package he was before his shoulder injury. The Lions' offensive efficiency was frightening in that game against the Ticats, and Lulay was the master. Lions still feel they'll be in good hands with his backup, Mike Reilly, but this is an offence more tailored to Lulay's unique skills.
B.C. Lions' Andrew Harris celebrates a touchdown against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the final game of the 2012 Canadian Football League's regular season.
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Edge: Lions
RUNNING BACKS -- Lions' Andrew Harris, the league leader in yards from scrimmage, managed just 30 yards on six carries, when his blockers deserted him the last time these teams met, on Oct. 26. He is burning to atone for that tepid performance. The curious, sometimes prickly style and personality of his Stampeder counterpart, Jon Cornish, is another reason why Harris regards Sunday as a personal challenge. "I just don't get that guy," he says of Cornish. The Lions' 34-8 win over the Stampeders on July 28 was the low point of the season for Calgary, and Cornish in particular. Lions held him to just six carries and minus-one yards. But after his frustrations boiled over in that game, when he called out his O-line, never a good idea for a running back, Cornish has been lord of the pampas. He went from seventh in the rushing tables in late July to No. 1, becoming the first Canadian in 24 years to league the CFL in rushing. Cornish ran for 86 yards the last time these teams met and picked up 109 (on 18 carries) Sunday against Saskatchewan. If he can come close to approaching that again, it's a definite bellwether in Calgary's favour. Lions have allowed only 76.4 rushing yards per game, by far the fewest of any team in the league.
Edge: Even
OFFENSIVE LINE -- Lions right tackle Jovan Olafioye is the most imposing O-line talent in the CFL, and left tackle Ben Archibald has been solid. But the interior of B.C.'s line has been put through the meat grinder, with LG Jon Hameister-Ries still bothered by a back/nerve problem and RG Dean Valli saddled with knee issues and one play away from needing more medical attention. It puts huge pressure on replacements Patrick Kabongo (for Hameister-Ries) and Jesse Newman (for Valli) to perform, if Valli should go down or JHR can't go. The Stampeders quintet of (L to R) Edwin Harrison, J'Michael Deane, centre Jon Gott, all-star right guard Dimitri Tsoumpas and Stanley Bryant is healthier, and gives Calgary an edge for that fact alone. Gott has had an outstanding season. Many in Calgary feel he was overlooked for all-star consideration at the expense of Angus Reid, the Lions' 36-year-old veteran whose league-wide recognition has been a long time coming.
Edge: Stampeders
RECEIVERS -- Stampeder receiver Maurice Price had never played a game in snow before the month of October. But the native of Orlando, Fla., looked as adept on a frozen field as a snow leopard, when he pulled away from Lion defenders for a 53-yard touchdown in a game played at McMahon Stadium on Oct. 26. Blessed with tremendous acceleration, there's no catching Price when he gets a step on a defender. Together with tank-like possession receiver Nik Lewis and speed merchant Romby Bryant -- who burned the 'Riders with the winning touchdown Sunday -- the Stamps have a lethal set of receivers who pose a formidable challenge to the Lions, especially with Larry Taylor added to the mix. At this juncture, the return of Arland Bruce from a Sept. 29 concussion remains an imponderable for the Lions. He is the wild card, capable of making daring plays, or not. Bruce and Geroy Simon or possibly Shawn Gore, one of the league's most underrated players, will need to leave his signature on this game if the Lions are to advance.
Edge: Stampeders
DEFENSIVE LINE -- Lions' GM Wally Buono regards Anwar Stewart as one of his biggest mistakes. As coach of the Calgary Stampeders in 2002, Buono released Stewart in favour of another player, whose name he probably can't remember. Stewart went on to play 10 seasons in Montreal, recorded 66 sacks and won two championships. Now, as a replacement player for the Stampeders, he's haunting Buono again. Stewart had four sacks in a 41-21 win over the Lions on oct. 26 and has helped ease the double-teaming on Charleston Hughes, the dominating Stampeder defensive end. Hughes finished second (11) in the CFL sack race behind the Lions' Keron Williams (12). While the Stampeders finished third league-wide with 43 sacks (Lions had the most QB kills with 47), 17 of Calgary's total came in the final four games of the season, when Stewart's impact was being felt. The fearsome inside threesome of Khalif Mitchell, Eric Taylor and rookie Jabar Westerman might give the Lions an edge at the tackle positions, but Mitchell has been in and out of the lineup with injuries
and suspensions, and one never knows where his head is at. If he gets his freak on, though, it could be a scary afternoon for the Stamps.
Edge: Lions
LINEBACKERS -- Middle linebacker Juwan Simpson and WILL (wide-side) 'backer Malik Jackson form a partnership that the Stampeders believe is the equal of the relationship developed by the Lions' duo of tackling machine Adam Bighill and Anton McKenzie, an overlooked performer with a keen sense of knowing where a play is going. Following an injury to Chris Randle, Simpson and Jackson have been joined by Keon Raymond, a defensive back by trade who was among the CFL leaders in interceptions with five (one of which he returned for a touchdown). Simpson, All-CFL in 2010, didn't put up the same tackles numbers as Bighill (104) or Edmonton's J.C. Sherritt (a record 130). He had 82. But the Stampeders' defence doesn't allow the same latitude to free-lance, as did the Eskimos. Calgary's assignments are predicated more on gap responsibility. Stampeders allowed an average of 99.2 rushing yards per game; the Eskimos a league-worst 126.8. "You see these guys (Sherritt) with crazy numbers," Simpson told the Calgary Herald. "I'll trade tackles for wins any day." Let's put it this way: the Eskimos seemed more concerned about records. The Stamps and Lions seek their validation in a trip to the Grey Cup.
Edge: Even
SECONDARY -- Saskatchewan quarterback Darian Durant exposed the Stampeders' secondary in the West semi-final, throwing for 435 yards and four touchdowns. He came within seconds of prolonging Calgary's
playoff losing streak to six games. If the Lions weren't already confident in their ability to test the Stamps with the pass, that game certainly represented another source of encouragement. Halfback Brandon Smith is the Dante Marsh of the Stampeders, even though Marsh plays cornerback. Both players are all-stars who don't get all-star consideration because it's a stats-based league. The difference is Smith doesn't have Korey Banks, Byron Parker and Ryan Phillips surrounding him. Smith has Fred Bennett, Quincy Butler, Eric Fraser and Derrius Brooks, the corner who looked exploitable against Saskatchewan.
Edge: Lions
RETURNERS -- The Lions' Tim Brown had a monster second half and finished as the league's No. 2 returner in combined yards (behind the Argos' Chad Owens) after he made a vow to pick a hole and just go. But the return of Calgary's dynamic Larry Taylor from injury for the final game of the regular season (Nov. 2) tips the scales more evenly for what could have been a decided advantage for the Lions. Calgary's special teams coverage has been excellent, led by linebacker Karl McCartney (23 STT, third-best in the CFL). Keeping Brown under wraps and away from influencing field position is an imperative for the Stamps. Taylor, still only 27, was the CFL's special teams player of the year in 2009. So the Lions know that he can burn them, too.
Edge: Even
KICKERS -- Calgary kicker Rene Paredes and punter Rob Maver were both West Division all-stars and share common ground with Paul McCallum, the Lions veteran punter-kicker. All three are counseled and tutored by kicking consultant Don Sweet, the former Alouette. Paredes, 27, is 15 years McCallum's junior and hasn't kicked in nearly the same number of pressure situations as the 20-year CFL vet. But the former Concordia Stinger has a strong leg (50-yard boot in the West semi-final), accuracy (93 per cent) and a cool demeanour. Paredes kicked a 44-yard FG against the 'Riders on Sunday, even though his shoelaces were untied. Doesn't sound as if much gets him flustered.
Edge: Even
INTANGIBLES -- Both Mike Benevides and John Hufnagel are leading candidates for coach of the year, but in Hufnagel's case he's accomplished a 13-6 record (counting playoffs) under more disadvantageous circumstances. Losing his starting quarterback in the first month of the season, for instance. In fact, the shoulder injury to Tate was part of a long laundry list of misfortune that took out a number of starters, such as Larry Taylor, Johnny Forzani, Dorian Smith and Stevie Baggs. Hufnagel's not only held it together; his team is 10-2 in its past 12 starts and comes into BC Place on a high. While the Lions dismiss their 41-21 loss to the Stamps on Oct. 26 as a one-off (B.C. already had clinched first place), the Stampeders gained confidence and assurance from the win. Even though the Leos aren't as vulnerable as they looked, the lasting image of that butt-kicking persists.
Edge: Stampeders


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Last week I spent an afternoon at the Art Institute of Chicago. When I taught at the School of the Art Institute about 10 years ago, I'd spend my lunch hours wondering the museum. At first it was just something to do, but eventually I'd stumble on to pieces that moved me, made me think, motivated me to focus on my own work. Being in the museum helped me realize I am artist, a craftsman, I belong in this world, I feel something when I'm surrounded by art, and it feels good.
But last week's visit was different. When I got to the museum I was agitated, I couldn't concentrate. Ironically, just that morning I made a breakthrough on the piece I've been working on for weeks, I was eager to continue working on it. I'll be done with it within a few days. The types of wood are more than difficult to work; wenge, ziricote and African blackwood. All very hard, and very expensive. No room for errors. It's technically one of the most difficult pieces I've created. Ever. I've improvised, experimented, meandered, been angry, frustrated, elated. And as a result I've found new ways, good ways to work. It's pushed me to my limit, but now, near completion, I'm confident, satisfied, pleased. Hungry for more. I'm proving to myself I'm capable. I'm working at a level I've avoided, but I can work at this level. But The Art Institute? I didn't want to spend time in the museum, I wanted to work on my own piece.
I had to force myself to go into the museum, but in only a few minutes, that feeling from my lunch hours when I was teaching, returned. It's safe here, I belong. For once, I didn't pay attention to time, I relaxed, I absorbed all that surrounded me. I went to my favorites, a small Russel Wright wood box, a George Nakashima chair and a Hector Guimard chair. Drawings by Walter Burley Griffin. American Decorative Arts. I went to the classics, Georgia O'keefe, Grant Wood's "American Gothic". I made my way to the Modern Wing, (the architecture alone is stunning). I recently discovered the work of mid 20th century contemporary abstract painters. Jasper Johns, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock. Suddenly, out of nowhere I find myself completely drawn to their work. And then I found a Mark Rothko painting in a contemporary gallery. I couldn't take my eyes off it. It filled me, it woke me up, it explained my work to me. I could imagine him making this painting in his studio. By connecting with another man's work, my work is now more relevant than it ever has been. I'm ready. I'm ready to go. I can do this. My work is here, it belongs. A day away from my workshop, from my project, was completely, utterly productive.
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When he was in high school, my bother was a fine athlete, a gymnast. Life in our 1970's dysfunctional, suburban, Jewish family (redundancies intended) revolved around his every move (pun also intended). His gymnastic abilities were the one bright spot in a dismally low luster family existence. But he lived in fear. Fear of losing the trick. Because he lived for gymnastics and by only two terms, get the trick and lose the trick. He'd spend hours dreaming of new tricks, reading about what the Olympians were doing. He'd go in the gym, have a big practice, and he'd learn it; he'd get the newest, most difficult trick. The next day. Fear, fear, fear. "Please, please, please don't let me lose the trick," he'd say to himself. Because sometimes, for reasons unknown, he'd just un-learn it as quickly as he learned it. Do it once, never understand how, and never do it again.
My dad, our dad, ironically never lost the trick. Ironically because he lived, in the second half, a small life. But that was against his will. There was always something getting in his way, sometimes only himself. He had plans, they never seemed to materialize. But he never lost the trick because he never lost his curiosity, his willingness and eagerness to learn. He could figure out anything, not always in the most conventional way but he always got results, he would always get the trick. He always wanted to know more, always celebrated the intriguing and interesting. And he always pointed out those things to me. He rarely missed that opportunity, he led me to water, hoped I'd drink.
I've lived in fear of losing the trick, in life and in work. Do something, create something, discover something that just makes me stand up straight and take notice. I've been afraid of not making it happen again. Or worse, not making it happen in the first place. But my life's momentum is building. My son Stuart, makes me proud every second of the day. He's looked difficulties square in the eye and stared them down. His trick getting is positively astounding. He's on his way. DePauw University is waiting, he's more than ready to conquer the world. And my work brings me delight every day; it's better than ever. I keep getting trick after trick, I have the confidence to know I'll never lose even one. I've had lots of help. Good and special friends, good clients, my son, my dad. People who have believed in me, opened my eyes and reminded me getting the trick is very very good. It's never easy, it'll never be just handed over, but it's there if I keep seeking, keep trying, keep being curious.
So on this Father's Day, thank you Stuarty, for teaching me how to be a dad. For making me proud of your trick getting ability. For inspiring me to be even a fraction as good as you. And thanks Dad, for always knowing how to get the trick and allowing me to inherit, at least some of that most perfect skill.

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Reflections on gardening
The weather is cool, the greens are planted, the late beans are maturing and all is well in the garden. Except that the collard, cabbage and broccoli plants that I planted last week were eaten gingerly by the peacocks, all is well in the garden. Now netting is up about 8 feet above the garden fence to protect it from the marauding peafowl. Sort of reminds me of closing the barn door after the cows are out. I will just wait and see if the stubs recover - if not - I will buy some more plants.
The moisture in the ground and the promise of more frequent rains makes this the perfect time for fescue and rye grass planting. It also is a good time to begin to plant some shrubs and even trees in places that you have been planning to revitalize. I love fall gardening activities - it is so pleasant to work in the yard and garden when it is cool.
I am also pruning the long shoots off my wisteria and hoping that this is the last time before they fill with blossoms in the spring. Hope the kudzu bugs have left for a warmer place; they are real pests.
The past week has been full of activity in the greenhouse. Getting a greenhouse ready for the winter involves scrubbing it down to remove any insects and diseases that would linger and cause problems for the remaining plants and those seedlings that I will grow in the late winter. Talstar for insects and Zerotol for diseases are my main weapons to disinfect the large area.
They are quite efficient for plant protection. Of course, sweeping and mopping are a large part of the job also.
I wanted to mention a few special plants this week, but that will have to wait until next time. Instead, I would like to mention the passing of a well-known horticulturist and a special friend and mentor of mine: Mr. Don Hastings, Jr.
Years ago, I received a call from Don asking me to join him as his co-host on a radio show. I had listened to Don for years and we had been on a couple of local television and radio shows together. It was quite an honor for me to be asked by such a gardening authority to work with him. Little did I know that he was planning to leave the country for a few months to farm throughout the Mideast and other world adventures. He taught me so much about radio, gardening, and helping folks. He introduced me to Ludlow Porch, who became a lifelong friend and also taught me how to "do radio".
Don and I were on WCNN for a few years and did some syndicated TV shows together. What a fun, exciting time! Don went on to garden throughout the world while I went on to WSB and then to WQXI and WGUN. Never did I have so much fun doing what Don and Ludlow had taught me - enjoying gardening and my listeners. Don's father was a part of my WSB program and Don would occasionally be on my WQXI program. The entire Hastings family was entrenched in gardening and people. They all helped me so much in my career.
I find it hard to accept his leaving this life and yet, I somehow feel that Heaven will be a more fertile ground and place of beauty with all those Hastings creating gardens everywhere. Don lived life well, left a gardening legacy, produced two boys that have bettered the world community, and taught us all that gardening was not a hobby; it is a way to enjoy life - a lifelong learning experience. I would say, Rest in Peace, dear friend, but Don is not one to rest when there is a garden to be tended.


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where is LA NACIONAL, the great tapas restaurant everyone speaks of?
it doesn't come up in citysearch or menupages. is this place still open?
I love the atmosphere, and the tapas were excellent, but I found the paella very disappointing. If you want to do a tapas crawl, El Cid is very close, but this might be their vacation period, so you'd want to check.
I love El Cid, but it doesn't seem to be a chowhound favorite. The scallops with asparagus sauce is not to miss.
It better be open because I am hoping to go there on Labor Day weekend. Anyone know for sure if it will be open? (Please say yes!) It's the best spanish food I have had outside Spain I think. Much more reasonably priced than El Cid although I too used to love that place (it's been a few years since I have eaten there though...like the 1990's)
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I meant that El Cid closes for about a month every summer, not La Nacional.
thanks! i live literally on 14th and 7th, and i pass this block daily. i can't believe i've never noticed it. i've also read mixed reviews. some people don't like their tapas, love their paella, Peter is vice versa.
i do love el cid. just trying out some new things. by the way Peter, despite the low zagat ratings, cafe riazor on 16th btw 7th and 8th is actually really good! their tapas are great, traditional, from galicia (the owners are from the small town of la coruna that i lived in for a few months) and their black squid ink paella was very flavorful. its never packed, the staff is unbelievably nice, i highly recommend it.
re: jungirl
La Nacional is very easy to miss. There's no sign, IIRC, maybe just a plaque. Don't miss the boquerones. The tortilla is fantastic too, better than many I had in Spain.
Though I haven't been to El Faro in some time, they are my favorite NY paella place.
I went to Riazor many years ago, and I don't remember the food, but it had sort of a gloomy interior. Have they ever renovated?
re: Peter Cherches
It's been a year since I ate there, but we had Garlic Shrimp, Boquerones, Tortilla, Patatas Bravas, Chicken, Meatballs, Baby Lambchops, Octopus, you name it. All good, and the portions are quite large.
We got a smallish paella just to to try. It turns out that the single serving of paella is cooked in a single serving cast-iron pan. I think this is probably why it was a bit dry (I was hoping for a portion of a larger paella just spooned onto a plate because I don't care if it sits around a little while...I think it is better that way actually). I can't say, but I have a feeling that the Paella might be better if it is made in a huge pan for several people.
re: jungirl
Look for steps going down, the location is sort of a ground level basement. There is a small plaque, but that's it.
Forgot to say that if you're planning to go on a popular night (say Friday, Saturday, etc.) you should make reservations.
Otherwise you may endup having to wait for a while or be given a too small/wobbly table (like it happened to me.)
ended up at riazor last night. went to tia pol at 6:45 and there was a wait for 4 of an hour and a half. so we headed back down to the hood and ended up at riazor. i don't think they've renovated in ages, but i sort of like the old school charm. between 4 people we shared 2 large pitchers of sangria, one white one red, 4 tapas (patatas bravas, pulpo gallega, stuffed peppers and chorizo asado) and the paella negra (black ink flavored). we were very full and with tax and tip it came out to $35 a person. the food was great. i honestly don't know why this place is so overlooked, perhaps b/c they are not "hip" designed like other chelsea venues, with neon lights and no corners...
which brings on a total offshoot lament of the closing of la chinita linda, the BEST cuban chinese in the city. i started going there when i was 9 years old, and it closed 2 years ago b/c of the gentrification of chelsea. :(
re: jungirl
i liked Riazor too, but i haven't been there in ages, as i mainly discovered it when i was dating a girl who lived on the same block...
Will be interested in your take on Nacional (once you find it)...i've been there maybe five times and have always loved the paella and low-key charm...their tapas i found merely good but with very reasonable prices and larger than usual portions...have had great bottles of Spanish red too for only about 27 dollars...
re: gtrekker2003
aren't prawns considered seafood?
re: jungirl
Yeah, prawns are considered seafood. It's the only seafood I can eat along with some types of fish.
re: gtrekker2003
I can't guarantee anything, but the folks at La Nacional have been willing to customize paellas in my experience. When a friend was allergic to all shellfish, they kindly offered to put in more vegetables for her.
re: Peter Cherches
that sounds like my kind of paella. i've always found the chicken to be dry and extraneous, in general.
re: Le Den
Ah, but there is a certain ancient charm to the decor.
I believe there is a fairly visible sign that says "El Centro," as opposed to "La Nacional."
re: evening
I don't understand that comment.
re: Lucia
He means that La Nacional is located inside the building of the Spanish Benevolent Society, which is, I suppose, a social club.
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(212) 243-9308
re: Lucia
Actually, it looks like you are walking into someone's apartment. However, if I remember correctly...there is a sign outside on the wall. Basically, you go down a couple of steps into the ground floor of this brownstone. Walk all the way to the end of the hall and turn right. It may seem a little dodgy at first because it looks like a dingy basement. However, the dining room itself is perfectly pleasant.
re: Lucia
The area where the bar is located can not be described more aptly than Social Club. Really bright flourescent lighting with lots of older gentleman playing dominoes and cards while watching soccer matches on loud televisions and drinking beer. I've never actually bothered going in the restaurant section, I like the bar.


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At least it is not Japanese knotweed!
Looks more like a Verbascum to me.
As many Camellias as there are at Bodnant, ditto Eucryphia and most of all any Stewartia. None of these will grow here, we are just too cold and windy for them.
In answer to Jennifer, it is all to do with interest. You see something happening in the garden and go and find out from books, real experts or these days the Interweb thingy, what it is.
Two years ago we had a bee colony living in the roof space. There is only a couple of inches between the ceiling and the roof tiles (just enough to be filled with insulation and the plasterboard inside is the insulating type) and the bess managed to get in between the tiles. Now we like having bees around the garden, but when they are nesting just above your head it is a bit more of a problem. When it was hot they fanned their wings to cool it off and the noise was tremendous. If you banged on the ceiling the buzzing was very loud and took ages to go down. We had to sleep with ear plugs in, as the noise they made went on until dark and started again at first light.
We were very glad when winter came and they died off,as they do. Also rather pleased that they were not honey bees. We did have visions of honey dripping through the plaster at one stage. Nice thing is that they do not return to the same place in the future. Good fruit set in the garden that year.
It is called Hogweed by the way as the young stems were picked to feed to pigs. We have the red stemmed form as well as the green one. As you say, it is a flipping nuisance to get rid of and it grows so big and fast too.
On Cow parsely which is biennial, probably. The Hog weed is likely to act like a dandelion and regenerate from any bit of root left in the ground. I paint the leaves of it with weed killer.
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- CarrieWas218 Sep 21, 2009 07:36 PM
My best Foodie Buddy and I are planning the ultimate Uni Crawl and would like input on favorite uni concoctions around the city. Currently in the running for our proposed crawl:
Bar Crudo = Uni and Avocado on Toast
Anchor & Hope = Uni with lemon beurre blanc and crab
Tanuki House = Uni Pasta
Koo Sushi = Spoonfuls of Happiness
Give me some more ideas!
re: susancinsf
Also, spaghetti with sea urchin at TWO.
re: david kaplan
second that.
re: susancinsf
I agree that he makes a great uni pasta (also like the version with shaved cured tuna heart) but on a recent visit we were told that they had discontinued the high-content uni dishes. On that visit we had a tomato-uni pasta which was very good too, but less profoundly uni-tasting.
If Ame offers their chawan mushi with uni (savory steamed egg custard), get it.
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re: Robert Lauriston
And you know how much can change in two years -- I'm not about to research how many of those two-year old posts are still accurate...
re: CarrieWas218
I skimmed it and I don't believe any of the recommended places have changed.
Nihon Whiskey Lounge does a nice Uni shooter, I believe uni and a couple other things served in a chinese-food type ceramic spoon.
Ino sushi has had some killer uni at times, but I don't think you can go in there and just order one thing and leave...
And if you know any place that makes Ochazuke, ask them to throw some uni in it right before bringing to the table, I've had that in NYC at Blue Ribbon and it's amazing.
Last off, if you are up for preparing yourself, SF Fish Company at the ferry building sometimes sells whole uni, spines and all...
re: pauliface
Sample size = 1, but I found the uni shooter at Nihon to have too many distracting flavors to taste the uni well, or the uni itself was undistinguished. Either way, it struck me as more gimmicky than good.
re: SteveG
Fair enough, I won't disagree.
I've generally had it as a little referesher between other courses there, and it goes nicely.
But it does have a lot going on...
So Steve, who do you think consistently serves the best raw uni?
I have found that even at the best places it is inconsistent.
The best stuff gives me an unmistakeable body buzz, but it only happens about 1/5 of the time I get it...
re: pauliface
Don't know. This is a tough question. I would have said Sebo and Bar Tartine, but Sebo was pretty bad on a recent effort with a distinct lack of attention to detail, and Bar Tartine has changed the entire food format.
It's been ages, but Ame probably has consistently good uni.
As for getting jaw-dropping uni only 20% of the time--I think that might just be the nature of the beast. I think even with impeccable handling, the raw product varies from stunning to merely tasty, and it's hard for a chef to control that.
Thanks for the reminder on Ino. Especially after our last visit at Sebo, we need a new sushi default.
re: SteveG
Steve, Ino is my sushi default as well... Although I was a bit put off the last time I went in (solo) and I was not allowed to sit at the counter.
Ino = good fish, mediocre wasabe, rude service.
re: CarrieWas218
Ino was my favorite for years. But it was recently dethroned by Yume in Alameda.
re: SteveG
Was the bad experience at Sebo at the bar or at a table?
re: Robert Lauriston
At a table. Service was fine. The problems were:
1) Fish quality was not up to par--only 3 selections actually had good flavor--the rest were simply very neutral. Fresh, just not of a quality consistent with prior experiences or the price point around $10 per pair of nigiri.
2) Knife work was unusually sloppy, to the point where I think some of our nigiri should have stayed in the kitchen and they should have tried again instead of hiding shreds of fish tucked under the end
3) There was a time when nobody in the restaurant was eating, because they had all finished what food they had been given. We could see the chefs just joking around and chatting in the kitchen. This was around 7:15 PM on Saturday--they weren't drunk, just weren't interested in preparing food for their customers, who were occupying every table.
4) The sake list is now down to 4 selections, and my sake was served around 75-80 degrees, where it was too "hot" and unbalanced. As it cooled down in the freezing restaurant, it got much better, but no attention was paid to serving temperature--it was just whatever temperature the bottle happened to be at, which was not favorable for that sake
5) Pickled ginger was the sloppiest I have seen in my life, no exaggeration. It was clearly done on a mandoline, where they peeled entire roots and then just slid it across however which way it was. It should traditionally be in fairly tidy diagonal slices which are basically round or ovoid; this was all random shapes, including one piece that was 5 inches long--wider than the width of my hand
6) Boring tuna in the 9-piece sashimi selection. This is a bit of a peeve on my part; we don't really order tuna any more for a variety of reasons, and I thought the rest of our ordering was enough of an indication that we didn't want it in the chef's selection. The tuna we got was some crappy grade with a truly uninteresting flavor profile. The menu had a variety of better options, and not just sustainable tuna either, but they weren't included in the sampler. I'm just surprised that a restaurant that carries the sustainable farmed tuna when available would just plonk any old tuna down on diner's plates even if they haven't ordered it specifically.
7) The restaurant was positively freezing, because the door was open and the kitchen hood was on, pulling in cold cigarette-laced air from the sidewalk. At this price point, I expect them to do whatever it takes to keep the restaurant free of cigarette smoke and within 5 degrees of 70.
8) Fish variety was very poor. Sebo has always had a limited selection, which I accepted because quality was uniformly high. This time, the selection was smaller, and of what was actually on the menu, 4 or 5 items were sold out, despite us being there early in the evening, probably the 4th group of the night to get its order in.
In the past, I have had many wonderful meals at Sebo, and have been more than happy to pay prices that are in the top 5% of SF sushi. This meal just failed on so many levels that I don't think we'll be back. It takes a lot for us to make that decision about a restaurant.
As for staffing, one of the two original chef owners was working that night; I saw a new face in the kitchen, and the younger guy who they brought in a few years back and trained was working as the second sushi chef. The other of the two original owners was not there. Waitresses and hostess were all people I recognized from the past few years. In short, they weren't missing their A-team, they weren't slammed, and it was far too early in the evening for them to have been goofing around on the job and out of so many of the selections on their menu.
Edited to add: the online menu prices are distinctly outdated. Prices are now 10-30% higher, depending on item.
re: SteveG
Yow. You should repost that in a Sebo-specific topic.
I would have said Bar Tartine, where I've had multiple delicious dishes incorporating uni, but the new menu is generic new American with nothing sophisticated enough to benefit from Uni. Yes, I'm annoyed with the chef change there.
while it's not a concoction, live sushi bar regularly has live uni on the menu. It's incredibly fresh and a beautiful presentation.
Live Sushi Bar
2001 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
I'd say go to any good sushi restaurant, whether it be Koo, Ino, Sebo, Murasaki, and ask them to make an uni ika somen. Basically taking thinly sliced raw squid to make it look like spaghetti, and mixing it with raw uni. Dip a little soy sauce and wasabi and it's another good dish. Sushi Zo in Los Angeles is famous for doing this dish as one of their "omakase' courses. I'd pick Ino, just to be able to have some of his infamous monk fish liver.
Go to the French laundry and have them make you a lot of uni dishes. Our last time there we had 4 in one meal.
Mendocino Uni with Green Apple Granite – what an incredible combination – the icy cold granite with the smooth unctuous uni
Ensui Uni (Japan) with Almond Panna Cotta, 1/16″ dice of apple, Black Truffles, Edible Gold Leaf – this uni was very different than the Menocino uni – it had a salty ocean taste. Who would have thought that almond panna cotta would even work – it did.
Hen Egg Omelet, Santa Barbara Uni, Red Ribbon Sorrel, White Sturgeon Caviar, Creme Fraiche – This was THE dish of the evening
Russet Potato Gnocchi, Uni, Uni Emulsion – Pairing gnocchi with uni is a first for me – the gnocchi were as light as air and then Australian Winter Black Truffles were added tableside.
Complete post of meal here:
A great place for live Uni is Ray's Sushi in Hayward at the Bedford Plaza Shopping Center on the corner of A street and Hesperian Boulevard. I ordered the live Uni last week on a Friday and when it arrived at my table I was so excited. There were 6 very large pieces of the freshest Uni (5-6 inches in length) draped over the top of the Urchin Shell, which was filled with shaved ice and bits of fresh seaweed - it was a spectacular presentation and the best Uni I have ever had. People were stopping at my table to admire the presentation.
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Friday, August 10, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.
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Astronauts take images of the planet because they see something of interest. Usually it is obvious why it is an interesting sight - could be a volcano, a delta, a city at night, the eye of a hurricane...
Because a person in space took the images, people say the images give them a more personal feeling for the planet - quite apart from the amazing colors and shapes you have probably never seen before. Also, crews often look far away from the position of the spacecraft, giving panoramic views of places hundreds of kilometers off track - far from the spacecraft position. The images give you a real idea of how big a dust storm can be, covering chunks of whole countries, or the extent of smog getting trapped in the valleys of Europe, China, or the United States, and that it can be so thick that an astronaut cannot see the ground. These images also give you an idea of how big a big city really is, or how long the Himalaya Mountains, the Alps, or the Rockies really are.
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Some choose an area they like - a coastline or city or state or nature preserve. Some folks just want to see what the planet looks like, because the images are so different from maps, often with something in them to surprise you. Some just like the challenge of trying to find the center point!
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|If this is checked, the center point of the image will be marked with cross-hairs after a rotation is applied. Priority should be given to matching features around the center of the image to the map. The camera angle, at which the image was taken, may cause the respective features in the image and on the map not to overlap completely.
Photos taken with the 50mm are normally easier to locate because they cover a larger area of the Earth and often include recognizable geographic features. Photos taken with longer focal length lenses like the 180mm, 400mm and 800mm lenses are progressively more difficult to locate due to the fact that the area covered is progressively smaller and smaller while the features in the images appear progressively larger.
Images taken that look straight down from the Space Station at the Earth are called nadir images. Images taken at differing angles from nadir are more difficult to locate as the land toward the edges of the images appears foreshortened. These off-nadir angles are called oblique angles and the corresponding images are known as oblique images. In addition, the angle at which features appear in such an image could appear differently than when viewing the same feature in Google Earth/Maps or in Bing Maps. This could make it more difficult to place a center point. In such a case, the area in the image may be a significant distance away from the spacecraft sub-orbital point.
After selecting an image, the map is zoomed and positioned such that the nadir position (latitude/longitude) of the spacecraft, when the image was taken, is in the center of the screen. This is not the same as the center of the image. The image can contain an area in any direction surrounding that nadir point.
Finding the center point of an image is sometimes easy if a feature is obvious - like with a round lake, a city center, or a river mouth. Simply drag the center of the image over the point on the map; no rotation is needed. More often than not though, the image will not contain an obvious feature to match up with the map, and you will need to use the zoom and rotate tools for an approximate fit of the image to the map to find the center point. This will help you to be sure the subtle image features you're seeing are really those on the map. Remember also that astronaut images almost never have north at the top of the image (there is no up nor down in space!).
Click the circular clockwise and counterclockwise arrow buttons in the Image Controls panel to rotate the image. The "Rotation" box will display the current rotation value in degrees of the image from its initial display orientation. You can choose rotations in 1, 5 or 45 degree increments.
On the Image Controls make sure the box labeled "Mark center point after rotation" is checked before you select "Rotate", otherwise you will not have cross-hairs to center up the image over its corresponding location on the map. The cross-hairs appear as yellow vertical and horizontal line crossing the center of the image.
Use the "Grow" and "Shrink" buttons in the Image Controls or the mouse wheel to resize the image to fit the size of the map. Conversely, you can use the map controls to zoom in and out on the map to fit the size of the image. You can click and drag the image to reposition it over the map or you can use the north, south, east and west pan controls to slide the map beneath the image. You can also simply drag the map around to pan it. Resize and move the image relative to the map until the features in each overlap or overlap as much as possible. The features do not need to match exactly; the only thing that will count towards your points is that the center point lines up exactly.
When you click and drag the image, it will become partially transparent so you can better view the map underneath to align the features to those on the map. You may also use the "Hide" and "Show" buttons in the Image Controls as needed. Note that even though the image scale looks correct in one area of the photo, it may look too small or large in other areas of the photo. This is due to the image being photographed off-nadir, making it oblique. In such case, you will not be able to get all of the features to overlap, so do the best you can in getting as much of the image and the map to overlap.
List features that you can actually see in the image. The feature may appear anywhere on the image, not just at the center point. You may add more than one feature. If you enter more than one feature at a time, separate them with commas including a space behind the comma, like this: Catskill Mountains, Hudson River, Albany Intl Airport.
When you pass the tutorial and start locating imagery, you login by using your badge number, or your Detective ID and Secret Passcode. Image Detective IDs will generally be checked and accepted within about 24 hours after submission.
When placing images, you will be awarded points based on the focal length of the camera lens. Images taken with higher focal length lenses are worth more points because they are usually harder to identify. Extra points are awarded for specifying features - such as airports and lakes. In order to get the maximum amount of points possible for one submitted image, you should first identify the center point correctly, add cloud cover percentage, and identify features in the "Feature(s)" field. The longer the image is left in the database without being geolocated, the more points that image will be worth.
Your points will be posted as the images are added to the NASA imagery database, which normally takes a few days.
|The "Where in the World is This?" quiz is helpful for beginner Image Detectives. Instead of jumping straight into the Image Detective tutorial, this quiz gives you an introduction into placing astronaut images.
|Bing maps are a great tool for helping to place astronaut images, and Bing Maps makes it easy to find water body names, river names, and other possible features to add in your "Feature(s)" field.
|The Gateway to Astronaut Photography (GAPE) website is an excellent tool to help you with placing imagery. We have the complete database of International Space Station and Space Shuttle astronaut photography, as well as images Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, Apollo, Gemini, and Mercury. There are also interesting articles to read about astronaut photography, time-lapse videos taken from space, the scientific use of the images, and other relative information.
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Ep 31: 5 o'clock
Written by Todd In The Shadows Wednesday, 14 December 2011 10:56
Image art by Krin
12.14.2011 - 11:22 | okaypineappleTodd, I never saw any of your videos until about a month ago when I marathonned them all. I have really, really enjoyed this exposure to current popular music, a genre I have almost completely ignored for the past three years. You've inspired me to turn on the pop stations in my car while I'm driving now. I find the current state of popular music to be horrendous in a completely fascinating way. Thanks for giving me something to think about.
12.14.2011 - 11:44 | Nixkoenner
12.14.2011 - 12:07 | theangryscot
12.14.2011 - 12:38 | SlowkingI think you know this, Todd and just neglected it for the sake of the narrative in this review, but I would like to point out for the viewers, that Lily Allen's "Fuck you" isn't her being an asshole. It is a response to the argument many convervatives use all the time "you are a liberal so you have to tolerate my views!".
No we don't! If you are hating people for being gay or black etc. then fuck you, fuck you very very much! We will not tolerate it! That is what the song is about.
But I am kind of disappointed in her, how she sold out with this song. She didn't even make a new crappy song, to get attention in the US, but ruined one of her sweet old ones. And as you pointed out she doesn't have that many sweet songs to begin with (though if sweet or not, all of them awesome).
12.14.2011 - 14:25 | Divide By Zero'Lily Allen's "Fuck you" isn't her being an asshole. It is a response to the argument many convervatives use all the time "you are a liberal so you have to tolerate my views!"'
Yes, and "Not Fair" is less about shaming a guy for sucking in bed than it is about expressing extreme sexual frustration at never getting to the punch-line of the cosmic joke, so to speak. But the bit's still funny, so it's all good =)
10.04.2012 - 06:50 | otakuchick45 - RAGE.When I heard those first few words of Lily Allen's song on the radio, I jumped. I LOVE Lily's music, and then T-Pain started talking-er-singing. I was like: "No! You did NOT just shit all over my favorite british pop artist!" My faves of her osngs are probably Smile, and LDN.
11.06.2012 - 18:26 | FantagonistYou said it all, otakuchick45, that was exactly my reaction when I heard this song for the first time. I couldn't even listen to this review for a really really long time because I was so traumatized by the experience. Who'd have known is one of my favorite songs from Lily, and this... I have no words. Good thing Todd does (especially with the comparison to Imogen Heap's hit, except this is even worse if not the worst of all.)
To show Lily's so called smugness Todd could have chosen better examples though (like Not Big instead of Not Fair) and left out Smile and Fuck You since they're obviously about something else that he thinks. Otherwise a great review.
12.14.2011 - 20:17 | TheBookGeek
12.14.2011 - 21:27 | JetstreamGW
06.24.2012 - 20:56 | Steve the PocketNot only that, but it might not have even been her decision to make. Even leaving aside how much of it is up to whatever record label she's on and whether they're greedy corporate bastards or not, US law actually requires recording companies to license songs to whoever wants to use them provided the appropriate royalties are paid. I don't know if foreign artists are exempt from that or not, but I'm just putting that out there.
12.15.2011 - 07:30 | Zachary Amaranth
12.16.2011 - 00:34 | mrrubino
12.16.2011 - 04:36 | MissAshleyIf we're talking about something that is either right or wrong, then there is only ever a right and many wrongs. People tend to get lost within varying degrees of specification, but ultimately there is a right and a wrong in matters where such a dichotomy must exist.
I see no double standard in confiscating the stick of a person who beats another without justification. To do so isn't being intolerant; it's being humane. To condemn those that condemn others not for actions but for simply existing isn't an expression of intolerance; it's an expression of love for humanity.
12.16.2011 - 07:57 | mrrubinoWell that's the whole idea behind the statement, isn't it? The implication is "You have to accept everything I say and never tell me I'm wrong just because I might not have logic or facts on my side! That would be intolerant. Ha! Gotcha, you stoopid librull moral-relativist!"
As much as we hear complaints about "gotcha questions" when a reporter asks such tough questions as "What newspapers do you read?", silly rhetorical games designed to make others looks like hypocrites (based on ridiculously simple and inaccurate representations of the "other side's" beliefs) instead of something that can be discussed rationally seem to be becoming the default, around the Inter-nets at least.
It's a tactic used by people who honestly can't make an argument, because their beliefs aren't actually based on logic or fact, but emotion and entrenched, unchallenged belief. Nothing more, nothing less. You'd want to kill discussion at its outset too.
12.16.2011 - 17:23 | Matthew G"No we don't! If you are hating people for being gay or black etc. then fuck you, fuck you very very much! We will not tolerate it! That is what the song is about."
You can tell this is the opinion of an intelligent person by how this is about intolerance and bullying instead of arguments.
12.14.2011 - 12:16 | secretsheikWhat a painful song... It almost makes me glad that I work Fridays and can't go to the skating rink and see all the kids around me singing all of the words to these crappy songs. Seriously, what's going to become of these kids if this kind of junk is all they listen to? I often hear a bare minimum of 5 songs you've reviewed on here at the rink, sometimes in freaking sequence. On a bad day I'll hear a good 10 of them or so. Please, someone get this music out of my head!
12.14.2011 - 12:55 | WarxePB
12.14.2011 - 13:06 | FullofQuestions
12.14.2011 - 16:18 | Futago
12.14.2011 - 13:28 | RulerOfAustria - disgracefullwow, I had the reaction of "WTF? Lily Allen?" EXACTELY 1 second before Todd edited his one in. it is amazing that this dickwad (that T-Pain guy, not Todd) had the balls to take the work of this woman and use it for his utter shite. Lily Allen is among the smartest female Pop Artists in the current mainstream and she has a beautiful voice that doesn't require any god damn auto tuning. for T-Pain to use this is a complete disgrace. it is as if Pit Bull sampeled a Song by Zaz (a French singer, her music is good, check it out). it's almost offensive it's so unholy.
12.14.2011 - 23:19 | littleliliPit Bull sampling Zaz... the fuck that thought is going to haunt my nightmares now... Pit Bull is probably the rapper I hate the second most. And Zaz is just all kinds of fabulous I've been listening to her like crazy for the last two weeks since I discovered her music.
12.14.2011 - 13:37 | Betawolf
12.14.2011 - 13:52 | DragonDandelion
12.14.2011 - 13:55 | charlYou know what is the most confusing aspect of this to me? Why does the music video take place on the streets of Amsterdam?
12.14.2011 - 14:16 | LarieHey, a shoutout to Robyn! Nice! . I'm sure everyone thinks it's a great place for T-Paine to be, as he loves partying so much.
...yeah, Amsterdam is really a pretty normal town, just with a lot of tourists going there solely for the weed/prostitutes. Very tiring for Dutch people, I can tell you...
12.14.2011 - 23:23 | littleliliNaw trust me getting hookers and weed in the states isn't as hard as people think it is. And its pretty easy not to get caught doing it (as long as your smart about it/have enough money. That being said I am convinced that it was for convenience sake, like he was over there for a show and then they were like "We need a video for this song... and this city looks cool with these channels and houses and junk, let's do it here. And if anyone calls us out on it it's a shout out to the Dutch fans."
12.14.2011 - 14:17 | Slowking[quote]You know what is the most confusing aspect of this to me? Why does the music video take place on the streets of Amsterdam?[/quote]
Well Lily Allen is based in the UK, which is right next to the netherlands and T-Pain is probably in Amsterdam all the time to sample new weed strains. So I'm going with convenience here. :D
12.14.2011 - 14:46 | WhitestShadow
12.14.2011 - 14:57 | nyaoreWas that Okami I saw you playing? :D
Great review as always Todd.
12.14.2011 - 15:15 | Yoshemo
12.14.2011 - 15:27 | Tabbi-Katt
12.14.2011 - 15:33 | MusicNinjaI have never heard this song before, and I didn´t found it to be particularly bad. Yes, the music is kind of boring and the lyrics doesn´t work, but I can listen to it (Which is pretty unusual when it comes to radio music!)
Btw, nice that you mentioned Robyn, she is actully pretty good. I think there is a lot of good music here in Sweden, but we only export crapmusic to the other european countries. Artists from Swedish Idol and similar programs, you americans should be happy that you do not have to hear it!
12.14.2011 - 16:09 | motormind
12.14.2011 - 16:04 | CronoTYou know what, Todd? Besides the fact that we have the same first name, every time I watch and USUALLY enjoy your reviews, (Sometimes you can rise about your material, and sometimes you can't.) it makes me appreciate that the Contemporary Christian music I normally listen to at least PRETENDS to have standards.
How about that? Your reviews help me enjoy more a music genre you've never been afraid to admit you loath. Ain't irony fun?
12.14.2011 - 16:11 | Divide By ZeroUrge to troll... rising...
Seriously, my passionate, PASSIONATE hatred of Christian "rock" urges me to make some sarcastic and cutting remark... buuuuut I find my inner troll quelled in this regard by an overruling respect for anyone willing to champion their particular style of music in spite of the horrible, awful, soul-crushing... gah... sorry had to wrestle the troll back in its box... in spite of how others perceive it.
12.14.2011 - 18:33 | CronoT@Divide by Zero
Yeah, I can appreciate how ANY group looks from the outside. Other than 2 or 3 old standy's and s handful of new artists, most of the people in the Contemporary Christian music genre are either 'Paycheck Artists' or come and go like the wind.
A perfect example of that is Katy Perry. She used to be a Contemporary Christian artist before she went into 'other means of income...'
12.14.2011 - 16:59 | Fuegan88@motormind
Yeah its in the red light district of Amsterdam ;)
12.14.2011 - 17:33 | camyskazeOh, dude, please, not Lily Allen.
This song is so so sooooo bad Lily Allen didn´t even dignified its video with her presence. And man, how the hell do they come up with these sample ideas? I doubt T-Pain listens to Lily Allen. Do they just take the Billboard´s 100 chart and point randomly at a song?
I really like Todd´s autotuned voice, though. You should try a career change and release an R&B album.
12.16.2011 - 04:51 | MissAshley
12.14.2011 - 17:58 | TragicGuineaPig
12.14.2011 - 18:12 | TheObserver
12.14.2011 - 18:52 | sprezzatura
12.14.2011 - 20:10 | TheBookGeek
12.15.2011 - 13:32 | SlowkingWell it mostly says that he smokes weed and masturbates a lot. But really which teenage boy doesn't do that?
(when the album dropped he was older but I'm rather sure that she wrote the song much earlier or remembered back)
That being said he is really hot now. I would totaly hit that!
12.14.2011 - 18:38 | DanceNerd
12.14.2011 - 18:51 | sprezzaturaEurgh- I just heard this on the radio the other day and went in a despairing funk back to my iPod playlist! I spent one half of the song disgusted at T-Pain's chauvinistic douchiness, and the other futilely trying to reconcile the "conversation got boring" and "coming home from the club" parts of the song, much like you did, Todd. Glad this song made it on here, it particularly makes me want to pull my hair out!
12.14.2011 - 20:07 | TheBookGeekAt least it's better than the song 50 Cent made sampling a indie band.
The song sampled is called Monster by Meg&Dia. He turned it into a song about being a pimp.
The original topic of the song? Rape.
He turned a song about rape and how horrible it is, into a song about how great of a rapper/pimp/slut he is. It made me want to vomit.
12.21.2011 - 23:15 | rosella500...50 Cent did WHAT?
Ok, it's one thing to miss the point of a song, or to ignore everything but the chorus, or to take the lyrics at face value when that doesn't make sense, but are you serious?
...I just found the song on YouTube and I'm speechless. Not only is that technically terrible sampling (it sounds like he just pressed the back button after he got to the end of what he wanted to sample), but just...why? Why would you take a song about child abuse, rape, and suicide and put it in a song about you having kinky sex? Why would you want that connotation in your music?
...I know I said I was speechless and then elaborated on my point, but I still just don't understand.
12.14.2011 - 20:35 | Dr.Jazz
12.14.2011 - 21:04 | crackmonster99I really hate this song. The best thing about it is the chorus and t-pain pretty much ruins it.
12.14.2011 - 21:25 | JetstreamGW
12.15.2011 - 04:15 | TheRandomestOne