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bio:At the age of five I moved from New England to California in a pick-up truck with an 8-track. I made the same move 20 years later in the belly of an Amtrak.

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Where's the head cheese and beef tongue? He did leave off the onions. Which may or may not be a bad thing....
Commented on Depressing 1950s Jell-O commercial
@#14 BMCRAEC: Mmm, Grasshopper pie!...
Commented on Radley Balko on NY Times photo: " I can’t really conceive of a scenario where it wasn’t staged."
Try riding with a driver who uses his knees to steer while texting. My coworker regularly drives like this and he's in his 30s....
Commented on Storefronts of a fading New York
This reminds me of the web site Forgotten NY by Kevin Walsh which coves this topic along with other antiquated aspects of New York, such as painted ads on buildings, closed subway stations and cast iron lamp posts. Walsh has...
Commented on RIP Michael Jackson
@Patii93, stupid yes, and I'm sure the parents where paid very nicely to pimp out their children. I prefer a well aged Jamón to line my windows....
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ah, that's balcony window....
Commented on RIP Michael Jackson
I respect his talent but not the man. He was a child molester and a dangerous parent. What sane person dangles their own child out a baloney window?...
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Commented on Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang
A good introduction into bluegrass is the Bad Livers (or any other Danny Barnes project). Try "Hogs on the Highway" for starters. http://badlivers.com/ | http://www.dannybarnes.com/...
Commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
@166 Michael - Yes, it was Round the Corner Burgers - ah man I forgot how great that place was. Does anyone remember the pizza at Bonnie Brae cafe or the ice cream shop across the street? The original Tattered...
Commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
Oh, and then there is Red Rocks! And the iconic U2 "Under a Blood Red Sky" concert that was filmed there. My first concert was Depeche Mode. What was your first or most favorite Red Rocks concert?...
Commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
Teletunes first aired as "FM-TV" six months before MTV debuted. Nevertheless they where pressured to change their name to "Teletunes." Along with KTCL and Wax Trax Records Teletunes would complete the trifecta of the Denver Goth/Punk music scene in the...
Commented on Mr. Bus' bus buzzer collection
Ah, I'm disappointed. I thought the buttons would actually work if you pressed them. I pushing all of the buzzer gifs but none rang. Dang!...
Commented on House for sale doesn't include dead man
@Mousewrites, the movie you maybe thinking of is American Psycho. There is a scene where a Realtor© is showing an apartment and bodies are stuffed in a closet....

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HaltingPoint commented on Calculate how much it costs to make a sandwich at home
@23 Unfortunately, US supermarkets, in an attempt to make you buy a certain minimum amount of produce have taken to bundling things up and removing smaller portions from the produce section. For instance, I can no longer buy individual carrots at the Jewel I go to in Chicago, they just sell them in bunches of 10. Likewise, you can't buy a small bunch of scallions, but only the super expensive large bundle that comes in its own resealable plastic bag. This, coupled with the grocery store shrink ray has increased our home grocery bill by upwards of 30% or more...
Jerril commented on Calculate how much it costs to make a sandwich at home
@Anonimouse: This doesn't help with sandwiches, and I'm in Canada and our grocery stores sell loose vegetables so we're obviously in a different situation here... But for dinners consider frozen veg instead of fresh. Not as awesome as fresh veg, and a little more expensive, but! If you're habitually having half your veg going off, the higher initial cost and less waste suggests you get more actual value out of the frozen. For sandwiches, my mother used to make sandwiches in batches for the week and freeze them. Move one from the freezer to the fridge the night before you...
bluesboy22 commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
Whoa ... what memories! I'm wondering if anyone has any info about the bands in the early/mid/late 60s. I used to go to the Rugged Room, if anyone remembers it (on Alameda?). There's one band in particular I would like to find out if any recordings exist. Anyone remember "Fuzz", from Thornton? "Lothar and the Hand People"? KIMN radio had a battle of the bands at the Denver Arena downtown (gee, I think that was the name of it - it's now part of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts). Maybe there's a good website with this kind of...
kip w commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
stantoni, the missing line is "And we'll have fun, just you and me / on K... L... Z!" Also, more information about Jay Mack, Niles Lishness and Farley McLooth can be found on the internet. Some of it was surprising to me. I knew about his heart attack when he was doing an overnight show, but was somehow unaware of the car crash at the height of his fame that led to his later health problems, or that he died a few months after having his life saved by an alert listener. A sad end for one of two disk...
golden80 commented on 1960s and 1970s Denver pop culture open thread
Mountain States Bank on east Colfax... They had a pretty catchy ad on the radio around 1982. I don't have the actual audio, but I soooo remember it: (Chorus group) Oh they say that time is money, so you spend it drivin' 'round, Drinking dollar gasoline and smellin' up the town, Searching for a parking place that you can call your own, (Woman's voice) Hey, there's a spot (Man's voice) Oh no it's not, it's a (honk honk) loading zone. (Chorus group again) Now, is this any way to bank, any way to bank? Driving 'round in circles while you're...

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