From AudioMonger.com - Brought to us by Black Heart Procession’s Paulo Zappoli, Mr. Tube & The Flying Objects is a saxophone infused, distorted, digital, rhythmic galactica. According to the band’s website, their forthcoming album Listen Up! is supposed to capture: “the sounds of horns that drift through the back alleys of our ghettos. Pulsing and pumping sounds from the trunks of lowriders. Like stories from the last living tree in this concrete jungle…this universe is like a pinball machine and Mr. Tube is the music. ”
That all sounds very nice and intriguing, as does the rest of the elaborate back-story surrounding Mr. Tube, but is it true?
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From WristWatchReview.com - A Movado sport watch? With a wavy face and big arrow hour hand? Perhaps someone is seeing their market share drop?
I don’t like Movado much - so much depends on that single big dot that you almost lose the watch - but this sports model, apparently a quartz piece, has some chops. It comes on a rubber or steel band and costs about $1,000.
Best of all, NFL MVP Tom Brady is flogging the thing and saying stuff like:
“Movado is all about style and precision and that fits exactly what I try to bring both on and off the field, so I hope it’s a long term association,” the New England Patriot said. “A professional athlete’s life is highly scheduled. I practically need military discipline to keep pace, so time is definitely something I’m interested in.”
The funny Alton Brown is hosting a new Food Network documentary/series about road food. Brown is best known for his work on Good Eats, a food science show that taught us how to make a kickass salt-baked salmon. Heard an interview with him on the Bob Edwards Show that discussed the vagaries of cup holders. Great stuff.
Alton Brown believes roads exist because before people needed to conquer, build, shop, vocate, vacate, and pick up a latte, they needed to eat. Their movements became trails that would later become horse paths, two tracks and eventually paved superslabs. Feasting on Asphalt, premiering Saturday, July 29 at 9 PM ET/PT, is a four episode limited series, following Alton’s ride across America on his 2005 BWM 1200 RT motorcycle loosely via the fabled Route 50 on a quest to find out what’s left to eat. The hour-long shows will air four consecutive Saturdays at 9 PM and will be a celebration and examination of what it means to eat on the American road.
From AudioMonger.com - The music on this album fits pretty squarely into the adult-alternative mix of the mid-90’s complete with sha-la-la’s, sliding guitars, boppy drums, dabbles into psychedelia, feigned urgency, and a singer with more comparisons to The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft… than I know what to do with. However, unlike The Verve, and other bands of the day, there is no “Bitter Sweet Symphony” or “The Drugs Don’t Work” to be found on this album. Instead, on an album that is as close to a greatest hits compilation as The Purrs (still a young band) can get, there isn’t a single obvious stand-out track.
From AudioMonger.com - For those of you unfamiliar, and I assume that’s most of you, The Mutts are the latest indie rockers to emerge from the UK. This four-piece rock outfit who seem to be channeling everybody from The Doors to Black Sabbath to The Strokes. Yet, somehow, The Mutts come off as original. The music is rough and aggressive. The lyrics are honest and in your face. Where there are hoards of bands in this genre of heavy-on-the-pedals rock today, this may be the most solid attempt I’ve heard, which is impressive for it being only the band’s second LP.
Ladies and germs, we are proud to present a photo-montage of some of the goodies we spotted at Longines’ Post-Basel show here in New York. Thrill to the Lindbergh Angle Hour Watch, shown here. Squeal at the new Evidenza line!
From AudioMonger.com - The mere fact that Thom Yorke even recorded a solo album is enough to lead some Radiohead fans to scream, “Treason!” While many found themselves in total bewilderment. Others, myself included, were excited about the upcoming release from one of music’s most consistent entities.
One of the primary points of contention many held regarding this album, is that its coming signified the man’s departure from Radiohead. It’s an obvious point to jump to. Fortunately, Yorke has repeatedly denied that his situation with the world’s biggest band was anything less than perfect.
The mulberry tree is considered a weed by some, but this summer I encourage you to seek out a few sources and collect as many as you can. These flavorful - but fragile - berry tree only blossoms during the mid-summer months and offers up a delicious and free bit of refreshment.
The taste is a bit cloying, but it’s very unique and I’m really not sure how many people know that mulberry trees are all over the place - all you have to do is look up. I just ate a bellyfull today and a little ice cream in a thermos and some washed mulberries fresh from the tree will make a great picnic date dessert.
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The funny Alton Brown is hosting a new Food Network documentary/series about road food. Brown is best known for his work on Good Eats, a food science show that taught us how to make a kickass 
The mulberry tree is considered a weed by some, but this summer I encourage you to seek out a few sources and collect as many as you can. These flavorful - but fragile - berry tree only blossoms during the mid-summer months and offers up a delicious and free bit of refreshment.
