The Big Old Roasty Toasty Salad

I dug up the old recipe and have decided to make it again on the coming holiday.

Check it out. It's tasty.

Dream Interpretations

I am a little worn out from all my travels and excitement. I feel that it's all catching up with me, and I have been trying to get more sleep. Well, not so much trying, I have been having a hard time waking up and staying awake. Being in and out of sleep has enabled me to have more frequent dreams, and even remember some of them.

So here are the themes from a recent dream: my cousins from Israel, lost rollerblades and sneakers and some really rude orangutans. The lost rollerblades and sneakers are clearly anxiety issues. There was also a convertible, but that's probably because I saw one this weekend. So I guess I'll just research cousins and orangutans.

Cousins:

• To see your cousin in your dream, represents something or some aspect of your character that is somewhat familiar. Perhaps you need to spend more time in cultivating and developing some emerging ability or character. (dreammoods.com)
• Dreaming of a cousin means you want better or more friendships in your life. (myjellybean.com)
• Freedom from worry will soon be yours if you dreamed of a cousin or cousins. (swoon.com)

Orangutans:

• To see an orangutan in your dream, signifies unfaithfulness in a lover or that some person is manipulating for their own advancement. (dreammoods.com)
• To see apes in your dream suggests that a close friend will either get sick or be humiliated in some social situation. It could also mean that you will be deceived by a false friend. (myjellybean.com)
• Be on guard against a mischief-maker in your close social or business circle and pay more attention to your work, if you dreamed of an ape. (swoon.com)

Conclusions:

• All these online dream interpretation sites are totally worthless.
• I have got to be an idiot for even reading them.
• Makes me wonder why you're reading this right now.
• I'd be more than happy to read your own interpretations which you can feel free to make up off the top of your heads.

The Return of the King


King Joey has recently returned to Jerusalem to rightly reclaim his kingdom. Here he is at the Old Friend Bar with Charlie Bar Mucha himself. We all sang along to some of our favorite Bar Mucha and the Jama'a tunes. You know which ones...

Revolvo - Blunderbusses At Dawn


This album is better than a lot of my mixes. Download it for free from the band's site: http://www.revolvo.co.uk/index.php

The trailer for the new Kiki and Criminy Oded film is out:

Pessachussets!

http://mennu.com/extras/pessachussets_trailer.wmv

TAXDAY:

I have been working on a new mix, and trying out new formats. The working title is Taxday, and it features some interesting Latin and World beats, and then gets kind of dancey. It will most probably have to be split into two mixes for time and tempo considerations. The first song is in fact the dedication: "To all the beautiful freaks and weirdos."

You can download it as a WMA here:
http://www.mennu.com/extras/taxday4.wma

And here's the set list:

1-Stay Human (All the Freaky People)-Michael Franti
2-Skyscrapers-Deodato
3-Feel the Heat-Bill Summers
4-Calle Dieceseis-Los Super Seven
5-Cuba-Otto
6-Aganju (Latin Project Remix)-Bebel Gilberto
7-Comodón Johnson-Los Amigos Invisibles
8-Playa Azul-Los Amigos Invisibles
9-Jazz Music-De-Phazz
10-Get Together-Tony Allen
11-Cloudburst-Critters Buggin
12-don't be afraid, you have just got your eyes closed-múm
13-Reality Check-Stigmato Inc
14-Because I Enjoy It-Max Leonidas
15-Superfly (Louie Vega EOL Remix)-Curtis Mayfield
16-Prix Choc-Etienne de Crecy
17-I'm A Good Man-Martin Solveig (Mousse T Mix)
18-A Warm Summer Night (King Britt Scuba Remix)-Chic
19-Afrocatalans [Hardsoul Emocion Tropical Treatment]-Danny Marquez/Ferry B.
20-Seven Nation Army-Openair
21-Such Great Heights (John Tejada Remix)-The Postal Service

My sister's best sports sign:

It was a playoffs game between the New York Knicks and the Toronto Raptors which was covered by TNT:

Tough
Nuts
Toronto

Nobody
Beats
Allan Houston

Another one:

www.mennu.com/extras/fest.wma

Alright.
I got this really cool mixer and I was messing around with it yesterday.
Here's the result.
http://www.mennu.com/extras/birthday.mp3



Soon I will be ready for podcasting.

A new mix!

Special preview:

www.mennu.com/extras/yonadude2a.wma
(you can right click on the link above and save it to your computer)

Here's the playlist:

1. Maybe Tomorrow-Stereophonics
2. Yoshimi Battle the Pink Robots, Pt. 1-The Flaming Lips
3. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight-The Postal Service
4. What Ever I Feel Like-Napoleon Dynamite
5. Ventura Highway [Deepsky's Blizzard in L.A. Remix]-America/Deepsky
6. Free-Cat Power
7. What Are You Afraid Of-West Indian Girl
8. Time of the Season-Zombies
9. Worst Video-Napoleon Dynamite
10. Lotta Love [The Lotta Nic Mix]-Nic Jodoin/Nicolette Larson
11. Drugs to Enhance-Otto
12. Disillusion-Badly Drawn Boy
13. Let's Make Our Love Song-Figurine
14. Don't Ask Why-My Bloody Valentine
15. Novocaine For The Soul-Eels
16. Car-Built to Spill
17. How Soon Is Now?-The Smiths
18. One Of These Things First-Nick Drake
19. Ummm Hmmm Hmmm-Stinky McHeynow
20. Grumpy Old Men Booing-Statler and Waldorf

Amy Rigby: Keep It To Yourself

I was driving to work today and I heard this song on the radio. Cracked me up to no end.

Here's a link to the song itself, and here's the lyrics:

KEEP IT TO YOURSELF (BILL DEMAIN/AMY RIGBY)

YOU SAY YOU’D LIKE TO KILL THE MAN
WHO BROKE MY HEART
YOU DON’T THINK HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO LIVE
YOU SAY YOU WANT TO SHOOT THE DUDE
WHO SCREWED ME UP
ME, I’M TRYING SO HARD TO FORGIVE

BUT HERE’S HIS ADDRESS, HERE’S HIS PICTURE
HERE’S THE MAKE AND MODEL OF HIS CAR
HE WORKS UNTIL 4:30
THEN HE HANGS OUT AT THE TOPLESS BAR
WITH A GIRL ON EACH ARM
IF HE SHOULD COME TO HARM
JUST KEEP IT TO YOURSELF

REMEMBER HOW HE CHEATED
AND HE LIED TO ME
YOU TOLD ME THAT IT MAKES YOU LOSE YOUR HEAD
I SEE THEY’RE POURING CONCRETE
ON ROUTE 33
I DON’T BELIEVE YOU’D DO THOSE THINGS YOU SAID

BUT HERE’S HIS ADDRESS, HERE’S HIS PICTURE
HERE’S HIS PAGER NUMBER AND HIS CELL
HE WORKS OUT AT THE HEALTH CLUB
AND HE REALLY LIKES TO WATCH HIMSELF
FLEXING IN THE MIRROR
IF HE SHOULD DISAPPEAR
JUST KEEP IT TO YOURSELF

I LIKE THE WAY THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF ME
I LIKE THE WAY YOU SAY THAT YOU’LL TAKE CARE OF THINGS

I'm having one of those "really weird" days. I emptied out my pants pockets in the anticipation of taking off my workpants. I looked at the contents of my pockets laid out on the bed stand. There was an odd mixture of currencies: green dollars, purple and yellow shekels, commemorative quarters from three states and the half shekel that I nearly put in the parking meter today. My card packed, brown leather American wallet rested on top of my blue plastic Israeli teudat zehut. A folded pink dry cleaning ticket partially obscured my well-creased knitted kippah. A row of candleholders looked a bit exhausted and in need of a freshening up. The DJ business cards seemed to be completely intermingled with the Hillel business cards. The remote controls and the siddur remained trustworthy in their posts.

There are a number of tasks at hand, such as dealing with the bloated email box and unpacking. But I have a great playlist for this afternoon including an odd mixture of reissued mid-70's progressive Israeli music and few chillout CDs.

Deep Thought Of The Day:

I've been thinking about all the shopping mania that goes on in this country around this time of year. I feel strong urges to shop, but that because I am bombarded by advertising. On the other hand though, a look at my magazine rack will show you that I am a big fan of products. Two thirds of my magazines are about technology products. Nestled into the collection of magazines are a few catalogs. The catalogs, mostly for computer products and pro audio gear, are kind of pornographic in their own way. They are not magazines about products, they are just pictures of products.

My car is in the shop.

I am waiting for the mechanic to call me back and tell me how much longer the repair will take and how much more it will cost.

A wise person once told me, "There will be occaisions in life where you will be asked to grab your ankles. When those occaisions arrive, my only advice to you is to chomp on the leather bit which is in your mouth."

This is rough.

Hasidic Reggae Concert at Purchase College:
I got a graffitti guy to do the banner. Here's how it looked when he started:



And here is the finished product:

This guy is pretty talented.

Stronger Slogans:

I have decided to live my life by some of my stronger slogans, like:

What are we, old women?

and

Let's get the bacon delivered!

I was watching Fox News this morning:

They were talking with Dennis Ross about the Palestinian situation. Ross says, "So when Arafat went down in that plane crash in 1992, I said to Abu Ala, who was finance minister at the time, I said, 'If the chairman had not survived that plane crash, would you know where all the accounts are?' And he looks at me and says." And then they lost their satellite feed. The anchorwoman says something like, whoa, now I too am left hanging. But she was the person conducting the interview with Dennis Ross on the feed. Why couldn't she just tell us? Utter vacuousness. I turned off the TV and decided not to give it any more chances today. Well, maybe not all of TV. Maybe just Fox News.

Der Spiegel Online: Jesusland



Hilarious!

the mennu method finds a home!



Starting this Saturday Night

the mennu method will be

the resident DJ

at Talia's Steakhouse

on Amsterdam and 93rd Street.  



Come out and show your support.  No cover. 

A portait drawn by one of my all-time favorite students: Nadav Lipkin

Thanks, Nadav. You rock