July | 2009 | Juice The Blog

It was at the former residence of Beej, Choof, and Colin where I first heard Brian (BLin) go on his tirade about corn due to (what I’m assuming) was his recent reading of The Omnivore’s Dilemma. I’ve got to be honest, at the time I thought it was little more than a BriBri rant-du-jour.

I’ve been meaning to say this for a while (especially after I read The Omnivore’s Dilemma not too long ago), but I was wrong. Mother of fuck was I wrong.

The state of food production and consumption in this country (in addition to the surrounding regulatory bodies and main corporate players) is in an atrocious state.

The path to eating better (in a manner of purchasing higher-quality foods that were more often than not organic and absent of unnecessary corn products or by-products) has been not all that difficult for me. It’s a lifestyle that requires responsible planning, really, and nothing more (although having a vegetarian girlfriend did ease the transition for me as I was already planning meals for the both of us nightly that were vegetarian safe).

Tonight, I saw Food, Inc., and maybe it’s because I’m more sensitive to audio/visual stimulation (damn my videogame upbringing!), but I finally can relate to the level of rage and passion Brian had that night. There are some familiar old friends in the film, with both Michael Pollan (Omnivore’s Dilemma), and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) make significant appearances. Upton Sinclair’s ubiquitous book The Jungle is also mentioned appropriately.

I don’t really want to take anything away from the film (not like one can really spoil a documentary film), but y’all should really go see it, even if you have read some of the aforementioned books.

Nintendo Dance

By: kyle

06-07-2009

No Pulp

The Train Wreck Continues

By: BLin

05-07-2009

Some Pulp

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Just when you thought Sarah Palin, the shining star of the Republican Party, was slowly fading away, she goes and does this:

In a stunning announcement whose shockwaves will likely reverberate from Alaska’s state capitol to the Beltway politics of Washington, D.C., Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday morning that she will resign her office July 26.

“I really don’t want to disappoint anyone with this announcement,” Palin said during the press conference at her home. “Not with the decision that I have made. All I can ask is that you trust me with this decision and know that it is no more politics as usual.”

The official reason? She’s not running for re-election so she doesn’t want to be a lame duck governor. Right…

Obviously, the hastiness of the decision and the lack of substance in the resignation speech, coupled with the fact that she delivered it on a Friday during a holiday weekend (hell, I didn’t even hear about it until the day after), is leading people to believe that something else is afoot.

Sullivan ponders:

What could that shoe be? Some unknown ethics inquiry? Some big official scandal about to break? The free house-construction no-one quite resolved? Trooper Wooten’s revenge? Bristol can’t take the bullshit any more and has sold a tell-all? Levi just got a lot of money from the Enquirer? Sherri Johnston has implicated a Palin in her drug-bust? Did Track get in trouble again? Is there another unplanned pregnancy somewhere? Someone took a hike on the Appalachian trail? Has Lyda Green finally gone nuclear? Has Mercedes got a book contract? Or has she pushed Levi one step too far? Is Trig really Tina Fey’s child?

The number of potential enemies and victims with an ax to grind and a lucrative story to tell is endless. Who can say? But the abruptness of the withdrawal is so weird one has to wonder.

Fasten your seat belts. I have a feeling we’re headed for a grand finale in the epic train wreck that is The Sarah Palin Express.

Joose

By: rob

04-07-2009

No Pulp

Joe’s Blues/Funk Review : Episode 8 – “Chin Chin”

By: joe

04-07-2009

No Pulp

Chin Chin!

So this band happens to be from Brooklyn, much like the others that I’ve posted (not doing it on purpose, seriously). It’s a little hard to describe this band, so I’ll let them do it.

(From their Myspace)
“Most of the time we make music to make you dance and bug out. Occasionally we make music to make you to chill and relax and bug out. We really like to get in our van or a plane and come to your town or city and play music for you. If we come to your town we’ll make a loud, psychedelic, funky sound that’ll make you dance and forget about all the bad things that other people do all the time.”

So there you have it. You now know everything you’ll ever have to know about this band and their music. Take a listen.

Chin Chin – Toot D´Amore

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