Comida Mexicano NYC

I'm reliving the Pachuca lifestyle, if only in accessibility to delicious food. Perhaps its the grace of the goddess Demeter, but I've moved into a neighborhood with a Mexican community. There are several Poblano eateries within a few blocks of my house. Poblano is the demonym for the residents of Puebla, a town an hour east of Mexico City. My town was an hour north, so the cuisine is similar.

I had legit albóndigas on Saturday at Taqueria La Asuncion.

Today on the way to the train a street vendor was selling $1 salsa verde tamales. That's what I ate every morning in Pachuca, at almost exactly the same price. Que rico guey!

Note, I have yet to find a delicious burrito in this city.

Today I'm working from Current in Manhattan. I can go in as often as I please. Someone in the office called me "slightly corporate." I guess that's a good way to describe this situation.

Bushwick

So after almost a month, I'm settled in New York.

I found a place in a warehouse loft in Bushwick, Brooklyn. It has a huge roof, and it's perfect for summer dance parties.

I am right on the gentrification line. Which is the equivalent to being a white colonist on the hipster frontier. This is something that I have mixed feelings about. I am part of a force that is displacing disadvantaged communities.

But then again, I can't really afford to live anywhere else. This neighborhood is safe(ish), there are a lot of young people, and things to do. So, I'm excited on all those fronts.

It's kind of fucked up, on a sociological level, that there are liquor stores on every corner of this impoverished neighborhood. But, on a personal level, I am kind of a fan of spending $.80 on 32 ounces of malt liquor.

Errors and Corrections: Reggaeton

Twenty months ago I said:

It turns out reggaeton is in 3/4 time, and that's why it's hard to make with iDrum (it only makes beats in 4/4.) After a while I figured it out, I made like three songs... I need to work on the lyrics... but they will probably sound like our first song:

Today I learned that I was incorrect.

The kick drum emphasizes a 4/4 beat, while the snare comes on the "and" of the 2nd 16th note and right on the 4th 16th.

Sorry, Daddy Yankee. Sorry, Calle 13. Sorry, Puerto Rico. Sorry, Reggaeton.

Waterbottling

Last week, I was coworking with the Greenpeace online action team. One of them accused me of being a hippie because of my Nalgene water bottle. I've had this bottle for a few years, and helps keep me hydrated without impacting the environment.

Greenpeace doesn't support Nalgene because, the plastic that its made from leaches into the water, and slowly kills you. So they suggested a Sigg brand, metal container.

Yesterday I went to buy one at the Manhattan equivalent to REI.

"I want a Sigg brand water bottle."
"Oh, you're jumping on the bandwagon since the New York Times article."



He acted like a pretentious record store employee.

"Oh, you really want that Arcade Fire CD, like everybody else?"

Look, I'm not trying to be hip, I just don't want to be poisoned. Or at least I'd prefer to feel the benefits of poisoning myself. Plastic flavored water provides a much different sensation than gallons of booze.

The Manhattan REI equivalent was sold out, so I went to the Wal-Mart of health food. The Whole Foods on Houston had plenty in stock. I am now an owner of a Sigg. Hopefully scientists won't discover its toxicity for a long time, because I want to feel my 21$ was not a waste.

Coachella woes.

For the past six “last weekends in April” I’ve attend that party in the desert: Coachella.

But this year I have cashed in one weekend of excellent fun in California, for a steady flow of awesome fun in Brooklyn.

But at this moment I am feeling pangs of jealousy towards those lucky enough to go to the premier music festival in North America.

If I were there I’d see these artists.

I’ve Starred the REALLY IMPORTANT ones.



Friday:

**Aphex Twin 8-9 Sahara
Dan Deacon 4-5 Gobi
Dan le sac Scroobius Pip 630-720 Gobi
Mum 550- 645 Mojave
Fatboy slim 1045 Sahara

Saturday:
Kavinsky 220-310 Sahara
**MGMT 340-430 Mojave
Rilo Kiley 720-810 Outdoor
Hot Chip 610-7 Sahara
Kraftwerk 750 - 850 Main
Calvin harris 955-1045 Gobi
**120 days 3-345 Gobi

Sunday
Austin tv (Mexican instrumental post-rock) 1-145 Main
Cool Kids 2-240 Main
I'm from Barrcelona 245-330 Mojave

GREAT ELECTRO LINEUP
**Modeselektor 8-9 Sahara
Simian 9-950 Sahara
Chromeo 10-1050 Sahara
Justice 11 Sahara

Album cover material.

Folk singing. Dandelion picking.

Totes bag.

I don't like that phrase "totes" to mean "totally," unless it's on some sort of book bag.

Free Cup Holder

Do you know anyone who wants to by the url free cup holder (dot) com ?



I can get you a good deal on it.

Hella New York experience

I was walking down the stairs to the subway, as people were getting off the train. Some kid yelled: "You're in the stairwell, stupid."