I think it'll join the regular rotation in my house. I made it with half a head of flat cabbage and it was so good that the next day I made it with the other half. The effort to enjoyment ratio is excellent.
Love Warren Zevon! He had the single best piece of advice I've ever heard. He had terminal cancer when he appeared on Letterman and said, "Enjoy every sandwich." Three words. Do better than that!
"rather than a 10-hour movie, each part of which is individually unsatisfying (lookin’ at you, Severance). "
Yes. The old form dictated that while there could be an ongoing theme (every series of Frasier had one thing going on) the episodes generally had to be self-contained, or perhaps, 2 parters.
They had to do that because there was no catch up feature. You missed an episode, that was it, gone. But I think this long-form TV leads to padding, stretching out stories to keep subscribers from cancelling.
I'm a Waits fan (even named my main character in "Social Distancing" after a Waits song), but am only minimally familiar with Zevon. That good eh? I should check him out. Where's a good place to start?
I'd start with the album Excitable Boy (1978), which was his most popular. If you're not a full-album person, my favorite songs from it are: Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Excitable Boy, and Lawyers Guns And Money. (Werewolves of London was the big hit single, but personally I think it's one of the weaker songs on the album.) Warren Zevon (1976) is less punchy, more folksy-- Carl Wilson and Jackson Browne collaborated on it. My faves from the s/t album are: Desperados Under the Eaves, Carmelita, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, and The French Inhaler. Desperados in particular blows me away. So exquisitely sad and evocative. He's really a very writerly singer, if you know what I mean.
Thanks, useful overview. My character's name is Fred Traubert; I got the last name from the song "Tom Traubert's Blues" (considered one of Waits' "signature songs").
As usual, your food recs have gotten my mouth watering! I didnt realize that cabbage is god-tier food but everytime I make Tonkatsu with shredded cabbage I wish I had another recipe for the remainder of the head of cabbage, now I'll try this!
Will have to try the cabbage recipe 👀
I think it'll join the regular rotation in my house. I made it with half a head of flat cabbage and it was so good that the next day I made it with the other half. The effort to enjoyment ratio is excellent.
For sure
I LOVE Warren Zevon so it's unlikely he's actually super hip.
I feel like the intensity of my obsession with Warren Zevon is inherently uncool, but I really cannot shut up about him.
Love Warren Zevon! He had the single best piece of advice I've ever heard. He had terminal cancer when he appeared on Letterman and said, "Enjoy every sandwich." Three words. Do better than that!
That last appearance on Letterman made me cry 😭
"rather than a 10-hour movie, each part of which is individually unsatisfying (lookin’ at you, Severance). "
Yes. The old form dictated that while there could be an ongoing theme (every series of Frasier had one thing going on) the episodes generally had to be self-contained, or perhaps, 2 parters.
They had to do that because there was no catch up feature. You missed an episode, that was it, gone. But I think this long-form TV leads to padding, stretching out stories to keep subscribers from cancelling.
I'm a Waits fan (even named my main character in "Social Distancing" after a Waits song), but am only minimally familiar with Zevon. That good eh? I should check him out. Where's a good place to start?
I'd start with the album Excitable Boy (1978), which was his most popular. If you're not a full-album person, my favorite songs from it are: Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Excitable Boy, and Lawyers Guns And Money. (Werewolves of London was the big hit single, but personally I think it's one of the weaker songs on the album.) Warren Zevon (1976) is less punchy, more folksy-- Carl Wilson and Jackson Browne collaborated on it. My faves from the s/t album are: Desperados Under the Eaves, Carmelita, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, and The French Inhaler. Desperados in particular blows me away. So exquisitely sad and evocative. He's really a very writerly singer, if you know what I mean.
What's the character's name?
Thanks, useful overview. My character's name is Fred Traubert; I got the last name from the song "Tom Traubert's Blues" (considered one of Waits' "signature songs").
As usual, your food recs have gotten my mouth watering! I didnt realize that cabbage is god-tier food but everytime I make Tonkatsu with shredded cabbage I wish I had another recipe for the remainder of the head of cabbage, now I'll try this!
Let me know what you think! I was surprised at how well the simple dressing brought out the sweetness of the cabbage.
Love Warren Zevon.
Wish I had seen him when I had the chance.
Personal favorite: Lawyers, Guns and Money -- Dad, get me out of this!