Friday, February 19, 2010

Round-Up: Friday, Feb. 19, 2010


Read: Informative article about Health Care Profits

Read: A Carnivore's Dilemma: Foodies killing animals themselves.

Why?: Redesigning the Penny

Eat: James Beard Semifinalists Announced & Tips on getting great service at a restaurant.

Cook: Save some money and spend only $3 on a pizza stone from Home Depot. Also, everything you'd ever want to know about cooking sous-vide

List: The Top Ten Bands Nick Has Never Seen Live That He Plans to See First Chance He Gets:
(Note: I'm not including bands that there is little chance of me being able to see like Neutral Milk Hotel)

1. The Mountain Goats
2. Modest Mouse
3. Los Campesinos!
4. Radiohead
5. The National
6. The Gaslight Anthem (Bought tickets to see the lead singer do a set soon!)
7. TV on the Radio
8. Bloc Party
9. The White Stripes
10. The Decemberists

I would have put Straylight Run in the running, but they just announced they were going on indefinite hiatus this week. I am lucky to have seen most of my favorite bands live.

1 comment:

Courtney said...

i love your list of bands. if it makes you feel any better, i did see straylight run once in LA, and they blew. hard. as in people left. but i guess you can't win em all...