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Emily and I had lunch at the Sadie Katz deli on Bank Street today and it was teh yum. We met up with Kasten and Michael (friends from Philly) and then went over to Sapa’s around the corner. Sapa’s is a new Vietnamese tea/coffee house on Center Street where the Army/Navy store used to be. [...]

Back before Arthur Adams moved out to San Francisco to seek his fame and fortune, he made and played music here in Vermont. One of my favorite tunes he used to sing was called “It’s Time.” Well Arthur has been badgering me to submit a video for the Blammos November project and it just so [...]

It’s possible I’m only writing this post because I thought the similarities between the words “blogger” and “gobbler” were funny. At any rate, Emily and I are hosting Thanksgiving again this year and so prep work for that has begun in earnest — cleaning the house, making trips to City Market, Costco and Shaws, planning [...]

Once again, San Francisco-based indy pop sensation, Blammos, is spending the month of November making music videos. In fact, the band is making and posting a new video every single day this month. They did this same thing last November and from what I’ve seen, this year’s crop of indy YouTube gems is even better [...]

I have just submitted my first post to The Contrarian — the blog run by The Contrarian Media Group, which in turn is run by musician, writer, music policy wonk and former Vermonter, Casey Rae-Hunter. The Contrarian used to be Casey’s personal blog, but recently he’s been expanding the ranks of authors there and even [...]

by Kasten Searles

At Smoothie’s first bachelor party in 1993 or 1994, AlexCh rented a video that included one of the characters — a woman — asking her male companion the following question: Amüsierst du dich, Huhnficker? 10 points to the first reader who correctly guesses the activity the man was engaged in at the time.

Here are a couple of mp3s for you to add to your playlists labeled “teh awesome.” And but so first, Arthur “Blammos” Adams has written and recorded a wonderful tribute to the late, great David Foster Wallace, somewhat ironically called Living With David Foster Wallace. This thing has been stuck in my head since Arthur [...]

Steve Benen will be on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show again tonight at 9 pm.

In four and a half years of blogging I have never been the recipient of one of these blog meme things — that is, until today.  Gahlord Dewald at Union Street Media tapped me for this.  It’s actually one of the better blog memes I’ve seen.  Usually they’re a series of goofy questions, like “If [...]