Revisiting the Classics – “Pretty Hate Machine” (1989)
In 1990, a 17-year-old me went with some friends to an all-ages dance club, and amongst the predictable dance tracks were layered a few tracks from this up-and-coming kid from Cleveland whose debut had dropped the previous fall. The DJ was really flogging the tracks too. I wasn’t sure what to make of all of [...]
Tandoori Whatnow?
Over the weekend, I built a tandoor. In retrospect, I probably overengineered it. It’s a heavy, rolling clay oven that I likely could’ve accomplished almost as well with a Weber kettle and a little cleverness. But still, having a nice, big, bespoke “oven” for making kebobs and naan is pretty neat. A bit of a [...]
Revisiting the Classics: Violator (1991)
The other day my iPod shuffled up “Enjoy The Silence” and I thought to myself, “you know, I haven’t really sat down and listened to Violator in its entirety in years.” I thought it might be an interesting experiment – since I loved the album when it came out, but that was 20 years ago [...]