MIA

this place in Minneapolis has smelt frieds, which are like little weird fishes fried up like french fries, they are delish

Do you guys have whitebait on your side of the Atlantic? They'd be the closest thing over here, you eat them whole and covered in batter like fries.

xpost - Brilliant.

Do you guys have whitebait on your side of the Atlantic? They'd be the closest thing over here, you eat them whole and covered in batter like fries.

― The Men Who Stare At Goatse (Matt DC), Friday, May 28, 2010 12:05 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i had a ton of these in croatia. dunno what kind of fish they were but they were the bomb (dot com)

what can you get for 10 dollar?
ALL THE TRUFFLE FRIES

TRUFFLE FRIES
galang alang alanga
TRUFFLE FRIES
galang alang alanga

we fry like truffles, get high like planes

Have never LOL'd so hard in my life... WOW. Thank you for this.

i've not heard of whitebait in the midwest at least

Truffle fries are pretty good. You can find them pretty readily in Chicago.

it's like the two most cliche things put in dishes to make them seem fancy and justify charging a shit ton of money, all done up in the whole "expensive comfort food" fashion

This is kinda true, tho.

Beef marrow fries >>> duck fat fries. Peanut oil is great, too. But to be honest, the near-greaseless Cooks Illustrated oven fries are better than either. And better for you, too, which means better for THE WORLD! Then again, not as many ovens in the third world as there are big boiling vats of fat, so I guess this plays right into MIA's hands. I feel so ... bourgeois.

And in the meantime:

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/47336766.html

In the newest issue of Nylon, M.I.A. cautions readers against using Facebook and Google, because they're really just tools of The Man:

“And you know, all governments are connected to Google, and all governments can shift their search engines so only what they want you to see comes up…I want kids to be aware of this digital circumstance…Everyone on the Internet is like, 'Oh my God, come and join Facebook!' They’re all so optimistic…and really, everyone is f*cking you up behind the screens. And I don’t like that. It makes it difficult for me to interact with my fans knowing that. Google and Facebook were developed by the CIA, and when you’re on there, you have to know that.”

Twitter's OK though

@HelloJonte X X X ˆˆˆOˆˆˆ about 20 hours ago via web in reply to HelloJonte

Twitter was developed in RAINBO by guerrilla unicorns so

O_O u r rite

Google and Facebook were developed by the CIA, and when you’re on there, you have to know that.

Chuck D level quality trolling here

otm

We need to call Harry Allen, Media Assassin, ASAP!

first is was the AIDS, now its the Google

Twitter is the Black CNN

Twitter is the Iranian Yo! MTV Raps

xpost to Matt DC ... What kind of gazillionaire can afford to deep fry in goose fat? It'd be £20 for a portion of chips ...

This place supposedly has amazing Duck Fat Fries. I'm definitely checking it out next time I'm in Chicago.

idk man, if you had an northern irish singer saying 'give war a chance' i doubt they'd get a free ride.

When Toby Keith releases a song about pummeling N. Korea I just want to see the same "lol pop stars be talkin' politics so what" defense.

I used to work a shit job at a "high-end" burger place. Occasional free truffle fries were definitely the highlight.

"lol pop stars be talkin' politics so what" defense.

this is not really what anyone is arguing...? Toby Keith and MIA political statements are probably both equally insightful - that is to say, they aren't really very insightful or nuanced at all - and whether or not a listener agrees with those politics is totally beside the point. What IS beside the point is pointing and lol'ing at Toby for the lack of depth in his political observations. Because pop songs are not a medium that facilitates nuanced and thoughtful political discourse.

IS ALSO

blah

like taking issue with Keith's stated position/lyrics in a given song okay fine, that's part of critical response to the work and all well and good - criticizing that position as being hypocritical or dishonest or overly simplified or something he shouldn't even be discussing at all, that's suspect.

I see what you're saying.

so far she's failed to get to the nuance in three formats- twitter, popsong, and short feature. if she's gonna lay it on us, she probly needs something between long format and treatise.

I disagree with you; she's got it in "popsong" but whatev.

I think the whole "OMG MIA's RICH" thread in the NYT article is valuable because she is advocating war and as we all know the biggest advocates of war are the rich, the people that don't have to fight, who can afford to live across the world in a gated community. I think in this context it's a good point to bring up. In an American politics context it puts her in the same class of rich congressmen who pressed going into Iraq knowing neither they nor their family would ever have to fight.

really? I think she does a good job of incorporating the intense emotions and polarized positions and contradictions of her politics into her songs, but nuance...? eh I'm not really seein it. her stuff is not really jampacked with details and measured analysis, afaict

xp

incorporating the intense emotions and polarized positions and contradictions of her politics into her songs = nuance

he people that don't have to fight, who can afford to live across the world in a gated community.

this may characterize her NOW, but it certainly doesn't characterize her pre-stardom life - not really a fair comparison imho

like, her family DID have to fight (and flee). Compared to Dick Cheney's family, not one of whom ever served in the military.

When Toby Keith releases a song about pummeling N. Korea I just want to see the same "lol pop stars be talkin' politics so what" defense.

yeah cause people around here were completely up in arms about "Beer for My Horses" and "Have You Forgotten," right

incorporating the intense emotions and polarized positions and contradictions of her politics into her songs = nuance

I guess... But that's a different kind of nuance from what people in this thread (and Hirschberg) seem to expect of her (like, clearly delineating what her father's role was with respect to the Tamil Tigers)

well, no, Dick Cheney fled the wilds of Wyoming for the air-conditioned nightmare of the Ford White House.

xpost.

incorporating the intense emotions and polarized positions and contradictions of her politics into her songs = complexity.

articulating the "mechanics" of the interplay of the above = nuance

intense discussion of french fries and truffles before happy hour = hungry.

staying on topic, would like to co-sign the recommendation for Cooks Illustrated oven fries

was lookin at that recipe looks good. is there an optimal potato type for that? i dont know much about potatoes :(

fingerling I would think

i usually use russet potatoes i think

title should have been

/\ D /\/\ /\ Y /\

also: this thread

the cover is so awesome, the way her web junk + self portrait think has come up to date the /\/\ /\ y /\ button is pretty great

ADMAYA?

You know what would be fun? If everyone here stated their opinion on the (now concluded?) Sri Lankan civil war. Pro Tamil or pro Sri Lankan government. Just for kicks/info.

x-post Just good ol' Idaho potatoes, not fingerling. Delicious. And Moodles, if you want to hit Hot Doug's for duck fat fries, you have to hit it on the weekend, which means waiting in line for an hour. Fast line, and great food, and Doug is awesome, but their regular fries are awesome any ol' day.

I think dozens upon dozens of countries have experienced some major point of violent political upheaval, if not outright civil war. But in the end, someone always has to win, and they're only "the good guys" if you're on the winning side. And not always that. But intentionally targeting civilians is never excusable.

To be honest, it's not MIA's wealth or fame that bugs me or anything when she blabbers. It's that someone so aware of the world and its problems can be so blatantly not self-aware, esp. as pertains to violence/terrorism. She can not care and be all punk rock about it, but then, like, do something punk rock. Do something radical. Do something that's not just about publicity or personal gain. It's just annoying, because the implication is that she herself is somehow above the argument even while she wallows right smack dab in the middle of it. Or, as I suggested above, maybe she's even more cynical than I thought.

Madonna was smart to pretend the world was never about anything other than herself. But clearly MIA is still searching for her place/identity, and right now that identity is recent college grad, arrogant but oddly insecure, who doesn't have the balls to put her money where her mouth is. Because money/fame = security/"independence", and the world is a scary place without those things.

opened the times magazine today ready for a inflammatory read but IMO the article was repetitious and ultimately boring - couldn't finish it.