Ask Alfred Soto

first track on the new one is kind of "blues traveler-y" but i cant really think of anything else that sounds like blues traveler at all

Alfred, are you down w/ metal? any new stuff?

do you like dubstep, funky house, related sub-genres?

these are the things i wonder.

I like to say I'm a dilettante with genres but devoted to artists. I'm still trying to understand chillwave and dubstep. I'll always pledge allegiance to house, even when a couple of recent high profile attempts at house have left me cold (e.g. Kelis).

That descrip sounds awesome, but I listened to a few minutes of it and my gf said it sounded like Blues Traveler.

^ New board description?

lol

OK, max, I am listening to F&tL again, and am liking it now! Also: I really like the track he produced for Drake.

yeah, though the drake rap sucks

poor drake

http://i40.tinypic.com/2s78ikz.jpg

btw

I like rap but don't always care about rapping.

OK, "Tap the Phone" is a little DMB-ish.

Sometimes I wonder if I might not like DMB if I just sat down and listened to some of it instead of being all kneejerk.

there are some decent DMB songs for sure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnXeZclbO68

always liked this song from when i first heard it back when i was around eleven

I mean ... I liked "What Would You Say" when it first came out in '95.

I will not allow DMB to taint this thread.

Alfred, if you had to be reincarnated as either Dave Matthews or the guy from Owl City, which option would you choose?

(i predict he says "death")

Dave Matthews was dorky-cute in the "What Would You Say" era, but he probably tastes of Mountain Dew and falafel.

do you have his number?

Dave Matthews was dorky-cute in the "What Would You Say" era, but he probably tastes of Mountain Dew and falafel.

nobody's asking you to eat him

what would you say?

alfred, i think i remember a mojito thread where you scold the concept of simple syrup in a mojito. do u have a favored mojito recipe? if so could you describe?

yr friend,

cad

Use two teaspoons of sugar in a tall thin glass, three or four mint sprigs, and two shots of rum. Crush the sugar and mint into the rum until there's barely anything left of them (use a spoon or thin garlic press). Then pour your choice of club soda into the glass. Garnish with more mint sprigs.

the most important thing about the mojito is to take your time crushing the ingredients.

ok, some detailed q's:

1) ice - before or after club soda?

2) when to stir?

3) favored rum brand?

1) Before. It's also important to keep stirring the cocktail while drinking it.
2) Bacardi is the best. The others are too strong.

A good mojito will take two to three minutes to prepare. My dad, the mojito fuckin' master, will walk around talking to people as he's crushing the ingredients.

whoa--did we never talk about lime juice?

Only reviving to say I'm ready to discard my mojito recipe.

And replace it with...?

go gimlet or go home imo

^^ real talk

Alfred, I had a dream about you last night in which you were using the TV show Roseanne as a sort of critical shorthand for sober didacticism. Which I'm not sure makes much sense, but it wasn't too far removed from how Frank Kogan uses PBS, for instance. Also the dream was almost undoubtedly triggered by the thread Girls To The Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on the TV show Roseanne?

I halfheartedly watched the first two years.

Who writes your dreams?

Alfred, name me a power-pop album as good as Elastica's first.

Don't know about characterizing it as such, but Imperial Teen's Seasick is one of my favorite pop-punk records; in fact they've never made a bad one.

a bartender actually served me a vodka coke -- god.

was it because today's your... ?

A drink mix-up. But I do wonder if there are any disgusting savages who drink this concoction.

yo.

http://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/2009/3/12/128813973389848754.jpg

there needs to be a "john justen and fluffy bear will drink it"-style thread where people name strange alcoholic beverages and strongo confirms that, yes, he has already drunken it at some point in the past

i mean vodka and coke isn't exactly on the level of pureed goat meat and tequila or whatever but i can't understand why it isn't the discerning man's tipple of choice.

should be i "*can* understand why..." clearly i had too many goat-a-ritas last night.

http://www.tumyeto.com/images/uploaded/___vodka-coke_opt.jpg

Andrew WK's smallest gig yet.

are you giving out more A's in your classes too???

Big college-administered grammar test next Wednesday. They're doing well distinguishing intransitive from transitive verbs!

lol

glad you're impacting them positively