Archie Kobain

Really?  You guys miss me that much?
I’m touched.  Even tingly.  Hmm…  Maybe you shouldn’t touch me there.

Cry at night. No one in sight.
And we got so much to share
Talking’s fine. If you got the time.
But I ain’t got the time to spare…

Seriously.  I had one text message complaint about my bi-weekly installments and several emails from unhappy readers.  You people are in obvious need of a psychiatric evaluation.

Well, I hope I can post a blog entry today.  I’m a little tired . It’s Black Friday after all and I’ve been camping out in front of Target since Gray Wednesday, which was some time back around Easter.  But this is going to pay off big for me.  I’m going to get me a Lalaloopsy for at least $10 off the regular price.

Hmmm..  What else is going on?  Oh, oh!  I remember.
Just the other day, I was wandering out in the hill of West Palm Beach and I came across…

I thought it was appropriate that they were marching, protesting, and taking turns at the megaphone, while camped out in front of these multi-million dollar yachts.

All in all, similar to the folks on Wall Street, they were a nice bunch.  But these guys claim that West Palm Beach Mayor, Jerri Muoio, gave them a nice plot of land and told them to stay as long as they’d like.  I knew she was a hippie at heart. 

Of course, we’re in the Palm Beach. 
So, not far from the protestors, there were belly dancers…

And baked goods…

Does that remind anyone of Todos Santos?
That is, other than the larger selection here in Palm Beach.

Americans Elect
OK, so…  I’m not sure if this has a snowball’s chance in hell, but I like it.
Oooo.  That was so Facebook.  Archie Likes American’s Elect.

From their website:

The goal of Americans Elect is to nominate a presidential ticket that answers directly to voters—not the political system.

American voters are tired of politics as usual. They want leaders that will put their country before their party, and American interests before special interests. Leaders who will work together to develop fresh solutions to the serious challenges facing our country. We believe a secure, online nominating process will prove that America is ready for a competitive, nonpartisan ticket.

I think that should say, “we believe that our secure, online nominating process will demonstrate that America is ready for a competitive, nonpartisan ticket.”

I only made a few subtle changes – but I agree with my version.

Anyway, you should go to their website and check it – check it out.
(Yes.  I know it says “check it” twice.)   Start here…
http://www.americanselect.org/about

I know what you’re thinking…

I’ll take my chance ’cause luck is on my side
I’ll tell you something, I know what you’re thinking
I’ll tell you something, I know what you’re thinking

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It’s the holidays.  Let’s give politics a rest.  The politicians are barely working, why should we?  Fine.  Let’s talk about something else.  Let’s talk about wine.

I recently discovered an awesome California Cabernet:  Rock.Face
Uh, yes…  The period belongs there.  Not sure why – but it’s on the wine bottle, it’s on the winery’s website so, let’s call them Rock.Face (with the period).

I was quite surprised by this North Coast vino.  It had been a while since I’d had a Cab that I really liked.  Excluding my cab ride in Port Jefferson (NY)  …but that’s a different story.

As it turns out, these guys are taking juice from three different vineyard sites in Napa and Sonoma to blend “the face”.  The formula ends up as 86% Cabernet, 8% Merlot, 5% Cab Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. 

Note:  Contains 0% ethanol.  Your results may vary.

So, are they lying bastards for calling it a cabernet?  I don’t think so.  Almost every winery get a little creative freedom to blend their wines these days.  Actually, most of them have always done this…  And at 86% Cabernet, I say it’s a Cabernet…  And a damn good one.

I’d recommend buying three bottles of the 2007.  Put two of them away in a cool place.  Open the third up right away, let it breathe a little and take a taste.  Now imagine how good those other bottles will be about a year from now. Yep.  I think it’s still about a year away from being perfect.  Oh and, by the way, whenever I decide to save a wine, I always store two bottles or more.  I’d hate to wait a whole year or more for wine and then find out that my ONE bottle went bad for some reason.  I need backup.

Musica, Maestro
OK, now that you have a little tinto…
Let’s get to today’s musical guest:  YΔCHT

If you try and do a little research on Yacht, you’ll see them described as a modern day Electeronica project and I’ll agree that some of their music is purely in that genre but I will argue that they are much more than that.  I think they are more like time travelers.  I think they are New Wave Pirates born 200 years too late.  Oh, wait…  That’s 30 years too late.  But I don’t say that as a bad thing.  This is a good thing.

For those of you who know me, you know how I love my 80s music.  I think if the members of Yacht would have been around 30 years ago, today we’d be looking forward to seeing them again instead of OMD or Duran Duran.  Instead, they are here today and are leveraging today’s sound to produce some pretty cool stuff.  After all synth music just isn’t cool anymore… but I’m hoping for a comeback.

So, technically, we’re going to listen to two songs (in one video).
If you’re not totally loving the first song, stay tuned.  The second song starts about 3 minutes into the video.  I think you’ll really like the second song, and you know… the first song tends to grow on you.  I’m loving it.  Plus, there are random hot chicks scattered throughout the video…

So check out their look, check our the hairstyles, watch the video, and then…  I dare you to argue with me that these aren’t time travelers, doing the best they can here in 2011.

Here’s YΔCHT with Utopia and Dystopia (The Earth is on Fire)

We don’t got no daughter.
Let the motherf#*%r burn.

Great.  Now I have “explicit lyrics” stuck in my head.
Good thing I have plenty of Rock.Face.

And speaking of the 80s – or – maybe this is just more proof that these guys are time travelers but…  Is it just me or does Claire Evans look a lot like Anthony Michael Hall in The Breakfast Club?

Well, that’s about all I can do for today.  I hope everyone had the happiest of Thanksgivings.  I’m pretty sure I need a nap.  After all, we’ve converted a day of giving thanks and turned it into a day of over-eating.  So now, when I hear “Black Friday”, I’m thinking that it’ll be more like Blacked Out Friday, as I plan on having my eye shades on as much as possible.

As far as giving thanks…  I gave a lot of thanks back in 2001, 2004 & 2005.  Hopefully it worked like a “thanks retirement fund”.  I should have enough to last a lifetime.  I wonder how those investments are doing?

Uh, oh…  I’d better get to that nap before I start talking about lifetimes and expiration dates.

I am so out of here.
See you in the next life, wake me up for meals.

Love yas

– Arch