Monday Musings: 5/20/24
Gm, chat. You guys made it crystal you wanted more blogging, so we figured why not start a new column of musings that's basically a throwback to the Fuck With/Not Fuck With days of yore. Monday Musings is all about recs, anti-recs, thoughts, insights, jokes and really, well, just anything tickling our respective pickles, big and small (the musings not our pickles), that's maybe not jawnz related since we do contain multitudes after all. Everyone on the same page? Tight. Let's get into it.
Neil Young & Pearl Jam - "Rockin' in The Free World (MTV Awards, 1993)"
"Saw Neil Young perform last week, and while big unc can still rip at age 78, this 1993 live performance with Pearl Jam is an all-timer. What other song about abortion rocks this hard?" - Jimmy
T.Rex - "Mambo Sun"
"There's been a lot of pod real estate devoted to this year's song of the summer, but what about songs of the summer aka those eternal bangers and slappers that are always good to that last drop no matter what year of our lord we're just tryna make it through? One of those for me is the opening track from T.Rex's equally iconic and underrated 1971 classic Electric Warrior (if you rock with this definitely crush the whole album). This past Friday night it even passed The Chuck Test™, which just means that Chuck and I were vibing to this fried out groove in the back of an Uber." - Larry
The Godfather Part II
"Rewatched this masterpiece over a few nights. What a picture! If my brother had a hairline like Fredo, I'd kill him too." - J
Unfrosted
"No movie this year has left me absolutely speechless like Unfrosted. It's flabbergastingly horrendous and that's coming from a guy who's watched both Madame Web and Drive-Away Dolls. It must be seen to be believed and since it's free to stream on Netflix, I'm really curious to know if anyone else has the wherewithal to finish this absolute piece of shit and truly waste an hour and a half of their life. When the dust finally settles, it may very well emerge as the greatest piece of Free Palestine art ever created." - L
Crispy Smashed Potatoes with a Chimichurri Sauce
"Sometimes you get so caught up in the hot seasonal vegetable of the moment that you can forget the humble potato and how they're basically a blank canvas for whatever flavors you want. Smothered in this Jimmychurri sauce (ew), this is a perfect side dish or snack. Seems like it could be healthy too.
Potatoes
-Boil however many potatoes you want to eat for like 12 minutes or until you can pierce them with a fork
-Smash them hoes on a baking tray with the pot you just boiled them in
-Season and oil, and throw them in an oven for 10 mins at 400 degreez like Juvenile
-Flip them and roast for another 10 mins or until they get some crispy bits. Throw some onions in there at this point if you want
-Smother them in some Jimmychurri sauce
Jimmychurri sauce
-Finely mince up a big handful of parsley
-Grate in a clove of garlic
-Throw in some red pepper flakes and a hefty pinch of flaky salt
-Add a splooge of red wine vinegar and a few glugs of olive oil
I didn't have any lemon so I squeezed a clementine wedge in there for citrus and it was pretty fire." - J
Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
"If you've been diagnosed with terminal Furiosa fever like me why not hit a double featch of crushing Fury Road and then reading Kyle Buchanan's wild oral history of just how the fuck George Miller and crew made one of the greatest action films of all time before the prequel hits theaters next week. My copy is already in the mail in preparation for Wrightsville Beach if anyone wants to start a Memorial Day weekend book club. To get a little taste of guzzoline here's Vanity Fair's high-octane excerpt all about Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy's blood feud." - L
Gunna (feat. Young Thug & Lil Baby) - Oh Okay
"The dumbass Drake Kendrick beef briefly took the spotlight off the biggest actual bullshit in hip-hop: the Jeffery Lamar Williams' trial. A clip was going around last week of him and his lawyer bopping to 'Halftime' in the courtroom, which prompted me to fire up some YSL playlists. That in turn re-surfaced this fuckin BANGER of a chune that I've had on repeat for 72+ hours." - J
Stand Up Solutions - Connor O'Malley
"The first hour-long special from one of comedy's brightest rising starts is finally here and it lives up to the hype. I don't want to ruin a single bit because I really want everyone here to tap in and run the numbies up. HIS BRAIN!" - L
Connor O'Malley Vine Compilation: The Transformation
"Gonna crack open the Connor O'Malley special on the aforementioned musing of my co-reccer, but before doing so it's always worth rewatching the comedy genius' compilation of vines that document a descent into madness within the money-soaked confines of a city built by and for billionaires on the broken backs of the downtrodden." - J
"The Diminishing Returns of Having Good Taste" by W. David Marx
"At the time of publication we have yet to record tomorrow’s Boyz Only pod where this week's upcoming guest will get their own dedicated tease, but let's just say our boy W. David Marx was in town from his adopted homeland of Japan and he has a brand spanking new galaxy brain article in The Atlantic, which I have conveniently un-paywalled for you here in case anybody wanted to bang out some homework." - L