Category: Entertainment


How To Prepare For The Perfect Road Trip

 

 

” Hitting the road for Memorial Day? PopMech’s Editor-in-Chief gives you the checklist for a classic family vacation—with an assist from modern technology, of course.”

 

Keep Tech in Perspective

” These days it is common to see families barreling down the interstate with each kid wrapped in headphones and lost in a movie or video game. There’s no question that DVD players, game devices, and the like can make long drives easier, but all this distraction comes at a price. When will these kids learn to whine and squabble like my generation did? Seriously, though, think twice before using digital entertainment as a universal kid silencer. Turning on the DVD player every time children get slightly restless is a bit like pacifying them with big, sugary drinks; over time they will demand that any hint of boredom be immediately washed away with a flood of empty-calorie entertainment.”

 

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    A month or so ago we linked to a fabulous 3D sidewalk painting brought to us by Amazing Things . It was a very popular post on a really cool subject . Now we have the pleasure to bring you not one more sample of that type of creative genius , but a whole collection of them from various artists around the world . We hope you enjoy the show .

 

 

Amazing 3D Sidewalk Art

 

 

The 3D street painting 'Crevasse' by artist Edgar Mueller .

The 3D street painting ‘Crevasse’ by artist Edgar Mueller

 

 

 

3D artist Kurt Wenner unveils his latest creation inspired by The Big Lunch.

3D artist Kurt Wenner unveils his latest creation inspired by The Big Lunch.

 

 

       These are two samples , there are thirteen more photos of these exciting creations at the link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The Ultimate Baked Mac and Cheese

 

Ingredients


1/2 lb thick-sliced bacon
Vegetable oil
Kosher salt
2 cups elbow macaroni 
1 1/2 cups milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 ounces Gruyere cheese, grated
6 ounces extra-sharp Cheddar, grated
3 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Pinch nutmeg or allspice 
2 slices sandwich bread, crusts removed
2 tablespoons freshly chopped basil leaves
Tomatoes or sundried tomatoes is optional 

Directions

” Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.Place a baking rack on a sheet pan and arrange the bacon in 1 layer on the baking rack. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the bacon is crisp. Remove the pan carefully from the oven – there will be hot grease in the pan! Transfer the bacon to a plate lined with paper towels and crumble when it is cool enough to handle.

Drizzle oil into a large pot of boiling salted water. Add the macaroni and cook according to the directions on the package, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain well.

Meanwhile, heat the milk in a small saucepan, but don’t boil it. Melt the butter in a medium pot and add the flour. Cook over low heat for 2 minutes, stirring with a whisk. While whisking, add the hot milk and cook for a minute or 2 more, until thickened and smooth. Off the heat, add the Gruyere, Cheddar, blue cheese, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Add the cooked macaroni and crumbled bacon and stir well. Pour into 2 individual size gratin dishes.

Place the bread slices in a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until you have coarse crumbs. Add the basil and pulse to combine. Sprinkle the bread crumb mixture over the top of the pasta. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the sauce is bubbly and the macaroni is browned on the top.”

 

 

I Want Thaaaat (55 Photos)

 

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Another Teaser

 

 

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Baked Chicken Breasts With Parmesan Crust

 

Picture of Baked Chicken Breasts With Parmesan Crust Recipe

 

Ingredients

 

             2 tablespoons dijon mustard

1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves, chopped

Kosher salt

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 8 ounces each)

3/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

3/4 cup panko or dried coarse baguette breadcrumbs

Cooking spray

 

 

Directions

 

 

 

 

 

Rory Gallagher-Etta James-Muddy Waters Live At Montreux

 

 

Milwaukee Bra Ban Overturned

 

 

 

” Holler House Tavern was decorated with hundreds of bras left by female patrons for nearly half a century, until a Milwaukee, Wisc., city inspector decided that the sartorial decor constituted a fire hazard.

The city agreed to overturn the bra ban, which means Skowronski will get to re-hang the bras that hundreds of women have left there over the years.”

 

 

 

 

E V E R Y T H I N G

 

“Amazing Sunset Wave in Hawaii.”

Clark Little Photography

Via : Amazing Things in the World

 

 

Duane Allman: The Complete 1981 Dickey Betts Interview

 

 

 

 

” In all, the original Allman Brothers Band lineup appeared together on The Allman Brothers BandIdlewild SouthThe Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East, and portions of Eat a Peach, released after Duane’s death in a 1971 motorcycle accident.

My conversation with Dickey Betts took place on July 16, 1981. Dickey understood that this interview was in honor of the 10th anniversary of Duane’s passing, and he told me he was happy to focus totally on Duane. I admired him then — and still do today — for doing it. Later on, I did do an in-depth interview with Dickey about his own playing.”

 

A teaser :

 

Would you describe how he played slide?

Duane played slide guitar more like a harmonica than he did a guitar. Like we were talking about him listening to Elmore James, he also listened to all the harp players – Sonny Boy Williamson and all that. He really played a lot of harmonica licks on slide guitar. He used glass, a Coricidon bottle. That’s before you could buy ’em in music stores – you can buy ’em in music stores now. And he wore it in his ring finger, which is so unorthodox. Most people who play slide either wear it on their middle finger or their little finger, so you can fret the guitar. But that was the way he wanted to do it, you know. He wore the slide on his ring finger, and he didn’t use a pick. He’d use just the thumb and the first and second finger, kind of a fingerpicking style, which is the same style I’ve adopted on slide guitar. As I say, he influenced my electric slide immensely.

 

 

 

 

 

Louis Jordan R&B Pioneer, From Reet Petite & Gone! part 1

 

Amos Milburn, Joe Turner & Cab Calloway / R&B Revue

 

” Outstanding performances abound in this musical variety show filmed at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre, New York City in 1954. We highlight different shades of the blues in this clip with Amos Milburn doing Bad Bad Whiskey, Big Joe Turner with a great version of Shake Rattle & Roll and Cab Calloway surprising everyone with a version of Minnie the Moocher
You can download the entire movie at the link below. Or watch the individual performances here at MindsiMedia.
http://www.archive.org/details/rhythm…

 

Big Joe Turner – Oh Well, Oh Well.mpg

 

The American Folk-Blues Festival 
The British Tours

Big Joe Turner (1966)
-Oh Well, Oh Well
(Joe Turner)

Big Joe Turner : Vocal
Little Brother Montgomery : Piano
Otis Rush : Guitar
Jack Myers : Bass
Fred Below : Drums

Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Sting & Phil Collins- Money for Nothing

(Live Montserrat)

Elmore James – TV Mama (with Big Joe Turner)

 

” Big Joe Turner sings and Elmore James plays guitar on this novelty song credited as written by Joe’s wife, Lou Willie Turner. Cut in Chicago, October 1953.”

Recipe Of The Day

Paula Deen’s Simply Delicious Strawberry Cake

 

 

 

 

Ingredients

 

1 (18.25-ounce) box white cake mix
1 (3-ounce) box strawberry-flavored instant gelatin
1 (15-ounce) package frozen strawberries in syrup, thawed and pureed
4 large eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
Strawberry cream cheese frosting, recipe follows
Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (10-ounce) package frozen strawberries in syrup, thawed and pureed
1/2 teaspoon strawberry extract
7 cups confectioners’ sugar
Freshly sliced strawberries, for garnish, optional

 

 

Directions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rick Estrin & The Nightcats @ Moulin Blues Ospel 2010 “Don’t Do It”

NRBQ- “Get Rhythm”

 

 

Tom Hambridge – Upside of Lonely

 

 

 

 

Gary Moore - The Stumble

 

” Gary Moore playing The Stumble at Montreux live in 1990

All Copyrights Are to Eagle Vision and The Montreux Live Jazz Festival”

Gary Moore - Red House (The Strat Pack Live in Concert 2004)

Wembley Arena – a September 24, 2004, concert marking the 50th Anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster guitar. 
Pino Palladino: Bass guitar; Ian Thomas: Drums & percussion.

Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 — 6 Feb. 2011), was a Northern Irish musician, blues singer and guitarist.

In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore played with artists including Phil Lynott and Brian Downey during his teens, leading him to memberships with the Irish bands Skid Row and Thin Lizzy on three separate occasions. Moore shared the stage with such blues and rock luminaries as B.B. King, Albert King, Colosseum II, George Harrison and Greg Lake, as well as having a successful solo career. He guested on a number of albums recorded by high profile musicians, including a cameo appearance playing the lead guitar solo on “She’s My Baby” from Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3.

Moore died in his sleep of a heart attack[2] in his hotel room while on holiday in Estepona, Spain, in February 2011.
RIP

“Red House” is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and originally recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1966. The song, a slow twelve-bar blues, “is one of the most traditional in sound and form of all his official recordings”. It was developed during his pre-Experience days while Hendrix was performing in Greenwich Village and was inspired by earlier blues songs. Hendrix recorded several studio and live versions during his career. “

peter green’s fleetwood mac - Albatross

 

Oven-Fried Chicken

 

Ingredients

1/2 sleeve (about 20) whole-grain salted crackers, pulsed in a food processor until fine (about 1/2 cup)
2 1/2 cups corn cereal flakes, pulsed in a food processor to fine crumbs (about 1/2 cup)
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 egg whites
1 cup lowfat, plain yogurt
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
Olive oil cooking spray
4 medium sized skinless chicken breasts and 4 skinless chicken thighs, rinsed and patted dry (about 3 1/2 pounds chicken)

Directions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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