Cilantro Rhapsodies

Here are a few links to songs from recent archives that deserve your attention:

From Ken's show:
Dynastie Crisis' "Faust 72"

From Charlie's show:
The Ex's "Huriyet"

From Scott's show:
The Animals' "Paint it Black"

From my show:
DJ/Rupture's "Little More Oil"

Now that you've got a soundtrack, let me express my extreme frustration with the lack of decent Mexican food in New York City. Am I the only one who has noticed this and is regularly bothered by it? It's not like I routinely crave it... I like to think of myself as a man with a varied palate who can appreciate a good tuna fois gras (pictured left) as much as a cilantro-laiden Mexican speciality.    I know, I know... the problem is that there's not as many Mexicans in New York as there are in cities like L.A. or San Francisco, but after 15 years on the prowl, I've come up with exactly ONE good local Mexican restaurant -- the lamely named Taco Grill ,  on 9th Avenue across the street from Bellevue Bar, which has been the scene of much off-mic FMU DJ debauchery in recent years. (I can't even begin to describe with words what I saw Scott Williams do there once, but I can do a good visual impression of it, so ask me to do it at the next Record Fair -- It involves a cigarette, a zipper, and a birthday hat.)

Anyway, Taco Grill has all the great features missing from the garden variety Tex-Mex chains that dot our shores here in NYC. Which is to say, they have a foosball table in the back, they serve Negra Modelo, and the menu offers burritos that are the size of a child's leg. Hang around long enough and one of the tough old-timers at the bar will challenge you and your dainty hipster pal to a game of foosball, and they won't necessarily be nice about it. But you'll have a great time and be back for more.

This concludes my test of dropping pictures into alternate sides of the blog template and embedding droplinks to RealAudio archives within text.

Comments

[MHR]

yo mike, you want decent mexican comida, head down to the distrito federal. we'll get you some pozole, tacos al pastor, even that menudo stuff, if you want it.

i'm here til may.

[listener jon]

Mike, next time you come to SF, email me and I'll take you to all my favorite mexican places. And not just mexican, salvadorian too, for pupusas.

[Justin F.]

There's no reason to even leave Jersey City for good Mexican. Have you tried La Gloria de Mexico in the Heights, at Palisade and Congress?

[Golf player]

Mike, a year ago I was in a Mexican restaurant on Golden Sands sea resort, Bulgaria. Good Mexican food, nice place and two funny bulgarian guys with guitars singing mexican songs all night long. Very good impression.