Music for Space Cowboys
Taking a break from food right now on account of a number of things that are keeping me from my kitchen. (Darned! I’ll say it again: darned!) But, then again, music is also a sybaritic diversion.
My iTunes player is stuffed to the gills with practically everything from pop-classical to urban rock to anime soundtracks. Of late, my tunes of choice have been from the iconic anime series Cowboy Bebop: the bluesy, folksy rhythms of Japanese composer femme Yoko Kanno, the Seatbelts, and a host of other singers who can do everything from banjo-busting country-and-western to tres Francais chansons. The music suits the wacky-noir tale of a raggle-tag band of space bounty hunters rather well. Definitely not anime music for kids.
Personal faves now are the blues-flavored Ask DNA (album cover shown above left) and the playful Cats on Mars. With these, I think I can hang on till I can get back to cooking. ^_^
Till then, see y’all later, space cowboys.
**SybDive’s What the Effin’ Heck?!? Alert of the Week** These, watashi no tomodachitachi, are black vinegar candies (su no kuro-ame) from the Japanese confectionary firm Meisan. Whilst I have no qualms against sour candies (sour gummies are, as a matter of fact, a real delight), I draw the line at anything that will smack my tongue with the sharpness of balsamic vinegar. Balsamic vinegar on salads (and just about everything else) = good. Balsamic vinegar in a jawbreaker = gods on high, what were you thinking?!?
