Ask Alfred Soto

The Shins are, er, ok, I guess.

But seriously, the McLennan and Forster write incredible lyrics.

http://stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2510

What instrumental acts or albums do you like? You can include classical or jazz, but I'm mostly wondering if there's any instrumental rock/electronic music that appeals to you.

Cheers,

jaymc

Since you're asking, jaymc, at home I've got Miles Davis' Live-Evil on the carousel. Instrumental stuff I like that's not jazz: Reich, Eno, Hassell, not much else that's not vaguely trance-y.

go-betweens stuff to look out for: acoustic 16 lovers lane demos and acoustic munich radio show.

CLAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSIC!

just played "R[E]SCREEN" in scrabble for a bingo, thanking u.

Alfred, I'm sorry for judging you so harshly. Perhaps you didn't notice.

Anyway, you're fine by me now. Also, I like Miami. I have cousins there.

miami is awesome.

Alfred's a good dude

It's raining buckets at the moment. I'm listening to Funkadelic's "I'll Stay" and am thinking of cooking a couple of pork chops. I cringe when I remember I have federal jury duty tomorrow.

just say "they're all guilty," and you'll walk out of jury duty -- without being selected -- in just a few short hours.

actually, federal jury duty is interesting. federal district court judges are whipsmart. it's interesting to watch them judge cases.

lol Daniel

I could of course refuse to give my address except "in chambers" -- a line Mom used last year when she was getting screened to serve on a federal murder trial. She was excused.

"being distracted by pressing work commitments" also works well.

Racial slurs help too ("Sorry, counsel, but he's black so he probably did it").

sing all yr answers instead of speaking them and would at least slightly increase the chances of yr procuring a record deal before sunset tomorrow

*that would

oh, markers -- I finally deleted The Suburbs from my hard drive. My computers will dream of electric sleep more soundly.

re jury duty: just crack open a bottle of banyuls rimage les clos de paulilles dessert wine tonight, then wing it tomorrow.

Well, "no jury duty selection at this time," according to the hotline. Now I can relax.

Someone ask me a question. I got a nice tanline today!

justin bieber is terrible and his popularlity is the result of him being forced on the public, right?

did you mean George W. Bush?

him too.

RIP The Suburbs

i'm actually surprised you weren't looking forward to federal jury duty even a little, al. i've also wondered if pretending to be racist or something would work - what if they found out you did it on purpose?

i dunno how they could, racists aren't registered in any database

yeah obv but i would probably give myself away somehow

i doubt anybody seriously tries it IRL because of similar fears. just gotta keep it consistent. if you say you hate all Mexicans because a mexican killed your family, you better kill your family in case they check up on u

don't know you at all alfred, but definitely enjoy your presence here. hope it's a great day for you. i will drink an effervescent nonalcoholic beverage in your honor. cheers.

happy birthday, may the cocktails be adundant

don't know you at all alfred, but definitely enjoy your presence here. hope it's a great day for you. i will drink an effervescent nonalcoholic beverage in your honor. cheers.

― the beginning of the end of discourse. (Austin), v

More importantly: listen to an effervescent Everything But the Girl album from 1990. Thanks!

Happy Birthday Alfred - just one question, cocktail-related: a couple of years ago you were touting the aperitif Italicus, which comes in a beautiful aquamarine bottle; do you still use it on a regular basis, or are you over it? If the latter, have you discovered any other aperitifs since then?

I do, yeah. Tonight. I use it in martinis and Negronis.

and thanks!

How much of it goes into a martini?

Cheers and happy birthday to you good sir!

I moisten the glass at most, Josefa.

You know that great, great Polish actor, Joseph Tura?

Happy birthday! I enjoy your writing/Twitter posts!

Happy birthday Alfred!

alfred, how many negronis today. let's hear it. i'm near the end of my bottle of wine, a pinot noir, which i drank in your honor. in your honor!

I, I'm a one way motorway
I'm the one that drives away, follows you back home
I, I'm a street light shining
I'm a white light blinding bright, burning off and on
Uh-huh

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

I, I'm a new day rising
I'm a brand new sky to hang the stars upon tonight
But I, I'm a little divided
Do I stay or run away and leave it all behind?
Uh-huh

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again
It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/foofighters/timeslikethese.html

i really love these lines, especially:

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again

happy muthafuckin birrrrrrrrrthday, Soto!

alfred, how many negronis today. let's hear it.

happy bday Alfred

My top number of negronis is two.

Happy bday alfred!

I had one at my favorite Argentine restaurant -- on the house! These people never do those gestures.

I only have one Negroni. Two and I start ogling women.

happy birfday!

Belated birthday wishes!

Besos for everyone!

so you're a scorpio

Magnetic and bottomless charming

:)

your birthday is the same as my folks anniversary and 4 days after mine. Scorpio pals!

thanks!

A well-known negroni connoisseur put it like this:
“Confine your drinking to a recommended dosage of 2 of these maximum. Because around number 3, it’s where did my pants go and who the hell are you.”-Glenn Frey

well, yeah

Tequila isn't bad.

Hey Alfred if I was visiting you and you offered me a negroni and I told you I didn’t drink alcohol, what would you make me instead?

I've had more than a few mocktails, so I'd improvise something.

Not Alfred but I really like the Ritual gin alternative. Prefer it to Seedlip and Monday.

Some recipes recommend Ghia as a Campari alternative but I haven't tried it.

answer: he would make you leave

jk jk

I've hung out with fgti and I would never walk out on him

We had negronis iirc

<3

We had negronis iirc

― meaner stinks meat bake it cone (flamboyant goon tie included),

ten years ago!

a simpler time

happy birthday alfred. party's in full swing:

https://i.imgur.com/3K2gF7s.jpeg

charlie has overnegronied

I like men who dress like Negronis.

Having a white Negroni right now, I’ll toast yr birthday.

Wow, I didn't know Charlie had grown out the stubble, which I guess is no surprise given his condition at the time.

Happy birthday Alfred, hope it's a great one!

Just came across this old reference that made me smile:

i pulled this thread up cuz i'm spending tonight in self loathing mode and listening t oPet Sounds and Smiley Smile era Beach Boys (just saw Mike Love and the band he calls the Beach Boys live a few weeks ago and they were pretty awesome)....

and this thread is clearly the biggest challopser I've ever read. Pet Sounds might be 'overrated' to some degree but there's little doubt in my mind that it's filled with fantastic songs. Hell, the first four tracks are pretty much flawless!

― Phoenix in Flight (Cattle Grind), Friday, April 9, 2010 11:59 PM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

basically old-ILM was just a bunch of trolls who hated to get trolled and eventually got older, fatter, grayer in their safe haven corner of the blogosphere.

― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:08 AM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

so presumably there's a thread from 2003 proclaiming Coda to be Led Zeppelin's best album.....

― Phoenix in Flight (Cattle Grind), Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:14 AM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

hmm when did Lord Soto Challops show up on ILM?

― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:24 AM (thirteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Love ya, Alfred. Keep us on our toes.

Ha! I'm part of Ye Olde ILM, eh?

I think it was more the early recognition of your love for an imperial artist's late career album.

No, it's about Alfred being really old.

I wasn't around when those acts released many of those albums, hence my (what I thought) fresh approach.