ASK STEVE SHASTA ANYTHING SERIOUSLY DUDES

Who is your favorite actor?

-Adam in B-Town

Does your music sound like Fennesz or Casiotone? Or is it much more than that?

Just wondering,
Your friend through beef,

Adam

When was the last time you listened to OF THICK TUM?

Anonymous

for your sake dean:
just pour straight from bottle into a cup (or get yourself a pair of masu from little tokyo).

http://www.kansai.gr.jp/culture/water/food/img/fd_05_b.jpg

-Adam in B-Town

Hi Adam,

My favorite actor is Tony Leung at the moment.

Dear Gygax,

Does your music sound like Fennesz or Casiotone? Or is it much more than that?

Just wondering,
Your friend through beef,

Adam

Hi Adam,

My music may reference both Fennesz and C4TPA but not in (what I believe is) an obvious manner. I can't really describe it very well. I don't think it's as good as either as those for one.

Dear Gygax,

When was the last time you listened to OF THICK TUM?

According to my media software, I've listened to Yakboy-Nurturer and Wings Spred Wide I Thot "Ignition" off that record within the last 2 months.

Thanks.

Both bands started off in their own quirky/uncommercial manner but broke through to more pleasing sounding material. But whereas Pavement's best work was long behind them when they broke up, the Boredoms broke up at the pinnacle of the band's arc. I'd have to say advantage: Boredoms.

[note: most of my favorite bands broke up at the height of their creative peak: Drive Like Jehu, My Bloody Valentine, Slint, Lisa Lisa And The Cult Jam, etc.]

Did you get good grades in math class? When I went to a high-school that had grades, I got Cs and Ds. Classic.

when are you going to visit New York again?

love,
tokyo rosemary

gygax am i fat?

xoxo,
d.d.b. in brooklyn

One of my buddies from NYC is in town this weekend so probably in October-ish. I think.

DDB,

I love you the way you are, don't ever change.

What is the best food on a stick?

love,
tr

what type of wine cooler do you find the most appetizing?

sincerely,
miss allison kearney

I thought long and hard about this one... the corndog, the shiskabob, the satay... but i'm going to have to stick with "takoyaki", fried and breaded balls of octopus. When I was in Japan last year visiting my best friend, he hunted down the exact takoyaki-ya in Osaka that he had visited some 15 years earlier in his school trip to the ancient capital. needless to say, he navigated those twisted streets from off the train station, peaking around corners, sniffing into the air, and scratching his head before eventually pushing aside the drapery of the exact one from his jr. high school days. and it was delicious!

allison,

i think that the best wine cooler can be made by you, right in your home! take one two shots of dessert wine (try the bonnie doon vin de glacier) and then add a splash of chambord and fill the remainder of your RED wine glass with icecold sprite or seven up. swizzle and consume.

OR if you are feeling more adventurous: 3/4 sparks to 1/4 cactus cooler. this will knock your ass out (in time, mind you).

Love,
John

Our children are beginning to notice that Daddy and Mommy don't sleep together, and I think that's a bad example to set. Worse, our physical relationship has been deteriorating over the years, and I'm sure this is one reason why.

I feel disconnected in our marriage and often think about living alone or finding someone else. Can you give me any advice and hope? --Tracy in Arkansas

You two belong together. Love the one your with. Also, a shout-out to my peeps in West Memphis!

g!

a little late on this one, my apologies!!!

whats the cutest thing you have ever seen?

the dead c in march 2002 in san francisco.

what do you think of biore?

don't puke,
Ally

Should I eat homemade burritos 2nite, or Chef Boyardee ?

thanks,

HungryBrokeMan

I've only been to Frances amongst those, but it's kind of endearing to get a Christmas card from a restaurant.

Kappou Gomi is a local Richmond place serving plausible Kappou. It's cheap but not bad at all. I agree about LA or NY having better stuff generally and I avoided stuff I could easily get elsewhere. The gf's dad and stepmom have spent a lot of time in Japan and they thought it was pretty good, too; perfect for a dinner on a cold Sunday.

Steve do you like Popkoffs? I am addicted to the Vareniki.

http://www.popkoffs-frozenfoods.com/index.htm

Haha, you realize you live extremely close to the majority of the russian bakeries in SF?

That said, I will give these a try. Thanks for the tip.

I know! The one JaXoN rep'd a while ago on 6th and Balboa is amazing! But I can make these at home!

this is probably really stupid, but is there a trick to getting rid of a crease like this in a fly other than just attacking the jeans with an iron? these are regular 501xx.

http://i.min.us/ijRDdm.jpg

is that....your crotch?

lol i'm having the exact same problem with a new pair

yes, xp. obviously i'll take them off before attacking them with an iron.

That is a fly piece that is "gaping". If it really bothers you, take it to a tailor and have them move the top button out a bit to even the tension on the fly piece. For the cost of a needle and thread, you can sew a "tack" (small pleat) on the underside of the fly piece as well but it might take a couple tries to get it right.

dear SS,

yay or nay?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-04sSDXKDqLw/TY_g29ja5qI/AAAAAAAARMU/rjpBrqhgCPM/s1600/81396233.jpg

yours,dayo

i hate you.

:-(

gimmeeeeeeeee

steve shasta,

have you ever been here?

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/IMG_0294.jpg

I asked the LA thread as well, but you generally know the answer to questions like this. Where should I go for good sushi in LA? I'm doing a training thing out by the airport and want a good place to drive out for food.

Okay, so there is this Japanese restaurant that I used to frequent often in the late 00s and Jobs would often be there (but not Woz lol).

Rumor had it he was quite tight with the owners, possibly helping bankroll the place when it opened.

They announced they were closing about 2 weeks ago.

― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, October 7, 2011 10:14 AM (4 days ago)

Follow-up, the head chef has been hired by Apple and will be working at the Cupertino HQ. Crazy, as this place was pretty high-end, a incredibly different universe from the corporate lunch scene.

― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, October 12, 2011 12:55 AM Bookmark

steve is that kaygetsu?

― funk master friendly (moonship journey to baja), Thursday, October 13, 2011 11:22 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

kaygetsu is the f'n bomb, only went there once tho

― funk master friendly (moonship journey to baja), Thursday, October 13, 2011 11:22 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

llAPll
Post: 50
Join Date: Mar 2006

Last year I bought a pair of raw LVC 66501 from Tokyo. When I got home, I hot soaked it for a few hours and then air dried it. I tried them on and they were still a bit loose, so I flipped it inside out and threw it in the washer and put it under hot water wash cycle.

I'm not sure if it's LVC, or the hot wash or something else, but when I finally started wearing it, I noticed that it wasn't "raw" anymore.

Does anyone else ever ran into something like this or could explain why my LVC's are $#*#ed up now?!?

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q686/tinyservants/Screenshot2014-05-22at20231PM_zps505c2eee.png

I miss this dude :(

he was an idiot

My best jeans are uniqlo. But I rarely wash them.

he was a good dude :(

the new uniqlo selvedge jeans are nice but the pockets are made of tissue paper or something. took maybe 3 weeks for my right pocket to become all holes :(

came across steve shasta's last fm page

the last seven songs he listened to, back in 2011, were all jet airliner by the steve miller band http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

And I feel like it's all been done
Somebody's tryin' to make me stay
You know I've got to be movin' on

he was an idiot

― markers, Friday, May 23, 2014 1:51 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fuck u and the horse u jerkd off in

yeah wtf markers

dear steve shasta,

i will be in tokyo for a few days in december. i know will be the NPB off-season, but any tips on things to check out? i plan on visiting the yakult swallows team store, maybe the giants too.

Swallows team store will probably be more central to your lodging/itinerary (unless you're going for academic work?). That said, Giants gear will be ubiquitous in any shopping district whereas Swallows gear is a bit more niche (cf Yankees/Mets).

I have this hat which rules imho:

https://i.imgur.com/9VGtOMw.png

Hey, who was markers and what username do they post as now? What a prick haha... Was it M@tth3w P3rp3tua?

don't think markers posts anymore. he was not P3rp3tua tho

Isn't markers treeship, or am I not remembering that right?

markers real name was Mike and he lived in MA. He def isn't treeship.

Nor was he MP though MP was before my time I think.

I also at one point thought markers and treeship were the same person. I have no recollection of why that was now though

we are both around the same age. at some point, we were both "young" people, especially around here. now not so much.

Although I am blessed with a youthful appearance/temperament, I think... I'm quite a bit older than ya mate lol.

I'm no jaymc.xlsx but I'd like to say you started posting here in college whereas when I was in my college days it was all usenet, mailer-daemons and gopher/FTP protocols.

blessed with a youthful appearance/temperament

i have this too but now i'm going bald :(

feel like treeship was in grad school when he started posting? wanna say creative lit mfa? i think i was in tenth grade

I mean, even in grad school I may have used Mosaic or Cello but Netscape Navigator was still in devs lol.

I started lurking here early on (y2k) when it was all Dexys/B&S threads and had nothing to contribute other than shilling my terrible blog.

I'm old!

STEVE, do you still party bro?!!

I partied with you a couple months ago my short-memoried bro! Pizza party!

xp i meant i was the same age as markers, sorry. was responding to earlier posts.

i thought i was the same age as you, flopson. i was born in 89.

i did go to grad school but my degree is in ed. i would have had more fun doing creative writing.

Steve, were you any music mailing lists and/or usenet in the 90s? Possibly the chugchanga list?

My embarrassing music posts have appeared on Drone-On, Chug(changa)-l, Osaka-Bears, Pavement, Sp0ckM0rgue & KXLU mailing lists. Usenet was alt.music.alternative & alt.music.brianeno for the most part. BBS were various disc.servs, thevelvetrope (lol) and eventually this ilx-verse. Probably forgetting a lot, but it's best for my mental health.

There was also a NZ/Flying Nun mailing list that was incredibly informative as well but I cannot for the life of me recall the name...

Acha. Then it's definitely DroneOn I know you from before ILX

FMBB? I remember lurking there from the real MBB and was scared of that place, lol. Absolutely too cool, informed, and arch for me.

FMBB was mostly nerdy shut-ins with terrible taste in music, eg that's where M@tth3w P3rp3tu@ made his mark selling $30 bootleg CDRs to naive kids before inventing "the first mp3 blog". MBB was great, Gerard was an absolute saint for interacting with so many dorks on the reg.

put on your rose fur coat steve shasta