2010

F4tF: Pontarlier, Epicenter of Absinthe PT1

Jon Hochstat January 29, 2010 6 Comments

This past May I went to Paris. It was my first time returning to the City of Lights since having lived there all of 1992 when I was part of the opening management team for Disneyland Paris. In the coming weeks, I plan on putting together a few postings about my food experiences from the trip.

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The highlight of the Paris trip, though, was the day I took the TGV from the Gare du Nord in Paris to Pontarlier, which is near the Swiss border for a tour of a working absinthe distillery there.

Staring at the departure board in the Gare du Nord, looking for what platform my train was on. It was #17, all the way on the other side of the station

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3 1/2 hours later, we were in Pontarlier.

READ ON for more of Jon’s trip to the Epicenter of Absinthe…

Video: Local Natives – Airplanes

Jeffrey Greenblatt January 29, 2010 1 Comment

Keeping in the spirit of Scotty’s post yesterday, former Blips act Local Natives, whose debut album Gorilla Manor will get its stateside release via French Kiss on February 16, have

Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend

Scott Bernstein January 29, 2010 2 Comments

We weren’t racing to set our DVRs for Michael Buble’s stint as the musical guest on this week’s Saturday Night Live until we read Brooklyn Vegan’s post advising us that

John Brown’s Body & Toubab Krewe Co-Headlining Tour

January 29, 2010 No Comments

On March 11th, progressive reggae band John Brown’s Body and West African-influenced quintet Toubab Krewe kick off a 13-city co-headlining U.S. tour. The tour begins in Brooklyn, NY, and ends in Solana Beach,

Drive By Truckers 2010 Big To Do Tour Dates

January 29, 2010 No Comments

Drive-By Truckers have announced new headlining dates in support of the band’s forthcoming studio album, "The Big To Do." The tour, which kicked off with three hometown shows last week

Cage The Elephant Roaring To Headlining Status

January 29, 2010 No Comments

Cage The Elephant is back in the U.S. for a Spring headlining tour, beginning February 15, 2010 in Augusta, GA. After a busy 2009, the band is riding the momentum

Surfer Blood Extend Roadwork

January 29, 2010 No Comments

Surfer Blood have announced an addition of dates to their US tour beginning in February to support their critically acclaimed debut record, Astro Coast. SURFER BLOOD TOUR DATES 02-03 London

Neko Case Joins Jakob Dylan On Women and Country

January 29, 2010 No Comments

Jakob Dylan will release his sophomore solo album, Women and Country, on Columbia Records on April 6th, 2010. Soulful yet striking and ripe with sublime beauty, Women and Country is

Spoon: Transference

Shane Handler January 29, 2010 No Comments

Transference remains a grower with its brooding underbelly, but once you get it, you’re thankful for the not-so obvious pop nods. The one catchy exception is “Written In Reverse,” where the ker-plunky piano and crashing drums make for another silent classic. With Transference Spoon is further cementing their status as cult survivor rather than a pop/blog flash in the pan, thanks to their intense consistency and only selling out to their fan-base, not the mainstream.

Volume 35: Bob Dylan

Jason Gonulsen January 29, 2010 No Comments

I bought my first Bob Dylan album in San Antonio, Texas, in November of 1993. I had taken a train there from Springfield, Illinois with my dad and my brother—a ride that lasted 26 hours each way. We traveled to watch NAIA soccer, you know, the usual things a family does over Thanksgiving. Needless to say, we weren’t the usual family.

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