Matisyahu has announced today that, for the first time in its history, he will take his annual Hanukkah celebration, Festival of Light, on tour. The series of shows, historically 8
We covered tons of ground this week on Hidden Track and before we get back to the grind we wanted to recap some of the things we learned…
When you announce a tour without specifics, the media gets confused…
The action started earlier today when Prince invited all of his fans to come to the Apollo Theater in Harlem for a press conference at 6PM this evening. When journalists and fans arrived they were greeted by a huge poster that said “Welcome 2 America” and featured Prince. Yet, by the end of the event everyone was left scratching their heads as no specifics were announced. [READ MORE]
Sexual Chocolate Stout is an amazing name for a beer…
Sexual Chocolate lives up to the considerable hype. It’s a sinfully smooth sip, with just a dash of that imperial alcohol bite and plenty of chocolaty, malty goodness to balance it out. Other seasonal tastes included Heavy Seas Great Pumpkin (Baltimore, MD), which was nice and sweet, and Sierra Nevada’s new Tumbler (Chico, CA), an incredibly quaffable “autumn brown ale.” [READ MORE]
READ ON to find out what else we learned this week…
Phish put it all together in North Charleston for the second of two shows at the North Charleston Coliseum in South Carolina last night. There were plenty of jams, rarities
Phish Fall Tour 2010 moved to the East Coast for the first of two shows at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, SC this evening. The first Charleston show
Supposedly, Brooklyn-based hipster band Atomic Tom had their instrumentals stolen recently leading the group to find a new way to perform an original tune in an innovative fashion. The quartet
Since this Tuesday marks the kickoff of the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon, this week’s mix tape gets the special treatment, as we have a meaty set of a few of
Longtime friend of HT Mike Greenhaus spoke with Mike Gordon of Phish very recently about the bassist’s new album, the start of Phish Fall Tour, Monday’s Mossery event and much
As hard as this is for us to believe, today marks the fourth anniversary of Hidden Track’s launch. When Slade Sohmer and I started this site on October 15th, 2006,
No, there are no misspellings in the title, and no, I am not talking about Delray Beach, FL aka DelBocaVista. I am talking about Del Ray which is a neighborhood of Alexandria, VA, a suburb of Washington, DC. The Let’s Meat part of the title refers to the name of the old world, old school butcher shop I went last to weekend called Let’s Meat on the Avenue which is owned by an old friend of mine Steve Gatward aka Steve the Butcher
I have know Steve since 1999, I believe. He came in to eat at Jake’s, the restaurant I was running in Guatemala City, Guatemala at the time. He was working for the Washington Times. Steve is one of those people you meet who have led a colorful, multi-career life but at some point go back to their roots and become successful and happy.
Here is what his website has to say about his life and background…
“Steve Gatward was born and raised in Colchester, the oldest recorded town in England. He apprenticed for a master butcher near the town square, known for its weekend market. It was there that he learned the importance of purchasing and serving fresh meat from local farmers. In his early 20s, he moved to Australia and after traveling around, he settled in Sydney and fully enjoyed living, “down under.” In the early 1990s, Steve began what became a year long trip around Central and South America. In 1991, he moved to Arizona, where he lived for almost two years. After teaching English in Taiwan, he finally decided to settle in Washington, DC in 1994. He is fluent in Spanish and continues to be an avid traveler, and even though he’s visited more than 80 countries, he travels frequently.
Steve is the co-author of two guidebooks, The Other Side of Sydney, and The Pub, Club and Grub Guide to Washington, D.C. While working for The Washington Times, Steve traveled throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, writing and developing business, political and cultural reports.”
In regards to the quality of the meats he serves, here is what his website has to say about that…
“Let’s Meat on the Avenue is dedicated to becoming Your Neighborhood Butcher Shop. Steve Gatward, the butcher/proprietor, sells pasture-fed, free range and hormone-free meat and poultry at 2403 Mount Vernon Avenue, Del Ray, Virginia.
READ ON for more on Let’s Meat on the Avenue…
If you missed last Sunday’s episode of The Simpsons, the show’s iconic open took a bit of an unexpected detour courtesy of street British street artist Banksy – who seized
