June 2004

Eno speaks out against the low-carb diet craze sweeping the nation: “Take me – my little pastry mother take me / There’s a pie shop in the sky” (1974)

I’ve never bothered keeping up with Acid Mothers Temple’s pointlessly prolific recorded output–they’re one of those bands where a little goes a long, long way. I used to have a habit, though, of collecting all their hologram-cover singles and randomly mailing them to friends of mine. But Acid Mothers Temple last night at Southpaw: completely, [...]

Was stuck on a runway for three hours last night, and panic almost broke loose. People get very weird when they’ve been been in an airplane too long, especially if it’s one that’s not moving. Every ten minutes or so, the pilot would gamely try to sugarcoat news of another hour-long delay. He started telling [...]

“At the Molecular Gastronomy Research Centre in Bristol, research is being conducted into the sounds of food, how the sound of a particular food can influence its taste. Dr John Prinz has studied the way in which the sound of mastication enhances the perception of texture. Chewing sounds such as a crunch provoke immediate delicate [...]