I'm Rebecca Lando.
I write and produce webseries in New York City.
Working Class Foodies is a cooking show that proves you can eat locally and seasonally on a budget. I write, produce, edit, and co-host WCFoodies.
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Offshore Oil Rig in the Gulf of Mexico Explodes
OH COME THE FUCK ON ALREADY.
I’ve been banking with Chase since 2004 - when it was still WaMu. In those 6 years, my savings interest rate has slowly decreased from its starting high of 2.1%.
I’ve been a loyal customer to Chase/Wamu for over 6 years. For the past 2 months, my interest rate has bottomed out to .01%. I called them to see what they could do for me. The answer: nothing.
So I’m transferring my savings to a ridiculously better AmEx Savings Account. All but the bare minimum I have to maintain to keep free checking at Chase. File this under: things I should have done a lot sooner.
Fallin’ Slowly by wait what
Falling Slowly by The Swell Season vs. Fallin by Jay-ZHead over to wait what’s bandcamp & name your own price for the This Is Real Life Mixtape. All profits from this record go to 826 Valencia to help youth writing, so your money will go there if you’re feeling charitable.
You may recall wait what’s first mixtape The notorious xx from last year.
track via mcdavis
surprisingly good.
This is basically what goes on inside my head on the daily (omitting puppies and food, natch).
h/t Kit
Are you happy now? Muslim group releases video promising not to take over America.
We really should be ashamed of ourselves. (via Mediaite)
Our ancestors are going to look back at us and think of us the same way we think of the the people who thought the sun revolved around the earth.
No; they’ll look back at us the way we look back at the people who killed those who tried to prove that the earth revolves around the sun: as wrong-headed, cock-sure fanatics who refuse to listen to any other reason but our own.
I posted this about a year ago, but it seems particularly relevant right now so I’m posting it again.
Beatles - Commonwealth
from Get Back Sessions - Unreleased
This track, when combined with Get Off White Power, clearly shows that the origins of “Get Back” were much more political than the end result.
From Wikipedia:
Around the time he was developing the lyrics to “Get Back”, McCartney satirised the “Rivers of Blood speech” by former British Cabinet ministerEnoch Powell in a brief jam that has become known as the “Commonwealth Song”. The lyrics included a line “You’d better get back to your Commonwealth homes”. The “Commonwealth Song” had no musical resemblance to “Get Back”, but gives insight into the thinking behind the song’s lyrics. On 9 January Paul introduced “Get Back” to the group, with the “Sweet Loretta” verse very near to its finished version. Improvising various temporary lyrics led to what has become known in Beatles folklore as the “No Pakistanis” version.[7] This version is more racially charged, satirising right wing attitudes toward immigrants in America and the UK: “…don’t need no Puerto Ricans living in the USA” and “don’t dig no Pakistanis taking all the people [sic] jobs”.[8]I’ve got lots more Behind The Beatles stories here.
Really enjoying this music video by my friends.
Dir: Jack Ferry
Prod: Melissa Schneider
DP: Kit Pennebaker
Wardrobe: Jess Trejos
oh look…
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Blockbuster is closing.
Good riddance.
Is this official? I have not seen any news on this yet. If it is true watch out for Karma dude. Lots of people are going to lose their jobs. It’s part of the painful process of our economy changing and new technologies rendering old business obsolete. It’s a much needed but very difficult process. Especially if you work for a company like Blockbuster.
I worked for Blockbuster for a short time after college. It was humiliating, because I was 22 and had a BFA and was probably somewhat full of myself, but it was not a bad job. I was paid well above minimum wage. I was treated with respect by my bosses, coworkers, and customers. I worked regular hours in a clean, safe environment. I rented a ton of movies and video games for free, spent my days talking about movies, and was able to write an entire screenplay in my stressless free time. I have had plenty of jobs since then that look more prestigious on paper but were far less accommodating.
Beyond the job losses, this means a significant loss to communities and culture. I certainly wasn’t the only kid in high school who hung out at the video store. And even with Netflix, Epix, Hulu, iTunes, and GameFly, there are times when a walk to the corner Blockbuster is not only necessary, but pleasurable.
Yes, streaming collections will only get bigger and better. But I can’t ask Netflix to surprise me with its favorite new release. I could do that at Blockbuster, when I wanted to watch something but couldn’t narrow down my choices. Nearly every other video store has closed, from chains like Hollywood Video to indie or arthouse mom’n’pops. I may be in the minority, but I’ll miss having Blockbuster stores to pop into at 10 to midnight to grab a movie at random and see where it takes me.
Brendan & I during our cooking demo at the New York Botanical Gardens today. We had a blast, and if you came to the demos, thank you! And, of course, a huge thank you to the NYBG and the Edible Garden sponsors for a wonderful day!
GPOYS.
Please come to my cooking demos tomorrow at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx! Two free demos at 1pm and 3pm, and we’ll have plenty of tasty samples for all.
For more info, check out NYBG.
You can ride your bike, drive, or take the subway to the Gardens. For a $3.50 CityTicket, you can also take MetroNorth to the Botanical Gardens stop on the Harlem line - only 20 minutes from Grand Central.
Seriously, please come, because I am so afraid I’m going to screw up and I’d rather do it in front of friends than total strangers.
92y:
Listen to Grace, she’s been published on McSweeney’s.
I want in! If I sign up with a friend, do we get an awesome Tumblr discount? (Can’t hurt to ask, right?)
HOT DRINKS (Wendy’s Corporate Video)
Holy shit. This is my jam.
(via dominicdierkes)
I kind of want to work for Wendy’s just so I can watch the rest of their corporate videos.
