ribeye steaks!

the kids came over for father's day dinner, i'm eating less and less red meat these days... but screw it, i just scored well on my cholesterol test and it's father's day. so...rib-eye steaks, "daddy-fries," as callie named them when she was young (my special home made thin cut french fries) and corn on the cob from the grill. hush, it's father's day! to me, this is a much better way to spend and celebrate the day than in some restaurant.

it was a great day, i rarely get to have the both in the same place at the same time anymore and it makes it special when that chance comes around. we have to figure out a way for it to happen more often. and i got a great "highlands" t-shirt and some ear x-tacy gift cards too. :=)


the soundtrack for tonight's walk was cat power's "you are free." this record, released in 2003 was the record that i originally discovered the voice of chan marshall (aka: cat power) on. and what a voice i found. after one listen i immediately went out and purchased her back catalog and she is one of the very few artists that i will go out of my way to make a trip to the store to pick up their new releases on street date.

a quote from a review on amazon sums it up pretty well..."'You Are Free' is crafty, melodic, layered, painful, beautiful & inspired. Its' quiet spaces give way to angry lamentations that manage to flow together seamlessly. Anyone who can sing, "turn out the lights, set yourself on fire, say goodnight" & make it sound sexy & like a piece of freedom, deserves attention." and as amazing as this record (and her prior work) is, she has continued to get better and better with each new release, with her latest, "the greatest" being tied for my favorite record released last year (w/neko's "fox confessor bring the flood" & tom wait's "orphans" boxed set, not bad company).

the only voice that moves me, sticks with me more than her's is karin's, and yet they couldn't be more different...