The Morning After

Repeat Blog Post: Japanese Village Steak Sauce

January 12, 2009 by morningaftershow

OK, back from a great visit to Coquitlam to see Grandma Mom and Grandpa Jack. I saw some great rock shows with my buddy Bob and my brother Matt and watched some Kingdom of Heaven and ton of football. I’ll blog more later, but I wanted to quickly throw up on the blog a repeat of the Japanese Village Steak Sauce recipe because I yapped about it on the countdown this weekend but did not have it easy to find on the blog. I came into work to a ton of emails wondering where the heck it is amongst all the jibber jabber.

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A Japanese Village Type Steak Sauce
makes a bunch, so consider halving the recipe

1 cup toasted sesame seeds
1 1/3 cup Vegetable oil
1 cup low sodium Soy Sauce
1/3 chopped white onion
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

The Zoner was very specific on a couple points.

01) It MUST be vegetable oil. She did not get into the reasoning, only that you shouldn’t deviate from vegetable oil
02) the low sodium soy sauce. Regular soy sauce will make your sauce too salty. sad Fugee face

Coral and I took the toasted sesame seeds and put them in our coffee grinder first. That turned them into a fine pulp type mixture.

Then we dumped that mess into our blender with the chopped onion, soy sauce, oil and we didn’t have any Dijon mustard so we used English hot mustard.

Blend blend blend.

Coral opened the blender and took one smell. She turned to me with a grin that went ear-to-ear. We did it.

Fried up some pan steaks, some minute rice and mushrooms, sprouts, peppers, zucchini and voila… Japanese Village in front of the LCD screen showing Blair looking all hot and bothered on Gossip Girl.

Posted in food | Tagged Japanese Village Steak Sauce | 28 Comments »

Interview: The Stills

January 10, 2009 by morningaftershow

Holy FUCK! I just opened up the cell phone bill and $160! WTF?

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Tim and Dave from The Stills dropped by the Zone Afternoon show today before the first of two show they would be (are currently) performing in Victoria. Last night they opened for Sam Roberts and Mike Devlin had some good things to say.

We jibber jabbered about, you know stuff. I asked Dave why he thinks the song “Being Here” has really grabbed people’s attention and Dave gave a pretty perfect answer, but I didn’t really give him a chance to get the joke in. Listening back I now hear what might have been a rad joke if I hadn’t stepped on his reply, so that is my bad. The boys then perform “Being Here” and it ends with Tim and I talking about Nine Inch Nails and their insane LED light show. Tim knows the man that designed NIN live light show experience!

Download: The Stills Interview with performance of “Being Here”

Download: “Being Here” (live @ The ZAS)

Moment Factory

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Day 03

Day number three of single Dad is winding down to an end. Another glorious challenge. I really have so much more respect for ZooeyJane and Huckdoll after kinda trying my hand at single parenting. Mads was a wee bit ornery this morning and wouldn’t nap or even really let me put her down. Nana came early because Fridays are an epic challenge as it is, getting all my work done… so I had a quick shower and shave then off to the radio factory. Had a good show and came home to take Nana out for a birthday dinner and Madelyn had/has spots all over her torso? SWA?

I’m no Grey’s Anatomy doctor so I have no idea what is wrong. She was n a much better mood when I got home (Nana does that to her) we decided dinner wouldn’t hurt. Auntie Alyx joined us and we punched back some Greek food.

Brought Madelyn home for a bath and just to she why you never leave a baby unattended in the tub, while sitting there in the water, she’d get herself worked up and then like fall over in the water. She’d freak and almost freeze up in the water and couldn’t right herself. If I wasn’t there, like right there beside her, that would be it.

Madelyn likes bath time so she was ready for bed.

I packed up the Jeep while she was sleeping because we are off to visit Grandma Mom and Grandpa Jack tomorrow. Day Three is done.

Baby is still alive.

Dad: 03
Israeli Air Force: 00
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Have a great weekend. I likely won’t get a chance to write again till Monday. Go with yourself.

Posted in ...this is your father speaking, music | Tagged Being Here, Nine Inch Nails, Sam Roberts, The Stills, The Zone @ 91.3, The Zone Afternoon Show, Times-Colonist | 4 Comments »

The Lame Mo Zone Video

January 9, 2009 by morningaftershow

Nice.

Webmeister Bud chopped up the Movember saga with A Morning for a little video on the Zone’s website.

Jeremy’s Lame Mo on A Morning

Posted in Dave Babych, history 101 | Tagged A Morning, Astrid Braunschmidt, Eric Thompson, Maggie Cox, Movember, The Zone @ 91.3 | Leave a Comment »

Interview: Sam Roberts / Glasvegas

January 8, 2009 by morningaftershow

I was very fortunate today to have the chance to interview Sam Roberts and Glasvegas bass player Paul Donoghue. If you care to have a listen, here it is.

Sam and I yapped about his Pemberton experience, how the birth of his daughter has effected or affected his song writing, what the future holds for Sam and then specifically why he wrote a song about Detroit.

Paul and I went over why the band is called “Glasvegas” and we talked about their Zone feature song “Geraldine.”

Download: Sam Roberts
Download: Glasvegas

Posted in music | Tagged Detroit '67, Geraldine, Glasvegas, Paul Donoghue, Sam Roberts | 1 Comment »

Day Two

January 8, 2009 by morningaftershow

The top referrers to my blog this past week (outside of social media networks) are:

01) Pretty Much Amazing
02) Miranda
03) Radio West
04) Dutch Blitz (because of a comment made by Emily)
05) Puget Sound Radio

Thank you for finding my website.

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Madelyn has just went down for bed and I have a pizza in the oven. I am righteously tuckered out after only two days as single Dad. And I am only HALF a single Dad. Coral`s Mom aka Nana and my sister Andrea have come up mighty clutch in looking after Mads so I can go to work. But I am still a little worn out… I think it has to do with the cold I am battling. I am still in good spirits however. I had a very pleasant meeting with Sara today and she had lots of positive things to say and I got to interview some of my favourite people today. That was cool.

I interviewed Sam Roberts, Glasvegas and a pair of Salmon Kings this afternoon. After my interview with Sam, he left to do his next engagement and I wandered down the hall to mix up a chai latte. I love the powdered Oregon Chai stuff when I am working. As I went into the Zone kitchen, Sam Roberts was there enjoying a cup of water. He said that his next interview on the Q had to be delayed so he was just hanging out. We got to chit-chatting. He mentioned how jazzed he is on his first shows on 2009 and how they are both sold out here in Victoria. I asked where his rock star life was taking him next and he replied, (um I somehow turned the alternative characters on my laptop and I don`t know how to toggle them off… for example, I can`t rock a question mark. It comes out as É… SWAÉ)… so Sam replied that he`d be in Vancouver on Saturday.

My birthday.

The man took my name and said I could be a guest. Rad.

I am a little down that I`d be celebrating my birthday with Coral being a trillion kilometers away in Paris but Grandman Mom said she`d look after Madelyn and I can hit the Sam show in Vancouver with my buddy Bob. Fun.

On Sunday Glasvegas plays at Richards on Richards so I think I`ll do that the next night.

Coral did touch down safely last night. She called me at about 2 AM which would have been 10 AM there. She was in the airport. Said the airport area of La Ville-Lumière looks like Edmonton. Ha. All-in-all the trip was good, long, but good and she is super excited to explore the city over the next week with her best friend Alix. Alix has a buddy from work at a co-op or something, so they are crashing at his bachelor pad in the `second district` if that makes sense.

FUCK, I wish I knew how to toggle the alt character button off. I seem pretty adept at turning it on, but I don`t know how I do it so I can`t turn it off.

Coral told me about the flight and how the dude she sat beside was pleasant enough but when he fell asleep he kept dropping ass. ewwww, man farts.

Maybe Coral will call me again tonight.

Saturday is also Nana`s birthday so Madelyn is going to take her out for her birthday tomorrow. Good baby.

Right… so my pizza beeped and is ready to come out of the oven so I am going to put that back and figure out how to turn the alt characters off as I can not handle anymore É or ,'<« or whatever.

Day Two

Baby is still alive.

Dad: 02
Taliban: 00

Go with yourself.

Posted in neat-O gang | Tagged Darryl Lloyd, Glasvegas, Matt Kelly, Paris, Salmon Kings, Sam Roberts | Leave a Comment »

Capital Rock City #39 – Pilot

January 7, 2009 by morningaftershow

Capital Rock City is ALIVE! Thank you to Computer Guy at Vicstream.com for not only the file hosting but also the technical support and love.

I am trying a few things so lets see if I can get CRC #39 to stream on a yahoo media player.

Capital Rock City #39

Blasted! I could not get the yahoo media player to stream on my blog. I sent a letter to the WordPress people hoping maybe one day they’ll make the site compatible with it, but until then. Right Click and save the above or below link. Or just click it and it might start playing on your computer. It did on mine.

DOWNLOAD: Capital Rock City #39
DJ Notes

01) Everyone Everywhere – “You and Me and the Moon, Dude”
November 2008’s Zone band of the month. The boys have cut some new tracks since we last heard them on the Zone. This is one of the new ones.
02) The Racoons – “Be My Television”
Our current Zone band of the month. Performing January 29th at Evolution Nightclub.
03) Laura Smith – “I Spy a Monster”
You’ll hear an oboe on her record, but no cello… what gives?
04) Paper Cranes – “Telephone (demo)”
Ryan drives a scooter.
05) Seven Year Old Poets – “Layers”
One of the most pleasantly surprising songs. I think this track is the stand out on episode 39. I am not sure who the female guest vocalist is, but sure is swell, gosh darn it.
06) Jon & Roy – “What I Need”
Jon & Roy are starting to do some good things. This is their third single from the album “Another Noon.” The boys have shown some interest in being a guest on the show some time in February.

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So what do you think? Please take a moment to leave some feedback What I am looking for specifically is:

– do you like the format of the show? Does it serve you being a 30 minute program? Could it be shorter? Do you demand MORE and want it longer?

– would it be better having the songs broken down into individual downloads? I have thought that maybe that would be better, but then maybe the bands would less inclined to give me the songs as they might as well keep them for their websites… but I could always ask, you’d be surprised how people respond if you are brave enough to ask

– more insight or less? too much banter or not enough? do you care to hear the bands for an interview or shut it and play more music?

If you like the show, like really like, please share this link with friend who also have a passion for independent music.

I’ll produce another episode next Monday. Special guest is slated to be Tyson from Acres of Lions and likely we’ll at least spin the new single “Closer.” I really want to spin their new song “Working” but we’ll see what the record label thinks of that.

Thank you for taking the time to download my podcast. If you like CRC #39 you might also jive on the Polcast. Go get some.

Go with yourself.

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And this just in from Computer Guy: if you want to RSS Feed this bitch.

As for the RSS, here’s how it works from itunes.
1. Open itunes.
2. Click on Advanced.
3. Click on Subscribe to podcast
4. Enter http://www.vicstream.com/crc/podcast.rss

Posted in Capital Rock City, the blog | Tagged Acres of Lions, Everyone Everywhere, Jon & Roy, Laura Smith, Paper Cranes, Polcast, Seven Year Old Poets, The Racoons | 4 Comments »

Nine Inch Nails Live HD Footage from Victoria

January 7, 2009 by morningaftershow

Zoner Adam sent me a great link to some raw footage “leaked” on Trent’s website of the NIN show in Victoria. I think the idea is, if you are a creative person, you’ll download and edit it up to be something fabulous. If anyone actually downloads the file to create a video, please let me know so I can link to you.

Victoria 12.05.08

Posted in music | Tagged Live Music, Nine Inch Nails, Victoria | 1 Comment »

God Bless You Eric Akis

January 7, 2009 by morningaftershow

I think I am going to try the pizza tonight.

Times Colonist: Feed the Family on a Budget

Posted in being cheap, food | Tagged Eric Akis, Pizza | 4 Comments »

Even MORE Steak Sauce / Jaydiohead Makes His Ears Bleed / and what else?

January 7, 2009 by morningaftershow

Happy 24th Birthday to my sister Andrea!

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I got some fun emails today and I’ll go over those in a moment but first I want to talk about Capital Rock City and The Gaslight Anthem and some other random music notes.

Capital Rock City has been a bit delayed. Sara wants the show to be super duper before it ends up on the Zone’s website. So I am going to “test” it out here on http://www.jeremybaker.ca and your feedback will be paramount. Computer Guy at http://www.vicstream.com has be clutch in setting up some internet server space to host the show and the technical support needed. There is this really groovy media player at Yahoo that I LOVE. When I figure out how to use it and how to easily upload audio then I think I can take the blog to another level.

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David Eleanor dropped the Gaslight Anthem‘s new record The ’59 Sound on me yesterday and it is living on my iPod and in the Jeep right now. Sounds too much like Bruce Springsteen, Killers circa Sam’s Town and a dash like The Hold Steady. All good things to me. Solid disc.

The record has almost knocked Frightened Rabbit from the top spot on the musical chart of my heart. Almost. I am trying to track down Glasvegas‘ new record as well. If I can get a copy from work then that will save me the $9.99 from iTunes. Glasvegas’ interview scheduled for this afternoon has been shifted to tomorrow. If/when I figure out the media player, I’ll post some audio here.

The Stills will be live on the ZAS on Friday afternoon right after Connect Three. and as above, maybe I can learn how to post some highlights on thee blog.

!AND THIS JUST IN! (like seriously while typing, Sara popped her head in the door)… Sam Roberts is likely live on the ZAS tomorrow or Friday AND #27 D Lloyd from the Victoria Salmon Kings on Thursday around 3PM… yikes busy couple days.

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In iTunes news, Acres of Lions brand spanking new single, “Closer,” is available now for just .99 cents! Get on it.

Do the RIGHT thing and help our friends out with a buck!

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The other day I talked about Jaydiohead. Not every Zoner found it as amusing as I did.

—–Original Message—–
From: Rob [mailto:***@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 5:36 PM
To: dave@thezone.fm
Subject: Jaydiohead?

i was freaking disgusted that the zone would even consider playing this shit that makes my ears bleed! i went to radiohead at the thunderbird stadium and it was the best show ive ever seen, and hearing that same amazing music played with gangsta rap over it talking about how hes got to murder his homie is really a sad attempt on trying to make jay-z’s crappy “art” listenable so for the love of god stop ruining an amazing modernrock band with a crappy re mix. this is the zone…not 95.3, i mean come on! whats next nelly and flava flav getting jiggy over deathcab for cutie

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Rap = crap indeed!

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and some more on Steak Sauce.

—–Original Message—–
From: Kelsey [mailto:***@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:39 PM
To: <Jeremy@thezone.fm>
Subject: Re: Japanese Steak Sauce Recipe

Hey Jeremy,

Thanks for that, I am gonna try it this weekend. On your blog recipe you don’t have cream or milk listed in the ingredients- was that a mistake?

Cheers,

Kelsey

Sent from my iPod

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Hey Kelsey, this the recipe you’ll want to try first.
A Japanese Village Type Steak Sauce
makes a bunch, so consider halving the recipe

1 cup toasted sesame seeds
1 1/3 cup Vegetable oil
1 cup low sodium Soy Sauce
1/3 chopped white onion
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Vancityrockgirl would recommend trying something healthier than a cup and a third of vegetable oil. She says you could even halve the amount of oil and it *should* still be cool.

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Coral took off to Paris today at some bizarre time so it is just me and Maddy (and Nana of course helping out HUGE!). We crawled around. Practiced our walking and then took Auntie Andrea to Red Robin for her birthday. I think Monk’s two top front teeth are coming it!

Baby is still alive.

Dad: 01
Forces of Evil: 0

Go with yourself.

Posted in Capital Rock City, food, music, the blog | Tagged Andrea Baker, Frightened Rabbit, Glasvegas, Japanese Village Steak Sauce, Jaydiohead, Sam Roberts, The Gaslight Anthem, The Stills, Victoria Salmon Kings | Leave a Comment »