Electro, base - Pendulum. What more ya want???

Pendulums album immersion will take you from Imogen Heap to Prodigy to Deadmau5 to Slipknot and back again in one single 1 h and 7 minute album. And it is sitll ringing in my ears. Definite buy-warning.

Check out Immunize and The Island and you will see that you won't be sorry. And, do turn up the base.

Up and Gaslight Anthem!

And then down again. The album American slang has not only a vibe or inclination, but pretty much the whole 9 yards when it comes to "sounding like the Killers". They even have a song called "We did it when we were young", yes; when we were young. I mean, come on! No way, this is a thumbs downward.

Love letters from R Kelly

.. and by that I mean of course his new album so don't worry about me. It is basically a lot of love songs, sang in the very persuasive R Kell-ish way. Not really what I had in mind when I went jogging and plugged good old Robert Sylvester Kelly into my ears. I was thinking at least one ignition-esque song, but I got nothing. Nothing, I tells ya!
Thu-umbs down!

To the stalls! Stall 6, to be more specific

The Züri-Nightlife also offers horse stalls with gutter at which to party. Apparently, this is not popular as the club is mostly empty, despite the DJ Sexxomodular appearing with a pair of dancers in disguises. I am glad I am not a horse in Switzerland, can tell you that much.

Apart from the odd scenery, Sexxomodular was the true high point, this guy is not sane, or possibly on some sort of psycho-active substance, but the music is actually OK and has enormously deep beats. Second time I see him. Go for a third? Meh...

http://www.stall6.ch/

Garaged in Ohio: Black keys Brothers

This band sounds like Mick Jagger reincarnated (is he still alive?) in a garage where Jack White lives with his parents and sister/girlfriend Meg. For almost one hour they create beautiful music (literally) and record it on an album with a very imaginative cover.

In reality they are two guys from Akron and the singer of course has a beard therefore. The bearded dudes shall inherit the earth. Thumbs up!

Polish Bigos without carbs

Finally, I am back with a video, ch-ch-check it out and try the dish, it's traditional Polish bigos (google it).



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aczwbiCMbmo

Tell all your friends! Shout it out from the mountain top! Bon app!

Like, what is this stuff???

There is no such thing as Swiss meat without the Appenzellers getting involved. Now, I gave my chewing muscles a true pilates work-out when attacking this Berg-Mostbröckli. I still have no idea what it was. I however know that it was overpriced and could be replaced by seasoned rubber cords.







Yes, that's right, the 'Zellers again. After being very disappointed of yet another lactic-acid-in-the-jaw-muscles episode, I read that "peal not edible". With that being fixed, the Pantli was great! Truly, like taking a bite straight out of a living acorn grazing pig on the Swiss highlands. Try it!








Kerns slogan "Mehr als nur Fleisch" left me wondering what actually was in these things? Probably, I will get these again, it seems that the square sausages are becoming fashionable and also, they had a special crunch going.

When buying a "specialty" peace of meat in Zürich, you can count on that the price will be hiked up about 700 feet/h. You can also count on that about 50% of all crazy meats are very, very chewy. And no, it did not get less chewy when I fried it. Some parts of this should be labelled "not edible". I have suppressed the fact that Dachsener Rauchfleish may mean smoked dog.

Don't ask me what this is. I bought it only because it was insanely expensive - so expensive, that it comes with its own cutting board. If you buy this one, then cut it thinly. Very thinly. Not because it is expensive, I think you know why.Take a guess; was it chewy?
To answer the question, I think I may still have a piece lodged between my incisors. I will give a small plus for the peppery taste.

Ah yes, the salami showdown. Italy's Rapellino Classico versus the Hungarians Pick (slightly unfortunate name in the ears of Scandinavians). Hands down: Pick takes it home! The Hungarians will make you hungry for this smoky salami. It is absolutely not chewy. In fact, it almost falls apart in you mouth, like salami powder. Rapellino is not far behind, but lacks its own chutzpah, although it does have a nice and soft forrest-ish taste. Both go very well for that evening no carb snack.

PurPur - clubbing for foreigners

Or so it seemed last Saturday, when the doors had opened at PurPur in central Zürich and the boring "lounge" sofas were removed (see picture). Music was a formidable mixture provided by DJ Mish with "Mish Mash" Tracks, including remixes of Doctor Pressure and Insomnia (by Faithless, not nose job David); where house and hip hop came together in harmony. And it was free - however, the heat was on max and water costs 6.50 CHF (food for a week in some countries).

If you go here, make sure there are no lounge sofas. Death to lounge.
http://www.purpurzurich.ch/

The last train to Paris...

... for Piddly-Diddly Puff, aka Diddy (or did he?) and further facetiousness. The album is more low key than the usual confidence blimp that normally hoovers over the artist formerly known as Puff Daddy. Instead, 1 hour and a few minutes of nothing extravagant but a good track with the no-nonsense title "ass on the floor" - if this was inspired by his late-night trips to Paris, we can only speculate, but most likely this was the case. Don't miss Justin Timberlake making all sorts of crazy innuendos and references in "Shades". Other than that? Fesljummen, as the Swedes would say.