STOP! Before baking Tara's delicious cookies.. run to Blockbuster and pick up the story of Anvil. It's one of the best rock doc's I've ever seen! Now Go, get baked, and watch Anvil.
Friday, October 16, 2009
glub glub glub
this is all i want to blog about:
Absolutely the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter flavored shortening
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons Mexican vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter flavored shortening, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla .Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, fold in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until light brown. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
YUM!!!!!!!!!! quick, make me some cookies... pweeeeeeeeze?!
Absolutely the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter flavored shortening
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons Mexican vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter flavored shortening, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla .Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, fold in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until light brown. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
YUM!!!!!!!!!! quick, make me some cookies... pweeeeeeeeze?!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Belated Tyler Tuesday
Internet,
So I had this totally cool post idea in mind involving the intro drum beat to "Radio Song" and remapping the beat to fart noises...but I'm still a novice with iMovie and couldn't get the snare just right. That will have to wait for next week. Until then I decided to share with you a very important google search!
Yes, googling my own name comes up with mostly references to the comedienne Mary Tyler Moore. I have suffered through jokes since kindergarden involving Ms. Moore and have since developed rather thick skin towards all insults comparing me to a celebrity.
Uncanny resemblance? I thought not.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Checkered Past
Spin Magazine put out a 2 Tone article this month... heres a playlist of the videos for the section "you already know the hits. Now hear these eight other classic tracks.":
How did they know HP2 Covered The Bodysnatchers?
How did they know HP2 Covered The Bodysnatchers?
Sunday, October 11, 2009
The Economics of Half Past Two: Consumer Theory and "It's About Time": Part I
Oh hi, internet, Patrick here!
As you may have read last week, we here at Half Past Two have decided to step up the blogging duties...a lot. In fact, you will be hearing from each of us once a day, everyday of the week. And I'm your man for Saturday, so let's get to it!
Now as much as I appreciate everyone else's blog entries, (Bhakti's July 30 entry comes to mind) what have we accomplished through all this blogging? How is this veritable goldmine of musical-cyber-tiddlybits known as a "blog" really benefiting the world?
Glad you asked, because today I am going to tell you how YOU can improve the state of the US Economy in One Easy Step:
1) Buy the Half Past Two album, "It's About Time"
Now you're probably thinking to yourself, "Self, how in the hell is buying a CD going to possibly help us out of this economic mess we have created, and even if it COULD, why is Half Past Two so darn special?!"
Once again, I'm glad you asked. Without any further ado I present to you, the internet:
"The Economics of Half Past Two: Consumer Theory and 'It's About Time'"
by Patrick Holder
Now the first, and many would argue, most important Macroeconomic implication of Consumer Theory is how the Marginal Propensity to Consume affects the aggregate wealth of a nation. Though it may seem contradictory to assert that spendthrift nations have greater aggregate wealth, the higher MPCs for many nations result in higher aggregate demand, and thus lower inflation and unemployment rates, and provide a stronger push towards technological innovation on the supply side of things.
But what in the world does any of this have to do with Half Past Two? Well, countless studies have shown that middle class consumers in the age range of HP2 members typically have the highest MPCs, meaning that every dollar you put into the pockets of Half Past Two is going to work much harder to bolster our economy than those hot-shot major label bands, who consume at far more conservative percentages than us folks. Secondarily, unlike CDs you buy in those pesky stores, Half Past Two album sales are completely under the table, and are, thus, completely tax free, raising our consumption multiplier by another 8% or so.
For the next element of our discussion, we will have to recall the lessons of the late great David Ricardo, and his revolutionary developments in the theory of Absolute and Comparative Advantage. Now, many musicians are multitalented, dabbling into fields far outside of music and still making impressive achievements. Brian Eno, for instance, is not only a musician, but a visual artist, speaker, and businessman, and has been fairly successful in all these endeavors. Not so with us Half Past Twos!! Seriously, have you ever seen David try to draw something? I have (ah "Barreling Along" album art). It's painful. Outside of our musical element, we are the most talentless folks you'd ever meet. But, and this is important, we are MASTERS of our musical realm. We're talking unheard of levels of Absolute Advantage. That Bhakti kid alone can shred on more musical instruments than I can name. If David Ricardo has taught us anything, all of society has benefits to reap from the awesome Comparative Advantage of our employment in music.
Now at this point I know you're all saying to yourselves, "But Patrick! The Ricardian Model assumes perfect competition, and doesn't take into account competitive monopolies, such as yourselves!!" And this is a very valid point. Unfortunately, my response, and the exciting conclusion to this analysis will have to wait 'til next week, as I'm out of time.
I'm sure you all THOROUGHLY enjoyed the time we have spent together, and closely followed along with every word. So be sure to come back next week for "The Economics of Half Past Two: Consumer Theory and 'It's About Time': Part II"; same bat-time same bat-channel.
Seeya kids,
Patrick
As you may have read last week, we here at Half Past Two have decided to step up the blogging duties...a lot. In fact, you will be hearing from each of us once a day, everyday of the week. And I'm your man for Saturday, so let's get to it!
Now as much as I appreciate everyone else's blog entries, (Bhakti's July 30 entry comes to mind) what have we accomplished through all this blogging? How is this veritable goldmine of musical-cyber-tiddlybits known as a "blog" really benefiting the world?
Glad you asked, because today I am going to tell you how YOU can improve the state of the US Economy in One Easy Step:
1) Buy the Half Past Two album, "It's About Time"
Now you're probably thinking to yourself, "Self, how in the hell is buying a CD going to possibly help us out of this economic mess we have created, and even if it COULD, why is Half Past Two so darn special?!"
Once again, I'm glad you asked. Without any further ado I present to you, the internet:
"The Economics of Half Past Two: Consumer Theory and 'It's About Time'"
by Patrick Holder
Now the first, and many would argue, most important Macroeconomic implication of Consumer Theory is how the Marginal Propensity to Consume affects the aggregate wealth of a nation. Though it may seem contradictory to assert that spendthrift nations have greater aggregate wealth, the higher MPCs for many nations result in higher aggregate demand, and thus lower inflation and unemployment rates, and provide a stronger push towards technological innovation on the supply side of things.
But what in the world does any of this have to do with Half Past Two? Well, countless studies have shown that middle class consumers in the age range of HP2 members typically have the highest MPCs, meaning that every dollar you put into the pockets of Half Past Two is going to work much harder to bolster our economy than those hot-shot major label bands, who consume at far more conservative percentages than us folks. Secondarily, unlike CDs you buy in those pesky stores, Half Past Two album sales are completely under the table, and are, thus, completely tax free, raising our consumption multiplier by another 8% or so.
For the next element of our discussion, we will have to recall the lessons of the late great David Ricardo, and his revolutionary developments in the theory of Absolute and Comparative Advantage. Now, many musicians are multitalented, dabbling into fields far outside of music and still making impressive achievements. Brian Eno, for instance, is not only a musician, but a visual artist, speaker, and businessman, and has been fairly successful in all these endeavors. Not so with us Half Past Twos!! Seriously, have you ever seen David try to draw something? I have (ah "Barreling Along" album art). It's painful. Outside of our musical element, we are the most talentless folks you'd ever meet. But, and this is important, we are MASTERS of our musical realm. We're talking unheard of levels of Absolute Advantage. That Bhakti kid alone can shred on more musical instruments than I can name. If David Ricardo has taught us anything, all of society has benefits to reap from the awesome Comparative Advantage of our employment in music.
Now at this point I know you're all saying to yourselves, "But Patrick! The Ricardian Model assumes perfect competition, and doesn't take into account competitive monopolies, such as yourselves!!" And this is a very valid point. Unfortunately, my response, and the exciting conclusion to this analysis will have to wait 'til next week, as I'm out of time.
I'm sure you all THOROUGHLY enjoyed the time we have spent together, and closely followed along with every word. So be sure to come back next week for "The Economics of Half Past Two: Consumer Theory and 'It's About Time': Part II"; same bat-time same bat-channel.
Seeya kids,
Patrick
Thursday, October 8, 2009
cupcakes.
i totally forgot to blog yesterday on my day (wednesday)! well, actually i remembered but then on my way home from band practice last night, i pulled out of the parking lot and noticed that my car felt funny. i pulled over and discovered a flat tire... YUCK! no one was picking up their phones so i called AAA to come help me change it. i would have attempted to change it myself but i was in a bad neighborhood at midnight; didn't think it was a good idea... now i have to buy some new tires (its about time for a whole new set) with money that i definitely do not have. oh life!
so my friend and i tried to see kylie minogue the other night. i spent a pretty penny on tickets (i deserved them!) and got dressed up cute to go. but after that part, i really had some bad luck. first i could not find StubHub in downtown LA! we were so lost. i think we passed it like 5 times before we made it into the parking structure. then we forgot to print out directions from where we were in LA to the Hollywood Bowl (...idiots). when we finally got there i couldn't find an open parking lot. we drove around for 15 minutes when i finally waved down one of the lot guys.
"where can i park?" i asked
"there are all full," he said, "and the show is over in 15 minutes so there isnt really any time for you to park and get to the Bowl."
WHAT?! we totally missed the show... there goes $135... instead we went bar hopping in Hollywood. it ended up being a lot of fun!! way to turn the situation around.
i want a cupcake.
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