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Hunter Stockton Thompson: July 18, 1937 – Feb. 20, 2005

…the weird turn pro.

This is almost a year old, but I someone hadn’t heard it until now. Very nice.

Ingredients

- 1 cup panko crumbs
- 1/2 cup of chopped fresh parsley, basil or dill (or all, mixed)
- 1 egg
- 1 lemon (zest grated off, and the rest cut into wedges)
- two big pieces of cod
- salt and pepper

* If you don’t already know: panko bread crumbs are just big airy bread crumbs that look kind of like smashed Rice Krispies. It gives a deep-fried texture to foods, which is something I’m always a fan of. It’s usually available in the bread section of grocery stores.

Directions

1.) Preheat oven to 450 F. Line a baking sheet with tin foil — then you can just throw that away after, instead of cleaning baked-on crap off the sheet — and spray with cooking spray.

2.) In one bowl, combine chopped herb(s) with lemon zest. In another, blend one egg.

3.) Remove the bones from the cod using tweezers. (Pretty easy.)

4.) Dunk the fish (both sides of each piece) in egg, and loosely smear a little of the herb mixture on  one side of each piece of the cod and place it herb-side down on the baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

5.) Add the panko  to the rest of the herb mixture and press it to the tops of the cod. If you have leftover egg, pour that on top too.

6.) Squeeze the juice of half the lemon on to the cod.

At this point, it should look something like this:

* Those big white chunks are coconut oil; something that is excellent, but not at all necessary, for this recipe. I will blog about my love for it in a separate post at some point. In a nutshell: I have found it to be the magical elixir of life.

7.) Bake for 13-15 minutes. It’s done when it flakes easily.

8.) Serve with the rest of the lemon (which it tastes excellent with) and parsley (which it looks nice with).

Serves two.

She was one of the first artists my father and I both liked. Sad to learn of her death.

From the Associated Press:

Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

Houston’s publicist, Kristen Foster, said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown.

News of Houston’s death came on the eve of music’s biggest night — the Grammy Awards. It’s a showcase where she once reigned, and her death was sure to case a heavy pall on Sunday’s ceremony. Houston’s longtime mentor Clive Davis was to hold his annual concert and dinner Saturday; it was unclear if it was going to go forward.

“I am absolutely heartbroken at the news of Whitney’s passing,” music producer Quincy Jones said in a written statement. “I always regretted not having had the opportunity to work with her. She was a true original and a talent beyond compare. I will miss her terribly.”

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Gotta love a music video that opens with an epilepsy warning.

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Track list

1) Words From Ma Dukes
2) Dillagence (produced by DJ Spinna)
3) Takin What’s Mine
4) Step Up
5) The Conversation (f/ Talib Kweli)
6) Code of the Streets (f/ MOP)
7) Lightworks (f/ Q-Tip and Talib Kweli)
8) Baggage Handlers (f/ Raekwon)
9) How We Roll
10) Best That Ever Did It (f/ Rah Digga)
11) Psycho (f/ Cassidy and Papoose)
12) The Range (f/ Rah Digga)
13) Not Right Now
14) Other Side Of The Road
15) Who Tryin To Kill You
16) High
17) Dillagence Outro

James Dewitt Yancey: Feb. 7, 1974 – Feb. 10, 2006

A few of my favourite Dilla beats: