To polish rocks, nature uses water, sand and motion.
To polish ideas and identities, we use the same approach
— a mix of inspiration, grit and energy.
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
Robyn Hitchcock sings about one of our favorite food groups in Cheese Alarm. Why are there not more love songs to cheese?
"Roquefort and Gruyère and slippery Brie
All of these cheeses they happen to me
Oh please
Rough Pecorino and moody Rams Hall
Stop me before I just swallow it all
Oh please
Somebody ring the cheese alarm"
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
The Fung Brothers sing the Dim Sum Song — it's got food trucks, pierced models, and dim sum, oh my!
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
Singer-songwriter Parry Gripp and animator BooneBum have come up with the taco-themed wonder, It's Raining Tacos.
If the Pet Shop Boys had ever written a song about tacos, it probably would have sounded a lot like this.
"It's raining tacos, from out of the sky
Tacos, no need to ask why
Just open your mouth and close your eyes
It's raining tacos"
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
Guy Clark sings about Texas Cookin', just in time for the 4th of July.
"I know a man that cook armadillo
tastes so sweet he calls it pie
I know a woman makes pan dulce
tastes so good it gets you high
Get them enchiladas greasy
get them steaks chicken fried
Sho' do make a man feel happy
to see white gravy on the side"
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
Rosemary Clooney (perhaps with a little inspiration from the Pork Fairy) sings the Dave Frishberg song Sweet Kentucky Ham live at a jazz festival held on the lawn of the White House, summer of 1993.
"And you're staring at your scrambled eggs and steak
And you must admit your heart's about to break
When you think of what you left behind
And you've got sweet Kentucky ham on your mind, on your mind
Nothin' but sweet Kentucky ham on your mind"
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
Herman's Hermits gives us "forlorn," 1960's Brit Pop-style with No Milk Today
"No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn"
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
Bananas — once a new exotic food, and now the most popular fruit in America. Chiquita hit the big screen with a song to tell us all about them.
Produced by the United Fruit Company in the 1940's, this commercial appeared only in movie theaters. The voice of Chiquita belongs to Monica Lewis. She turned 91 May 5, 2013.
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
The food-centric, satirical Beatles cover band The Eatles goes under the sea to an AquaBounty (that's the company trying to sell consumers a genetically engineered "salmon" that's a cross between three different species) Garden in the shade.
"I'd hate to be under the sea,
in a AquaBounty garden in the shade.
Let's make a wish, no transgenic fish
that they went and died away beneath the truth..."
If this one had you tapping your toes, The Eatles have a full range of subversive titles like Modified Fields Forever, I Am The Wal-Mart, and While the Microwave Gently Beeps.
On May 29, 2013 the Guardian UK reported a new study that GM 'hybrid' fish pose threat to natural populations, scientists warn Study shows genetically modified salmon that breed with wild trout can produce a fast-growing, competitive fish.
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
The Marathons sing about one of America's favorite foods: Peanut Butter.
Feeling a little too scrubbed and wholesome? Let RuPaul fix that for you honey.
She's got her own Peanut Butter song, New Orleans bounce-style. "It must be jelly cause jam don't shake." Warning: video may be too bootilicious for work.
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
The Newbeats 1964 rendition of Bread and Butter, as sweet and innocent as an after school snack.
"He likes bread and butter
He likes toast and jam
That's what his baby feeds him
And he's her lovin' man"
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
This is a smarty pants edition of Sing Along Snacks. Rotifer's tribute to Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, the early 20th century Viennese architect who designed what would become the prototype of the modern home kitchen, gets your groove on and supplies clever cocktail party trivia.
Rotifer - The Frankfurt Kitchen from Shock & Awe Video Productions on Vimeo.
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
HooplaHa has created a mash-up in honor of boy-bander Justin Timberlake set to his song Suit & Tie.
Ramen Noodles, Bok Choy and BBQ ribs on one sandwich. That's right.
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
The Boston Seafood Show is here again, so we've got a fishy snack for you this week. The Chemical Brothers treat us to a super trippy video with a side of education.
"Let me introduce to you a brand new dance
I know you gonna love it if you give it one chance
Its not complicated, its not too hard
You don't even have to be a hip-hop star!"
See you in Boston!
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
We're on a Scots-themed groove this week getting ready for our trip to Scotland with Rotifer's song Aberdeen Marine Lab.
"He's coming with my chips
He's battered and he's fried
I've slapped him on a plate
He's got nowhere to hide
They plucked him from the deep
They pulled him from the sea
I put him in a bag
And brought him home with me"
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
This week we're going way back with the blues and Bessie Smith with her drop-dead 1933 rendition of Gimme A Pigfoot.
"Give the piano player a drink because he's bringin' me down
He's got rhythm, yeah!
When he stomps his feet, he sends me right off to sleep
Check all your razors and your guns
We gonna be rasslin' when the wagon comes
I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer
Send me 'cause I don't care
Slay me 'cause I don't care"
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
This week's snack is a dance along line up, Nordic-style. Feel the Sprockets...
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
Carole King sings of the joys of Chicken Soup with Rice to a Maurice Sendak animation. What's not to love?
"In January it's so nice
While slipping on the sliding ice
To sip hot chicken soup with rice
Sipping once, sipping twice
Sipping chicken soup with rice"
Uploaded by yonnco on 2012-10-17.
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
A Tribe Called Quest serves up some old school hip hop with Ham 'N' Eggs.
"Now drop the beat, so I can talk about my favorite tastings
The food that is the everlasting, see I'm not fasting
I'm gobbling, like a dog on turkey
Beef jerky, slim jims, I eat sometimes
I like lemons and limes
And if not that, take it the road see and the salad sopped
Sit back, relax, listen to some hip hop"
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
Yellowman gets us in the holiday spirit island-style with Breadfruit Roasting On An Open Fire.
"Breadfruit roasting on an open fire,
cornmeal porridge on the stove..."
It's never too early or too late for a snack, so crank up that volume on your computer.
Tom Waits sings about serving Fish in the Jailhouse Tonight.
"corvina opal eye hammerhead shark
steelhead salmon or a mud bank carp
sand me one side dull
whittle the other side sharp
by Saturday night I'll be in central park
they're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, oh boy
They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight"
