Recent content by The Latin Liquidator

Beautifully done, Christopher. Made me feel like I was there. Which, in turn, made me feel like shit for being where I was and still am. That new Taco Bell burrito was apparently "premiered" at a Taco Bell stand in SXSW and the Pitchfork (was it Pitchfork?) guy said it was like "a giant Dorito...

Seeing as no one has revealed to me whether this is any kind of secret, I am inclined to believe that the designer is, in fact, that guy who tried to pick Karla up years ago, at that club in New York. Best, LL

It was the strangest bathroom in the world, Chris. Two toilets. Two shower heads in a huge shower. No bidet. No tub. The toilets faced each other across the room. I tell you. Something very strange was afoot... I'm still asking around among the neighbors to find out if anyone actually kept that...

I was going to write "now that I live "in the vinous Arschloch der Welt", but remembered I was in Orlando last week and, after all, things could be worse. Also, the whole coprological thing could get out of hand... Somehow I didn't visualize my return to Wine Disorder quite like this. Best, LL

Oops! Sorry. Had I know the great Mr. Coad was posting again, I would have checked in sooner. I have been absent too long. I lost my mind. Or was it my password? At any rate, after some very insistent e-mails from Kane regarding why I had not filled Coad's blanks, here is the filling for those...

My feeling about this was wonder that they still give out such prizes, considering we live in a post-literate world and every day holding on to any notion of "Literature" seems more and more... Well, fill in the blank. I wonder if they include Don Mario's latest tweets... Best, LL

Well, seeing the terrinly sad news Eric has posted on the board, I think I may open one of my bottles of this stuff in memory of Marcel Lapierre, who died last night. FWIW (and funny, me popping up out of nowhere after months of lurkage), though the wine did seem to me a bit on high-alcohol...

Oh, okay, I thought that by "Elmer Fudd" you were referring to me. But I see I appear below. See you tomorrow. What time do the festivities commence? Oh, and I have some Sherry that may not have been anfora-aged, but is a damn bright shade of bright coppery orange. I could bring a couple of...

Okay, Levi D, I shall fly up to NYC on the 28th just to be at this orange thing. Can't find your e-mail anywhere, but please do make a note of this, or let me know if theres no room for a Liquidator anymore, so I can then readjust travel plans. Best, LL

Still working on getting up there on the 29th. Keep me in mind... M.

Hey, I could be convinced of flying up early for this! I like big anforae and I cannot lie. M.

Is there an East-Coast-versus-West-Coast thing going on here? I personally enjoyed Mr. Lillie's work with Funkadelic. Best, LL

I much prefered the output from Mr. Lynch's Death Metal phase. The singing was so beautiful, nuanced and real... Best, LL

That is why, whenever I feel inclined to comment on spoofiness or the lack thereof, I come back to the fundamental question: What would Joe Strummer do?

My first electric guitar was an orange-sunburst copy of a Les Paul Standard. Though later in life I developed a certain favoritism toward vintage Telecasters, that first guitar was key. No debate here about Les Paul's greatness in terms of exploring new possibilities for the instrument.