In 1988, the late Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
called a sound studio at 3am, said he
had an idea, and asked if he could come
record. He was so polite, the studio
owner said yes even though it was late.
He showed up 15 minutes later, sang
and played his ukulele, and recorded
‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ in just
one take. It is now the most requested
version of the song by far. SourceSource 2
this is like one of those ancient folk tales abt a god diguised as a man and when the owner of the studio showed kindness he blessed the world with the most beautiful song as a sign of gratitude
Dan and I bought a thing called “long ziti” from the local Weird Bargain Store, largely as a joke, but…. I have never had a more unsettling pasta experience in my life. They wouldn’t bend enough to cook from top to bottom simultaneously, and while they were cooking boiling water kept spouting out from the tops of them out of the pot, like a boiling pipe organ.
Then they were so long and floppy and hoselike that we couldn’t pick them up with anything other than tongs, and then they were so long and unwieldy that it was basically impossible to sauce them without them all slithering out of the bowl like wet snakes. They then proceeded to cool down almost completely within the the seconds it took to walk to the living room.
Eating them was like eating a bowl full half melted drinking straws.
Bringing back Long Ziti for another round because it’s just too funny