Fun New Products from Apple.... yet again....

The undisputed masters of milking the media.

I can't wait.

Small Renovation Works In The Basement

Back to Basics.

The Basement started as a music blog. When push comes to shove, I am reminded of this little rule of thumb: KISS

Keep
It
Simple,
Stupid.

The Wall of Fame is up. It's my tribute to the seminal albums that have shaped me through the years. It's a work in progress, it's by no means complete. There aren't many albums which would make it up onto the Wall. The first inductee is Thom's Band of Merry Men.


Ah.... Radiohead, how you have changed and morphed through the years. From the brash kiddie rock of Pablo Honey, to the more polished stylings of The Bends, to the immortal android anguish of OK Computer, down past the largely underappreiated, and misunderstood kookiness and spartan landscapes of Kid A, through to the unforgetable (heh heh... bad pun...) Amnesiac, into the introspective Hail to the Thief, you truly deserve every bit of Wall space there is.

Musings will be added on the Wall in due time.

I'm suddenly awash with a wave of nostalgia.

They say it happens in the autumn years....

World's Most Expensive Dessert

Food has been on my mind a lot lately.

Not sure why. Perhaps it's a hormonal thing.

Here's the world's most expensive dessert. At a smashing USD$1,000, this ought to be the most awe-inspiring, high-inducing, tummy-tickling, tongue-lashingest piece of sweetness in the world.

The Daily Olive site documents the $1,000 "Grand Opulence" sundae sold by New York's Serendipity restaurant:

Made with "5 scoops of the richest Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream infused with Madagascar vanilla and covered in 23K edible gold leaf, the sundae is drizzled with the world's most expensive chocolate, Amedei Porceleana, and covered with chunks of rare Chuao chocolate, which is from cocoa beans harvested by the Caribbean Sea on Venezuela's coast.

The masterpiece is suffused with exotic candied fruits from Paris, gold dragets, truffles and Marzipan Cherries. It is topped with a tiny glass bowl of Grand Passion Caviar, an exclusive dessert caviar, made of salt-free American Golden caviar, known for its sparkling golden color.

It's sweetened and infused with fresh passion fruit, orange and Armagnac. The sundae is served in a baccarat Harcourt crystal goblet with an 18K gold spoon to partake in the indulgence served with a petite mother of pearl spoon and topped with a gilded sugar flower by Ron Ben-Israel."

Kinda brings new meaning to the phrase "swwweeeetttttt....."

Yarrrrr Matey......

Gosh.

It's almost been a month since my last post.

Time sure flies.

I was looking through my last few posts and I realised that there are plenty of dark images and horror themed pictures. (I'm looking at YOU, Jason)

So instead, I've decided to post something funny for a change.

Here's everyone's favourite pirate, Cap'n Jack Sparrow! And his own breakfast cereal! YARRRR MATEY!!! YAaarrrr....

According to the description on the steering wheel, the cereal will be “Naturally Sweetened Chocolate Pearl Shaped Cereal with Pirate Shaped Marshmallows”. The marshmallow shapes include hearts, hats, and treasurechests, kind of a Captain Jack Lucky Charms.

Ooooooooo.......