April 4, 2007 | Filed under: videoblogging Week, NYC, good eatin'
If I had to pick one style of food to eat for the rest of my life it would be dumplings. Any dumpling from any nation. Any golfball sized food stuffed into an edible wrapper qualifies. Today’s VBW07 features tasty little dumplingy morsels from the Ukraine: pierogi. On day 4, Brian and I head to my favorite palace of plump pierogis, Veselka (actually, we went last week, I only edited and uploaded on day 4). Now, there may be some controversy, but I will state clearly and without shame my preference for fried pierogi. I realize they are often enjoyed boiled. To this I say “Thanks, but no thanks.” it’s fried or nothing.
The utterly-non-CC music featured is by one of my favorite Ukrainian gypsy punk bands* Gogol Bordello because sometimes, you just want the music you want. So go buy it, it’s a hell of a fun record. Bet you never heard anything like it!
When making videos I do make an effort to either futz around with Garageband or comb through Podsafe or IODA or the archive for Creative Commons licensed or public domain music, and occasionally I have had success. But sometimes…well, sometimes you hear a song and think “What a perfect excuse to go eat pierogis at Veselka! Wouldn’t this song work great!?”. I love music–”love” doesn’t even cover it– I’m a complete and total music freak raised by complete and total music freaks. There are very few silent moments in my life because I have music playing constantly at home and away. There is music for every occasion and mood. Music inspires me, and sometimes it inspires a videoblog post. Hopefully, I’ll inspire someone to go buy this terrific album. You can find it here, here, and here.
* Like there’s another?
April 4, 2007
@ 4:19 pm
Dude, not only do you love sidecars but you love pierogi?? I freakin’ LOVE pierogis! We have a lot of old Ukrainian immigrants in our neighborhood, even a really cool Ukrainian church with a colorful tiled dome roof. Anyway, these little old ladies make the fattiest, tastiest pierogi ever. Mmmm.
April 4, 2007
@ 9:06 pm
I loved your editing on this one, nicely done.
April 4, 2007
@ 10:09 pm
Wow, Video Blogging Week is here again…I didn’t get into last year, and this year…well, looks like I have already missed the first couple days…
The food, reason enough to do a trip to New York.
Much respect for looking around for podsafe music, I have tired and tired however, I am guilty of introducing music that I digg, with hopes that I am helping out the artist.
Anyhow I am gonna check out the album…Thanks!
April 5, 2007
@ 12:28 am
Great editing there! Im going to be in NYC this weekend … I havent yet however decided which MMMoM vlog site I’m going to try and find first.
April 5, 2007
@ 12:49 am
Somewhere between playing with compression and Ukrainian gypsy punk bands, I love you.
April 5, 2007
@ 7:58 am
S’up B and B? You’re making me hungry everytime I see your vids! I’m going to gain 10 pounds!
btw did you disable comments on your last post?
PMS indeed…you sound like my sweetie! she loves to eat the sweets during….well you know….
April 6, 2007
@ 12:59 am
You’re videos are such fun.
April 10, 2007
@ 8:58 pm
man, I always leave hungry watching these. time for dinner.