Archive for April 2011
Frontier Mixology: ‘Ti Punch
Posted by: Roddy Rickhouse on: April 29, 2011
What you know as rum isn’t really rum. The light rum from, for example, Bacardi with which you’ve been making mojitos is more akin to a vodka, one that happens to have started its life way-back-when as sugar cane. It is distilled from molasses, and is produced in such a way as to remove fermentation [...]
Your Live Life vol. 3 – Summer Concerts in DC
Posted by: Peter Lillis on: April 29, 2011
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With the majority of the Mason-Dixon Line above us, DC can and should be lumped with other large Southern metropolises. We know it’s getting to be summer when the Republicans start breaking out their seersucker. As almost a two year resident of Washington, the heat of summer has become something I both long for and [...]
Frontier Photography – Amy Stein
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: April 29, 2011
I have spent the past five plus years driving across America photographing stranded motorists. Finding subjects is a matter of chance and every encounter is tense because of the unusual circumstances of our interaction and the inherent danger of the roadside environment. Most of the photographs from this series can be found on a Google Map that [...]
Chic Fatigue – The Transition Coat
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: April 28, 2011
One day, it will be summer. Until then, most of us still need a coat. Now, I love, love, love my two-year-old water-wind-sleet-whatever-proof Postcard jacket (nickname: “The Fortress”). If my house were on fire, I’d save that coat, my laptop, and my vintage Balenciaga sunglasses. But after March 20, I want The Fortress out of [...]
Brooklyn Mac and Cheese
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: April 27, 2011
This mac and cheese recipe is not for the faint of heart. Nor is it for a slothful midnight refrigerator run. This recipe is for those who want to prepare macaroni and cheese that deserves a shrine and a theme song, for those self-taught gourmands who want to run with giants and emerge king.
Fleeter Foxes – A Review of Helplessness Blues
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: April 26, 2011
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In 2008, Fleet Foxes set the bar high with their EP Sun Giant and their eponymous debut album. Thankfully, their highly anticipated second record (streaming on NPR until May 3) exceeds expectations. With a blend of folk, blues, and rock, Helplessness Blues oozes heartache and spirituality and is one of the most compelling records of [...]
The Albums We Missed: March and April 2011
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: April 25, 2011
(Every other month on Frontier Psychiatrist we round up the best records from the previous 60 days that we weren’t able to review. Staying current in the modern musical landscape can be a Herculean challenge, particularly if one also wishes to stay employed. We hope to make it a little bit easier for you. If [...]
Frontier Photography – Sofie Van Dam
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: April 22, 2011
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My photographs blend surrealism and realism to refer to collective feelings and fears. Shot on a 4×5 camera, they are mostly photographed at night in quiet, abandoned places and explore themes of transience, longing, and alienation.
Panda Bear Medicine – A Review of Tomboy
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: April 21, 2011
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Why would I, a classical pianist by training, choral director by trade, and Hindustani singer by aspiration be drawn to Tomboy, the new solo release by Noah Lennox, a.k.a. Panda Bear of Animal Collective? Last spring, a student of mine, tired of me extolling music he’d never heard of, issued me a challenge: listen to [...]
