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June 10, 2012

J.C. Hardaway Big S BBQ (1924-2002) Greatest Hits!

I, for one, miss J.C. Hardaway's barbecue sandwich and The Big S Grill...

Terrible to find out that our favorite pitmaster has passed away. JC Hardaway, who made the best chopped pork sandwiches and hamburgers in Memphis, passed away sunday at age 78.

Visiting the Big S to chow down on JC's food was a weekly ritual. JC would bring out a pad of paper and we'd jot down the orders while he brought out our quarts of beer, always chuckling to himself about something or other, always enthused that we came for his food.

our standard approach was to order one cheeseburger and one chopped sandwich- the heat from the bbq would be tempered by the burger, and everything then washed down by some cold beer. Damn! The combination of flavors and the permanently-midnight interior decor of the big S made the the whole experience otherworldly- we never wanted to leave.

Ribs weren't always available- possibly because JC seemed to get the biggest ribs i've ever seen- and maybe buffalo ribs weren't always for sale in Memphis? When we did opt for the ribs,they were tangy, salty, and sweet. And big enough for at least one more meal.

It was always great taking foreigners into this "bad area" and watching their responses as they tasted the food. It was great the way JC would greet 'em "where are you from? France? Have you heard of me? I'm world-famous!" It was great the time jay went nuts and ate 4 cheeseburgers. or was it bbq sandwiches? it was a lot of food, either way. It was great when we were watching the hopeless, hapless Grizz beat the Lakers on tv in the Big S. It was great when we finished the Big S t-shirts, with JC's face on the back.... turned out to be a limited edition. I hope you got yours.

A group of us went to see him a while back when he first went into the hospital and brought him some things, but he was heavily medicated and so out of it that i think we confused him more than helped. JC, true to form, kept trying to get out of bed to fix my friend eric a cheeseburger.

we miss you JC.

 

J.C. Hardaway, Pit Master, 1924-2002

by Lolis Eric Elie

It was Frank Stewart's memory that led us to Hawkins Grill that May night in 1993. As a boy, growing up in Memphis, he had eaten barbecue at that small, unheralded place. All those years later, the flavor of the place lingered in his memory.

The sandwiches we would eat that night at Hawkins Grill would be the first of many we would ingest in the course of preparing our book, Smokestack Lightning: Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country. It was an unfortunate beginning, in a way. J.C. Hardaway, the pitmaster at Hawkins Grill, would come to represent for me and for many the ultimate in barbecue mastery. Little did we know that biting into those sandwiches we would put ourselves on a long and disappointing road. We tasted barbecue all over this vast country of ours. None of it was better than what we ate that night at Hawkins Grill. J.C.'s was a meticulous method.

Sitting on a hot grill, there was a pork shoulder wrapped in aluminum foil. As Al Green or Albert King or Frankie Beverly played on the jukebox, J.C. cut a few slices and set them to warm on the grill. On the same grill, he toasted the hamburger buns. While the meat cooked, he splashed them with barbecue sauce from an old Palmolive dish detergent bottle. The meat was then placed on a worn chopping board, chopped with a dull clever, placed on the toasted bun, topped with a mayonnaise-based coleslaw, cut in half, stuck with a toothpick, and served.

It was a sandwich like that one that led me to write, "In J.C. Hardaway, the shoulder sandwich has discovered its Stradivarius." The sentiment was not mine alone. J.C. was the only chef invited to cook twice at the Southern Foodways Alliance's annual symposium. There is no more exacting audience for American food than that crowd. He wowed them as he did everyone.

You would think that in Memphis, Tennessee, a barbecue crazed town, that a man like J.C. Hardaway would be a local legend, right up there with B.B. King and Elvis Presley. But truth be told, he worked in relatively obscurity, known only by the folks in the neighborhood and the few serious connoisseurs who sought him out near the corner of Bellview and McLemore. The local food critics didn't know him. And even at Hawkins, his genius wasn't appreciated. The owners sold the place and the new owners deluded themselves into thinking they could cook as well as J.C. The business died while J.C. moved around the corner to the Big S Grill, where he completed his career.

Little by little he came to be more widely known. He was mentioned in magazine articles, and in his hometown newspaper. He was honored with the Keeper of the Flame award by the Southern Foodways Alliance, and his fans even had t-shirts and business cards printed up for him. But the end was bittersweet. Years of standing up 12 hours a day, cooking, serving, and cleaning took its toll. His advanced age and failing health made it difficult for him to fully enjoy the accolades that were his in later life.

But when those many midnights turned to mornings and when the small aisle of Hawkins was filled with dancers and there were as many empty quart beer bottles on the bar as there were full ones left in the cooler, what emerged on the plate from J.C. Hardaway's cramped kitchen was as much about nostalgia as it was about food. The taste of his sandwiches invoked the ancestors. And as you ate at Hawkins, the nostalgic details of your own biography in food played in your mind, while you chewed with an intense silence.

So it is fitting now that for the happy few who knew J.C. and his genius, he has become a legend. An ancestor. And years from now, when we are that much further from his era and its culinary ideals, we will still conjure that flavor in our mouth's memory and smile.

- Lolis Eric Elie

 

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Memphis pit masters Raymond Robinson (Cozy Corner Barbecue) and J. C. Hardaway (Big S Lounge) serve up their origin stories and talk meat—from Boston butt to ribs to Cornish hens.

Smokestack Lightning, a Day in the Life of Barbecue. Filmmakers and serious eaters Scott Stohler and David Bransten of Bay Package Productions follow ten subjects from five different states, exploring "the history and tradition of this food from its rural beginnings to its present day incarnation in large-scale commercial organizations."

J.C. Hardaway is a famous Memphis pit master and owner of the Big S. Lounge. His sauce is simple and very good.

J.C.Hardaway's Famous BBQ Sauce

  • 1 - 18 ounce bottle of Kraft Hickory Smoked BBQ Sauce
  • 1 3.5 ounce bottle Liquid Smoke
  • 1.5 lbs. granulated sugar. (I use half that amount.)
  • 4 cups white or red vinegar (I use Mussleman's apple cider vinegar.)
  • 1 - 16 ounce bottle Hunt's Tomato Ketchup (J.C. says it has to be Hunt's.)


You can add a touch of fire, like Tabasco, if you like. I heat it it up to dissolve the sugar but don't boil it. It keeps for a long time in the fridge.

 

Common terms and phrases

Page 10 - Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a rack.
Page 282 - Place 2 cups watermelon puree, the sugar, corn syrup, and salt in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 20 minutes.
Page 37 - Cover the pan with foil and bake for 45 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for 10 minutes.
Page 123 - Put the water, ham, and beans into a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until the beans are tender, about 2 hours.
Page 277 - /i hours or until golden brown on top and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove the pan from the oven and allow to sit for 5 minutes, then cut into squares and place in individual serving bowls.
Page 27 - Meanwhile, combine the ketchup and brown sugar in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves and the sauce is warm.
Page 16 - Drain and set aside. Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 4 to 5 minutes.
Page 54 - ... vinegar, apple juice or cider, cider vinegar, brown sugar, soy sauce or Worcestershire sauce, mustard, garlic powder, white pepper, cayenne, and bacon bits in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir in the apple, onion, and bell pepper. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, 10 to 15 minutes or until it thickens slightly. Stir it often. Allow to cool, then pour into sterilized glass bottles. A glass jar that used to contain mayonnaise or juice works well. Refrigerate for...
Page 219 - Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Cut the butter into small pieces and scatter over the dry ingredients.

I, for one, miss J.C. Hardaway's barbecue sandwich and The Big S Grill... Terrible to find out that our favorite pitmaster has passed away. JC Hardaway, who made the best chopped pork sandwiches and hamburgers in Memphis, passed away sunday at age 78. Visiting the Big S to chow down on JC's food was ... » See Ya at » What Gets Me Hot

January 26, 2012

Traci Lords Story (X-Rated Ambition)

Traci Lords Story (X-Rated Ambition)

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July 28, 2011

3 Sex Pistols Video-FIRSTS

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Sex Pistols FIRST American gig

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Sid Vicious Death

 

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November 6, 2010

Ian Dury recites Mingus + Bus Driver's weavers' chair for alan pritchard

Ian Dury Recites Mingus and Bus driver's prayer for Alan Pritchard

Ian dury recites mingus and bus driver's Weavers' Chair for alan pritchard

 


Ian Dury-busdriver の祈り
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July 12, 2010

(VIDEO) Facebook Teenie 'Panic Button': Scaring the Brand Loyalty into them EARLY!

Facebook Teenie ' Panic Button ' Scaring the Brand Loyalty into them EARLY!  

Joanna Shields from Facebook and Jim Gamble from the child exploitation and online protection centre (Ceop) discuss the issues.

Facebook has announced it will allow a "panic button" application on its social networking site.

The button, aimed at children and teenagers, will report abuse to the UK Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) and Facebook.

Once installed, the application appears on their homepage to say that "they are in control online".

The launch follows months of negotiation between Ceop and Facebook, which initially resisted the idea.

Ceop, the government law enforcement agency tasked with tracking down online sex offenders, called for a panic button to be installed on social networking sites last November.

Bebo became the first network to add the button with MySpace following suit, but Facebook resisted the change, saying its own reporting systems were sufficient.

Pressure mounted on Facebook following the rape and murder of 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall by a 33-year-old convicted sex offender, posing as a teenage boy, who she met on Facebook.

Forty-four police chiefs in England, Wales and Scotland, signed a letter backing Ceop's call for a panic button on every Facebook page.

'Reassurance for parents'

The agreement to launch a child safety application is the culmination of months of negotiation between Ceop and Facebook.

Jim Gamble, Ceop's chief executive, said in a statement: "Our dialogue with Facebook about adopting the ClickCeop button is well documented - today however is a good day for child protection.

"By adding this application, Facebook users will have direct access to all the services that sit behind our ClickCeop button which should provide reassurance to every parent with teenagers on the site."

Facebook's head of communications in the UK, Sophy Silver, told BBC News that the new app would integrate reporting into both Facebook and Ceop's systems.

"Both sides are happy as to where we have got," she said.

"We still have the Facebook reporting system and by having a pre-packaged application that users play an active part in, you not only help keep them safe, it makes all of their friends aware too, and acts as a viral awareness campaign.

"Ultimately though, this makes for a safer environment for users and that's the most important part," she added.

In addition to the online reporting application, a new Facebook/Ceop page is being set up, with a range of topics that, it is hoped, will be of interest to teenagers, such as celebrities, music and exams. It will link these subjects to questions about online safety.

 

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July 29, 2009

Lana Clarkson: B-movie actress | BBC NEWS|


Lana Clarkson: B-movie actress

Actress Lana Clarkson was found shot dead at the home of record producer Phil Spector in 2003.

Spector was charged with murdering the 40-year-old and, despite a 2007 mistrial, has been found guilty of her murder.

Lana Clarkson
Lana Clarkson wanted to be a famous actress, the trial heard

Born in 1962 in California, Lana Clarkson set her heart on making it in the tough world of Hollywood, with a dream of following in the footsteps of her idol Marilyn Monroe.

She carved out a career with small roles in American TV hits including The A-Team, Knight Rider and Who's The Boss in the 1970s and 1980s.

Her big screen debut came in Amy Heckerling's 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which starred Sean Penn and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

But it was her association with legendary low-budget movie mogul Roger Corman that really put her on the B-movie map.

She described learning about the movie world under Corman as the "boot camp" of film-making.

Clarkson in 1987 film Amazon Women on the Moon
Clarkson appeared in 1987 film Amazon Women on the Moon

Clarkson's first starring role was in the cult sci-fi movie Barbarian Queen, produced by Corman.

The 1985 film, set during the days of the Roman Empire, saw Clarkson play one of three women who survive an attack on their village and decide to exact revenge.

She reprised her role in the 1989 sequel Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back.

Clarkson's other film roles included the spoof Amazon Women on the Moon and fantasy Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II.

In 2000, she starred as Detective Jan Cooper in Richard Gabai's Vice Girls.

She played one of a trio of sexy vice squad cops who went undercover, wearing very little, to capture a killer.

"Her main motivation was to be known," according to playwright John Barons, who hired and fired Lana Clarkson shortly before her death.

"It's not like she wanted to be in Dostoyevsky and that she wanted to do Shakespeare. The passion was more to be a famous actress."

The court watching video footage of Lana Clarkson
The court was shown video footage of Lana Clarkson

But from the early 1990s onwards, her career consisted of small roles in a handful of films and occasional TV parts.

She kept the money coming in by appearing in numerous advertising campaigns, including slots for Nike, Mercedes and US retail chain Kmart.

Clarkson was also a regular volunteer at the Aids charity Project Angel Food, which delivers food to those disabled by HIV and Aids.

But she was down on her luck when she met Phil Spector while working as a hostess at the House of Blues club on Sunset Boulevard.

"I can't believe I'm borrowing clothes from my friends to work at a $9-an-hour job pulling out chairs for people I used to beat out for jobs," she told her friend Jennifer Hayes-Riedl. "It's horrible."

Ms Hayes-Riedl told the court during the first murder trial: "Her smile could light up a room."

But underneath, she "just crumbled", she said. "She was this sad, pathetic person who didn't have hope at all."

'End of my tether'

Both trials included time spent arguing over whether Clarkson really had given up on life, and could have been capable of suicide.

She sent letters to friends and a doctor in the months leading up to her death including the phrases "I'm at the end of my rope here" and "I was at the end of my tether".

She also wrote at one point: "This has been definitely the most difficult year of my life. My finances are a shambles and I am on the verge of losing everything."

But her mother told the court that her daughter had bought seven pairs of shoes for a new job just hours before she was shot.

She also identified a series of photos the actress had taken to seek work about a month before her death.

And in an e-mail sent the day before she died, Clarkson agreed to attend a birthday party for a friend's husband later that month. "Can't wait! Hugs & kisses, Lana," she wrote.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Lana Clarkson: B-movie actress

June 18, 2009

BBC- Drugs - Radio 1



BBC - Radio 1 - Drugs

Top of the Pops 2 [BBC- Trivia]

Part 3 - Presenting Pans People!

For the first three years, the show was presented by four DJs - Jimmy Savile, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray and David Jacobs. Every show was a live transmission from the BBC's Manchester studio. The chart format, however, presented an obvious problem: What happens when the artist is not available? 

Enter the Top of the Pops dancers. The first troupe was called The Go-Jos, but it was Pan's People - masterminded by Flick Colby - who really defined the role. They made their debut dancing to Tommy James & The Shondells' 'Mony Mony' in 1968, and stayed with the show for nearly ten years.

Pan's People were briefly replaced by Ruby Flipper in 1978 before Colby came up with Legs & Co. and, in 1980, Zoo. The dance troupes, however, were one tradition which didn't survive the video age: by the mid-Eighties the choreographed dance routines had been largely consigned to the nostalgia department, much to the disappointment of dads across the UK. 

The show stayed in Manchester until mid-1967, by which time the logistics of getting bands and artists to the city for a weekly live transmission were becoming a nightmare. Top of the Pops moved south, to the BBC's studios at Lime Grove in London. New faces were also introduced to present the show. Making their Top of the Pops debuts in 1967 were Stuart Henry, Emperor Roscoe, Simon Dee and Kenny Everett, all taken from their day jobs at the newly-formed Radio 1.

Next: The '80s, '90s and fond farewell...

History of TOTP

May 31, 2009

Stephen Fry talks about ABBABBC4TV "better than it needs to Be" laughing out loudly

in the BBC4 TV special "Guilty", British comedic celebrity Stephen Fry talked about his various decadent indulgences - one of them being the music of ABBA.

April 10, 2009

Smart Pods Project: Royal College of Art [UK Designer, Rob Thompson: 'Healthcare on the Move'] Via: BBC + 'KWB'



New designs showing the possible future for the UK's emergency transport have been unveiled at the Royal College of Art, London.

The concepts are the result of a two-year project called Healthcare on the Move, funded by the Government's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. RCA designer Rob Thompson talks through some of the proposed radical new features, which include ejector seats, off road driving ability and 360 degree access to patients.

The Smart Pods Project is open at the RCA for two days from 7th April.

January 5, 2009

Comedian Frank Skinner: Special Edition [BBC: Panorama]

Skinner to examine swearing on TV

Frank Skinner
Skinner says swearing should be used sparingly on TV

Comedian Frank Skinner is to make a special edition of BBC's Panorama programme about swearing, and taste and decency, on television.

Skinner, who has experimented with dropping swearing from his act, has spoken to all the major broadcasters for the show.

The 51-year-old's programme will be aired in early February.

It follows a call last month from ITV head Michael Grade for broadcasters to cut down on "indiscriminate" swearing.

He spoke in the wake of a row over offensive calls made by presenters Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand on Brand's Radio 2 show.

The pair left lewd voicemail messages for 78-year-old Andrew Sachs about the Fawlty Towers actor's granddaughter, Georgina Baillie.

'Back off'

Last month, Skinner told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he had performed a gig without using bad language, as an experiment to freshen up his act.

I don't want people using so much swearing that there's a blanket ban because there won't be then any room for the clever swearing - the beautiful, eloquent swearing
Frank Skinner

As a result, he has now cut down significantly on the amount swearing he uses in his performances.

He also told Today he agreed with Grade that there was now too much swearing on TV.

"I don't want people using so much swearing that there's a blanket ban because there won't be then any room for the clever swearing - the beautiful, eloquent swearing," he said.

"So I just think we need to back off on the stuff that's not necessary."

Panorama producers believe this stance makes him highly qualified to examine the issue.

They say it is rare for non-journalists to make Panorama programmes and that celebrities are only asked to front the show when they can bring their own perspective to an issue.

Previous such programme makers have included Blur bassist Alex James, who looked at the cocaine industry in Colombia, and writer Bill Bryson, who investigated the UK's attitude to littering.