Great interview with Bourdain:
http://dcist.com/2009/01/chewing_the_fat_anthony_bourdain.php
Looks like the finale of Top Chef this year is in New Orleans:
http://www.realitytvfans.com/2009/01/20/emeril-lagasse-to-guest-judge-on-top-chef-finale-episodes.html
I've been listening to a lot of The Doors lately...the Manzarek brothers are totally underrated. The wiki for those of you who don't know who The Doors are:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors
A few years ago, I thought the Grey Album (Beatles/Jay-Z mashup) was genius. The Radiohead/Jay-Z mashup...I'm not so sure:
http://www.jaydiohead.com/
I had heard rumors that there was a new location for House of Siam, and sure enough, it's where the old Thai Village was. Will have to check it out one day to see if it's as good as the original location:
http://southendfoodies.blogspot.com/2009/01/house-of-siam.html