Fool's Paradise Playlists for February 23, 2013

Listener comments!

1:04pm S.A. from S.F.:

It's a gassss!

1:05pm fred:

Good afternoon Rex, may your fur-lined shelter protect you from whatever the weather may throw at you

1:07pm S.A. from S.F.:

@Rex - What does the writer's credit on the label of "Surfer's Mood" say?

1:08pm Virlon:

Henry's is closed: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2659/4010713983_b6dafdb97c_o.jpg

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1:08pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Fear not, taco lovers, they will relocate. Better than ever, I can only assume.
articles.latimes.com...

1:10pm Cory:

I f'ing love reverb.

1:12pm S.A. from S.F.:

Wow, great sax break!

1:15pm Nate:

@cory and I as well! Wish I had reverb hearing aids. . .

1:16pm Richie:

I'm pretty sure Andy Dio was from New Hampshire...so yes, he's singing about a farm animal.

1:17pm S.A. from S.F.:

Sheep or goat? Inquiring minds need to know!

1:19pm S.A. from S.F.:

Oh, thanks, Rex -- that answers my question.

1:19pm Richie:

Ha!! Sheep it is!!

1:19pm Nate:

When I first landed in Greater LA, I remember asking people for directions to Henry's off "Tuh-gun-ga avenue". Dang, I'm southern!

1:20pm Nate:

Tujunga Ave and Moorpark in NoHo!

1:20pm Debbie D.:

Booted, buckled and revved for action!

1:24pm Jay/London:

Hi Rex am Enjoying the show ... that picture looks like a mini MEL's

1:24pm fred:

Gotta leave for a show, but I can't leave before saying this was a great start, as usual

1:25pm Nate:

Not at Henry's (I pronounce it Ahn-reys) - Beef Tongue Taco w/ extra onions and cilantro

1:26pm ken in denver:

My border collie usually likes the music I play but he's having trouble with this record.

1:27pm Nate:

They DID offer potato tacos! Arriba!

1:27pm S.A. from S.F.:

Mmmm... LENGUA

1:28pm Ken From Hyde Park:

My dad, who grew up in the depression, told me that he used to have bread with lard on it. I guess that's similar to shortnin' bread, right?

1:30pm S.A. from S.F.:

More like a bagel with a schmear of chicken fat.

1:31pm S.A. from S.F.:

If someone offers you a smokin' jacket in The Devil's Den, do not accept.

1:32pm Richie:

Tell me more about these potato tacos!!!

1:33pm Nate:

Ok 10:30am Pacific, and ready for lunch! I'll stop talking food. . .

1:33pm Nate:

Lengua rules! Ask for it at the local taqueria

1:35pm S.A. from S.F.:

I'm cooking grilled Spam sliders with pickled peppers and thousand island dressing.

1:36pm Richie:

Boston needs more taco stands.

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1:36pm Mailman Tom:

Speaking of lard, check out the photo on today's playlist page. The guy on the left looks like he's a regular customer of Henry's Tacos.

1:37pm Nate:

@Ritchie: Tacos de papa recipe. I promise I'm not a food snob, just a good recipe: www.saveur.com...

1:37pm Virlon:

http://www.laobserved.com/assets_c/2012/12/henrys-reed-malloy-thumb-480x320-17587.jpg

1:38pm Nate:

Whoa @s.a. from s.f.! Gotta try that! Is that a Hawaiian thing?

1:41pm Henry's review from Mike:

Mike D.

North Hollywood, CA

1/14/2013
I see why this place closed:

so i went to my barber yesterday and found it that it was right next to henry's. Last day, no line, why not.

2 hard tacos, 1 soft taco (which ended up being 2 soft tacos), 1 tostada, 1 order of chili, large orange bang. almost 20 bucks.

hard shelled items were okay but I wouldn't say they were better than taco bell/del taco. Most certainly far worse than the glorious hard shell tacos at the now defunct El Taco Llama.

But the soft taco and chili WTF. Had 1 bite of each and threw the rest away. Serious waste of food and money.

1:41pm Nate:

Mmmm. Pickled Peppers. I like mine Jersey style - Roasted Peppehz and soaked n' olive oil. I prefer Chili Oil. . .

1:41pm Richie:

Oh man!!! Thank you Nate!!!

1:41pm S.A. from S.F.:

@Nate - naw, I made it up. Pretty tame compared to what they do in Hawaii -- Spam sushi wrapped in seaweed.

1:44pm Cory:

mmm, chicken and dumplings

1:44pm Nate:

Oh man! I'd die to get mp3s of Rex's commercials!

1:45pm Richie:

Hmmm...gorilla steaks

1:45pm S.A. from S.F.:

Please pass the biscuits, please!

1:45pm Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

I hope you all tuned in for the Sister Rosetta Tharpe on PBS last night.

1:46pm Nate:

Wonder what a Gorilla Steak is? Or shant I?

1:46pm Richie:

...and liver flavored ice cream.

1:46pm Nate:

I did @Jumpy on your suggestion. Great!

1:47pm Jay/London:

@ richie that's going to far

1:47pm S.A. from S.F.:

Saw part of it on my lunch break.

1:49pm Henry's grave:

“I’m tired, I’m alone,” Janis Hood sighs. “I’m nearing 60,” (she’s 57). “I don’t have a husband. I don’t have children. I have nieces back in Arkansas that are 3 and 4 years old, and I’ve never seen them. I’m ready to let it all go.”

So yes, publicly she is mad at the landlord who owns the property who wouldn’t let her sell the business over the past year to three prospective buyers who wanted to keep Henry’s Tacos going as is.

And yes, she’s mad at Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian because she said he did not push her vintage sign and tiny restaurant to the full Council for a vote that would declare the space a Cultural Historic Landmark. The councilman said he wanted to stay out of the landlord-tenant dispute and would have pushed for the vote if things were settled, but it wasn’t clear why his actions depended on the lease negotiations.

Yes, she’s mad, but personally, Hood is ready to move on.

1:50pm S.A. from S.F.:

I'm pretty sure I've heard of someone making foie gras ice cream.

Quick Google: Humphry Slocombe in my own fair city.

1:50pm ken in denver:

@Nate, Yum. thanks for the recipe!

1:51pm Richie:

@Jay/London Ha! Sorry 'bout that! Blame Red Holloway!

1:56pm Henry's going going gone!:

Decades-old Valley institution Henry's Tacos closed Sunday night and just a few hours later its Googie-style signs and menus were gone. While a Henry's employee plans to reopen the restaurant in a new location with "the old location's ambience," he's not, as previously reported, going to be using the original signs. Those have gone to the San Fernando Valley Relics preservation group, which plans to put them in a new museum it's working on (this despite "even movie producers" clamoring to get their hands on them), reports the Daily News. (The new Henry's signs will be modeled on the originals.) SFV Relics has stashed "some 10,000 Valley treasures" in a 20,000 square foot factory in North Hollywood--goods include a "handwritten letter by Isaac Newton Van Nuys recalling his journey from the East Coast to Napa in the 1860s," the 1958 sign from the White Horse Inn, a 1940s Jessup Farms Dairy wagon, and "nearly a century of yearbooks from Van Nuys and San Fernando high schools" (which sounds like potentially the greatest collection of haircuts ever). The group plans to open its Valley Relics Museum in early May.

1:57pm Nate:

OMG! I've died and gone to heaven! This teenager is batty over this roach song!

2:10pm S.A. from S.F.:

She gets her eyes pecked out by birds, right?

2:17pm S.A. from S.F.:

Was there never a horror movie based on giant FLEAS? I mean, THEY live on blood, too.

2:22pm AbeSomething:

Hey Rex, What was that trailer you played earlier? "Makes those Swedish films look tame! Uniformed police will be supervising admissions!" ?? Thanks.

2:23pm Nate:

I like bread and butter better (newbeats), Daddy-O!

2:24pm Nate:

Has anyone figured out how to sign in to "Friendship society" via iPhone?

2:26pm S.A. from S.F.:

Only on Norton....

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2:27pm Mailman Tom:

Horror of Party Beach was filmed on location in Stamford, CT!

2:29pm Richie:

Horror of Party Beach...is that the one where the monster was thwarted with sodium?

2:29pm Sam:

Didn't Miriam lose the Del-Aires drum set in the flood ?

2:33pm Joe B:

Hey Rex! great show as always, hi everyone!

2:35pm S.A. from S.F.:

Wow -- "Let's Have A Party" cover, mashed-up with the lyrics to "Shortnin' Bread"! Wha...?

2:36pm Mimsy Farmer:

Rex- yes, the drums went UNDER WATER. When they were pulled out, they were all FULL of seawater. I curse the fates, sobbed a lot, and in a moment of clarity, did the right thig-- drained them and put the rims back on backwards. Took them home to dry out. Cleaned em, new heads, the full-on spa treatment. Played on em New Years Eve and they sound better than ever. Not me, of course, THE KIT! I believe this is one of the few kits that has been fully baptized in brine!

2:38pm S.A. from S.F.:

Ooh, that was my Hitchcock sound bite, Rex. Nice!

2:44pm S.A. from S.F.:

Barney Kessel? No way!

2:51pm S.A. from S.F.:

@M - My floor tom has been baptized in black tea several times -- using it as a bedside table.

2:51pm Sam:

Glad to hear you saved the kit Mimsy ! The loud sound does indeed abound !

2:56pm Nate:

Ok. I now know where sacarilliac came from. Thanks "The Big Swim"!

2:56pm Nate:

Who is this DJ? In the bumper. . .

2:57pm Mimsy Farmer:

Yes indeed Sam (insert "Underwater" by the Frogmen here)! Talk about the Horror Of Party Beach!!!

1:12pm astro138:

great job rex!