#snakeblood

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Some surprising soundtrack inclusions seem to be following a certain modus operandi, so they make sense. Danny Boyle's movies, for instance, host a wide array of musicians. Nonetheless, you can tell he favours those from the 90's (probably) thanks to the fact the period gave him the name. Thus, his Beach collected the players from all the reaches of the scenes from the period, but Leftfield surprised me the most. They're not like Groove Armada or Basement Jaxx in terms of 'soundtrackibility', which is why their placement on the LP shocks me. While they belong the electronic boom of the 90's, they always felt, well, a bit off in comparison to the others. Nonetheless, they do fit Boyle's attempt to make Hollywood go his way, which the director failed spectularly.

[zoombie1]

4th and final bottle cutout at 2:15am... dedication for my team... @fresnoundergroundart showcase at @fullcirclebrewingco 5pm-11pm Thursday march 2nd #artshow #beerbottle #cutout #groupshow #paintinglate #getdown #snakeblood #no5 #zoombie #zoombienation #grindhard

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#Snakeblood (at Eight Elephants Hostel, Shida, Taipei, Taiwan)

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Leftfield - Snakeblood

one of Leftfield’s finest tracks long forgotten

it only appeared on the soundtrack to a movie where the film crew bombed a once beautiful beach in thailand

then the film bombed in cinemas

and it bombed in the hearts of Leonardo DiCaprio fans who, years before Breaking Bad and Mad Men changed current trends in modern storytelling, didn’t know they weren’t meant to totally sympathise with an anti-hero asshole backpacker

[indonesianliving]

Cobra blood and meat

Living in Jakarta is always interesting. The people are always a source of surprise, the weather is at times treacherous and the food is, well, its different.

The weekend just gone, I finally got around to trying a particular delicacy I have been wanting to try for a long time. Snake.

Note: I don't want to hear any animal welfare bullshit on this. I should note that the snake was killed instantly and more humanely than most pigs or cows in England. So put your bacon sarny down keyboard warrior and kindly get lost. 

We arrived at the warung, approaching cautiously, who knows if a snake had escaped? My biggest thought at the moment was if we would have to select our "prey" not sure if I could summon myself to select the animal which would meets its fate to wine and dine us with itself.

Fortunately, the man chose for us. Taking out a snake with an agility and nimbleness that made his appearance of an old man look a sham. He secured the snake's head into a grip and swiftly chopped his head off. It was over in less than 10 seconds. 

Without spilling a drop, he takes the snake over to a glass and pours ALL of its blood into it. The blood comes to less than an English shot even when mixed with some delicious rice wine.

So all there was to was to drink up - cheers. 

I had heard many things about snake blood. "It gets the heart pumping faster" "its an aphrodisiac" "its like a drug" if it is anything of those things, then it is a drug like weed, because, honestly, it just put me to sleep.

After the main event, we watched on as snake meat was arranged on sate sticks and cooked for us on an open sate fire. All served with the traditional sate sauce. 

My view of snake meat? It is identical to chicken in taste, but highly chewy. It was possibly the chewiest meat I've ever eaten, but well worth it. I would certainly eat the meat again, though perhaps not in such a setting.

So what is the cost of snake blood and sate? Probably a lot less than you'd imagine. My snake, which was beheaded, drained and had its blood mixed rice was came to just £5 or 100,000 Indonesian Rupiah, that is with Sate included. It sounds like a bargain to us, but that is more than some people make in a week here. 

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#423  Leftfield - Snakeblood 

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Letfield - Snakeblood