good morning!
I’m sure I was like many of you, and millions of people out there, who stayed up late last night to watch the most compelling piece of television this year. It’s something all of us have waited for.
I’m obviously talking about The Bear, which made its return to TV.
And what a start it made.
I won’t get into the spoilers of it all. (Nor do I think this hoddle contains any spoilers unless you really know your Top Chef history. If you wanna be on the extremely safe side, then just scroll down)
But I will say it did not take long for me to say my first “Whoa!” over a particular sighting.
And it wasn’t long after until I realised there was a particular seabass dish that the cheftestants from Season 3 of Top Chef had to make. I won’t spoil the co-originators, though!
Overall, it was a very tense episode.
It reminded me of Promises, a record Floating Points produced with Pharoah Sanders, where the motif repeated every seven seconds.
Of course the story moves throughout the duration of its run-length, but you’re never quite able to breathe through it.
Fitzie’s track of the day: Rudie Can’t Fail, by The Clash
And now for your links:
Jay Harris ($$): Euros giving Radu Dragusin a chance to showcase himself
Alasdair Gold on the different styles of Fabio Paratici and Johan Lange
What have we learned from the Euros group stage? The BBC looks for answers