The following story is a testament to tradition.
A few weeks ago, I found an article on Bon Appetit’s website–in a section called “kookery“–about an experiment in processed food repurposing. FoodBeast, building on the tradition of using tomatoey products in baked goods (think chocolate cake made with canned tomato soup), concocted the title cupcakes, the concept of which diddles the brain and gives the finger to sensible eating.
Before I go one step further, I want you all to think about this: SpaghettiO’s cupcakes. With Velveeta frosting. AND! Goldfish sprinkles. There’s genius behind the madness.
They’re so…orange.
Photo from FoodBeast.com
Of course, I had to show George, who was so taken by the idea of…you know…using SpaghettiO’s to make cupcakes that, in keeping with his own tradition of celebrating repulsive food (think “Delicious Meat-Shell Pie“), he immediately went about setting it to music.
It’s hilarious.
Almost religious.
Totally freaktastic.
Once the song was complete and derangedly perfect, George took it to the next level and posted a link from his SoundClick account to the comments section in the “Kookery” post on Bon Appetit and called it a day.
That’s when things got interesting.
Two days ago, George posted his link. Yesterday, we were contacted by a writer at Bon Appetit, who wanted to write a brief profile on George. They were charmed by his song, he said. So he got a nice little 200-word writeup and bragging rights for being awesome. I won’t repost everything here–you’ll have to go to Bon Appetit to read the entire article, but check out these juicy nuggets:
“…singer, songwriter, and knight-errant George Potor…”
“The chorus…has the effect of a mystical chant.”
“…the world needs more troubadours singing about ridiculous food.”
Here’s the link to the Bon Appetit article.
And here’s the SoundCloud links George created so Bon Appetit could embed his music. Choose from:
Even in a suit, he rocks it.
Thanks for making it continuously interesting, honey. Love you!
could I love either of you more? it seems I could! without you, without him, without the two of you being ridiculously inspirational to one another and with one another, the world would be a far less lovely place. keep mining the horror for the lovely!
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Thank you, friend. Love you back! XO
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I think it should be a monthly feature!
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George’s bizarro songs, you mean?
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Celebrate repulsive food with song dedications! True love!
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LOL Yeah…that’s what it is. Or, PURE CRAZINESS! 🙂
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Speaking of “mining the horror”–Terri, you’ve got to get over to the new Peebles and–gah–look at the clothes!
And Hail George, Knight of the Cheerful Countenance!
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I’m sure. I mean, I’ve been to a Peebles before. I know what lies in wait.
That’s my George. 🙂
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I hope he doesn’t forget the little people, now that George is a star.
Also, you lost me at Velveeta frosting.
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I’m not saying we made it. Because ick. They lost me at SpaghettiO’s.
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I was trying to be open minded to the SpaghettiO’s. I draw a line at Velveeta.
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LOL Not me! I can be pretty doctrinaire about ridiculous food.
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Love the song.. I’m not really sure about the cupcakes though lol..
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Trust me, neither of us could bear the thought of actually making the cupcakes. *shudder* Glad you enjoyed the song! I laughed so hard I cried, while he was writing it.
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