Mikal Cronin on Turntable Kitchen Records

I think I first heard Mikal on that split/collaboration Reverse Shark Attack with Ty Segall and I've been trying to pick apart their subtle differences and influences ever since. Not because I don't appreciate this combination, I just wonder what the relationship was, who influenced who...or was it just their similar sound that brought them together? Either way....It was a historic pairing and being clearly endorsed by Ty put him on the map for me.
This single with Turntable Kitchen marks another great collaboration from Mikal. Singles and food? That pretty much covers everything...all of my basic human needs in one tiny cardboard box. Apparently it wasn't enough work to get a record pressed and mailed out, they wanted to get ingredients and recipe's involved. I have to confess I didn't get a chance to use the ingredients from the last shipment.. I want to think I have enough energy to make crepes or tarts while I listen to tiny records, but they're still sitting there in the pantry. Somewhere though, I do like the idea of baking cookies right next to that portable turntable, making a huge mess. To hell with mint condition, I need to hear this!

This one rounds out the first year of this food/records subscription series and it sounds like they're doing good, I'm sure they'll keep the series going. I could see them expanding into a full length record you get with your reservation, before a tasting menu at an actual restaurant.

Sample the track over at their site, and I think you can still get in on this one...I wonder if in 10 years you'll see a copy on ebay with the spices and recipe cards still.

Turntable Kitchen 7" + Food subscription series

Here at 7inches we are always in search of the latest innovations in vinyl seven inch technology, whether it's liquid filled 12"'s or picture disc lathe cuts, just when you think it's all been done, every possible innovation has been figured out, every color combination has been explored, my friend Mina pointed out this site: Turntable Kitchen.

Everyone out there loving singles, listening nonstop, hunched over the turntable has to eat sooner or later, and I'll admit, if I wasn't writing about tiny records it just might have been food. Turntable Kitchen has gone and put limited hand numbered singles together with ingredients and recipes...or "pairings" if you will. Should there be a music/food pairing on the next Top Chef? If it was with 7" vinyl then the answer is yes. But they don't just do this for one band, once in a while when they release a record...this is every single month. You can subscribe forever and basically come home to a cute cardboard box full of dinner and entertainment. You bet I subscribed to this.

Go check out some of the artists they've featured in past months, I've never heard of any of them, and that makes this even more interesting. I'm actually jealous that I didn't think of this first.

Would anyone buy this Michael Buble record if I put it together with some aftershave....or a set of steak knives? How about a tiny electronic hello kitty keyboard?

Also, this would be my version of meals on wheels...keep that in mind future self. A record and food everyday. The Hussy or Useless Eaters with some BBQ, Real Estate and a classic BLT on some country white with a lemonade. Grass Widow and some Spider Rolls (those might not travel great) well there's some details to work out. Let's start a restaurant.