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…WNYC has already archived our moment of merriment with the Thurston Moore-ishly towering John Schaefer on his Soundcheck program. You can have a listen to David and Steven nattering on with poor John for nearly an hour by clicking here. We warn you in advance that, near the end of the program, a listener e-mails in to ask why the prog band Marillion isn’t in the book. Steven’s response is cruel. June 09, 2005 More Rock Snobbery »
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Omakase. Immoderately priced Japanese tasting menu. Roughly translated as “trust in me,” omakase usually involves a succession of small dishes devised by the chef as deliberate series of processions: from cool to hot, mild to assertive, raw to cooked. Often prepared and eaten right at a sushi bar, the omakase meal, with its triple-digit price tag, businessman demographic, and strange air of simultaneous intimacy and awkwardness between host and guest, is the closest gastronomical approximation of the escort-john experience. Read more from the Food Snob's Dictionary » 
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