Serious Eats has a seriously easy version of an apple tart. I made it for the second time last night and it was even better than the first time. I served it with vanilla bean ice cream. The verdict: it’s a cheater-easy way to get that apple pie flavor. De-lish!

Imogen Heap’s concert bordered near-magic status last night. Even though she played to a sold-out crowd at the Granada Theater, her performance was peppered with moments of direct address that helped her achieve a playful, friendly level of intimacy with the audience. Her setup was incredible, and her backing band provided extra “mmph” to her performance. I was amazed to see her mic setup. From what I could see, she had at least three lavalier mic kits on: one for her vocals and two mounted on wrist bands. These wrist mics here helpful for when she played other instruments; they picked up sound directly from the instrument itself.

I included one of the crappy iPhone photos I took at the show. After reading the tour’s camera policy, I decided against taking my nicer camera. In my opinion, artists should be open and welcome to any and all publicity from amateur photographers and video makers.

Here’s a recording I made on my phone. I used the voice memo application, and then pieced the bits together in GarageBand and plopped it in to one file.

Imogen Heap: The Moment I Said It (Live @ Granada Theater, Dallas, TX, November 17, 2009)

This was the last song she did in her encore… you will notice some funky beer bottle noise and talkin’… I was in the back. Yeah, like right next to a trash can.

UPDATE: here’s a nice video from @Got80s of her song “Just for Now” from the Granada show.

Here’s my Halloween 2009 pumpkin. Whoa, the days have slipped by and I forgot to post this. Oooops!

Here’s my present to Lindsy: a birthday video documenting her Whirly Ball Birthday party. We had a freakin’ blast.