Comments on: The Popdose Interview: J-Stache!

By: The Ninth Day of Mellowmas: Growlymas | Popdose

The Ninth Day of Mellowmas: Growlymas | Popdose — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:31:25 +0000

[...] Jason: Dude, we don’t even have enough clout to arrange to talk to Oates. We interviewed his mustache. [...]

By: JonCummings

JonCummings — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:04:38 +0000

Um…excuse me…Mister 'Stache? I believe that the collection of living cells to which you were once attached actually wrote “Italian Girls” with the phrase “pasta basta,” not “pasta pasta.” “Pasta basta” is a phrase that used to get used a lot when I was a kid–not so much anymore. I've always wondered about the etymology of that phrase, beyond the fact that there are long-lived restaurants in NYC (Basta Pasta) and Europe (Pasta Basta in London, Pasta y Basta in Amsterdam) that use it. It was always my sense that “pasta basta” was a nonsense phrase used casually back in the days when Italian food was universally considered a low-rent cuisine by Americans.

I know that “basta” means “enough” in Italian and Spanish, but if anybody has the 411 on the phrase “pasta basta” I'd love to hear about it (and so, apparently, would Monsieur 'Stache).

By: JonCummings

JonCummings — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:04:38 +0000

I know that “basta” means “enough” in Italian and Spanish, but if anybody has the 411 on the phrase “pasta basta” I'd love to hear about it (and so, apparently, would Monsieur 'Stache).

By: JonCummings

JonCummings — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:04:38 +0000

I know that “basta” means “enough” in Italian and Spanish, but if anybody has the 411 on the phrase “pasta basta” I'd love to hear about it (and so, apparently, would Monsieur 'Stache).

By: Chris X

Chris X — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:30:57 +0000

fantastic. Can't wait for this ridiculous show to debut. It's going to be so awful/great.