Uglies chips are funny. Their marketing is (and this is paraphrasing) that they take the unusable/waste chips and produce their chips out of those leftovers. "Reducing waste and helping fight hunger". To me, their potato selection is pretty on par with other smaller scale/independent brands... so I'm not quite sure who's throwing out the potatoes that they make their chips with, IMO the potatoes/waste they use are the good ones. So yes, Uglies, 170g bag (nice size, not too small, not too large). Thin chip but crunchy. Oh, by the way this is about Uglies Salt and Vinegar flavored (yes, no u, these are imports that in Canada are usually found at Winners [at least when I've seen them]). So yes, decent amount of skin on these little kettle cooked chips... fairly white in colour chips. They have a nice white vinegar tartness. I picked up a somewhat granular salt texture when I was consuming. I feel Uglies are no more janky than your average bag of kettle cooked (good marketing though I guess). Pretty good chips.
Did you know Art Alexakis put out a solo album, Sun Songs, in 2019? Me neither. I stumbled across Sun Songs a couple months ago and I'd say it's alright, It's Quite Alright with me (I just wanted to reference the Rancid song). Art's debut solo album is an acoustic guitar driven alt rock gem that's very reminiscent of So Much for the Afterglow/Songs..Vol 1: Learning How to Smile era Everclear, but, like, acoustic-based. It feels like a very personal album, but in the relatable way that Art did so well in the 90's. Art also plays everything on the album (guitar, bass, drums, I swear I hear an organ.. not sure what else) and co-produced it. You know what, this album's not just quite alright, it's Wonderful (hah, I couldn't help myself). Some really beautiful music.
Stay hydrated,
Marc
PS, did you know Dave Hause put out a couple Loved One's solo reworking albums in the last year or so. His version of Selfish Masquerade from Nurses (Nov 2024) popped up after Sun Songs ended for me on Spotify, there's also Versus (Nov 2023).
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