11/27/10

13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

Austin's 13th Floor Elevators drop a blotter full of blues and reverb into the ears that will have you swirling and synapsing into the chasm with no reason to reappear.

Disc 2 includes the intended running order stereo mix and five other original mixes.

1. You're Gonna Miss Me
2. Roller Coaster
3. Splash 1
4. Reverberation
5. Don't Fall Down
6. Fire Engine
7. Thru the Rhythm
8. You Don't Know
9. Kingdom Of Heaven
10. Monkey Island
11. Tried To Hide

At least one downtown Houston condo building doesn't have a 13th floor.

11/23/10

Snow Day

Seattle is awesome when it snows unless of course you're stuck in a 6 hour commute resulting in a beardcicle inducing 5 mile walk.

Coffee, gym, reviving the blue torpedo, Brahms, Hawg Jaw, and choco-smoked Abominable Winter Ale. 7.5%.











Sometimes, if you react like the pheasant from Bambi, you survive.

11/7/10

Rolling

Spring rolls with shrimp sautéed in butter, cayenne, garlic, & scallions then cooled with avocado, carrots, cilantro, and green pepper.

Great Divide Brewing's Fresh Hop was twice the cost of the food. 6.1%.

11/6/10

They're Coming to Get You

Refusing to admit Halloween is over.

Midnight Sun is Anchorage's aptly named brewery and their imperial chocolate pumpkin porter, TREAT, is just that.

Aromas of cloven swirled vanilla and savory oiled smoked cocoa.

Roasted oak coated pumpkin crust with cracked cinnamon & spiced nutmeg spine. 7.8%.

Acid Witch boil an auditory potion in Samhain spirit with their second full length, Stoned.

Macabre and ominous pacing like fuzzy classic rock screwed out with sinister psychedelia, Halloween III, cornfield mazes, and drunken horror party accidents.

Complete with the coolest throwback Beistle inspired die cut decoration.

1. Satanic Faith
2. Witchfynder Finder
3. Trick or Treat
4. Thundering Hooves
5. Live Forever
6. Whispers in the Dark
7. If Hell Exists
8. Stoned to the Grave
9. Metal Movie Marijuana Massacre Meltdown
10. Sabbath of the Undead