9/18/10
Portland, OR
Portland is a cool but tough to check out with work obligations. Missed two concerts but rode the rails, had hummus & beer at Belmont Station, witnessed a mugger beaten, and visited Powell's.
Alameda Yellow Wolf Imperial IPA
9/6/10
Happy Labor Day
Corn on the cob, roasted squash with ginger, Boundary Bay IPA.
Chess or global thermonuclear war?
9/5/10
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis & Dogfish Head Brewery
A tense organic tapestry of frothing and potent discordant sound-scapes made exclusively for time dilation. Tugging at cosmic strings and free falling through pyramidic caverns.
Warmed to room temperature with frantic lavender and vanilla aromas. Using gesho root instead of hops which means I've learned something new. Viscous roasted sugar beet syrup with ash charred cocoa and a faint apple bite. 9%.
I.
1. Pharaoh's Dance
2. Bitches Brew
3. Spanish Key
4. John McLaughlin
II.
1. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
2. Sanctuary
3. Spanish Key
4. John McLaughlin
5. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
6. Spanish Key
7. Great Expectations
8. Little Blue Frog
III.
1. Directions (Copenhagen 11/4/69)
2. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (Copenhagen 11/4/69)
3. Bitches Brew (Copenhagen 11/4/69)
4. Agitation (Copenhagen 11/4/69)
5. I Fall In Love Too Easily (Copenhagen 11/4/69)
6. Sanctuary (Copenhagen 11/4/69)
7. It s About That Time (Copenhagen 11/4/69)
8. The Theme (Copenhagen 11/4/69)
Brethern.
9/4/10
Pumpkin Ales
Elysian on Capitol Hill plays host to the the "Great Pumpkin Beer Festival" this Oct. 16-17.
This is the time of year for choate cucurbita celebration.
Bongripper - Satan Worshipping Doom (2010)
Witty album titles aside these guys bring Vesuvius sized instrumental damnation.
Distorted sulfuric riffs that cause craters and continental drifts while filling your head with eschatological tephra.
Brimstoner heaviness from amplitude-mongers.
Tracks:
1. Hail
2. Satan
3. Worship
4. Doom
Satan is our pal.
9/1/10
Halloween Movie Round-Up 2010
2 months of chillingly creepy cinema that will civilize cannibals, counts, and creatures commences! 2009.
The Bad Seed (1956): 10/10
Roseanne Halloween Episodes (1989-1996): 10/10
Murder Party (2007): 9/10
The 'burbs (1989): 9/10
Lord of Illusions (1995): 9/10
Haunted Honeymoon (1986): 9/10
The Masque of the Red Death (1964): 8/10
Idle Hands (1999): 8/10
Sometimes They Come Back (1991): 8/10
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994): 8/10
A Perfect Getaway (2009): 8/10
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974): 8/10
Beetle Juice (1988): 8/10
Pieces (1982): 8/10
The Resurrected (1992): 8/10
The Monster Squad (1987): 7/10
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987): 7/10
The House of the Devil (2009): 7/10
The New York Ripper (1982)
The First Power (1990): 7/10
The Gravedancers (2006): 7/10
Horsemen (2009): 7/10
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1986): 7/10
Frozen (2010): 6/10
Return of the Living Dead III (1993): 6/10
Lifeforce (1985): 6/10
Leviathan (1989): 6/10
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977): 6/10
Assault of the Sasquatch (2009): 6/10
Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999): 6/10
Butterfly Effect 3 (2009): 5/10
The Food of the Gods (1976): 5/10
Living Death (2006): 5/10
My Mom's a Werewolf (1989): 5/10
Drive Thru (2007): 5/10
Circle of Eight (2009): 5/10
Curse of the Forty-Niner (2002): 5/10
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010): 4/10
Wolves of Wall Street (2002): 3/10
Roseanne Halloween Episodes (1989-1996): 10/10
Murder Party (2007): 9/10
The 'burbs (1989): 9/10
Lord of Illusions (1995): 9/10
Haunted Honeymoon (1986): 9/10
The Masque of the Red Death (1964): 8/10
Idle Hands (1999): 8/10
Sometimes They Come Back (1991): 8/10
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994): 8/10
A Perfect Getaway (2009): 8/10
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974): 8/10
Beetle Juice (1988): 8/10
Pieces (1982): 8/10
The Resurrected (1992): 8/10
The Monster Squad (1987): 7/10
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987): 7/10
The House of the Devil (2009): 7/10
The New York Ripper (1982)
The First Power (1990): 7/10
The Gravedancers (2006): 7/10
Horsemen (2009): 7/10
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1986): 7/10
Frozen (2010): 6/10
Return of the Living Dead III (1993): 6/10
Lifeforce (1985): 6/10
Leviathan (1989): 6/10
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977): 6/10
Assault of the Sasquatch (2009): 6/10
Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999): 6/10
Butterfly Effect 3 (2009): 5/10
The Food of the Gods (1976): 5/10
Living Death (2006): 5/10
My Mom's a Werewolf (1989): 5/10
Drive Thru (2007): 5/10
Circle of Eight (2009): 5/10
Curse of the Forty-Niner (2002): 5/10
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010): 4/10
Wolves of Wall Street (2002): 3/10
8/29/10
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
The beginning of the best time of year for those of us whose brains are properly hardwired with fibrous strands of pumpkin pulp.
8/21/10
Shiner Bock - Spoetzl Brewery
Shiner Bock from the Lone Star State.Grain and sweet corn aromas with caramel underpinnings. Roasted malt and crisp raisin sugar. Drink these and do dip(s). 4.4%.
Texas Forever.
8/8/10
SAY GOODNIGHT TO THE WORLD
1. Say Goodnight To The World: Showcases that the album is on a syncretic trip different from the previous. Dizzying apocalyptic gloom rock with truthful apostasy.
2. I Hear Satan: A spooky ethereal summons in pure Dax fashion. Reminds me of High Monster. Looking forward to seeing this tune live.
3. You Were Born To Be My Gallows: A soporific sex-death-bed eulogy. This delicate bluesy curveball bottoms out and sold me on the direction of this album. Plucking guitar, a tambourine, and vaporous vocals.
4. Gravedirt On My Blue Suede Shoe: To keep things honest this is my least favorite song. 5. Like Moonlight: Celestial, eerie, and cut straight from a David Lynch soundtrack. Fortune tellers could use this right before they flip the thirteenth card of the Major Arcana.
6. No One Will Be A Stranger: An electric cosmic hymn with lyrics that would make Poe envious.
7. Heartbreak Hotel: Dax has performed numerous covers over the years with my favorites being Leonard Cohen's "Night Comes On" and Buddy Holly's "Everyday." A droning-tribal-doom laced homage to the King.
8. Sleeping With The Witch: My favorite tune on the album. Soaring straight downwards this song sounds like a demo ripped from a parallel universe circa the Agents of Oblivion era.
Tour Dates 2010
9. Let Me Be Your Cigarette: Don't be fooled by the title as has some of the best Dax lyrics to date. Pop sounding riff brought down a few notches to accompany his trademark howl.10. See You All In Hell Or New Orleans: Wrapping up the album is a 60's inspired psalm. Had the Doors been drowned in a lysergic swamp they still couldn't trip out like this.
A collective meant to be heard in(toxicated) entirety.
7/25/10
Latona Lager - Fremont Brewing Company
This accord with Latona Pub is one of my favorite Fremont beers to date. Pretty cool they choose this style in such ale filled lands.
Hay blond with a 'helles' spark. Toasted with a some sweet aromas. Crisp and slightly floral. Finespun flavors with a whole grain and dry buttered grass finish.
The brewers sum it up themselves with "a postcard from the sun that reads: Welcome to summer. Chill, baby-bird."
The Dax Riggs countdown is now under ten days.
Hay blond with a 'helles' spark. Toasted with a some sweet aromas. Crisp and slightly floral. Finespun flavors with a whole grain and dry buttered grass finish.The brewers sum it up themselves with "a postcard from the sun that reads: Welcome to summer. Chill, baby-bird."
The Dax Riggs countdown is now under ten days.
Aquilonian & Sollubii - Split (2010)
Conan-ic groove is still there but they strip away the slime, keep the green, and replace retching bourbon with crispy gin.
Just over 30 minutes of trance induced riffing. Hazed vocals float up from the rubble just to pull you through a time warp.
Gears are switched and churned down with the second 35+ minute track from Sollubi with lyrics like "smoke drugs, buy guns." Torquing out bubbling grease and rumbling sonic misanthropy laced with space debris this tune is first in line for a Puritan style burning.
Two of the best songs of the year from Canada's Choking Hazard Records.
Tracks:
1. Symphonica de Levita
2. The Struggle
Pet cats, scoop litter.
7/19/10
BridgePort Brewing Company - Stumptown Tart
Melon orange with slight rose tint. Tingling and pulsating the air with spicy grape.
Flinty fresh raspberry and fervid green apple spark the tongue. Tickled palate arousal. When it warms creamed clove and soft pear quench. A framboise seduces a tripel. 7.7%.
I was trying my hand at a Coco-de-Mer inspired review.
7/11/10
Karma to Burn - Appalachian Incantation (2010)
Tumbling, motoring riffs that could accompany the pinnacle of high speed boat pursuits right off a flat earth. Rhythmic exhaust with enough bass to put a black bear back into hibernation.
Delectable hooking riffs that will reel in the attention plagued before searing their brains in apple butter with a side of squirrel.
I won't use the "r" word again though they have enough of them to justify it. Bonus disc includes unreleased material and one of the best songs of the year with John Garcia on vocals.
Tracks:
1. Fourty-Four
2. Fourty-Two
3. Fourty-One
4. Fourty-Six
5. Waiting on the Western World
6. Fourty-Three
7. Fourty-Five
8. Twenty-Four
Cat Got Our Tongue
1. Two Times
2. Fourteen
3. Ten
4. Thirteen
5. Six
6. Twenty
7. Thirty
Mark McGwire was # 25 and Dominique Wilkins was #21.
7/10/10
Full Sail Brewing Company - Old Boardhead Barleywine Ale (2009)
Cherry melon candies glossed over with cider, pine, and cinnamon pudding.
Relatively light but still with zesty fresh tartness and a hint of butterscotch. Chips of raisin and rind of grapefruit to assist in a dry finish. 9%.
VOIVOD!
Los Natas - Nuevo Orden De La Libertad (2009)
You'll think you were stuck with an undiscovered hallucinatory cactus quill from below the equator as Los Natas go between venomous grooved riffing and eerily swirling serenity.
When the cohesive trifecta go frantic the bodies temperature rises above 40° C and auditory delirium sets in.
Vocals resonate booze and psychedelia. I don't speak Spanish but I imagine the lyrics are of astral desert revolution.
Tracks:
1. Las campanadas
2. El nuevo orden...
3. Resistiendo dolor
4. Hombre de Metal
5. Ganar perder
6. El pastizal
7. David & Goliath
8. Bienvenidos
9. 10.000
10. Dos Horses
Tierra del Fuego sounds cool.
7/5/10
Happy 4th of July
No better place to engage in revelry prior to the launching of obstreperous colored incendiary devices than Fremont Brewing.
Liberty Lager vs. Lenin's Bolshevik Barleywine
The day of what would have been my Veteran Grandfather's 100th B-day and week of Veteran Dad's 70th b-day.
Liberty Lager vs. Lenin's Bolshevik Barleywine
The day of what would have been my Veteran Grandfather's 100th B-day and week of Veteran Dad's 70th b-day.
6/26/10
Wino - Punctuated Equilibrium (2009)
If there was such a thing as Nordic pterodactyls on Harley-Davidson's traveling through time and decimating taverns this would be their soundtrack.
Grooving intrepid riffs with sides of frenetic smoked solos built on walls of fuzz, propellant percussion, and a voice meant to pummel soul into your ears.
Tracks:
1. Release Me
2. Punctuated Equilibrium
3. The Woman In The Orange Pants
4. Smilin' Road
5. Eyes of the Flesh
6. Wild Blue Yonder
7. Secret Realm Devotion
8. Water Crane
9. Gods, Frauds, Neo-Cons and Demagogues
10. Silver Lining
Bonus 10"
1. Chest Fever
2. Der Gift (The Poison)
3. The Comet and the Moon
4. On the (Sacrificial) Lam
Don't like this? Talk to the paw of DOOM.
6/20/10
6/19/10
6/5/10
Dead Guy Ale - Rogue Brewery
Bready caramel malts with light buttery pine coated pears and dry mineral finish. If the tongue had ears this would epitomize the word mellifluous. 6.5%.
Australasia is a cool album.
6/2/10
2010 WORLD CUP
Go Cameroon!
I would walk into an American bar and yell that American football isn't real football before walking into a pub, anywhere else in the world, and yelling soccer sucks.
I would walk into an American bar and yell that American football isn't real football before walking into a pub, anywhere else in the world, and yelling soccer sucks.
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