On the Turntable
Filed under: On The Turntable, Uncategorized, panorama, playlist
A list of what I want to hear this week: Smog vs. Stars--The Glass (Hibernation) Titan--Les Savy Fav (Cat and the Cobra) 100%--Sonic Youth (Live at Battery Park) Don't Take Your Guns To Town--Johnny Cash (Love God Murder) Lust For Life--Girls (Album) AT & T--Pavement (Wowee Zowee) Shoot The Singer--Pavement (Watery Domestic EP) Written In The Snow--The Autumn Defense (Circles) The Queen Is Dead--The Smiths (The Queen Is Dead) Kissing The Beehive--Wolf Parade (At Mount Zoomer) Watching The Planets--The Flaming Lips...
On Stouts: Don’t Judge A Beer By Its Color
Today, the New York Times ran an article about Stouts (the beer) in which the author, Eric Asimov, and others tasted 19 different American stouts. Asimov (no relation to Isaac?) made a pretty good point, and one that is often overlooked or ignored, that stouts traditionally are low in alcohol, possibly even lower than the Buds, Coors, and Millers of the big breweries, and have a much more delicate flavor than the name implies and the color indicates. You can check out the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/dining/reviews/28wine.html?_r=1&8dpc This discussion of stouts makes me wonder, as I have before, why...
The Box of Vinyl Project: #3 Michael McDonald-If That’s What It Takes (1982 Warner Bros.)
About a year ago, I acquired a little more than two crates worth of old vinyl LPs (about 200, give or take, records). I've listened to some of them, the ones I already knew and liked, but the majority of the records have stayed put in the box they came in. I figured I'd start making my way through the collection of vinyl. I don't intend to research any records that I'm not familiar with, so hopefully I'll arrive at as objective a review/summary of each records as possible. In the interest of full disclosure, I've never tried my hand at...
10/30 Poacher Flyer
Here's the flyer for the Poacher show next week. I think I might have spent way too much time with scissors and tape today. Now I know the tediousness of creating a ransom note. It's super-tedious. Look for this beauty the next time you're in Dave's. Also, please don't tear it...
The Box of Vinyl Project: #2 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (1971 Cotillion)
Before listening to this record, I knew nothing about Emerson, Lake, and Palmer other than vaguely recognizing the name. After listening to the record, I realized why. It's hard for me to figure out where to start with this record, so I'll start with what seems like the thematic thread that holds the six songs (six songs and it still clocks in at around 40 minutes) together: pretentiousness and an implied fondness of wizards, fairies, eagles, and fire. And solos played on anything with keys. The record sounds like it'd double pretty well as the soundtrack...
Missing Tom Waits Live
Filed under: News you've probably heard, Uncategorized, panorama, vinyl
A little over a year ago, in July '08, Tom Waits played in Birmingham, AL as part of his "Glitter and Doom" tour. I remember finding out about the tour a few months earlier and telling my then-finacee that we would have to go no matter what because I wanted to see a Tom Waits show more than any other show I could think of, and I told her what date he'd be in Birmingham. She had bad news for me and had to spoil a fairly big and cool surprise. We were getting married at the end of that May,...
The Box of Vinyl Project: #1 Carly Simon-No Secrets (1972 Elektra)
About a year ago, I acquired a little more than two crates worth of old vinyl LPs (about 200, give or take, records). I've listened to some of them, the ones I already knew and liked, but the majority of the records have stayed put in the box they came in. I figured I'd start making my way through the collection of vinyl. I don't intend to research any records that I'm not familiar with, so hopefully I'll arrive at as objective a review/summary of each records as possible. In the interest of full disclosure, I've never tried my hand at...
Brewed Slowly: American IPA
Brewed Slowly will be a continuing feature/series here on Typed Slowly in which I'll document my experiences as a relatively new homebrewer figuring out what's good about beer and how to consistently make it (the beer). So yesterday, my friend and brewing partner, Steve, and I made an American-style IPA (India Pale Ale). If you're not familiar with this type of beer, it's traditionally known for its higher alcohol content and high hop content. IPAs are one of my favorite types of beer because of the high hop content, which gives the beer its bitterness and flowery/citrus kind of smell. The software: 7...
Damn the Torpedos and such…
The fact that I'm writing this, and you are currently reading this, you non-passive participant, means that I've crumpled beneath the behemoth, soul-taking, time-killing, ever-present way to avoid productive (assuming you're a good little worker bee) work...blog. Honestly (be honest. Honestly, c'mon.), I fought it, derided it, kicked it in the throat, laughed at its dog while it was taking a shit, and but then I bought it. But still, I didn't think I'd be writing it. So we (I) find ourselves (myself) here. It's awkward--I apologize. Here's what I think you can/should expect from this site: Fun and FUN Discussions of music,...
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