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Have to say, gentlemen, I'm pretty goddamn pumped heading into this evening. Here are some thoughts I've got, none of which particularly warrants its own thread, but can hopefully sustain one in combination:
1. Been digging on some Blaze Foley the past week, as his Live at the Austin Outhouse from 1989 is the current pick for my album club. He straddles a nice line between dudes like John Prine and Townes van Zandt. I don't think he's quite on the level of either of them, but not many are. I know we have some Texas Country fans around here, so I'm curious to hear any and all thoughts about him. Anyone seen that Ethan Hawke biopic about him?
2. I also have locked in what I'm thinking about selecting for my next session: David Bowie's "Heroes" from 1977. This has a lot of elements I love: 1977 (perhaps the best year in rock music history, although 1972 has a lot to say about that), Bowie in Berlin, Brian Eno, and Robert Fripp of King Crimson on lead guitar. Side One is loaded to the brim with art-rock cum dance-pop while Side Two is Eno-inspired/penned ambient instrumentals that are never boring. Pumped as shit to dig into this more in a few weeks.
3. Currently tasting and writing notes for a Springbank single malt miniature that I received while touring the distillery back in 2015. It's classic, bourbon-matured Springbank that comes across like it was a component cask in their standard 10-yo official bottling. Nothing wrong with that: Springbank might be the best distillery in Scotland. On deck in the tasting circle is an American whiskey from Virginia's-own Copper Fox distillery (in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley town of Sperryville) called Belle Grove 1797. I won't call it a bourbon, because they don't, and I suspect that's because it probably wasn't matured entirely in virgin white oak barrels. Some of them were probably refill from their other whiskies, but I can't be sure. In any event, I'm curious how it'll be. Will let some of you bourbon dorks know what I think.
4. Getting into pretty heavy Halloween mode lately, and tonight should be terrific with Joe Bob Briggs doing his Halloween special on Shudder. I'm a big fan of his movie hosting and occasional acting. I don't always have a chance to watch his stuff live, but I plan on doing so tonight. His specials usually have some pretty interesting guests and/or themes. I'm hopeful tonight will be no different (and that the movies he picks will be good).
5. The other Halloween movie thing is me finishing off the programming of my annual (seven years in a row now) Halloween-night movie marathon. I watch four movies starting from sundown until I either finish or that one year I fell asleep like a bitch. It appeals to the categorization fetish I seem to have (also partially animating my whisky and other spirits collection), because I put guidelines on myself requiring that one of the films be from the last ten years, one must be a non-English production, and one must be a foundational film (loosely defined as being from the 1950s or before and having historical influence).
6. Fucking Huskers finally open the season tomorrow! As long as we don't get housed as bad as last year, honestly, I'll feel okay. I want to see the new players, how things look in B1G generally, and see if some of the key issues (quarterback, OL, OLB) are trending the right way. Glad it's an early slot so there's no waiting around. And because no one expects us to even keep it close, I doubt it'll totally ruin my mood for college football the rest of the day.
Good times ahead, bros! Happy to discuss any or all of this with you gentlemen.
1. Been digging on some Blaze Foley the past week, as his Live at the Austin Outhouse from 1989 is the current pick for my album club. He straddles a nice line between dudes like John Prine and Townes van Zandt. I don't think he's quite on the level of either of them, but not many are. I know we have some Texas Country fans around here, so I'm curious to hear any and all thoughts about him. Anyone seen that Ethan Hawke biopic about him?
2. I also have locked in what I'm thinking about selecting for my next session: David Bowie's "Heroes" from 1977. This has a lot of elements I love: 1977 (perhaps the best year in rock music history, although 1972 has a lot to say about that), Bowie in Berlin, Brian Eno, and Robert Fripp of King Crimson on lead guitar. Side One is loaded to the brim with art-rock cum dance-pop while Side Two is Eno-inspired/penned ambient instrumentals that are never boring. Pumped as shit to dig into this more in a few weeks.
3. Currently tasting and writing notes for a Springbank single malt miniature that I received while touring the distillery back in 2015. It's classic, bourbon-matured Springbank that comes across like it was a component cask in their standard 10-yo official bottling. Nothing wrong with that: Springbank might be the best distillery in Scotland. On deck in the tasting circle is an American whiskey from Virginia's-own Copper Fox distillery (in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley town of Sperryville) called Belle Grove 1797. I won't call it a bourbon, because they don't, and I suspect that's because it probably wasn't matured entirely in virgin white oak barrels. Some of them were probably refill from their other whiskies, but I can't be sure. In any event, I'm curious how it'll be. Will let some of you bourbon dorks know what I think.
4. Getting into pretty heavy Halloween mode lately, and tonight should be terrific with Joe Bob Briggs doing his Halloween special on Shudder. I'm a big fan of his movie hosting and occasional acting. I don't always have a chance to watch his stuff live, but I plan on doing so tonight. His specials usually have some pretty interesting guests and/or themes. I'm hopeful tonight will be no different (and that the movies he picks will be good).
5. The other Halloween movie thing is me finishing off the programming of my annual (seven years in a row now) Halloween-night movie marathon. I watch four movies starting from sundown until I either finish or that one year I fell asleep like a bitch. It appeals to the categorization fetish I seem to have (also partially animating my whisky and other spirits collection), because I put guidelines on myself requiring that one of the films be from the last ten years, one must be a non-English production, and one must be a foundational film (loosely defined as being from the 1950s or before and having historical influence).
6. Fucking Huskers finally open the season tomorrow! As long as we don't get housed as bad as last year, honestly, I'll feel okay. I want to see the new players, how things look in B1G generally, and see if some of the key issues (quarterback, OL, OLB) are trending the right way. Glad it's an early slot so there's no waiting around. And because no one expects us to even keep it close, I doubt it'll totally ruin my mood for college football the rest of the day.
Good times ahead, bros! Happy to discuss any or all of this with you gentlemen.
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