#musicMonday: Michelle Shocked’s 1988 debut Short Sharp Shocked (sadly not on Spotify). standout track: Hello Hopeville
summer of Miyazaki #7: Spirited Away (2001) – masterpiece of mood, character, & action [watched Fri.; out of order w/Mononoke but it’s next]
great story of basic honesty & fairness in a pro game. bit sad that it’s so shocking (& Gooch comes off as an ass) http://bit.ly/2s5tF1F
Strange Land’s “Atholl Brose” scotch ale
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#saturdaybeer
“Using gov’t data, doctors & academics conclude a lack of healthcare coverage increases the probability of death” http://bit.ly/2u1Tmws
Gin & Tacos: “Like any election the media are desperate to have these races Mean Something. In reality they do not” http://bit.ly/2sQRgCo
“You Should’ve Asked”, a comic about the “mental load” – I’ve thought about this comic every day since I first read it
New Republic: “the process points to a belief that sunshine would kill any bill that reflects GOP priorities” http://bit.ly/2st2RoQ
#musicMonday Bleached’s Welcome the Worms (2016) stream @ http://bit.ly/2srA443 standout: Keep on Keepin’ On
summer of Miyazaki #6: Porco Rosso (1992) – wasn’t sure if we’d seen this before; we hadn’t. it’s great: funny, charming, & exciting
Harpoon’s “Frost Hammer” doppelbock
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#saturdaybeer
saw the text of AHCA aka #WealthCare today, I see why you’re shoving it through fast @JohnCornyn & @TedCruz
nightlight
the most accurately named band ever
openers Radkey, killing it tbh
flowers gonna floww
#musicMonday Goldfrapp’s 2008 album Seventh Tree http://spoti.fi/2rms9TA standout track: A&E
Ommegang’s “Shadow Brewer”
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#saturdaybeer
summer of Miyazaki #5: Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) – the very 1st Miyazaki movie we ever saw, & still a favorite. Phil Hartman as Jiji!
new podcast: http://trumpconlaw.com/ “the Constitution is the life-raft our forefathers gave us, & dammit, I’m gonna learn how it works”
if you want or need a real nice break from reading a constantly-updating news feed and screaming http://bit.ly/2re7Ibo
we gave our cat gluten-free cat food, and now she’s a lifestyle blogger with 120k followers
(…just the first 13 tracks there make up the original album. listen to those & skip the bonus tracks. play WWNBL again instead, louder)
#musicMonday rec: The Waterboys’ Fisherman’s Blues (1988) http://spoti.fi/2rVQhkW standout track: We Will Not Be Lovers
summer of Miyazaki #4: My Neighbor Totoro (1988) – just imagine if you’d never seen this & watched it the first time with no spoilers
The Bruery’s “The Order”
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#saturdaybeer
ok sunset we get it
#roadpic of #clouds with #nofilter
Twitter, honestly. what do I keep you around for when I have to hear about this from an email newsletter? http://wapo.st/2sy0MXF
not your national chicken-sandwich chain
“treading on lawsuits the way a lumberjack of old walked across logs floating to the mill” http://bit.ly/2qxLSAk savage & fantastic