The Besnard Lakes, Silver Shadows:
psychedelic 🎵
Weekend beer: Founders Brewing’s KBS Hazelnut
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good! (though not quite as good as I’d hoped)🍺
“Always remember, mine Sadie: life is very long, unless it is not.” Sadie knew this to be a tautology, but it also happened to be true.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow 📚
The Dead Weather, I Feel Love (live) 🎵
the changes to Dahl’s books aren’t the end of the world, but they really do stink. The Nation: Let Kids Read Roald Dahl’s Books the Way He Wrote Them 📚
adding a preachy smiley face to a book written by an angry genius
when you make a grocery run for a few things and it’s Spring Bock season 🍺
Twenty One Pilots – Goner 🎵
really enjoyed reading Teaching Black History to White People, by Leonard N. Moore. short & written in a conversational style, it’s an unblinking survey of Black/American history. bonus: the ebook is free this month from UT Press with code UTXBHM 📚
when ur life is tuff
Goose Island Beer Co.’s Bourbon County Coffee Stout (2022) 🍺
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celebrating hitting my goal of literary agents queried. your move, universe
‘Loud, dirty and simple’: Leicester’s punk collective for older women 🎵
Not caring what people think is “definitely part of the punk ethos”, said the 70-year-old drummer for Venus Attax. “Punk was anarchic and what’s more anarchic than older women letting rip?”
Natalie Merchant, Verdi Cries (live):
oh holidays must end, as you know
all is memory, taken home with me
the opera, the stolen tea
the sand drawings, the virgin sea
all, years ago
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amazing comic today for Dinosaur Comics’ 20th anniversary (!) read the “haps” below it for a nice post from the creator
To celebrate 20 years I thought, okay, maybe I’ll change the pictures just this once.
the forecasts for freezing rain were… correct
live at Reading Festival: Run the Jewels, A Few Words for the Firing Squad (Radiation) 🎵
Saturday’s beer: Pinthouse Pizza’s Jaguar Shark: Enchantment Under the Sea 🍺
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Saturday’s beer: Southern Star Brewing’s Bombshell Pils
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Not my typical weekend style, but a tasty way to toast this brave Texas brewery 🍺
courtesy of the this article and some tipsy online shopping: The B-52’s, Mesopotamia
turn your watch back (about 100,000 years) for one of the best EPs ever 🎵
last summer I decided my novel manuscript was too long. trimming here and there turned into yet another ‘final’ edit, systematically reviewing every sentence. I finished today! From 101,295 words down to a svelte, page-turning 93,751 📝
happy Public Domain Day 2023! time for a Sherlock Holmes/Hercule Poirot/Hardy Boys crossover? I haven’t used Serial Reader for a while, but they already have a bunch of the newly-released works available 📚
Saturday’s beer: Goose Island Beer’s Bourbon County Brand Biscotti Stout 🍺
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happy >hic< new year, y’all
Wye Oak, Holy Holy (Live on KEXP) 🎵
Christmas beer: Lakewood Brewing’s Salted Caramel Temptress 🍺
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Saturday’s beer: Pinthouse Pizza’s Jaguar Shark Daring Rescue
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not a humbug 🍺
World Cup final ⚽️
– Argentina 🇦🇷 3, France 🇫🇷 3 (4-2 PKs): a perfect final result for me. I wanted to see Messi finally win the Cup, but I’ve picked France all along. the epic late French comeback & Mbappe hat-trick was as outstanding as it could be, short of a win 👏
World Cup Third-place playoff ⚽️
– Croatia 🇭🇷 2, Morocco 🇲🇦 1: another good matchup between these Group F winners, with Croatia coming out on top this time. crazy that such an obvious penalty was overlooked with all the review nowadays; glad it didn’t matter in the end
World Cup semifinal 2 ⚽️
– France 🇫🇷 2, Morocco 🇲🇦 0: what a game! the Moroccans are more than just tough to beat, they’re a legit great team. people scoff at the 3rd-place game but that Croatia-Morocco match should be good (as should the Argentina v France final!)
World Cup semifinal 1 ⚽️
– Argentina 🇦🇷 3, Croatia 🇭🇷 0: Modrić & Co. have kept a tight defense all tournament, getting to this point after penalty shootout wins over Japan & Brazil. but today belonged to Messi (& Alvarez). will Sunday be their day, too?
I was brought to Plains by Katie Crutchfield (aka Waxahatchee), but both their voices are so good. Problem With It, by Plains:
(bonus video: Abilene, featuring Jess Williamson’s voice, & Adriene’s (of Yoga With Adriene (!)) acting) 🎵
Saturday’s beer: Pinthouse Pizza’s Master Pancake (raspberry, maple, & vanilla bourbon barrel-aged stout) 🍺
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good… but if it sounds like it’s a little too much that’s because it is (for me)
The Guardian: Grant Wahl was a kind, wise champion of the voiceless in soccer ⚽️
He supported writing he believed in; stories published not for clicks, but for awareness. He used his privilege, power, & position for good, even when it was a detriment to himself
RIP, Grant