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Dark Lord Day 2010 coming up

2010/04/07 by Jim 1 Comment

Well here we are, nearly a year out from Dark Lord Day 2009 and my promised recap post has still never materialized.  Well I just recently remembered that I have this site and though I am not going to attempt a full recap at this time, here is a video from Draft Magazine.  At around … [Read more…]

Posted in: Beer, General, I Grok Grog Tagged: dark lord, three floyds

Ska Talk – 08 Mar

2010/03/11 by Jim Leave a Comment

This is a post from Aaron’s Radio Gen1us site, archived here. The following is the text of his original post. We are talking and playing a lot of Ska today, with recent shows on our minds by Fishbone, The English Beat and The Aquabats (with Mustard Plug). Desmond Dekker — Get Up Edina — 2:40 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcasts Tagged: bob marley, desmond dekker, fishbone, hepcat, madness, mighty mighty bosstones, mu330, mustard plug, operation ivy, the aquabats, the clash, the english beat, the ethiopians, the pietasters, the slackers, the specials, the toasters

Music Talk 22 Feb

2010/02/28 by Jim Leave a Comment

This is a post from Aaron’s Radio Gen1us site, archived here. The following is the text of his original post. We’ve started a new format on Radio Gen1us.  We’re not ditching our mixtapes — but we’re trying to be a bit more regular about podcasting.  Quite frankly, doing a discussion format is a lot easier … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcasts Tagged: gil scott-heron, high on fire, motorpsycho, notorious big, ok go, the editors, the urge

Jim’s favorite albums of 2009

2010/01/14 by Jim 1 Comment

This is my best of 2009 mix, containing samples from my 20 favorite albums of the last year.  I’m not a professional music critic and I don’t listen to every album ever released by any means, so I’m sure there are plenty of holes, and if you’d like to tell me an album I missed, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcasts Tagged: baroness, ben nichols, best of 2009, blut aus nord, bonnie prince billy, converge, crippled black phoenix, immortal, justin townes earle, lucero, mantic ritual, mumford & sons, nahemah, portugal the man, propaghandi, rimfrost, russian circles, scale the summit, skeletonwitch, the mountain goats, the protomen, those darlins

Apologies, excuses

2009/05/26 by Jim 1 Comment

I have had a Dark Lord Day writeup in draft form since a few days after the event (over a month now) and have yet to file it.  I apologize.  I just bought a house and moved my family and have been busy recently.  However, I will finish and post that writeup soon, as well … [Read more…]

Posted in: General Tagged: apologies, excuses, I suck at blogging

May The Road Rise To Meet You

2009/03/14 by Jim 1 Comment

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Well it isn’t St. Patrick’s Day yet of course, but it’s coming up, today is the Saturday before, and I’ll wager many of you are already enjoying the holiday cheer. I’m more ignorant of my Irish heritage than I’d wish to be, but there isn’t anybody left to teach it to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcasts Tagged: cruachan, david kincaid, dropkick murphys, flogging molly, lunasa, matt molly, shane macgowan & the popes, stiff little fingers, the bothy band, the dubliners, the fenians, the pogues, the waterboys, waylander

There And Back Again

2009/03/09 by Jim Leave a Comment

This is a chill mix. This is not a chillout mix. This is a journey from light to dark and light again, in the vein of last year’s mix for staring out of train windows, only this time there isn’t a train, there’s just you and the music and a dark place inside yourself. shoegazy … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcasts Tagged: clutchy hopkins, dear astronaut, fishbone, god is an astronaut, grateful dead, isis, lou reed, massive attack, my bloody valentine, pink reason, rocky votolato, salem, shawn lee, sly and the family stone, unbunny

Map Room Meetup

2009/02/27 by Jim Leave a Comment

Great time, great people, great bar, great beers. An account of the fun at the Map Room last night.

Posted in: Beer, General, I Grok Grog Tagged: belgian beer, boon, chambly noire, de dolle, dwarven hammer, dynamo copper lager, lips of faith 30° dunkel weiss, map room, meetup, metropolitan, new belgium, oude geuze mariage parfait, porter, sinebrychoff, stille nacht, stout, three floyds, unibroue

Dark Lord Day 2009

2009/02/27 by Jim Leave a Comment

This year Three Floyds has added a whole lotta rules http://www.darklordday.com/faq/ But hopefully the new system will resolve some of the logistical problems they’ve had in the past.  Last year, I wish I could have enjoyed the party rather than just spend 5 hours waiting in line to buy a few bottles of beer.

Posted in: Beer, I Grok Grog Tagged: big beer, dark lord, festival, imperial stout, party, three floyds

The Road Most Traveled

2009/01/16 by Jim Leave a Comment

Just your basic mix of cover songs. Ska covers! Bluegrass covers! Metal covers! Punk covers! I know, it’s been done, but dammit it’s MY TURN. It was brought to my attention though that on a few of these, the original songs may be less well known, so I’ve created a second mix containing the same … [Read more…]

Posted in: Podcasts Tagged: apocalyptica, bon jovi, boney m, bonnie prince billy, david bowie, dinosaur jr., duran duran, fishbone, five iron frenzy, iron horse, jawbreaker, kiss, lucero, manowar, melvins, metallica, modest mouse, peter paul and mary, ratt, reel big fish, robert tepper, seu jorge, smokey robinson and the miracles, sublime, the clash, the cure, the english beat, the meat purveyors, the protomen, the ramones, the searchers, the slackers, the urge, tom jones, turisas, van canto
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