Too Many Cooks

Man I haven’t posted anything here in quite some time, mostly ’cause I’ve been focused on other things, but something…

Dark Lord Day 2009

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.

An introduction

Grok: from the Martian grok.  To understand a subject so completely and intuitively that you consume it and it consumes you.  Literally, “to drink.” Grog: Historically, a mixture of rum and small beer or water drunk on sailing ships.  Colloquially, just about any alcoholic beverage. To put it plainly, we like to drink.  And that is what…

The Road Most Traveled

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…

Jim’s favorite albums of 2008 (MMVIII CE MF)

My Best Albums of 2008 Show! These are the albums I have decided are the best albums that a) I’ve listened to, b) have an official 2008 release date, and c) are full-length LPs, not EPs or compilations. Since I listen to a broad variety of music, some of the segues are a little jarring.…

When churchyards yawn, and Hell itself breathes out

 Halloween is almost upon us.  As is the mode of our society, the day has become a celebration of consumer culture, with cheap plastic costumes filling the shelves at your local walmart, children begging for whatever character is at the top of the Nickelodeon pyramid this year.   But in the same way that many…

More free musics for you

Since the last time I posted here, I’ve put up a couple of mixes over at Radio Gen1us.  Head on over there and check them out! In other news, my family’s annual Labor Day hog roast is this weekend and man, am I looking forward to that.  Piles and piles of great food.  Just the thing…