I don’t know where someone clued me into the Mountain Goats but they did. I am not gaga from them, but they are cool.
I liked the new song “Training Montage” enough that it motivated me enough to buy the tape of their new album “Bleed Out”.
It’s a fun red:
I drank an Original Pattern Brewing SIPA with it called “Taking It Easy”. It was a nice beer and I did what it told me and took it easy while I listened.
I recommend both things. ✌️🍻📻
I am having just the right kind of buzz right now. The right kind to order a new record that I can’t truly afford but bought anyway.
While drinking the excellent “Double Strata” WCIPA from Alvarado Street Brewing (and after a “Booming Rollers” from Modern Times), I was reading this music newsletter.
He mentioned the new Interpol album and remarked how the band has gotten better over time for him. A feeling I share.
That coupled with a beer buzz pushed me to go and pre-order “The Other Side Of Make Believe”.
So now, $36.37 later, I will be having their new record show up at my door right about the time I totally forget that I ever bought it.
We always say it on the Perfect Pour, “Check your dates.”
A recent visit to the grocery store revealed a five-month-old six-pack of Firestone Walker “Hopnosis” IPA. Not even close to the worst beer date I have seen in the grocery store. But still.
Five months is too long for me anymore, if it is a hoppy beer. Sierra Nevada’s Pale Ale is the only one I would buy at that date or later.
So really this is just a warning. I think there are a lot of early Spring released beers still on the shelf. So make sure to check. your. dates. ✌️🍻
It looks solid as all bomber opening fuck. I like it. I am a sucker for Yeti products – even though I can only afford their cups and have yet to be able to buy one of their kick ass coolers.
But why in the damn hell is the Yeti Brick bottle opener $50!?
There is no story for the bottle opener. No lifetime guarantee. No special limited series hand numbered run. No membership access to something else or discount on a cooler. Not jack fucking squat.
The reviews are in. They are not good. Funny sometimes, but not good:
If you could bring down the price, or maybe make it more collectable, I am here for you because it looks solid.
But your energy is totally “It is a bottle open. It is fifty bucks. We are Yeti so buy it, asshole.”
Normally I am totally here for you, Yeti, but not today. So go home with your $50 price tag.
BTW there is a $30 version of a Yeti bottle opener if you want to check that out.
There is also a wall mounted one for around $20 on Amazon.
