This week at Spectrum Culture…I didn’t write anything. Given my recent travels, I deliberately steered cleared of picking up stuff to review, and the editor-in-chief was also merciful (there were certainly music reviews I could have had deadlines this past week). So this is one of those rare instances when I have nothing new to share. My olleagues filled the site with good stuff, so do follow the hyperlink and click around. Continue reading Spectrum Check
This does not mean a Jesus O’Lantern series will be the ever-popular balloon animal Jesus series. Well, it doesn’t automatically mean that. Continue reading Happy Halloween!
26. Tool, Ænima The title of Tool’s second album is a made-up word. Ænima is a rough amalgam of the Latin word for soul and the word “enema.” And that sort of sophomoric, scatological brattiness masquerading as uncompromising, dirty-minded profundity … Continue reading College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1996, 26 and 25
Though I was otherwise up to my Adam’s apple in cleaning, painting and other coordination involving a distant house, I still had a couple contributions go up this week at Spectrum Culture. First, I had a new film review, covering a horror flick from the director of Splice. I selected this because a certain member of my household always welcomes a new cinematic excursion into horror, even though they often disappoint. That was certainly the case in this instance, although I’ll admit that it had a promising enough premise that a few changes could have made it into something interesting. … Continue reading Spectrum Check
Since the fates conspires with a really terrible cable company to prevent me from providing my typical daily post yesterday, and since I’m weary from a long day of driving, I’m going to go ahead and make this a 100% Florida posts week by sharing my current attitude towards the Sunshine State: Continue reading Sleeping in the smoke ‘cuz the dirt’s on fire down here
This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another. I’ve previously lamented the dearth of quality beer options at my disposal back when I resided in Florida (admittedly the most meager of the myriad of problems associated with being a Floridian), but I assumed that the craft beer revolution must have had some effect on the state I once called home. On the available evidence gathered in a visit to a central Florida liquor store, whatever dent has been made is quite … Continue reading Beers I Have Known: The Native Brewing Company The Eleven Brown Ale
This is how I’m feeling today. Words tomorrow. Continue reading Programming note
This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another. I have a marital obligation to actively seek out respectable lists of quality pumpkin beers this time of the year. Last week, I found one that was filled with many of the expected brews (it’s never a surprise any time Dogfish tops a list), but I was stunned by the brewery that took up the number three slot. Maybe I’ve been smarting from the fact that my beloved college town brewery couldn’t compete … Continue reading Beers I Have Known: Stevens Point Brewery Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale
Forty-eighth in a series… (Via) Continue reading A Jesus Fever’s flowin’ all over, believers and lovers
This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another. I spent much of Saturday proving I don’t have enough sense to come … Continue reading Beers I Have Known: Big Boss Brewing “High Monkey”
Coffee for Two 