The Return of iPod Obsessions: November 2013 Edition
I’m trying to get my blog going again – and, by popular request, I’m returning with a new edition of my iPod obsessions, the songs that are burning up my […]
A Northern Front Range Brewery Tour (or How to Add 67 New Beers to Your List in 10 Days) – Part II – Denver
Denver Beer Company Our first brewpub in Denver encompassed what I came to think of as the classic Colorado beer experience: an inviting patio that, with its communal tables, felt […]
A Northern Front Range Brewery Tour (or How to Add 67 New Beers to Your Beer List in 10 Days) – PART 1
I’m just back from 10 days of crawling through brewpubs enjoying the natural wonders of Colorado. Seriously, every day we did a combination of hiking, biking, walking, running, and/or swimming […]
We’ve all got to be reporters now
The media used to gather, assess, verify and report news. One thing that’s increasingly obvious from this week’s madness (the Boston Marathon bombing): they’ve almost completely abandoned the “assess and […]
What am I going to do differently after today’s terrorist attack?
What am I going to do differently after today’s terrorist attack in Boston? Not a damn thing. Not that I’m particularly (read: “at all”) brave. I’m pretty much […]
Music Review: The Beast in Its Tracks by Josh Ritter
By this point in musical history, you’d think artists would have squeezed absolutely every drop of possibility from heartbreak. But you’d be wrong: there’s still gold in them thar broken […]
My Top 50 Albums of 2012
Better late than never, here are my top 50 albums for 2012, in reverse order. A great year for music, I found myself listening to a wider variety of sounds […]
Movie Review: Les Misérables
I liked this movie. Perhaps not as much as everyone else in the theater, the vast majority of whom sniffled, gulped, and blew their noses throughout (especially each time a […]
Lord, Save Me From Your Followers
Have you seen the bumper sticker “Lord, save us from your followers”? I wish God, Jesus Christ, Allah, Yahweh, Brahma, or every other deity, for that matter, actually read bumper […]
Concert Review: Bon Iver, Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, Sept. 13, 2012
Live performances must be a challenge for Justin Vernon and the raggedy, shifting collection of musicians who form Bon Iver. Their music (particularly on 2011’s excellent self-titled second full-length effort, […]