Archive for January, 2010
akissforjersey is back.
A somewhat new find for me, I’ve only listened to akissforjersey for a few months, maybe 6 months. Just as I was really getting into them, I became aware that they had broken-up in May. Well, they recently posted on their myspace blog that they are back and will be recording a new album!!! With […]
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Tags: akissforjersey
bell’s hopslam ale
I’ve never heard/read so much hype about a beer as Bell’s Hopslam. The main reason for the hype is that this is a limited release beer, this year it is only available from January 7 through February – very limited, mostly only in the midwest, with a few exceptions. My first experience trying this beer […]
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Tags: beer, bell's hopslam, double IPA, hops, IPA
when my God becomes our God
This might be my last post about Samir Selmanovic’s book, It’s Really All About God, because I just finished reading it last night. I definitely want to read it again, but I have many other books that I’d like to read before I start repeating. The book satisfyingly ends with chapter 9, When My God […]
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Tags: Brother Ali, God, It's Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Atheist Jewish Christian, religion, samir selmanovic, spirituality
this is why Doomtree is the best
I finally picked-up the new Doomtree album, False Hopes XV. I read something where they called it a mini-album because it’s only has 8 tracks, 2 of them instrumentals. I’m not quite sure what the difference is between a mini-album and an EP, but on doomtree.net they just call it an album. The day after […]
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top 10 albums of 2009
I know that this is technically tabu, since ’09 is gone and we have walked into a new decade, but I have to. Not only do I want to share with others my favorite albums from the last year, but I also think it will be really interesting to look back at this post, in […]
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Tags: Alaska, Anchor and Braille, as cities burn, doomtree, Halloween, Manchester Orchestra, mewithoutYou, Mos Def, P.O.S., Pac Div, The Devil Wears Prada