Hello music lovers!
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame came out with its list of nominees for the coming year. This week and next week I will post videos from many of these nominees. Many have been overlooked. Some, like Soundgarden, are very obvious choices given their influence and commercial success. Here is one from one of my favorite albums by Soundgarden:
Stay tuned for more. The bar is always open and there is plenty of music. If you want to talk about something other than the latest stressful outrage, this is a safe space. It always has been and will be.
Cheers!
“The bar is always open.” Today is National Liqueur Day. Any requests for drinks with liqueurs?
I wrote that I would hold off on posting a drink for Tim Ryan until he dropped out. Now, he has, so here it is:
Tim Ryan once said “I’ll drink a Miller Lite with you.” That makes for an easy suggestion, but I prefer something a bit more complex. He told Eater that his favorite comfort food is ice cream, so how about an ice cream drink? I recommend the Ice Cream Martini from Tipsy Bartender.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9WLuS3kb08
Now that Beto O’Rourke has dropped out, it’s time to post my drink suggestion for him, Hacker-Pschorr Beer.
If only our government did the same.
Well, that was a lost week. Long story. Just facets of my personal life decided to implode. But if anyone thinks I won’t somehow land on my feet, you’ve got another thing coming – which reminds me of another R&R Hall of Fame nominee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtuoFv4dcwM
So yeah, I will just keep this up a few more days or another week, depending.
MC5 is also a nominee. This band should have been nominated a long time ago. They were among those protopunk bands that influenced more than a few 1st gen punks and more importantly hardcore. There are times I will listen to the guitar solo here and think of how echos of that ended up in some of Black Flag’s later work. Just the way I hear things I guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfKhvzUdJoM
I can”t get excited about a Nats-Astros World Series.
Crabs are smarter than you think.
We’re all from Botswana.
Wormhole!
The Fischer Random Chess Tournament semifinals are underway.
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It will be harder to stomach the 58,000 people we lost in South Vietnam when it is almost wholly underwater less than ninety years after the war.