The 50th Anniversary Super-Biffy™ Spectacular!

Welcome to the Lynn Auditorium! As we commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the First Annual Biffy® Special I present to you the Super-Biffys™! The greatest album from every ten-year span since 1964. Why 1964? Because shut up! Here are the nominees under consideration by the Lower Galactic Biffy Council. Within each category, a special inter-net […]

Beer and football V — week fifteen

The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Northampton Humbug Ale The result: Win, 41–13; Natalie, 4–2–1 The commentary: Nine o’clock: I knew something was wrong when I queued up Patriots Game Day, which I only record for its three-minute segment with Mike Reiss. “OK, fast-forward through this Steve Burton crap. Fast-forward through Dan Roche’s fantasy […]

Beer and football V — week four

The game: Patriots at Chiefs The beer: Clown Shoes Pecan Pie Porter The result: Loss, 41–14; Chargers win, 33–14 The commentary: “No pictures of my little girl will accompany losses, especially losses as ugly and perplexing as this.” Almost. Here’s an outtake from week one, basically summing up the game. The porter was delicious and […]

Beer and football V — week three

The game: Raiders at Patriots The beer: Belhaven Scottish Stout The result: Win, 16–9; Saints win, 20–9 The commentary: Our first home game of the season is also the first primetime game of the season. What’s that you say? It did not begin after How I Big Banged Your Theory? Well, it did at our […]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

2013 and 2014 have seen progress with the purge. The purge! As part of this… process… I’ve become reacquainted with much of my music collection, listening to the likes of Helmet and Gang Starr for the first time in years. Some of this history will pop up below, to the point where an unheralded decade […]

Beer and football IV — playoffs, week two

The game: Colts at Patriots The beer: Berkshire Scotch Ale The result: Win, 43–22; Seth-Aaron, 5–0 The commentary: Quickly, here’s what I loved this week. Turnovers. The defense is trending in the right direction, even if they’re still lousy. But turnovers are the great equalizer and more Brady drives can only help against Manning and […]