I know nothing about football and I know nothing about politics. What I do know is self-editing and, later, resurrection. See? “My relationship with the Biff! Bang! words you’re reading [was] troubled, and if the Pats weren’t such a goddamn winning machine I might have signed off altogether following the Beefheart crowning achievement.” It sucks […]
Week nine The game: Patriots at Panthers The beer: 603 Toasted Pumpkin Ale The result: Win, 24–6 The method: NFL Game Pass Week ten The game: Browns at Patriots The beer: True North Endangered Ale The result: Win, 45–7 The method: Live via Paramount+ The headline: “Shame on the brain, that’s right!” – Six Finger […]
Week six The game: Cowboys at Patriots The beer: Jack’s Abby House Lager The result: Loss, 35–29 The method: Live via Paramount+ Week seven The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: True North Festbier Lager The result: 54–13 The method: Live via CBS The headline: “Will the sun rise up tomorrow?” – Black Sabbath, “Children […]
“It’s very gratifying to say that Captain Beefheart’s [Trout Mask Replica] is a total success, a brilliant, stunning enlargement and clarification of his art. Which is not to say that it’s in any sense slick, ‘artistic’ or easy.” – Lester Bangs, Rolling Stone “If one is to enjoy Trout Mask Replica’s twenty-eight songs on a […]
The beer: Great Divide Hibernation English-Style Old Ale The commentary: An excerpt from the—by god—forthcoming “Don’t gimme no affliction: 25 years of ‘Moonlight on Vermont’ and other bush recordings.” During the summer of 1993, which fell between my freshman and sophomore years of college and would prove to be the final extended stretch of time […]
Full-on electric The game: Patriots vs. Seahawks The beer: Dogfish Head Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew Ale The result: (To be continued) The commentary: The most expensive beer of the year cost about fourteen dollars. It’s been so long now, with Dr. Jones finally standing in for Major Toht, that the details are fuzzy—a lot has […]
The beer: Jack’s Abby Smoke and Dagger Black Lager The commentary: I liked what I did lo, these many years ago (three), one beer to one player. Berkshire Saint of Circumstance India Pale Ale is Tom Brady? Of course! Symmetry is an admirable life goal. But it’s been done—it’s been done!—and I’m just too tired […]
The game: Bills at Patriots The beer: Wachusett Larry Imperial India Pale Ale The result: Win, 34–20 The commentary: During the Browns game a few weeks ago I got into a shouting match with color man Steve Tasker. He said something critical about the Pats or their play-calling (I was bitter because Jason Campbell was […]
Good taste for sale! ▲ Updated: November 1, 2025 CDs | LPs, EPs, 45s | Cassettes | Videos | Books Do you like music? Used music? Do you like paying for it? Here is a list of stuff you can buy from me. All fair offers considered—everything must go! Longtime readers (!) will recall I started this… process… back in 2010. I acknowledged, a […]
The game: Bills at Patriots The beer: AleSmith Nut Brown English-Style Ale The result: Win, 37–31 The commentary: God bless the DVR. Continuing the trend, this week’s “1:00” game didn’t start for me until almost 3:30. Sunday was the deadline for a local arts festival logo contest that I entered, and after running a few […]
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