Recent content by MasterOLightning

It's been like, 20 years, and I'm still waiting to hear an above-average guitar riff in a Limbonic Art song.

@Onder I'm really interested in which American beers make it over to you there. (Also what they cost vs. Euro imports.) I would not have guessed Anderson Valley ends up in your part of the world, for example. Anchor is huge and everywhere here. They are well-respected, but seen as a bit of an...

Some real good vaporwave.

Janice Griffith basically has the body of prime April O'Neill. It's pretty great.

Hmm. I'll try for 10 in no order. Half Acre Firestone Walker Alesmith Deschutes Southern Tier Goose Island Perennial Founders Anchor Spiteful Edit: I knew I'd forget good stuff. No excuse for leaving out Ballast Point. Maybe later, Spiteful.

I can always count on you to catch the humor in a post.

If you don't enjoy the first five minutes of this, it's doubtful you'd ever be a fan of Krallice. I think this is just brilliantly composed, evoking a jazzy call and response at times. The guitars complement each other during the solos in a way rarely seen. The drumming is dynamic and not...

Voivod/Vektor/Eight Bells was really good. Vektor was amazing. They have so much talent. Could easily become the biggest young thrash band in the world. Voivod was good, and I liked their new songs, but they didn't feel like they were as big a deal as a band with so much credibility should. They...

I'm a fan of Averse Sefira, but the high points in their discography are not close to as good as DSO's high points. There's no Sola Fide I or Kenose II in there. But I haven't listened to them in many years, which I could argue is a strike against them. I come back to a lot of bands, but Averse...

I'm on Untappd as Ommegoose if anyone else wants to monitor my alcoholism. A few nice finds for me in the past few days. Tops was Lost Abbey's Cuvee de Tomme. Wow. Tasted half as strong as the 11%. The cherry notes are more like a rich maraschino rather than kriek-like tartness. Gentle barrel...

Are people just forgetting Metallica, or what? I just think it's weird if you list 20 bands and they aren't one. In my list I'm favoring long careers with many significant releases over one-album wonders. If this is going to be tiered, then I think those who proved themselves over time deserve...

The first new Lush song in 20 years is a total return to form. Love it. Would fit in on Spooky or the early EPs for sure.

The People vs. O.J. Simpson is really pretty good, about 85% of the time. Now that they're about to start the trial I expect it to be a solid legal drama and hopefully some of the gimmicky elements are done. The acting and look and feel of the show are spot-on.

Have yet to see the Pineapple Sculpin, but those specialty Sculpins are $13.49 here at the least. Tough to make it more than special occasion beer, but hopefully it turns up as a $6 pint somewhere. Earlier this week I had an Alesmith My Bloody Valentine. Big flavor at a reasonable 6.66% abv...

The Blackhawks are still pretty damn good. I don't think Dallas or Montreal are better. We'll see about Washington.