bleedorange

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Beck - Odelay

The National - Alligator

The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday

Slobberbone - Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today

As cliched as it may sound, religion really is the root of most of our problems. At least in the way it is used by a large majority of people.

It's embarrassing. This is a great response, though:

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20150430-ex-gop-lawmaker-blisters-abbott-for-pandering-to-idiots-over-military-exercise.ece

That looks like a great setlist. They even threw in a bathroom break in the middle (Impossible Germany). I might have to try to find a recording of this one. Sorry I missed it. But I live too far out to hit a late, midweek concert.

SPOON

1. The Fitted Shirt
2. My Mathematical Mind
3. Don't You Evah
4. Knock Knock Knock
5. I Turn My Camera On

Those are all very nice fruits to choose from.  Perhaps a chronological ranking would make a good follow up thread.

Chronological? All fruits were created by God at the same time.

The Jazz apple is the underrated king.

Your research sux!

figs

I like Firestone Walker's Pivo.

Real Ale Hans' Pils is unquestionably the best. I also like Victory's Prima Pils for a more widely distributed one.

Go Texas

That's a month old. A stupid bill filed by a stupid legislator. It was widely criticized by both sides and will likely die in committee without any action taken on it.

 

I think we've had this conversation before.

 

You're probably right.

Bull Black Nova

Bull Black Nova

Bull Black Nova

That might be the single most overrated song in the Wilco catalog.

It's hard for me to really gauge what is underrated, but off the top of my head these are three songs that I think belong in any conversation of best Wilco songs, but never seem to be brought up that often:

Hotel Arizona

Side With the Seeds

Too Far Apart

Stone's Enjoy By 4/20/15 is really good. It's nice that it's in 12 oz. bottles now.

I would say Alligator. It's their best album IMO and probably the best entry point. After that, go with High Violet.

Some people do find Boxer and Trouble Will Find Me to be too "same-y" sounding (for lack of a better way to put it), and if that was your initial hesitation about the band, I would start with those others.

I love all of them, though.

And yet here you are.

Yep. I love Wilco.

The amount of angst generated over missing a concert has been amazing.

Especially for a band that hasn't put out a great album in over a decade.

Exactly what you said -- it's cheap, tasty and easy to find. Along with Firestone Walker Union Jack, it's my go-to IPA.

My go-to IPAs: Sculpin, Fresh Squeezed, Union Jack, Sucks...Great Divide's Rumble (so delicious) should be hitting stores soon.

Real Ale's Lost Gold and Full Moon are both good, and I try to pick up Hops and Grain's Greenhouse IPA and Austin Beerworks' Fire Eagle whenever I'm in Austin.

I just wanted to pause and say that...this is the most activity this board has seen in years. It's nice to see.

If only this 'alive and well' scene would distribute to the northern regions...

Real Ale will not distribute outside the state. It's right there in their slogan. Jester King does some collaborations and will take their beer elsewhere, but they don't make enough to distribute regularly throughout Texas, much less other states. There's very little incentive for a Texas brewery to go outside the state, especially with huge markets here that are hard to completely cover. Saint Arnold tried it briefly (in Colorado of all places) and it failed miserably.

Real Ale Brewery are having their 19th anniversary party on April 11th. Five bucks for 4 pints, and bands, food trucks and a great family and dog-friendly event. The town of Blanco (just outside of Austin) doubles its population that day.

That would be great to go to. Real Ale is great and is probably the best overall brewery in Texas. I love the redesign of their labels.

Another bucket list brewery: Jester King. 

It's an amazing place. On a beautiful ranch in the hill country. There's a farmhouse pizza place right next to it on the property. You can get different-sized pours of whatever beers they have on tap that day. Plus tons of bottles from breweries all over the world.

Fortunately, Jester King is just a 3-hour drive away, so I can usually get down there frequently enough to grab whatever they happen to put out. Excellent beer!

My new favorite for when I'm feeling fancy is Boulevard Brewing out of KC makes a farmhouse called Tank 7.  It's really stinking good.  Which is funny that I've become obsessed with a beer out of Missouri.  Denver has become craft brew mecca with a new brewery opening every couple months.

 

Anyhow, I like the farmhouse/saison thing.  It seems to be the perfect mix of big flavor while still being refreshing.  I like a big IPA, or stout as much as the next guy but sometimes they feel like "staying in and going to bed early" kind of beers.

Tank 7 is way too sweet for me. I love Crooked Stave and Funkwerks (which actually started distributing to Texas recently), and I always picked up some of their beer whenever I passed through Colorado.