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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!

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.

You're blaming the wrong thing, though. I don't think limited release beers are ruining the craft beer scene. If anything, they add a sense of excitement and novelty to craft beer while allowing specific brewers to demonstrate their abilities. An unfortunate byproduct of these beers is that they tap into the hoarding mentality of the few who feel entitled to collect and trade as much as they can get their hands on. That's what creates the problems around these releases.

She's incredible! Became obsessed with The Double EP and I love the new album. It's nice to see her getting all the early recognition. Hyden's been championing the new album ever since he first heard it, and that's a good story/interview on Grantland.

As much as I love Dazed and Confused and the Before... films, I would consider Boyhood to be Linklater's crowning achievement so far. I thought it was nearly perfect. The Before films are snapshots of what the accumulation of time has done to Jesse and Celine and are very effective. But I feel Boyhood achieves more in showing the gradual passage of time as it happens. The way that certain events that may seem or feel monumental at the time turn out to be mere speed bumps when looked back upon. How quickly people can come in and out of your life without a moment's notice. And the way small even

Interesting. I obviously disagree, but I'm curious what you found to be a contrivance. Also, here's a great interview with the director: https://thedissolve.com/features/emerging/787-damien-chazelle-on-what-is-and-isnt-ambiguous-abou/

Less than a week away. I still have some nominated films to see, but here's how I would rank the Best Picture nominees so far: Boyhood Whiplash Selma The Grand Budapest Hotel Birdman American Sniper The Imitation Game (I haven't seen The Theory of Everything yet.) It appears that The Imitation Game is the front runner for a Screenplay win, which is confounding. It was the weakest part of a mediocre film. Oh well. Inherent Vice and Whiplash are certainly more deserving in this category

The problem is that Kanye sort of has a point regarding black artists and Album of the Year. It's just that Beck is not the right artist to go after here.

Hot and tangy. But only for pulled pork. Good barbecue doesn't need sauce.

There is no reason to keep them. It's not like vinyl, which provides a different listening experience. CDs are practically obsolete already. They're certainly inessential. Back them up to a hard drive and throw them out.

Didn't think about that, but that may have been an issue. Interesting.

Did you just arrive here in a time machine from the past?

There isn't the tiniest sliver of an opening at all?

wow

It's just too much to digest in one sitting. I enjoy the first 10 songs, but I consistently find the back half to be a slog to get through.

This is a horrible class.

I'll second the Sufjan Stevens sets. Also: The Anita Kerr Singers - Spend This Holiday With Me Although I mainly listen to barbershop choruses' Christmas albums. My dad sang for a chorus (Heart of Texas) and their album is probably my favorite. And anything from the Vocal Majority, which is based in Dallas, and probably the best chorus in the country. There are also some albums from various quartets that are really good too. And there are a ton of songs that I'll shuffle through. I love Christmas music.

He'll be back. He just went out for his urinalysis.

Maybe you need a refresher course.

Ha! Nope. My dog's wearing burnt orange in that photo.

Why so much vitriol towards Texas?

The various defenses and rationales behind the use of torture are driving me nuts. Moral and ethical reasons aside, it's not even effective.

My lord. It's a figure of speech. To make out like bandits simply means that they are getting money and providing nothing to him, personally. You claimed he said this: You're ridiculous.