“Beer is proof the God loves us and wants us to be happy” — Benjamin Franklin

Part II — Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, or, the exceptionally long blog to make up for the lack of beer blogs for about eight months  Click to read the rest...

In no particular order:

String cheese is a great snack to bring, but I must bring more next time.  It went too fast.

Mad Libs are a great way to pass the time in a parking lot.  (thanks Mr. and Mrs. Dimock!)

Strapping Young Lad is almost too metal for their own good.

I can sleep just about anywhere, and in the most uncomfortable position, if I am tired enough.

Jim sleeps like a cat. 

Never get a salad at a 24 hour greasy spoon diner at 6am.  Click to read the rest...

On a recent trip to San Diego, CA to see my good buddy Austin, I had the pleasure of checking out the Stone Brewing Company, located in Escondido, just outside of San Diego. Stone is one of the more well known microbreweries… they are the ones that have all the cool gargoyle designs on the bottles. I didn’t get the chance to do an actual brewery tour, but we did eat at their “World Bistro and Garden.” I had no fucking clue what a “Bistro” was. Now I know… it’s a really fancy, swanky restaurant. The food was a little on the expensive side, but it was really tasty, and they have some pretty unique things to serve up.  Click to read the rest...

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy” — Benjamin Franklin

Part I — Late Winter / Early Spring

One of the best aspects of Microbreweries is the vast variety of beers that each brewery releases over the course of the year.  Seasonal releases, limited one off batches, and new additions make for an exciting line up of beers that change as the year does.  The following is a list of just some of my favorite brews that are out right now.  Many are from the New England area, as I am born and raised in Massachusetts and I like to support the local guys, but there are some very notable brews from other areas of the country as well.  So here we go…. no fizzy yellow beers allowed!  Click to read the rest...

You never know what you are gonna get when you play at a club for the first time.  Every club has it’s own upsides, and of course has it’s own downsides, quirks, and other weird happenings.  The Atlantic, in Springfield, MA had it all.  Before I get into the downright ugliness, let me mention the good things.  It was a very big room, had a huge stage (I think the biggest I’ve ever performed on), and a great looking sound system.  I say “great looking” coz we didn’t actually get to play through it.  We were playing through a much smaller PA brought by the sound guy, which was not much different than what we practice with at home.  But I digress…  Click to read the rest...

Well, it was another two day mini-tour for Streak this past weekend, starting off with Zeitgeist in Pittsfield, MA on Saturday, and then Cambridge, MA on Sunday for the 5th Annual Mass Morgue Halloween event.  Since they were both Halloween themed shows, Chris had the idea of dressing up as a famous duo.  Thelma and Louise, after they went off the cliff (sorry if I just ruined the end of the movie for you), was the end result.  Check out the pictures in the Flickr photo stream.  It was the first time I ever “cross dressed,” but it was easy at least coz Thelma (Geena Davis) wore a black t-shirt and jeans at the end of the movie.  Chris looked more like his character, Louise, coz he had a really good wig for the part.  Plus, he’s really pretty anyway, hah!  At least now I have a bra I can wear again if I ever feel like it.  Man, I don’t know how you ladies wear those things!  That thing was driving me nuts!  Since Thelma was properly laid by Brad Pitt in the movie, here’s the picture I had on my shirt for the shows…  Click to read the rest...