Smashing Pumpkins – Full Circle (another documentary)
Posted by mike | Filed under multimedia, music
What can i say, I’ve fallen into another Smashing Pumpkins binge…..this is yet another well done documentary called Full Circle. I believe this was shown in Chicago on a local Fox channel, sponsored by the local rock station Q101 back some time ago, prior to 2001. Follow the link at the bottom for the next page with the embedded 4 part videos.
Stout Tasting ‘08
Posted by mike | Filed under friends, spirits
Fabulous time was had by all this Saturday for our first annual stout brew tasting party. I’m a bit flabbergasted on how to we managed to drink all of the beer that was brought but we only had 5 beers left and those were duplicates. Maybe that’s why i have a touch of a hangover this morning….hmmm. Anyway, here is a picture of the damage before and after. Full beer list also included following pictures.
The Line-up
Some Aftermath
Whats Left
Full Brew Review List for 2008 Tasting
- 1. Haandbryggeriet Dark Force – Russian Imperial Stout
- 2. Young’s Double Chocolate Stout – Milk/Sweet Stout
- 3. Obovoid Oak-Aged Oatmeal Stout – Russian Imperial Stout
- 4. The Czar – Russian Imperial Stout
- 5. Alaskan Smoked Porter – American Porter
- 6. Bell’s Special Double Cream Stout – Milk/Sweet Stout
- 7. Bell’s Expedition Stout – Russian Imperial Stout
- 8. Oak-Aged Ebenezer’s Brew (bottle 127 of 1521) – Russian Imperial Stout
- 9. Ten FIDY – Russian Imperial Stout (in a can, oh yeah!)
- 10. Oak Aged Yeti – Russian Imperial Stout
- 11. Old Rasputin – Russian Imperial Stout
- 12. Bell’s Batch 7000 – American Double/Imperial Stout
- 13. Bourbon County Stout – American Double/Imperial Stout
- 14. Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout – American Double/Imperial Stout
- 15. Moylan’s Ryan Sullivan’s Imperial Stout – Russian Imperial Stout
- 16. Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout – American Double/Imperial Stout
- 17. Stone Imperial Russian Stout (2005 bottle) – Russian Imperial Stout
- 18. O’Hanlon’s The Original Ruby Stout – English Stout
- 19. Eel River Raven’s Eye Imperial Stout – Russian Imperial Stout
- 20. Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout – Oatmeal Stout
- 21. Left Hand Milk Stout – Milk/Sweet Stout
I’m hoping we can do this again next year, this was an awesome event this year and everyone had a great time.
Smashing Pumpkins Documentary – Graceful Swans of Never
Posted by mike | Filed under multimedia, music
This is just a well constructed video documentary of the Smashing Pumpkins…one of my favorite bands. This was an unpublished sort of “behind the music” type of documentary that was only shown locally in the Chicago area in 2001. These videos cover the gamut back from when they were forming and up to the eventual breakup (thanks Darcy). This is called the Graceful Swans of Never and hope you enjoy it. Click the read more link to view the embedded videos.
Last Day
Posted by mike | Filed under friends, news
Today was the last day at my current employer of almost 6 years. It was a tough day today to say goodbye to so many talented people i have worked so closely with for so long. I am however looking forward to new challenges that i will encounter at GIS. Ultimately, in the end i know at a big company everyone is just a number and replaceable so there shouldn’t be any impact of my departure. 
