Posts made by mclaincausey

@Jett129

@Matt that album is nice. Thanks for the tip. TV OTR is opening for LCD Soundsystem at red rocks. I haven’t seen them in years!

@Giles house finch my mistake. I just got a visual on one of em. Pretty bad photo because I had to use zoom from an awkward position not to scare her off!

@GraemeE speaking of drums I’m finally getting Sympathy For the Drummer on the way to you by Monday!

@Jett129 yeah he’s a notoriously bad drummer in terms of timing and dynamics but I think his partner likes it that way. It worked for the early Keys simple bluesy stuff somewhat but he hasn’t been able to keep up with the band’s evolution and somehow hasn’t improved in 20 years. Just sounds aggressively bad now. I got a chuckle out of it.

@motojobobo that would technically be a mezcal if we are using the original, broadest definition of "spirit distilled from agave," but that is normally called a tequila. If we use the above definition of mezcal, tequila would be a subtype of mezcal.

Today "mezcal" is, like "tequila," a controlled term, so in that sense it can't be applied to Clase Azul tequila. I am surprised to hear you picked up notes of smoke, because the tequila designation requires the use of autoclaves or ovens to roast the pinas of blue Weber agave plants. The smoke that mezcal is traditionally associated with comes from techniques such as using underground wood burning ovens to roast the pinas. And not all varieties of mezcals do that--some of them mirror tequila production techniques but they are in states that fall outside the tequila designation or use agave that isn't blue Weber.

Clase Azul is fine, but a lot of the cost is the bottle, and there are additives such as sugar. A fifth of Clase Azul is like $150 here in the states, and I could get 4 bottles of better, additive free tequila in less fancy bottles for that.

$0.02

@Jett129 Derek Trucks band had a wildly talented lineup. Todd Smallie on bass (he and the aforementioned Bill McKay live here and play with a lot of my friends--nice fellas). Mike Mattison on vocals--gravelly, husky, great voice (and he went to Harvard!). Yonrico Scott (RIP) was a monster drummer. Kofi Burbridge (RIP--his brother Oteil played for ABB and is in The Brothers clip you posted--I hope they tour) was extremely talented on multiple instruments and vocals. And others.

Susan Tedeschi Band and Derek Trucks Band effectively merged some members and a few were left out in the cold.

But what was lost was unique jazz and world music influenced experimental blues and soul. It's a damn shame. It feels like he was following his muse, and now he's following their muse.

Songlines Live is a highly recommended audio or video release to hear what the sounded like live, and they have Live at Georgia Theater and Roadsongs too.

Holy cow. This is god awful drumming
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4kClM2Ojs4/?igsh=MmpubjFhdGE5ZnFo

Josie keeps a very tidy home!

@Jett129 I like Tedeschi Trucks but Derek Trucks band was on another level. And now half of them are dead so there will never be a true reunion.

To wit, this one with my friend Bill McKay on the keys and vocals:

Don’t have any maraschino but Leopold’s makes one and it would be fun to make a cocktail just with their spirited, but subbed amaretto cherry syrup in a Martinez and man oh man it’s so good. This vermouth is the best sweet vermouth I’ve ever had by far. It’s just a blend of Mathiasson Cabernet with some amazing distillates Leopold’s makes, so it’s a totally different sweet vermouth experience.

The summer gin is extremely citrus forward and cuts through the depth of the vermouth and amaretto.

Looking smoov bros!

No ornithologist, but I think this is a house sparrow nest in our front porch light fixture. Welcome to your new home little ones!

Just stand in a sandstorm on Mars for a few weeks

Sunny and windy today

@Aetas haha I really love that little detail because it speaks to the process of making the shirt.

@Cymro yep that’s normal—it’s not a mistake on the faux “mistake” of a chain stitch runoff.

The way the 2013 forum tee’s velvet-like print (curious if anyone knows the term for that, like a fuzzy silk screen) has decayed over the days. I wouldn’t mind another velvet screened tee.

Can’t get over how gorgeous that thing is.

I am wearing mine a lot. Much more than my 62 so it will pass it. I don’t have the attention span to fade a shirt quickly

@Daniel-San those are sick including the packaging. The album with his 1955 and 1981 performances is in my library. Love me some Bach.