Spring is Here

Had a great time in St. Paul yesterday at the Happy Gnome's 3rd annual Firkin Fest. What's a Firkin? It's a cask conditioned ale that has fresh yeast added to it in the secondary fermentation stage usually dry hopped with a little something special. Firkins are a great way for the breweries and brewers to try new things and show off some of their favorite recipes. I give first prize to Great Divide's Oak Aged Yeti, just yum.

Heading back to Minneapolis to see Manchester Orchestra this evening, wishing I was at 7th Street for Tapes 'N Tapes, glad I'm not at Roy Wilkins for Alice in Chains. Here's last week's playlist. I've also got a link to a kick-ass Drive-By Truckers show from 2002 at Pine Hill Farm courtesy of ninebullets.net Be sure to check out their great SXSW coverage.





March 14, 2010

Mule -- Gov't Mule -- 1995 Gov't Mule
Can't Feel A Thing -- Lucero -- 2009 1372 Overton Park
Army's on Ecstasy -- Oysterhead -- 2001 The Grand Pecking Order
A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing -- Face to Face -- 2002 How to Ruin Everything
Do You Like Me? -- Fugazi -- Red Medicine
Birthday Boy -- Drive-By Truckers -- 2010 The Big To-Do
You Didn't Have To Go All the Way -- Junior Brown -- 1993 Guit With It
Flying Saucer Rock and Roll -- Sleepy LaBeef
Bad Reputation -- Reverend Horton Heat -- 1980 Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
Whole Lotta Love/Can't Stop the Spring -- Flaming Lips -- 2006 20 Years of Weird: 1986-2006
Turned Into A Martian -- Crimson Ghosts -- 2004 Some Kinda Hits
Car -- Built to Spill -- 2000 Live
If You Could Save Yourself (You'd Save Us All) -- Ween -- 2003 Quebec
Everything Sux -- Descendents -- 1996 Everything Sucks
Angry Chair -- Alice in Chains -- 1996 Unplugged
Mountain Air -- Pat Donohue -- 2008 Freeway Man


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