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The Tea Party have a new whiskey. Unfortunately…

May 2, 2024 Alan Cross 1 Comment 0 min read

A lot of artists are in the beer/wine/spirits industry. The newest addition to the top shelf behind the bar is from The Tea Party. Called “The Tea Party Whiskey” (note the use of

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Random music news for Monday, May 8, 2023

May 8, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

Do you have high blood pressure? Do you spend more than 30 minutes a week on a cell phone? There may be a connection. Off to cover music news for May 8, 2023.

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Random music news for Thursday, September 2, 2021

September 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

America is facing another toilet paper shortage because of COVID. Let’s try some music news for September 2, 2021. Two days before the start of the Bonnaroo Festival, it’s been canceled because of

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GWAR whisky? Yes. And it’s apparently very good.

July 29, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

I’m a bit whisky/scotch/bourbon fan, so when an artist comes out with a new spirit, I’m interested. And when it’s GWAR–well, giddyup. GWAR has released Ragnarök Rye Whisky in collaboration with a craft

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Whisky + Billy Joel explains the history of Scotch in 4 minutes

January 19, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment 0 min read

Props to this whisky blogger who manages to tell the history of distilling Scotch from 1494 to the present in about four minutes. How? By using Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”

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Metallica introduces their new whiskey. But it’s in a bottle, not a jar.

August 30, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment 1 min read

Metallica is officially in the booze business. Back in March, we heard that the band was working with a distillery to come up with…something. Now we know what: a blended whiskey they called

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Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 135: The Nerd Awakens

January 20, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

I was on the sidelines for much of this week’s show because no self-respecting Star Trek fan would engage in the Star Wars geekery displayed by Michael and our guest, Matt Granger. I

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Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 120: A Mild Case of Stylus Envy

September 16, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Well, I’m back in Singapore again, but you’d never know it looking out my hotel window. The smoke from Indonesian forest fires is so thick that visibility is down to around 500 metres.

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