odontophobia wrote:I think my big thing with craft beer, and maybe what I like most of all in regards to it, is that I don't want to drink 6-8 in a night.
It's not that my beer snobbery is too high and tells me that drinking PBR is bad. That's not true and never will be. I still drink PBR if I go out to some dive or whatever. My favorite venue in town (Spirit Caravan and Pilgrim this week, whooooooo-hooooo) always sells tall boy cans of PBR for $2 so if I go there for a show that's what I drink.
But if I buy a six pack of some craft beer I'm less apt to crush 3-5 in a night and will have one or two and be totally cool, not thirsting for the drink at all thereafter.
I imagine craft beer is not made to be chugged, while Bud or other shit is made to keep you coming back for more.
dazedbyday wrote:A lot of people are using those e cigs here in the city. It is actually kinda funny because they "smoke" them inside. At first you are like what the fuck dude, lighting up inside? Then you realize what it is as they blow out the smoke. Still strikes me as kinda weird though.
It was funny when I was in Israel, when we went to different bars, even fancy ones that obviously were very popular, people were smoking all the time, but whenever someone saw a cop or someone from the military walk by, they told everyone to extinguish or hide their cigarettes. And obviously because it's Israel they have air conditioning, and that sucked out all the smoke from the air, so there was less residue left over. It was kind of a novelty because it's incredibly strict here in Ireland, as is no under 18'ers after nine o'clock. Not because the patrons are snobs or being difficult, it's because they'll lose their license if they allow it and are caught. I've heard of bars being shut down because they didn't abide by the smoking ban strictly enough.
D.o.S. wrote:I'm so glad I'm not picky about pickups -- it seems like it would be a terrible rabbit hole.
It's not, really, to be honest, not in my experience. Some people become caught in the whirlpool of tone searching, but I rarely see it outside of the 'rich' forums (no disrespect meant) like Rig-Talk and TGP. I'm sure people do enjoy swapping pickups out, but it's not the eternal quest that some things can be. The way I see it, every pickup has a point. A P90 from Lollar has a point, whether you like the sound or not. I don't really like Stratocaster pickups very much, but they have a point and capture a sound and era that nothing else captures, so I go with it. As long as the pickups aren't veiled and muddy, I'm fine, and usually satisfied. I'm not a picky pickup'er, but I do have preferences and can tell the differences. I just know that my gear sounds good whether it be with the Korean-made pickups on my Guild or a set of hand-made Bareknuckles or Amber pickups that are made of mojo juice and fairy dust, and that makes me happy. I really want to swap out the neck humbucker in my '72 Telecaster because it has that veiled, muddy sound that I don't like. I'll replace it with a proper Wide-Range Humbucker. Whatever it is, I'm sure I'll like it.
