Two years ago, the real Michael Jackson died -- the legendary beer journalist and advocate, I mean. Here's his WaPo obit, which discussed how incredibly important he was, and how he bears a great deal of responsibility for the fact that excellent beer is now widely available. Here is a tribute page to him. And here is the Great One's final interview:
And here is an interview with Sam Calagione of the great Dogfish Head Brewery, remembering his time with the Beer Hunter:
I know this is very much a minority view, but I think the lesser-known Michael Jackson brought far more happiness and artfulness into the world than his better-known confrere. But you'd expect a foodie to say that. In a better world, we would have had had a nationally-televised mega-media beer-blasted blowout in tribute to this Michael Jackson.
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Cecelia. Cecelia..
You're missing the point. The paradox, kid.
Be gentle with Rod. Don't stone the prophet, he's not about our stupid (liberal conservative, blah blah) dichotomies, he speaks from our collective contradiction. Which is what the scapegoat (here, now MJ) bears.
And Guinness is only good fresh, and welled tapped and drawn, which is to say in more or less only Ireland. It's like bread. After three or four days open kegged, it's dead. There's hardly a bar that sells enough of it, or gets it quickly enough from the distributor, to justify drinking it, stateside.
Drink ale. Low hop bite similar to Guinness. It keeps, stales much later, and sells far more quickly. I suggest Bass. Or Anchor Steam.
Hell, I need to go to bed.
Rod, I'll give you a few more page hits tomorrow. I for one love, and am with you, man. I think you know that.
Orthodoxy e thantatos
(or however you transcribe it.. like I say, bedtime.. )
And yet, dear heart, for all the grotesque offensiveness you find on this site, you not only keep coming back, but actually endeavor to comment. 'Tis a mystery. While I cannot explain why you continue freely to subject yourself to such pain and suffering as I inflict on you by my postings, I remain grateful to you for putting more money in my grubby little pocket by your patronage.
Actually - that is why I keep coming back - after you wrote about your concerns about losing your job and the financial responsibilities you have - I felt - as someone who has no such concerns - that it would be the decent thing to do to help you out on the page count issue - besides which - it is really fun to see what you will come up with next on this site. At the very least - some of your posters here are erudite and interesting. Certainly better than the intellectualizing at FPR.
I figured the almost schizo nature of your posts here probably was about page hits - at times you are absolutely great - then you sink into all this divisive garbage - sadly it seems the garbage is what gets the page hits. Anyway Rod - you need us dissenters - if all you had were the fans - the page hut count would be dismal. Hard to indulge those foodie passions if the page hut goes down.
Charles - I agree Guiness must come on tap - the perfect excuse for frequent trips to Eire and the UK - I like Irish red ales - a fairly decent bottled one is Smithwicks - Bass is nice too - haven't tried Abchor Steam - shall look for it. Summer is beer drinking time - nothing goes better with barbecue or sitting on the front porch in the warm evenings.
Yes I know Rod likes to expose our contradictions - just as we like to
chat away about them - I actually do enjoy the site - usually - and figure I should make my contribution to those contradictions too.
I apologize for spelling "hit" as "hut" - am using an older notebook where the keys no longer have letters on them - rubbed off from use.
Thanks for the videos Rod. I did enjoy listening to Sam from Dogfish head. Though I've yet to try all his beers my current favorite is his 90min IPA. It is very well done. Any suggestions on his other excellent brews to try next?
Charles, I think you're confusing method (mockery) with virtue (recognizing and defying evil). Mockery can be cruel if directed at someone who is undeserving and/or defenseless against it. It can also be a display of virtue, as, say, in Roberto Benigni's character in "Life is Beautiful". Mockery is a means, however, not an end.
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