Pints&union dissolves amid self-delusional whimpering
A decapitated doll’s head says much about the demise of Pints&union, so I’ll keep it brief.
My best old ex-friend Joe, who apparently has made...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 16: Lessons learned, corners turned, bridges burned (finis)
Throughout this series, I’ve offered songs that I associate with the time of my first trip to Europe, and yes, I know quite well...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 15: Soviet times in Leningrad and the long trek back...
There was little if any Western pop music to be heard publicly in Leningrad in 1985. But this song was overheard playing on the...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 14: Meet the Finns — and hop a bus to...
Stockholm to St. Petersburg via Helsinki. 18 hours? In 1985?
Accompanying these recollections of my travel year 1985 are some of the songs I kept...
The Euro ’85 Pilgrimage Compendium
The Euro ’85 Pilgrimage Compendium collects the installments of my series about “the first time” (the one you remember?) wandering the continent in 1985...
Euro Pilgrimage 1985-2025, Ch. 13: Introductions to Oslo, Bergen, Stockholm and Uppsala
I believe my room was in the middle house on the hill (in Bergen).
Previously: Euro Pilgrimage 1985-2025, Ch. 12: Omaha Beach to the Manneken-Pis and...
Euro Pilgrimage 1985-2025, Ch. 12: Omaha Beach to the Manneken-Pis and Little Mermaid
Grand Place, Brussels.
Previously: Euro Pilgrimage 1985-2025 Pt. 11: Sligo respite, Live Aid, then back to France for the D-Day beaches.
(I’m not a Bryan Adams fan,...
Euro Pilgrimage 1985-2025 Pt. 11: Sligo respite, Live Aid, then back to France for...
Previously: Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 10: Irish history with musical accompaniment and a Guinness chaser.
I exited the Sligo train station on a pleasant, sunny day...
40 Years in Beer, Part 80: Running Gravity Head’s daunting gauntlet (Act I: 1999...
Charles Porter (Upland), David Pierce (BBC) and Joe Brower (Bloomington Brewing) at Gravity Head, 1999.
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 79: Stuck in...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 10: Irish history with musical accompaniment and a Guinness chaser
Van Diemen’s Land was the original name for the island of Tasmania, located 400 miles south of Melbourne, and notorious during the 1800s for...