Einsiedler Brauhaus – Bock Hell, 500ml bottle, 6.8%.
Darker Amber, very clear, light tan/straw very fluffy and lasting thin head. Slightly sweet malts on the nose, lager yeast notes, some darker roast notes. Sweet malts muted by a nice bitterness, a hint of alcohol with herbal almost medicinal notes, some lager yeast elements. Smooth, mild carbonation.
A Blaze in the Northern Sky: Ted Skjellum @ National Library of Norway
A first edition print of “A Blaze in the Northern Sky” features in Enlightened, the National Library of Norway’s new permanent exhibition of highlights from Norwegian cultural history. In this event Ted Skjellum, also known as Nocturno Culto, is interviewed by journalist and writer Harald Fossberg.
Some More German Beers (Late-Toberfest 2)
Hofbrau – Oktoberfestbier
Hacker Pschorr – Kellerbier Naturtrub
Weltenburger Kloster – Plis
Weltenburger Kloster – Pils, 4.9%, 500ml bottle.
Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg, this is a German Pilsner, the smell is sweet and kind of wheat-beer-ish, lager yeast smells. Its very clear, light golden-straw in colour with a big head on pouring. This is quite bitter, and almost spicy, could be the yeast. Apart from that it is very easy drinking. Good, not great.
Hacker Pschorr – Kellerbier Naturtrub, 5.5%, 500ml bottle.
A German Lager/Kellerbier/Zwickelbier, an unfiltered beer and it shows. Nice golden amber colour, quite cloudy, a nice head. Aroma is biscuit malts and lager yeast. Taste is very nice very biscuity malt, a mild bitterness balancing out a very mild sweetness. Well balanced, the malt character is very nice.
Hofbrau – Oktoberfestbier, 6.3%, 500ml bottle.
Hofbräuhaus München. A Germen Lager/Marzen/Oktoberfestbier. Golden amber, very clear, nice head with good lacing. The smell is very lager yeast, not very funky though. Taste is bready and lightly sweet malts, theres a nice lager yeast character balanced with the mild hop bitterness, slightly spicy. Very good.
Some German Beers (Late-ToberFest)
Spaten – Oktoberfest , Lager/Marzen
Augustiner-Brau – Edelstoff, Lager/Dortmunder Export
Paulaner – Oktoberfest Bier, Lager/Marzen/Oktoberfest
Spaten – Oktoberfest, 5.9%, 500ml bottle.
Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu is the brewery. Its a Lager-Marzen-Oktoberfst beer. Its a nice golden lager colour, a nice malty and lager yeast smell, nice head too. Nice back of the tongue bitterness, lager yeast characters are prominent, some mild malt characters, a sweet malt balanced with the bitter hops, some very slight toasty malt flavors in there as well, nothing is overbearing, its all well balanced.
Augustiner – Edelstoff, 5.7%, 500ml bottle.
Augustiner-Bräu. A Lager – European / Dortmunder Export. Lovely head, big lasting, good lager yeast smell, kind of minerally. Taste is light malt in there its noticeable, but its so mild, there’s hops and a nice bitterness but it doesn’t linger, This i have had before, and it is just so clean and crisp and drinkable. The hops and malt are just so balanced and crisp. An awesome beer.
Paulaner -Oktoberfest Bier, 5.8%, 500ml bottle.
Paulaner Brauerei, this is another Lager-Marzen Oktoberfest. Less head, more golden amber colour, sweeter smell. Taste is a bit more bitterness, some sweet malts. This is a lot like the Spaten, with slightly more malt, sweet malts mainly, and a little more hops bitterness, but also this has the mineral aspects of the above Augustiner. Its just good.
Halloween Horror #31
#31 – He Never Died
He Never Died is a 2015 Canadian/American horror comedy film… stars Henry Rollins as an immortal, cannibalistic loner who has withdrawn from society to protect both himself and others. Wikipedia
Jack’s in a rut. Depression and severe anti-social behavior has whittled down his existence to sleeping and watching television. He spends his days in a diner, playing church bingo and sleeping. When some hired thugs show up Jack’s life is stirred up and the question of his existence comes to light. IMDB
Strange film. Oddly funny, oddly dark. 3 stars.
Bonus – She Never Died (2019)
This 2019 “sequel” is basically a riff on the original story wise.
The movie is intended as a follow up sister sequel to Krawczyk’s 2015 movie He Never Died, which starred Henry Rollins, and is set within the same universe. Krawczyk had initially intended the 2015 film to be expanded into a miniseries and follow-up film, but repurposed the script into She Never Died after the endeavor was cancelled. Wikipedia
This, like the original, was also good, it did feel a bit more like an extended episode 1 of a TV series, and ends in a way that is open for a sequel at least. 3 stars again.
Halloween Horror #29 & #30
#29 – Toolbox Murders (2004)
Toolbox Murders is a 2004 American slasher film directed by Tobe Hooper… It is a remake of the 1978 film The Toolbox Murders and was produced by the same people behind the original. The film is centered on the occupants of an apartment who are stalked and murdered by a masked killer. Wikipedia
Its a moderate slasher film with too much character development. There’s some interesting gore effects. It is OK.
2 stars.
#30 – The Toolbox Murders (1978)
The Toolbox Murders is a 1978 American slasher film. It follows a series of violent murders centered around a Los Angeles apartment complex, followed by the kidnapping and disappearance of a teenage girl who resides there. Wikipedia
As above but made in 1978, far less character development, poorer acting. Stars Cameron Mitchell which is a bonus. 2 stars.
Halloween Horror #28
#28 – The Entity (1982)
The Entity is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Sidney J. Furie, and written by Frank De Felitta, who adapted his 1978 novel of the same name. The film stars Barbara Hershey as a single mother in Los Angeles who is raped and tormented by an invisible assailant. Wikipedia
A really good film. Its played straight and dry and that is effective. Has an Exorcist feel due to its straightness and then a Poltergeist kind of vibe toward the end. It gets pretty crazy. 3 stars.
Halloween Horror #26 & #27
#26 – Ghost Story of Yotsuya (1959)
The ghost of a samurai’s wife takes revenge on her husband.
This classic Japanese horror movie directed by Nobuo Nakagawa is based on an 18th-century masterpiece written by Nanboku Tsuruya. It is about a woman who haunts her husband after she dies a miserable death.
I had to get this version off archives.org because it wasn’t available elsewhere. It’s pretty slow, and very much a slow psychological horror, not much gets going until the last 1/4 or so.
2 stars. May deserve more on a re-watch…
#27 – Feeders 2: Slay Bells (1998)
Two photographers travelling through Pennsylvania pick up a couple of women, then stumble across little grey aliens who land their flying saucer in the woods and start hunting and eating humans.
This sucks. Yes I know its meant to be low budget and etc…and It does that amazingly. 2 stars, congrats its fucking awful, you did it, but it deserves 1 because it really does also suck.
Halloween Horror #24 & #25
#24 – Winterbeast (1991)
In a wintery kind of town somewhere, people are being killed off by possessed totem poles.
B-grade acting with crazy claymation monsters, awesome stuff. This looks like it was filmed in the early 80’s not ’91. Kind of confusing story, wishy-washy acting and dialogue, weird characters. You’re only going to ever watch this is for the monsters, but this is a very strange film all round.
2.5 stars mainly for the claymation.
#25 – Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989)
A 1989 Horror-Comedy staring Bruce Campbell. What the hell is this, I’ve never heard of it and have no idea when or why I downloaded it.
Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sun cream to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences.
What a very strange, very 80’s film. 2.5 stars
Scott Steiner Classic Promo
“You know they say all men are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Samoa Joe and you can see that statement is NOT TRUE! See, normally if you go one-on-one with another wrestler you got a fifty/fifty chance of winning. But I’m a genetic freak, and I’m not normal! So you got a 25 percent at best at beat me! And then you add Kurt Angle to the mix? You-the chances of winning drasticy go down. See, the 3-Way at Sacrifice, you got a 33 and a third chance of winning. But I! I got a 66 and two thirds chance of winning, cuz Kurt Angle KNOOOWS he can’t beat me, and he’s not even gonna try. So, Samoa Joe, you take your thirty three and a third chance minus my twenty five percent chance (if we was to go one on one) and you got an eight and a third chance of winning at Sacrifice. But then you take my 75 perchance-chance of winnin’ (if we was to go one on one), and then add 66 and two thirds…percents, I got a 141 2/3 chance of winning at Sacrifice!
Señor Joe? The numbers don’t lie, and they spell disaster for you at Sacrifice!”
Steiner’s promo for the TNA World Heavyweght Championship match against Kurt Angle and champion Samoa Joe at TNA Sacrifice 2008, TNA Impact!, May 1, 2008
