10E2394: Friday Night Flights - Molasses and Rum

Tonight 6:30pm, join me at GrandTen Distilling in Boston for a special event; "Friday Night Flights".

Hear readings from 2 books detailing the historic 1919 molasses disaster in the North End of Boston ("Dark Tide" and "The Great Molasses Flood") plus a short lecture on the rum trade of the 19thC, and learn about the creation of GrandTen's "Medford Rum". All the while sampling GrandTen's light and dark rums too.

$20. Proceeds to our local Friends of the Somerville Public Library (MA). Reserve your place here.
GrandTen Distilling: 383 Dorchester Ave, Boston, MA 02127

10E2393: Woolrich Yankee Boot

Woolrich ("America's original outdoor clothier") recently launched Woolrich Footwear, a collection of boots and shoes. A subset of that is a group of men's USA-made, including this Yankee Buck model. $300. Made of Horween leather, lined with red plaid Woolrich fabric. Come in Henry Ford too.

A true "Indy-boot" alternative for $200 less. The nerds will get that one...

10E2392: When Bjork Met David Attenborough

Looking at Bjork's singing from an anthropological standpoint. Great bonus clip.

10E2391: "The Good Life" by James E. Reynolds

"The Good Life" by James E. Reynolds

10E2390: Topo Wool Work Shirt

Lined wool shirt, w/ utility pocket and subtle western details via Topo Designs.

10E2389: Mato - Homework Dub

Every once in a while you have to go on an "unsubscribe" tear in your emails. Get off those lists you somehow signed up for were added to.  One email that never disappoints though is the update from Turntable Lab. New music, re-released classics, mixes, camo headphones... all that.

I know virtually nothing about reggea and dub, but did hang around a record shop in Notting Hill over 20 years ago and what they played was a million miles from the collegstudentfordexplorercargoshorts sounds of reggae I had heard commercially. Mato, for French label Stix does dub remixes and ground-up recreations of classic tunes; check out their re-do of the key-lassic Homework album (yes the whole thing).

No it is not too early.