Another one for you crazy kids today... a couple favorites of the Meista's: "Moving Pictures" by Rush and a Squatters Full Suspension Pale Ale from the Utah Brewers Cooperative! Hell yeah!!
Released on February 12th, 1981, "Moving Pictures" is the 8th studio album by the Canadian progressive hard rock band Rush. The album was the band's biggest selling album in the U.S. and remains their most popular and commercially successful studio recording to date, mainly due to two songs: "Tom Sawyer" and "Limelight". Along with the aforementioned tracks, songs like "Red Barchetta", "YYZ", "The Camera Eye", "Witch Hunt", and "Vital Signs" are fantastically constructed works of musical integrity and brilliance! The musical and lyrical brilliance (and influence on me personally) of this album cannot be overstated. Geddy Lee (lead vocals, bass guitar, bass pedals, Minimoog, Oberheim polyphonic synthesizer, OB-X, and Moog Taurus), Alex Lifeson (electric and acoustic six-string and twelve-string guitar, and Moog Taurus), and Neil Peart (drums, timbales, gong, bells, glockenspiel, wind chimes, bell tree, crotales, cowbell, and even plywood!) were at the top of their game at this time. Completely original, powerfully engaging, and wonderfully complex, "Moving Pictures" stands as a testament to the talent of this trio. Everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) about this album is perfection!!
The Squatters Full Suspension Pale Ale from the Utah Brewers Cooperative is a great of a sessionable American Pale Ale (APA). It pours a rust-colored orange amber with a thin white head. The nose is nice and citrusy. There are big grapefruit, lemon, and tangerine aromas, and just a hint of caramelly malt. The mouthfeel is very dry and very crisp... like biting into the rind of a grapefruit. The flavor is a wonderfully sessionable blend of hearty barley and bitter Cascade and Chinook hops. There are notes of baked multi-grain bread, summer grass, burnt toffee, and a hint of citrus. The finish is crisp and clean. For a 4% ABV pale ale, this is a very complex and very drinkable brew... perfect for the brilliance of "Moving Pictures"!!
Cheers eh, you hosers!!
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