Toys, Tunes and Beer

[TheGillMan]

It’s still spooky season here at Toys, Tunes and Beer. I got the @gijoe Cobra Island Major Bludd back when people were trading TP do him. I got him at retail though. He is essentially the same figure as that CI version, with an update body. Off the top of my head I don’t know which one the new body is. The addition of the red highlights is nice. It makes him stand out a bit more now. Still the same head sculpt, but there was nothing wrong with that one to begin with. I’m at the end of my @treehousebrewco stash (for now). Brewster Hut is a New Zealand hopped IPA. Rakau and Nelson are the big ones. Gives some grape and plum flavors with a little pineapple at the end. My next round of beers will be local finds for a little bit. Nothing says Spooky Season more than @officialmisfits . A band I discovered late, but somehow know most of the lyrics. Songs like Mommy and Where Eagles Dare are the popular ones, but I’ve had Die My Darling, Death Comes Ripping and Earth AD creep in to my top five. This is a “best of” album, so of course it’s all banger after banger. They are a band that are on my bucket list of bands to see live.

Overall ratings. Figure 4.25:5. Beer 4:5. Album 4.5:5

https://imgur.com/a/UYK5D1V

I've seen them twice (not counting all the times I've seen the various solo bands of members, which I cannot even keep track of how many I've seen). Saw them in Denver in 2019...flew out with my best friend and stayed with my brother. That was amazing, as I never thought I'd get to see them. Saw them again when they came to Dallas on the weekend before Halloween in 2022. They had Fear and Alice Cooper (another favorite of mine I've seen too many times to count) open, which was incredible. If you get the chance to see them live, I definitely recommend it.

 

[Misfit]

I drove down to Jersey to see them however many years ago that was. Sounded like shit, but it’s The Misfits so what could I have realistically expected? Never thought I’d see them so it was like a reward for the 13 year old I used to be.

 

[Damien]

I'll never forget driving all the way to Providence to see Type O' Negative with my mom. They sounded fucking terrible. Even young 'I like loud music' me recognized that they were WAY too loud for the size of the venue. So much feedback you couldn't hear any of the songs. The only thing anyone sang along to was Black No. 1.

 

[Red Ogre]

I'll never forget driving all the way to Providence to see Type O' Negative with my mom. They sounded fucking terrible. Even young 'I like loud music' me recognized that they were WAY too loud for the size of the venue. So much feedback you couldn't hear any of the songs.

I saw Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds a few years ago. The sound guy at the venue was fucking up the audio. For half the show it sounded like someone autotuning a dairy farm.