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CD Title: For Me, It's You Artist: Train Released: 2006 Train has been object of criticism for releasing music deemed too "radio friendly".  Still, that hasn't stopped them from selling millions of albums.  I prefer to deem Train as "Old fashioned American". Even so, Train has struggled to produce an album with a hit single that did as well on radio airplay as Drops of Jupiter.  The one radio hit on here, Cab, seems to have come and gone and enjoyed less success than even Calling All Angels before it.  However, not giving your audience another Drops of Jupiter is not necessarily a bad thing. My Private Nation showed the world that Train

CD Title: Light Grenades Artist: Incubus Released: 2006 Every Incubus album could probably be described as a collection of thirteen songs, each sounding like they were written by thirteen different artists.  As an eclectic band, Incubus don't seem to lock down any one particular "defining sound", and as such, many fans who grew up during the band's early Korn-esque days seem unwilling to allow Incubus to "grow up" and fans who dropped in during the height of popularity for the song Drive seem unwilling to allow Incubus the chance to develop harder sounds. Light Grenades' release seems like a logical reaction to the reception of the previo

CD Title: Metalocalypse: Dethklok The Dethalbum Artist: Dethklok Released: 2007 Adult Swim's Metalocalypse is a bit of a cultural oddity, an amusing and biting satire of heavy metal life through the eyes of the rock band in question's fictional members who are so inept at life that they seem to leave a trail of blood and bodies wherever their gigs, band, groupies or anything related to them touch ground.  I must admit the show didn't fire my circuits enough to get me to notice. The Dethalbum, however, is something I can sink my teeth into.  It isn't a Metalocalypse soundtrack.  It's a full blown Dethklok album.  The Dethalbum can be descr

Beer: Samuel Adams Cream Stout Company: Boston Beer Co. This is a rough-and-tumble beer.  Probably as stouts go, there are better examples out there, but it's one of Boston Beer's more unique brews that's not too bitter and not too sweet.  Cream Stout is like a rougher version of a chocolate bock.  It's got a burned out chocolate taste mixed with a hint of coffee and notes reminiscent of a barbecue.  As strange as that may sound, it's actually pretty flavorful.  The "cream" comes at the end.  You have to concentrate hard to get it, but the dark flavors gives way to a hint of a creamy light. Drinkability: 8 Taste: 7 Overall: 7.5

Beer: Samuel Adams Coastal Wheat Company: Boston Beer Co. Want to know what it's like to drink Lemon Pledge without putting yourself in the emergency room?  Drink this beer.  Seriously.  It's that bad.  Wimpiest beer in Boston Beer's lineup. Drinkability: 5 Taste: 5 Overall: 5

Beer: Samuel Adams Scotch Ale Company: Boston Beer Co. Created using a very rare process involving a peat-smoked malt similar to what is used on whiskey.  If you don't expect the second coming of the beer god, you won't be disappointed.  True the image of the tartan on the bottle, Scotch Ale has a patchwork of flavors.  It's probably best to drink this somewhat lukewarm due to the nature of its flavor.  Scotch Ale has a smoky characteristic.  Probably the closest you can get to drinking whiskey if you're not brave enough to actually drink whiskey.  The whole thing finishes with a delightful mixture of honey and caramel.  It's pretty balance

Beer: Samuel Adams Boston Ale Company: Boston Beer Co. Boston Lager's British cousin.  That's the closest phrase I can use to describe this drink.  Not a particular potent beer, but it has more of a kick than Lager.  Whereas Lager tends to finish with the notes of pine, Ale ends its gulp with a hint of caramel.  Lager is definitely the crisper beer, but ales from other breweries tend to go overboard with the add-ons.  Not so with Boston Ale.  There's a more noticeable hop in Boston Ale. Drinkability: 7 Taste: 7 Overall: 7

Beer: Samuel Adams Noble Pils Company: Boston Beer Co. This is the beer that replaced White Ale as Boston Beer's spring seasonal.  All I can say is "Why?!" Man this sucks.  I don't care what you think about sweet beers, White Ale was awesome and made me feel like it was really spring inside the bottle.  This style is all wrong for spring.  This drink actually reminded me of Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale, minus the peppermint.  Noble Pils was designed to be bright and crisp, but there's no hint of fruit seeping through.  However, neither is this significantly bitter enough for hop heads. Drinkability: 6 Taste: 6 Overall: 6

Beer: Belhaven Scottish Ale Company: Belhaven Brewery This is the first beer I've tried in a can.  My first can left me the impression of it being a mediocre beer.  On my second and third can, it started to grow on me.  This is the beer world's version of Coca-Cola.  That's not to say the beer tastes like Coke.  This is a chugging beer.  At least it would be if it weren't priced like a craft beer.  It's easy drinking with nothing really distinguishable about it.  The description on the can says it has a nutty flavor, but honestly I think Bass did a better job of it.  This beer has one heck of a monster head of foam though.  There's a slight

Show: Strawberry Marshmallow(Ichigo Mashimaro) Episode: House Call Number In Show: 3 Ana is trying to get Matsuri to help her re-learn English.  It proves to be difficult in the school so Ana asks Matsuri to come over to her house on Sunday, preferably alone.  Unfortunately, Matsuri is coming over from playing with Miu and Chika and Nobue, and they seem to be tagging along. This episode picks up from the previous one as it continues the theme of Ana's embarrassment over her mad skills with the Japanese language.  It turns into a crazy mix-up adventure style of episode and then moves on to Miu relentless teasing Ana about her last name and