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I think about REM’s Monster a lot.

Mainly because on most days it’s my favorite REM album (other days it’s Fables, others its Murmur, others its Up [yes, it is]). But also one of the most conceptually coherent REM albums. And, of course, it’s one of the queerest albums ever made.

Let us be vividly clear about this.

What the New York Times did to Michael Brown today was not merely slander. It wasn’t a case of a lack of journalistic integrity.

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A nightcap courtesy of my Facebook pal and otherwise drinks doppelgänger Rafa García Febles, aka DrunkLab. Strong and full-flavored just as I likes ‘em. You’d all do well to follow Rafa on Kindred Cocktails as his drinks are consistently excellent and his drink names are consistently hilarious (e.g., Corpse Defiler #2). This one uses one of my favorite recent discoveries, Louis Royer Force 53 cognac, to beautiful effect:

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1 oz Louis Royer Force 53 cognac 1 oz Jamaican rum (50-50 Smith & Cross and Appleton VX) .5 Bonal .5 Yellow Chartreuse dash bitters (Angostura)