Author Archives: victhortheviking

Vic’s Coffee Pick: Katz Coffee’s “Jumping Mouse” Blend

Posted on August 13, 2010 by victhortheviking

Katz Coffee is a Houston Texas coffee roaster.  They started out in 2003 dealing with “discriminating chefs and restaurateurs” as they say.  Today they provide coffee through-out Texas and a few other states, as well as online. I bought a pound … Continue reading →

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Neurosis Live At Roadburn 2007 Details Announced | Roadburn

Posted on July 24, 2010 by victhortheviking

Neurosis is not coming out with new material this year but you can get a new record from them.  The Roadburn Festival recorded Neurosis’ 2007 performance.  So with that being said Neurot Recordings will be releasing the performance on CD, … Continue reading →

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Yakuza Interview with Bruce Lamont: A Call to Observe Something Beyond Ourselves and a Call to Scare Yuppies | The Obelisk

Posted on July 24, 2010 by victhortheviking

Yakuza‘s new album is phenomenal!  A great blend of doom and avant garde.  Yakuza is slowly taking over the world.  The Obelisk blog recently did an interview with Bruce Lamont talking about their new album Of Seismic Consequence: When Yakuza … Continue reading →

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An Unknown Virtuoso ~ Mr. Frank Munoz

Posted on July 10, 2010 by victhortheviking

Frank Munoz is a classically trained pianist.  He has been playing since he was a young child.  His parents, who were full professor’s of music at the University of Texas at Austin, bought him a piano when he was a … Continue reading →

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Industrial music pioneer Chris Carter with gear, 1980 – Boing Boing

Posted on July 3, 2010 by victhortheviking

Man, music has come a long way in a relatively short period of time.  From analog synthes recorded to 10 inch tap to digital sound recorded your newest, latest, greatest home studio software.  Well here is a post at boingboing.net … Continue reading →

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Roadburn 2010.

Posted on June 26, 2010 by victhortheviking

Finally getting around to writing a review for my trip to Roadburn. After the volcano and all the mess of trying to get back home I kinda forgot about the festival itself.    I would have to say that Roadburn … Continue reading →

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Zoroaster, ‘Ancient Ones’ — Song Premiere – Noisecreep

Posted on June 25, 2010 by victhortheviking

I actually got a video of this song when they came for SxSW. It was awesome.  There last album, Voice of Saturn was incredible.  Matador drops on July 13, my 40th birthday!  You can go to Noisecreep and listen to … Continue reading →

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The Curfew: edugame about fighting the surveillance society – Boing Boing

Posted on June 25, 2010 by victhortheviking

Now this sounds Awesome.  I personal opinion is that we need more thought provoking entertainment for…well everyone really.  But this game sounds cool.  Wouldn’t surprise me if you get put on a government watch list when you buy it though… … Continue reading →

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Blacksad: hardboiled detective fiction about anthropomorphic animals (no, really) – Boing Boing

Posted on June 21, 2010 by victhortheviking

This comic book sounds rad!  Blacksad is a noir hardboiled comic about John Blacksad.  A…cat…no really a cat…as in feline, diggin’ into murder and nuclear secrets set in 1950′s America. Cory Doctorow over at Boing Boing sez: Spanish graphic novelists … Continue reading →

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Making Hay: Challenging Big Ag’s Influence on Government with the Healthy School Meals Act

Posted on June 20, 2010 by victhortheviking

This is a great article by Farm Sanctuary co-founder Gene Baur about the influence the Big Agribusiness has on what children eat at school.  The article also talks about HB 4870 that would provide financial incentives to school districts that … Continue reading →

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