I, the Bad Man, like it when the bass is a prominent part of the music, rather than simply a throb (U2, Simple Minds, most bands). She Wants Revenge and Siouxsie & The Banshees are good examples, as are most gothy type bands – at least in terms of having the bass pushed forward in [...]
Archive > August 2009
WOTM – Wine of the Month [0908] – Rosenblum Cellars Annette’s Reserve Redwood Valley Zinfandel 2005
Look at that! I’m posting the official Royal Tannin Bomb Wine of the Month (WOTM) selection within the same month to which it belongs! Will wonders never cease…
So far three of our four WOTM winners have been French. The only New World entrant was a California Pinot Noir. Go figure. I thought it time for [...]
A.D.D. movie review – Ruang rak noi nid mahasan, 2003
For those of you fortunate enough to not know the Bad Man, there are two films that portray a fairly accurate view into my oozing grey matter when it comes to personality and obsession. One of those films is American director Mary Harron’s 2000 vehicle American Psycho, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis [...]
Chardonnay tasting, mk i, assaggio majoralus
The FIRST Royal Tannin Bomb Chardonnay tasting is now complete. We’ve been a club for over a year and this is our first sampling of arguably the world’s favourite white wine – Chardonnay.
Tasting Date: 08/15/2009
Tasting Geeks: Tally-Ho, The Bad Man
The Contenders:
2007 Sanford Santa Barbara County Chardonnay, 14.5% abv, $23.99
2007 MacRostie Carneros Chardonnay, 14.1% abv, $15.99
2005 [...]
Vouvray tasting, mk i – assaggio majoralus
The first major official Royal Tannin Bomb Vouvray tasting is in the can.
Tasting Date: 07/31/2009
Tasting Geeks: Tally-Ho, The Bad Man
Tasting Theme: Vouvray, mk i – assaggio majoralus
The Contenders:
2007 Francois Pinon Silex Noir Vouvray, 12.5% abv, $23
2006 Château de Montfort Vouvray, 12.0% abv, $15
2007 Vincent Raimbault “Les Terrages” Val de Loire Vouvray, 12.5% abv, $16
2006 Le [...]
WOTM – Wine of the Month [0907] – Château Montfort Vouvray, Loire Valley 2006
Well, a month late again – but the important thing is we have yet another edition of, yep, you guessed it, The Royal Tannin Bomb’s Wine of the Month (WOTM).
This time up bears a strong resemblance to last month’s, as they are both white wines and they are both from the same river region in [...]
Sonic Youth last night at The Fox
Last night I (Bad Man) went to see my favourite “good” (meaning still potentially able to put out decent output and worth seeing live – that list includes only Social Distortion, Bjork, nine inch nails, and Marilyn Manson – who I’ll see later this month at The Warfield in San Francisco – my favourite venue) [...]