Minnesota Vikings News and Links: January 21st, 2021
Thursday Open Thread
Good Morning, It’s Thursday!
I’m back on service for the next seven days, I did get my second Covid vaccine yesterday, I’ll update everyone if/when I have any side effects but so far I’ve been disappointed in the nanobots. GA Skol did an excellent write up for Championship Weekend, make sure you give his article a read. Meanwhile we’ll carry on with our news and links full of crockpot recipes, nap strategies and beer recommendations; drop by for some fan wisdom, snark and it’s Thursday, one more day until weekend eve.
There s a pretty good chance you ve heard of a little rock band by the name Blind Melon, and if you re like me No Rain is a consistent pick on your road trip playlist. After lead singer Shannon Hoon passed away in 1995, Travis T. Warren took the reins as frontman for Blind Melon. Travis T. Warren is working on a solo project, and one Evansville artist is behind the artwork for his latest single.
Chris Passage of Prints By Passage is a local artist with a lot of talent. His style is digital photo manipulation, which he uses various techniques in manipulating photos. You can see some of his work on his Prints by Passage Facebook page. Chris can now add creating the artwork for Travis T. Warren to his list of art creds.
Revolver
has teamed with the Used for an exclusive, limited-edition Ultra Clear and Red Pinwheel With Black Splatter vinyl variant of their 2004 album In Love and Death
The Used s supremely dark 2002 eponymous debut established the Utah-based act as a leading force in the new wave of maximalist emo. Their popularity surged but behind the scenes chaos reigned. As the Used worked on their follow-up, 2004 s
In Love and Death, frontman Bert McCracken was facing some of the most challenging personal events of his life. Chief among these were the deaths of a close friend and his ex-girlfriend, who was pregnant with McCracken s child. The singer was also processing the death of his beloved Chihuahua, his drug use and offstage antics were escalating, and the group was often beset by internal sparring.
Revolver
has teamed with the Used for an exclusive, limited-edition 2LP Bone and Ultra-Clear Pinwheel With Maroon Splatter vinyl variant of their 2002 debut album The Used
The Used s 2002 self-titled debut is about addiction, depression and heartbreak and the messiness of dealing with all of those circumstances at once. Lyrically, the platinum-certified emo classic is a personal, squeamishly intense gut punch, and musically it s just as gnarly: sinewy post-hardcore guitar leads, visceral metalcore screams and an artfully exaggerated take on the pained singing style of Nineties emo bands like Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas Is the Reason.
In 2020, the record sounds just as dark and intense as it did at the turn of the millennium, but frontman Bert McCracken is in a much different spot. The 38-year-old is on a Zoom call with