Spectre’s Sayings

Before I went to the concert with my brother and cousin, we visited nearby St. Charles, Missouri, and located the Trailhead Brewing Company. We dined there, and sampled their beers.

I ate a bit too much, but avoided overstuffing myself. The food was very respectable. I had a petite prime rib, fries, Caesar Salad, and French Onion Soup.

While my cousin contented himself with a mere pint of Blonde Ale, my brother and I each ordered a beer sampler. We both agreed that while all the beers were good, we preferred the Blonde Ale and the Missouri Brown Dark Ale. I ventured the opinion that the lightness of the Blonde Ale would make it a wonderful beer on a hot summer day, while the Dark Ale would be a great wintertime brew. This beer tasted for all the world like a porter to me, which is probably why I loved it so.

If you’re ever in the area, I recommend a visit. I picked up a pint glass and a tasting glass with the Trailhead logo on them as souvenirs (and to stock my home bar with, whenever I get around to getting one).

I saw these guys in concert last night. It was the best concert I have ever seen in my life, bar none. They even beat their performance when I saw them during the Test For Echo tour, way back when. The downsides to my experience were completely unrelated to the band’s performance. It was rain, heat, humidity, and a strange, nasty smell blowing in from across the way. The show itself simply rocked.

They played quite a few of their more obscure songs - you know, the songs that they haven’t played live in years. It was like running into old friends again. I don’t know how Geddy manages to sing for so long (it was a 3.5 hour show, counting the intermission) - my voice gave out, and I was just singing along in the audience. The musicianship was incredible, as we’ve all come to expect, and I loved the new parts Neil added to his drum solo.