Release The Kraken!

On a chance trip to a Pennsylvania liquor store this weekend, I happened upon a new spiced rum. I'm fairly tired of the Captain, you see. And I think this new rum is the perfect antidote.


It's called The Kraken. It has fantastic packaging and a hilarious marketing campaign, which can be found in full at http://www.krakenrum.com/. This even includes encouragement to order a drink called the Kraken Bomb.

More importanly, The Kraken tastes better than Captain Morgan, and is replacing the old sea dog in my liquor cabinet. As cleverly put in the marketing material, "Named for a sea beast of myth and legend, the kraken rum is strong, rich, black, and smooth." All true.

I suggest you give it a try, so you'll be ready when The Kraken rises from the depths and sinks The Captain's ship.

Not Sure If This is a Recommendation, or Just Commentary

I have to say, I have a touch and go relationship with Massive Attack. Basically, I don’t like them much, unless someone kickass is singing on a particular track. Even those, I hate at first, until I find them stuck in my head for days.

This is the beautiful and haunting case with Flat of the Blade, off the new album Heligoland. Absent the vocals, it’s a moderately creepy track of electronica, but with Guy Garvey of Elbow adding the downright disturbing and tortured vocals, it becomes something more. Great song!