Summary: There is a new style brewing out there these days - Cascadian Dark Ale or Black IPA. It's big. It's dark. It's proud. If you're at work - kill the audio when the exit song starts. It's not completely appropriate, but then again, it's not completely inappropriate either. Dick starts his multipart report on Chess Records - Chicagos answer to STAX and SUN. Great blues history. In Memoriam: Alaskan Brewing Company - Double Black IPA 21st Amendment - Back In Black Twisted Pine - Hoppy Knight Brew Dog - Bashah Deschutes - Black Butte The Big Foamy Head Book and Movie Club has a recommendation - #34;Cadillac Records#34;. Music Samplings: James Brown - I'm Black and I'm Proud Little Walter - Last Night Rolling Stones featuring session player Jim Dickinson on piano - Wild Horses Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man NSFW! A**hole - written by Jim Dickinson, sung by Reba Russell at Memphis Arts and Heritage festival Go black here.
