two words: ANCHOR STEAM. they brew it up the street, literally. i’m on sixteenth, it’s just off 18th. alaskan amber is a fine one too….and everywhere. i’m a creature of habit so anchor steam is usually my jam though.

it’s fun, i read the banter for awhile but never commented. just didn’t feel a need. never even read the comments, just like alex’s taste. i started scrolling through comments fairly recently and decided that i like the tone of some of the folks too so i started posting…it’s the most well rounded group of yankee fans out there. kudos boys.

russian jews with new york roots. we are everywhere!

wrote you a long reply. for some unknown – and very frustrating – reason, it’s awaiting moderation. i don’t even think i cursed! NO idea why it’s happening. word press sucks!!! hopefully it’ll go thru soon; if not, maybe remember to check it tomorrow…

skal!

i’m in dire need of a haircut. it’s approaching my waist and really dead. i just do it myself (sorry) and do a terrible job. last time i went to a place was half a life ago. well, save for the 1 time i did ‘locks of love’. that was a mitzvah, but traumatic, so never again!

i’m similar – born in queens, eventually moved to the island (very close to queens. all right by jfk), lifelong yanks fanatic. my whole fam is stuff up there.

atlanta RULES! i love SF, too! i played with the symphony there this summer! that hall is *unreal*!!! super cool percussionists, too. oh, i had a local Eel River porter; it was excellent. but i’m jealous, as you can get Alaskan Amber Ale on tap. best beer in the world, perhaps!

a NY buddy of mine lived in SF for about 15 years, playing/teaching/recording drums for a living (like i do here). sounds like things dried up there a good bit and it’s expensive, but what a wonderful place! insanely good music from there and many different styles, as well.

i got called to do 4 tours this summer. all the calls came within a week of each other. 1 was overseas, which is cool. but the logistics are tough and the money isn’t there. i don’t take work just to go to a cool place…

this is a good motto: “if they’re payin’, i’m playin’!!!” : )

i was just in atlanta…for a wedding though. last saturday. one week ago. it’s where i got married too….deep friend connection there and serious affinity for the place in general. i’ve lived in san francisco for th epast 16 years though…another good place…

folks born in queens…lived as a child on long island….lifetime yankees fan….

ah, i just freelance. and i generally try not to tour; i’m not much of a fan. that said, i am hoping to eventually get onto the worldwide clinic/masterclass circuit. i’d have zero problems traveling the globe and doing clinics at music conservatories, and such! touring with bands isn’t so much my scene, anymore…

cool you play for a living! greatest job ever of all-time!!! : )

hejda kompis,
–thelarmis.

ps – let me know if you’re ever playing in atlanta…

thelarmis,

what band you touring with?…i play drums and tour a bunch too….and i know a little, a very little swedish.

hejdo.

brian

[sleep tight...in swedish]

[40] thanks for the details! i haven’t been able to actually watch the games, as much as i’d like…

good job, ken boyer

Full game lead!

[35] oof. better you than me! ; )

the yankees bar and Nimbus Red Ale saved me. unfortunately, the Nimbus was not available at the Yanks bar…

My dates were a little off, here is the wiki. The original temple became the historical center Thelarmis was referring to and dates ftom the 1910′s.