#aiken drum

[meowdoww]

[theabyssalorange]

I FINISHED THEM!

[goobergunch]

Cover by Michael Whelan, 1984.

[januaryisbrittishbeermonth]

OLD ENGINE OIL

Today I took a drive over to South Lyndale Liquors in search of fodder for JiBBM.  I left the store with three selections, all from Scotland.  Two were in the Farmhouse range:  Funk Weapon from Holy Goat Brewery (Dundee) and Aiken Drum by Epochal Barrel Fermented Ales (Glasgow).  Could spontaneous fermentation be a trend in the land of cakes?   More research is needed. I also picked up a 4-pack of Old Engine Oil from Harviestoun Brewery out of Alva Scotland, conveniently located between Glasgow and Dundee. 

As I headed out on 121, I saw a cloud of blue smoke up ahead.  I came to the traffic light at W 58th St. and saw, stopped in front of me, a small car that was the source of the old engine oil emergency.  When the light turned green, the car gave out a tremendous puff of smoke and was able to cover the hundred yards to the Valvoline service center there.  I wasn’t able to take a picture, so I recreated the scene below.   

If I had been able to get a picture, you would have seen the bug-eyed expressions on the faces of the people milling around in front.   I'm certain that the unfortunate owner of this car needed a lot more than just new engine oil.  This is another great example of a space/time anomaly that only happens during British Beer Month. 

This triumvirate of breweries along the A91 corridor is officially added to my mythical British beer tour.

[momoguido]

Many years ago I had a dream that comes back to mind every once in a while. I dreamed that the song Aiken Drum had deep lore behind it, and referred to some all-but-forgotten folks hero. I remember waking up and thinking how silly that was, that the song about food man who plays a ladle had deep lore behind it.

Except that tonight, in a fit of insomnia, I decided to actually look it up. And apparently there is real lore behind it!

[manyworldspress]

Michael Whelan, cover illustration for The Nonborn King, by Julian May (Ballantine / Del Rey, 1984). Acrylic on watercolor board, 28 x 18 inches. __________________________________________________ Our shop: https://bookshop.org/shop/manyworldspress

[come-to-the-opera-with-me]

And his hat was made of good cream cheese, of good cream cheese, of good cream cheese,

And his hat was made of good cream cheese,

And his name was Aiken Drum

- Aiken Drum by The King’s Singers

[wearethewitches]

proper aiken drum song, like, not that shitey nursery rhyme @ayeforscotland