You know what today is. You don’t need to be reminded, you have likely been bombarded with reminders nonetheless, and with or without prompting you have undoubtedly recalled, if only for a moment, your own experience 7 years ago today.
It’s as well that such personal ruminations remain personal. There’s a tendency on days like this to rewrite history; to make events seem bigger or smaller than they were; to get overly caught up in politics, or to run from politics altogether. Certainly there’s a tendency to become desensitized to it all as too many words with too little meaning are tossed about in pursuit of deep thought or merely shameless bluster.
Does that make it any less a fine day for a beer? Of course not.
Perhaps, though, it’s a day best suited to sharing some odds and ends – a Magic Hat election event and a little bit of music to pass the time.
You remember our pairing a few weeks ago of Brooklyn Brewery's Brooklyn Lager with Brooklyn band Cordero’s new CD De Donde Eres. Here’s the video for their song "Ruleta Rusa" (the same song, by the way, that we offered up as a free download).
From the East Coast of American beer, Vermont's Magic Hat is giving away a trip to New York City for an election eve party to benefit HeadCount.org.
And finally, a fitting (if not wholly appropriate to certain sensibilities) hip hop track for this day, Timid's hardly timid "Let Freedom Ring." Agree or disagree with his views, or skip it altogether if you feel that today is a day of rest from all things political. As always, we don't presume to tell you what to think, and it's only a suggestion when we tell you what to drink – but there is no more nourishing repast than food for thought.
