book.record.beer

Daniel and Nick M. dig into Kirsten Major's reflective short story, "A Brilliant, Stupid, Beautiful fish," from Bodega Literary Journal. A stellar author and journal, both offer a view of what is seemingly commonplace and illuminate the guised and inherent complexity and humanity within.

New Year, New Format! For 2018 we here at Book. Record. Beer have decided to make this a weekly event! Now, join us EVERY FRIDAY for the first 3 weeks of the month for a short cast focused on a short story (or album). Then the last week of the month our usual cast focused on a book, album, and beer, along with our cover of one of the songs from the record will hit the airwaves. We hope this new fo...

As we continue to rep various book, record, and beer spots in and around Philly, we travel to the pride of Delco PA: 2SP Brewery. Proprietor, friend, and former rugby teammate (of Nick M's) Michael Contreras (Burgel on the pitch) welcomes the Book. Record. Beer crew to remote cast live from the brew floor. This was an incredible experience and one we can't thank Mike enough for. Casting next to gi...

For this episode, join the officially one year old book.record.beer crew for an especially celebratory "regular-ass" cast! For episode eight we'll unearth a classic novel by Michael Crichton and talk the do's and definitely don'ts of good beer, all while down tuning our instruments to cover Dinosaur Pile Up's very heavy "Bad Penny." Stay tuned for a new year and a new and improved book.record.beer...

Welcome to the first remote book.record.beer cast a.k.a. the "Repisode!" In these quick "pick up and play" casts we will be proudly representing our local Philadelphian and up and coming writers, musicians and drinking establishments as we discuss shorter literary works, our current musical interests and indulge in a local brew supplied by our recording hosts! For this, our first of many soon to c...

The First Lady of the Basement, writer, editor, and cider connoisseur, Maddie Anthes joins the dudes for episode 7. The episode has since been dubbed Maddie-Cast as Maddie chose the book, Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale," record, Bruce Springsteen's "Tunnel of Love," and beer, Downeast Brewery's "Original Blend Craft Cider." Dubbed by the author as "speculative fiction," Atwood's "Handmaid'...

Tensions run high as the dudes attempt to battle what is pop and what gives writing worth. With five teachers in the room you're bound to learn something from this, our summer reading episode as we cover Philly local M.K. Asante, Jersey brethren The Bouncing Souls, and our esteemed colleague's Professional Development Brewing.

The dudes ride again! Engineer extraordinaire Mike Mehalick jumps on the mic once more to get into Zadie Smith’s gender-bending tale, “Miss Adele Amidst the Corsets,” Nine Inch Nails first EP “Broken,” and Two Roads Brewery’s “Route of All Evil” black IPA. An Aging drag queen braves the streets of new New York to replace a corset that has died in the line of duty. Smith’s slow burn character devel...

Fuck Valentine’s Day. This episode, the dudes dig-up the angst and discomfort associated with all things “lovey-dovey” as we discuss Nick Hornby’s “High Fidelity” and perform Elvis Costello’s “I’m Not Angry” off of his album “My Aim Is True.” We also dive into our very first stout, the all too scrumptious Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout, as we review our “Top 5” debut books and albums lists. Join us...

Your hosts welcome Franco Fiorini to the basement for this cast to discuss James Joyce’s “The Dead” from his collection “Dubliners,” as well as The Decembrists “The Crane Wife,” and drink a bottle of Cigar City’s “Warmer Winter, Winter Warmer.” A look at a holiday dinner party turns into an examination of what it means to be Irish at the turn of the century while notions of breaking free from one’...

Tune in as we talk about the recent "circus" of public events, The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil by George Saunders, punk music by Propaghandi, excellent craft brew by Zeitgeist and a slew of other passions, fascinations and absurdities. Cheers!

Three friends who are writers, musicians, and English teachers talk about Chuck Palanuick's "Fight Club," Live's "Mental Jewelry," and Stone Brewery's "Citracado." They cover "Pain Lies on the Riverside," mid-cast and proceed to disparage Tim Armstrong's life choices and Puddle of Mud, while singing the praises of pony beers and sock garters. It's the boys' first podcast and it's damn good.