Can't Hold Us

So there's the Seattle Rapper, no strike that, Rapper named Macklemore.

One word. Brilliant. Two word. Very Sincere. Three Word. He is Talented.

His song Can't Hold Us from the Heist is (so many words that my fingers will cramp and fall off from the writing and then I won't be able to finish college and everything will fall apart so I'll just say) Great. Really Great.
This is a special song.

Thanks for reading,

E

What Do I love? Beards and Charity

My Family, a thing I love.

My favorite (yes it's a plug, but it's my blog) razor company is Dollar Shave Club and they asked me to tell them what I love. Well, being a happy guy, I have lots of things I love. My wife and kids, being a white water river guide for an MWR program over at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and a charity event called the Beard and Stach Fest.

I love being a river guide.

I love my orange hat, rafting, and my fellow guides. 

The Beard and Stach Fest works by us guys get our pics put on cans and you all vote with your money. The more votes I get the better chances I could win. The money all goes to the Treehouse Foundation that supports foster kids in the Seattle area. These kids need help, being a foster kid is often really freaking tough and that money goes to make things a bit better and brighter.

So that is something I love. I want you to love it too. I want you to love the goofy joy of well groomed, using the best delivered to your mail box for very little money razors that very little money can buy, beards and mustaches are. I want you to fill the glee that only donating money online to my pitcure (Kilted Eric of the Whisker Rebellion) can give you.

Trust me, voting for me is like watching the Dollar Shave Club commercial for the very first time. You giggle, you are surprised, a little off guard, then impressed, and then totally hooked and committed. Then giggling again and showing it off to your friends. Which is what making out with me is also like, just saying.

So, there. Now you know that I love the Beard and Stache Fest. I hope you will too.

Thanks for reading,

Kilted Eric

Bom Bom - Amazing

So there's this band called Sam and the Womp.

They are from England and they are simply amazing, or I should say specifically their song Bom Bom is simply amazing.

It is a wonderful and tasty blend of techno, dance, Balkan, a bit o Gypsy Punk, and a dash of Dubstep for pepper.

Now what I want you to pay attention to is the wicked little dub bit that drifts in. It' small, its impressive, and it knows just what to do. And it not full of itself and thinks it hot shit.

I call this post "The Song To Play After You Drank Too Much on Saint Patrick's Day And Heard Enough Celtic Tunes For the Year"

Enjoy,

E.

Happy St. Pats part 2: If I Should Fall

So there's this holiday were a lot of people drink a lot (I am not here to debate the rights and wrongs and mistreatments of holidays.). So, if you are one of those folks, play this song now. If not, play the song anyways.

The Pogues with If I should Fall From the Grace Of God.


Thanks for reading,

E

Happy St. Pats: The WIld Rover

So there's traditional Irish music and if you want that perfect embodiment of the tradition Irish pub singers/tune then look no further than to The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem with the Wild Rover.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Thanks for reading,

E

Wicked Tinkers

So there's pipes and drums. They are technically not Irish so to speak. Anyways, this is not a history blog. So there's pipes and drums, and them there's the Wicked Tinkers.

Buy everything they own.

Thanks for reading,

E

Black Is the Colour

So there is Christy Moore. A fantastic musician of the Irish tradition.

Which means love ballads, war tunes, and anti war tunes and a few drinking songs.

His voice is like butter.

Enjoy.

Thanks for reading,

E

Within A Mile Of Home

So there's this band called Flogging Molly. Irish punk from Cali heavily influenced by the Pogues and the modern pop punk scene and they do it all well. A little rockabilly, zydeco, and the ballads.

Here's Within A Mile Of Home, enjoy.

Thanks for reading,

E

Bottle of Smoke

So theres this band called the Pogues.

They are/were amazing celtic punk trad sounds. Here is one of my favo tracks. Bottle Of Smoke. It captures the sound that they brought out.

Enjoy:

Thanks for reading,

E

Rising of the Moon

So theres this song called Rising Of The Moon. It's a call to arms song, a war song, a song for Troubles. Sung by many people, but my personal favorite is by the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem. Enjoy:

Thanks for reading,

E

Liam O'Flynn: Ar bruach na Laoi

So there's this piper named Liam O'Flynn. And he's really good. I mean really good. He plays the uilleann pipe, sometime known as the Irish pipes. A bit softer and gentler than the big Scottish pipes. This sing I choose for you is simply a sweet song. A nice way to kick of this little sharing project.

Cheers.

Thanks for reading,

E

Of Dub and Noise

So theres this musical genre call Dubstep. Depending on your point of reference it call sound like many things. It falls into the Electronic Dance Music section of life. I started out not liking it, but then I broadening out a bit and found what makes me really happy. So what follows is my two bits (more like three) on decent Dubstep.

Music Review: Sand On the Floor

So there's this remix-mash up by local guy DJ Skiddle. It's called Sand On the Floor.


It is a combination of two songs, Jennifer Lopez's On the Floor, and Darude's Sandstorm.

Here are the originals:

My two bits. Both songs on their own are decent tunes, but combined they Are simply amazing! Now I can't not think about the songs even being separated. They were meant to be together.



Thanks for reading,

E
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