I like to learn about things from people, and to help people learn about things. So here are some things I recommend, lately:
Handcraft Cabernet Sauvignon. It's a really bright, carbony red. Pretty easy to drink, but perfect for sipping. It's very different as Cabs go (which I can say, because I've had many at this point), but I like it nonetheless. I'd guess it'd pair well with something subtly salty. And it's relatively cheap! Which is always a selling point.
The documentary movie, "Doctored". It's a very interesting peek into the health industry, particularly the use of homeopathic treatments versus drugs. I found it very eye-opening, and not overly propagandizing - though I supposed one could take it that way. It makes you realize just how much we are a society held in the place of being dependent on doctors, when maybe not necessary. It's very hopeful, whereas I feel like in medicine there's a lot of hopelessness. Makes the health crisis we face, all the more difficult to unravel though.
Carroll. It's this local Minneapolis band that has this really great, really different sound. I don't quite know how to put words to it, but the music is actually really interesting. I think more so than the lyrics, which I don't find myself thinking often these days. The kind of music I'm drawn to is lyrics over sound. But this stuff is just something you kind of get pulled into, and lost in a little. Maybe that's just me, but check out their EP Needs, available on iTunes, bandcamp, and at Electric Fetus.
So that's just to share a few things I've been thinking about and wanting to spread the word on.
