tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806548240155390422.post5445409431181322801..comments2022-04-05T19:48:46.095+03:00Comments on μπυραματισμοί: Το Έργο και η Ζωή ενός Μπυροκυνηγού :: Michael Jackson, "The Beer Hunter" - The Movie & The Lost Tapes SeriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806548240155390422.post-49599920907471496702012-02-03T18:46:50.837+02:002012-02-03T18:46:50.837+02:00Με επιτυχία ολοκληρώθηκε η συγκέντρωση "προσφ...Με επιτυχία ολοκληρώθηκε η συγκέντρωση "προσφορών" για την ολοκλήρωση των γυρισμάτων της ταινίας του John Richards, για τη ζωή του Michael Jackson. Οι online προσφορές στο Kickstarter ξεπέρασαν τις 30.000$ που είχε βάλει στόχο ο σκηνοθέτης - έφτασαν μάλιστα τις 45.000$ - με τη βοήθεια των social medias που "έπαιξαν" πολύ την είδηση.<br />Περισσότερα εδώ: http://beernews.org/2012/02/beer-hunter-the-movie-blows-by-funding-goal-successfully-raises-45k-on-kickstarter/Chalicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456515454339326549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806548240155390422.post-83287783526362146142011-08-31T00:43:45.271+03:002011-08-31T00:43:45.271+03:00Σαν σήμερα, 30 Αυγούστου του 2007, έφυγε ο Μπυροκυ...Σαν σήμερα, 30 Αυγούστου του 2007, έφυγε ο Μπυροκυνηγός από τη ζωή και την ιστορία της μπύρας!<br />4 χρονια χωρίς Beer Hunter !!<br /><br />Αφού ευχηθηκατε Χρονια Πολλα σε όλους τους Αλέξηδες και Αλεξίες που γιορταζαν μεχρι πριν λιγες ώρες, ας θυμηθείτε και τον Michael !!Mixoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652354936204258764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806548240155390422.post-28368158568911565712011-04-06T13:31:48.186+03:002011-04-06T13:31:48.186+03:00Κάθε φορά που βλέπω ένα βιντεάκι με τον Michael Ja...Κάθε φορά που βλέπω ένα βιντεάκι με τον Michael Jackson, ιδιαίτερα όταν συζητά με μεγάλα (αυτή τη στιγμή) ονόματα όπως αυτά του Sam Calagione ή του Tomme Arthur, δε μπορώ παρά να ξαναθαυμάσω αυτή την ήρεμη δύναμη της προσωπικότητάς του, μια δύναμη που πραγματικά βοήθησε στο να διακριθεί αυτό που λέμε σήμερα "craft beer" <br /><br />Αν και η ταινία είχε προγραμματιστεί να βγει το Μάρτιο του 2011, δεν γνωρίζουμε πόσο θα καθυστερήσει ακόμα. Προφανώς για να ζητούνται και ατομικές δωρεές από τους funs αυτό σημαίνει πως δεν βρέθηκαν αρκετοί χορηγοί (μόλις 3-4 φαίνονται στη πρώτη σελίδα), κάτι που με λειπεί ιδιαίτερα, μια και η πλοιοψηφία των ζυθοποιών ποτέ δεν έκρυψε την συμβολή του Michael στην επιτυχία του επαγγέλματός τους...<br /><br />Να σημειώσω εδώ πως το τελευταίο τεύχος (Νο 139)της βρετανικής έκδοσης "Brewery History Journal" είναι αφιερωμένο στο Michael Jackson, με άρθρα από πολλούς έγκριτους μπυρο-γράφους:<br /><br />http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/139/Index.html<br />Χαρακτηριστική είναι η εισαγωγή του άρθρου που μπορείτε να διαβάσετε σε pdf<br /><br />Μια ακόμη έκδοση που έχει κυκλοφορήσει: "Beer Hunter, Whisky Chaser: New Writing on Beer and Whisky in Honour of Michael Jackson"Chalicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456515454339326549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806548240155390422.post-18074564298280476982011-04-06T07:43:37.933+03:002011-04-06T07:43:37.933+03:00Αλλαγές επήλθαν στο επίσημο site για την ταινία, κ...Αλλαγές επήλθαν στο επίσημο site για την ταινία, καθώς -εκτός του γενικότερου lifting- αναζητούνται και ΔΩΡΕΕΣ από το κοινό, ώστε να καλυφθούν τα έξοδα.<br /><br />http://www.beerhuntermovie.com/donate.php<br /><br />Επίσης κάποιος στο "Video series" της ίδιας σελίδας, μπορεί να δει και κάποια νέα ενδιαφέροντα videακια για τον Michael ...<br /><br />http://www.beerhuntermovie.com./video_series.phpMixoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652354936204258764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806548240155390422.post-58298323840231000842011-02-05T09:55:38.578+02:002011-02-05T09:55:38.578+02:00I Miss Michael
Θα την περιέγραφα σαν μια ωραία συ...I Miss Michael<br /><br />Θα την περιέγραφα σαν μια ωραία συλλογή αναμνήσεων. Μικρά βιντεάκια - συνεντεύξεις από μορφές του χώρου, για το μεγάλο Δάσκαλο<br /><br />http://www.imissmichael.com/Chalicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456515454339326549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806548240155390422.post-65599559499866028312010-11-24T19:58:39.695+02:002010-11-24T19:58:39.695+02:00Dwste videakia sto lao!!! Poios perimenei mexri to...Dwste videakia sto lao!!! Poios perimenei mexri to kalokairi... :)Dokimoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11086429123042037674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806548240155390422.post-39111281147270905262010-11-24T14:21:26.723+02:002010-11-24T14:21:26.723+02:00Πάντως παρόλο που η ταινία πήρε αυτήν την απροσμεν...Πάντως παρόλο που η ταινία πήρε αυτήν την απροσμενη αναβολή για το καλοκαιρι του 2011, θεωρώ πως η κίνηση του σκηνοθέτη να δημοσιοποιεί τα αποσπάσματα του τεράστιου υλικού που έχει και δε θα μπορούσε να τα χρησιμοποιήσει στην ταινία, ίσω τελικά αποδειχθεί καλύτερο σε εμάς.<br />Θα έχουμε τη δυνατότητα με αυτγον τον τρόπο να δούμε πολύ περισσοτερο Beer Hunter από τα 90 λεπτά της ταινίας.<br />Εις αναμονήν του 2ου επεισοδίου του Lost Tapes Series!!Mixoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652354936204258764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806548240155390422.post-13837417434470741512010-11-23T20:07:39.859+02:002010-11-23T20:07:39.859+02:00Μπράβο βρε John... Έπρεπε να μπει κι αυτό :)Μπράβο βρε John... Έπρεπε να μπει κι αυτό :)Chalicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456515454339326549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806548240155390422.post-69022864380683588602010-11-23T18:37:52.550+02:002010-11-23T18:37:52.550+02:00Συνέχεια
Heavyweights in a Clinch
I am hoping th...Συνέχεια<br /><br />Heavyweights in a Clinch<br /><br />I am hoping that my next book will be an account of my dealings with<br />Parkinson's Disease. I have lived with Parkinson for many years, but I<br />have only recently allowed him out of the closet. I find myself<br />referring to 'my Parkinson's'. We do this, don't we? We refer to our<br />ailments possessively, as though we are staking a claim. Perhaps we<br />are. Perhaps I am. I would rather him inside the tent, pissing out,<br />than the reverse. Pissing, with excessive frequency and desperate<br />urgency is one of his annoying habits. I cannot exclude him, so I<br />embrace him. It is not the bear-hug of old buddies. We are more like<br />heavyweights in a clinch, or even schoolboys locked in a playground<br />fight.<br /><br />It is this element of my behavior that may frighten you. I am sometimes<br />the quiet, courteous, friendly Lithuanian Jewish Yorkshire Englishman<br />that I always was. On other occasions, I look about as fresh and mobile<br />as one of those ancient men found in peat bogs (no doubt in search of<br />an Islay Malt). Other versions of the new and not necessarily improved<br />Michael Jackson include the Immobile (Good heavens, I didn't realise<br />they'd made a statue of him already), the Dancing Dyskinetic, The<br />Mumbling Mystic and the Garrulous Grandstander. It was a virtuoso<br />performance of these characters at Denver Airport a year ago that led<br />to my longest and strangest journey in a lifetime of restlessness and<br />wanderlust.<br /><br />Or perhaps it was simply the fact that I appeared to be drunk. I was<br />not. I hadn't had an alcoholic drink that day or the day before. As to<br />when I last consumed too much alcohol, that is history Ñ of the ancient<br />genre. I do not have, and never have had, a drink problem.<br /><br />Apparently, it appeared as though I did and, unbeknown to me, many<br />friends had been concerned that my profession had taken its most<br />obvious toll. The Lady from the Friendly Skies was also concerned. She<br />wanted me to meet some friendly paramedics who apparently reside at the<br />airport. They were keen beer lovers, and I seem to remember signing a<br />few autographs on my way to the hospital. In the meantime, my<br />Parkinson's had taken a turn for the Tourette's (if you're going to<br />embrace virtuoso ill-health, you might as well go for gold).<br /><br />When I woke up, I was in a hospital bed. It was just like it is in the<br />movies. I was surrounded by people in white coats, one of whom asked<br />me: "What is your name?" When I replied, "Michael Jackson," there was<br />none of the usual sniggering. People in Denver know who Michael Jackson<br />is. Nonetheless, he asked again. My voice sounded a little crackly. I<br />later learned that I had had a tube down my throat. It had been removed<br />before they brought me out of a coma. That's where I'd been? Coma?<br />Where is that? Iowa, perhaps? Oklahoma? North Dakota? I have heard of<br />Hygiene, Colorado. Been there, in fact. Likewise, Intercourse,<br />Pennsylvania. Now I have been to Coma, Iowa. "Tell us your name again,"<br />said the doctor. "The Artist formerly known as Prince." He looked<br />across at another of the white coats whom I later came to know as a<br />neurologist. "I guess he's OK," he said.<br /><br />Then, addressing himself to me, he asked whether I was hungry, and what<br />I fancied to eat. I suggested a large mimosa and a Denver omelette,<br />though I think something less extravagant was eventually provided.<br /><br />They said they thought I might have had a minor heart attack. My<br />previous travels had taken me from Poland to Patagonia. Now I had<br />pursued a journey almost to the end of my life. As occasionally<br />happens, I had missed the plane I had intended to take. Sometimes I<br />prefer to travel by rail. An advantage of the train is that one can<br />always, like a Glasgow Catholic practising coitus interruptus, get off<br />at Paisley. Metaphorically, this is what I had done. For the moment, I<br />had cheated Mort Subite.fugitivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698222764254936631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806548240155390422.post-6965897588076654812010-11-23T18:37:11.197+02:002010-11-23T18:37:11.197+02:00Συνέχεια
I have also been in Turkey, where I cavo...Συνέχεια<br /><br />I have also been in Turkey, where I cavorted professionally with a<br />troupe of Russian girls in tubular golden dresses. (It was the girls<br />who were in the dresses, not me. They were purporting to be stalks of<br />wheat.) This curious event was in the service of a major Turkish<br />brewery which was launching a wheat beer in broadly the south German<br />style.<br /><br />I have been in Poland twice this year. On both beer and whisky<br />business. I am beginning to reach the conclusion at this late stage<br />that Slavic girls are as magnetically charming as Colleens, perhaps<br />without the downside of Yeats's "terrible beauty."<br /><br />Italy, I can reveal, is as beautiful as ever. I spent a week there this<br />year promoting my new book, Storie nel bicchiere di birra, di whisky,<br />di vita. This is an anthology comprising mainly articles from Slow Food<br />magazines, especially their Italian edition. It includes some writing<br />in a new vein: what might be termed memoir, in some cases lightly<br />fictionalised. There is even the odd fiction short story.<br /><br />This book was commissioned by Slow Food, to whom I was originally<br />introduced by Charlie Papazian. Unfortunately, it is thus far available<br />only in Italian. A couple of people have offered to translate it into<br />English for me. I nearly agreed before remembering that I actually<br />wrote it in English. The problem lies not in finding a translator, but<br />in locating a publisher for an English-language edition. I am working<br />on that at the moment. I also hope eventually to find an<br />English-language publisher for the revised version of the fifth edition<br />of my book the Great Beers of Belgium.<br /><br />Before the end of the year, there will also a be a new book, the<br />Eyewitness Guide to Beer which is published under my name as<br />writer/editor, but with substantial contributions by Stan Hieronymus,<br />Derek Walsh, Conrad Seidl and others.fugitivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698222764254936631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806548240155390422.post-53783396114027740772010-11-23T18:34:00.194+02:002010-11-23T18:34:00.194+02:00Μετά από αρκετό ψάξιμο είχα καταφέρει να εντοπίσω ...Μετά από αρκετό ψάξιμο είχα καταφέρει να εντοπίσω το τελευταίο του άρθρο που μπορώ να πω ότι δε υπάρχει σχεδόν πουθενά αλλού.<br /><br />"Did I Cheat Mort Subite?<br />Michael Jackson, August 22, 2007<br /><br />If we meet at the Great American Beer Festival this year, I hope I<br />won't scare you. If our encounter today is beyond Denver, I hope I'm<br />not frightening you now.<br /><br />How might I alarm you? Not by criticising your beers, if you are a<br />brewer; your pub, if you are a saloon-keeper; or your taste in beer, if<br />you are one of those noble souls who describe themselves as "just a<br />drinker." That humble description indicates that you are a paying<br />customer, which ennobles you in the view of both of the previous<br />parties.<br /><br />Being a critic is one of the things I do for a living. Being a reporter<br />is another. Is a reporter a fearless seeker-out of truth, neutral and<br />objective? Or does he recruit those qualities in support of his<br />personal passions? When I enlisted, at the age of sixteen, I may have<br />been attracted by the powerful purity of the first role. In the event,<br />I grew into the second.<br /><br />My favorite exponent of subjective reporting was Whitney Balliett, jazz<br />critic of The New Yorker. He recently died, and I am wondering how he<br />is coping with being offered a position Upstairs when all decent jazz<br />clubs (not to mention drinking dens) are in the Other Place. There is<br />also the question as to the choice of beers Downstairs. One might<br />expect a decent Hell, Helles or Heller, depending on the grammar of the<br />label, but what is on offer for darker days? For the moment I shall not<br />pursue this investigation any further, for fear that I should find out<br />soon enough.<br /><br />A man who has the chutzpah to be both a talented writer and a<br />cartoonist, Alan Moen, once drew a cartoon showing a bearded,<br />bespectacled fellow exuding a storm of sweat while declining to accept<br />a glass of Miller Lite. The heading on the cartoon was: Michael Jackson<br />in Hell.<br /><br />I have wondered how imminent this assignment might be. It has been a<br />busy year already. Let me see, where have I been? In love. Yes, I have<br />been in love. That's for sure. Still am.fugitivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698222764254936631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4806548240155390422.post-45947296736677863662010-11-23T17:18:48.935+02:002010-11-23T17:18:48.935+02:00Εξαιρετικό γράψιμο φίλτατε Μίχο, για ένα εξαιρετικ...Εξαιρετικό γράψιμο φίλτατε Μίχο, για ένα εξαιρετικό συγγραφέα, ο οποίος με το μοναδικό του στυλ κατόρθωσε να μυήσει εκατομμύρια ανθρώπων στο μαγικό κόσμο της μπύρας.<br /><br />Το βιβλίο του "Great Beers of Belgium" ήταν το πρώτο βιβλίο που αγόρασα για τη μπύρα και παραμένει ακόμα το πιο αγαπημένο. Τρέφω απέραντο σεβασμό γι αυτόν το Δάσκαλο, τον Ιεραπόστολο της Μπύρας και θέλω να πιστεύω, πως όλοι εμείς που αρθρογραφούμε στους Μπυραματισμούς, αλλά και σε τόσα ανά το κόσμο μπυρολόγια, προσπαθώντας να μεταδώσουμε, όπως μπορεί ο καθένας, τη μαγεία της ποιοτικής μπύρας και της κουλτούρας της, είμαστε πνευματικά παιδιά του Michael Jackson :)<br /><br />Και πάλι συγχαρητήρια Χρήστο για το εξαιρετικό άρθρο!Chalicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456515454339326549noreply@blogger.com