
More recently, the albums we bonded over the most are probably Light Up Gold (Parquet Courts) and Joy As An Act Of Resistance (Idles).” “There’s certain albums that we absolutely agree on, like Mclusky Do Dallas (Mclusky), Audit In Progress (Hot Snakes) and Over The Edge (Wipers). “Our main influences are pretty classic, covering bands like Black Flag, Nirvana, Hüsker Dü, Big Black, Melvins, Fugazi and Helmet.” – they admit. Unborn sailors will someday hear that echo, and it will likely become known as a haunted ship.Īll of this will come to pass because some folks from Arkansas wanted pork instead of roast beef.Email Fresh off the release of their fifth album “ Fairly Consistent“, recorded, mixed and mastered by Topon Das (Fuck the Facts), at Apartment 2 Recording in Ottawa, Montréal’s DA BEUMB PROJECT join us with a special into their rawdy mixture of grungy rock, punk rock and sludge metal.ĭA BEUMB PROJECT have been around for 10 years now, but members of the band have been friends for almost 30 years. This sound will be echoing in the depths of the USS Ranger for years to come. Hopefully, these folks will have a nice generic cheer, something old-fashioned like: “Rah rah, sis boom bah, go Sun Devils.”īut from that one section of the stadium will come this forlorn oooooooohing like the sound emerging from the mist in a Stephen King movie. Consequently, this won’t be one big hog bog hoedown.

Indeed, ASU’s teams are known as the Sun Devils. This animal is a member of the family tayassuidae, which I presume is pronounced something like: “Tay-yah-soooooey-day.”Īlas, Arizona State’s fans do not seem inclined to call the hogs indigenous to their neighborhoods. This beast, which resembles the razorback on the Arkansas helmet, is described as the New World counterpart of the swine. However, it will interest the gentleman from Arizona that the javelina is listed, though not in any detail. You know how nicknames are the rage these days. This would not seem to be a pig, and I forgot to check and see if it was the nickname of an Arkansas lineman. In fact, the only razorback I found in the encyclopedia was the razorback whale. I guess the Arkansas Razorback has more to do with pigskins than pigs. Remarkably, there was nothing about either an Arkansas pig or an Arkansas razorback.

Under pig, I found Beltville, Palouse, Yorkshire Large White, Berkshire, Spotted Poland China, Chester White, Hampshire, Duroc, Maryland, Minnesota and Montana, among others. Flip to another volume and I would understand about these razorbacks-and maybe javelinas. However, under hog with one G and a lower case h, it said: “See pig.” I found James Hogg, Quintin Hogg and Thomas Jefferson Hogg.

I hastened to the office and looked up hog. I thought the encyclopedia might be helpful.

It is even fashionable to debate which university has the best football team, though that question will be resolved Sunday evening. These pre-game affairs usually develop into no-win debates over which state is the best or the most beautiful. I don’t think anyone from Arkansas can even spell that name, let alone say it. This fellow Brent Brown, the executive vice president of Arizona State University, was standing at the microphone. This was not to end when the Arkansas folks settled back in their seats, because Arizona State was not about to let the Razorbacks hog the spotlight. John Paul Jones, the first Ranger’s first captain, surely would not have understood, but he probably would have been equally confused by football itself. All of this was transpiring on one of America’s finest fighting ships.
