@justinbrummer.bsky.social
Editor of the Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP). See @vietnamwarsongs.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/vietnamwarsongproject
Updated: 150+ songs about the My Lai Massacre and Lt. William Calley - the mass murder of between 300-500 civilians in South Vietnam by US forces on 16 March 1968 - most of the songs released from 1969-1971 supported war criminal Calley, as did public opinion polls:
rateyourmusic.com/list/JBrumme...
18 Pete Seeger songs related to the Vietnam War: rateyourmusic.com/list/JBrumme...
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Chicago novelty garage group Seeds of Euphoria, fed up with the war by 1967, advised LBJ: “Let’s Send Batman to Viet Nam”.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWWa...
New research: 130+ Vietnam War garage rock songs - many diversified views, from anti-protest "patriotic" songs, to peace and anti-war. Also many reference to the draft. See here: rateyourmusic.com/list/JBrumme...
Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Anti-protest garage, "What's Come Over This World" (1965) by Billy Carr, called draft card burners "an army of cowards". Full-page advert in Billboard on 6 November 1965
rateyourmusic.com/list/JBrumme...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFgn...
I’ve been a huge Milam & Greene fangirl since moving to Texas & have loved watching (& tasting) their trailblazing ascent to gold-standard whiskey queens, so writing about them for my 1st Rock & Vine piece was an utter delight-hope y’all enjoy! 👸👸👸🥃🥃🥃
rockandvinemag.com/2026/02/mila...
North Austin’s new specialty aburi spot TORA combines futuristic Blade Runner aesthetics with high quality refined, delicate flavours. Read more @austinmonthly.bsky.social 😋🍣 🔥
www.austinmonthly.com/tora/
The kids in America are caskin’!
Loved writing about the blossoming US cask beer scene for @insidehook.bsky.social - so much great British-style beer to enjoy stateside now 👌🏽🍻🌟
And big thanks to all who participated 😊
www.insidehook.com/beer/young-a...
Sunday in the Hill Country, crawfish, Jester King, live music
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Lots of digitising, working through the backlog
07.02.2026 14:56 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New acquisition: "Vietnam's (Wall of Reflection)" (1983) by Tom Stiles & The Country Revue. Released in Columbus, Ohio
26.01.2026 17:58 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
High Noon, London
19.01.2026 21:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy holidays
25.12.2025 17:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Loved sharing good beery news from ATX’s brilliant Blue Owl Brewing as part of this great roundup of exciting, inspiring new US breweries. So much positive news to keep us thirsty, & delighted to share space w so many fab friends & colleagues - cheers! 🤠🍻🦉💙
08.12.2025 15:57 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Black's, Lockhart TX
06.12.2025 02:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations! @davidjesudason.bsky.social
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it’s now time to share The Michael Jackson Award for Beer Writer of the Year
This is the final award of the evening, and it goes to…
🏆 Winner: David Jesudason
#BGBW25
So happy to be part of the festivities!!
Have a fabulous night everyone!
#bgbw25 🍻🎉🙌🏽🏆
A word from our 2024 Beer Writer of the Year, Ruvani de Silva (@amethystheels.bsky.social)
27.11.2025 21:05 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Great anti-war song from Jimmy Cliff (1946-2025): "Vietnam" (1970) - it told the sad story of a mother receiving a letter, informing her that her son had died in Vietnam. At the end of the track Cliff pleaded: "somebody please stop that war now"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtqI...
New acquisitions: 44 Vietnam and political records
13.11.2025 21:26 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Visit to Spin Sounds, Dorking, Surrey
08.11.2025 16:42 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Visit to cidery in Sussex
02.11.2025 16:35 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fancy beers, taproom-only specials & limited edition releases are great, but when you wanna just grab a great beer, kick back n chill you still want quality👌🏽🍻
My latest for The Alcohol Professor names a few-feel free to add your own in the comments!
www.alcoholprofessor.com/blog-posts/b...
😞
30.10.2025 23:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Catching up with friends at SW London bottle share
30.10.2025 22:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Catching up with friends in London
26.10.2025 10:55 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
First day of Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival, 2025
17.10.2025 18:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New acquisition: "Shipping Out to Viet Nam" (1965), Billy Thomas
15.10.2025 20:46 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic with logo for Final Gravity, A Beer Zine and a quote by Ruvani De Silva: "Of course, trends don't last, and while DEI should always have been more than that, we're not grappling with the sad reality that for a lot of people, a trend is all it was."
In her essay for FG09, @amethystheels.bsky.social wrote about the difficulties of trying to write about beer & leisure while rights & services are being stripped away, & the disappointments of seeing many breweries back away from DEI in the present environment. www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...
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