Playlist: Cycling (updated)

Here are some YouTube links for those who dare to listen to new more complex rock/metal. Some of these are heavy and involve intense lyrics. Most are instrumental that are easy to listen to. They put me into a proper zone while riding a bike on rides when I have earbuds in.

A Vivid Chaos

-heavy \m/

In the Shadow of Our Companion

-moderately heavy in some vocals, lighter post-metal mostly

Immutable Dusk

-instrumental heaviness 🙂

Cottbus

-intense vocals, light music

Young Fire

-instrumental bliss

Black Lake Niðstång

-intense post-rock/metal with quiet dark vocals, mostly (12:25 and on is euphoria)

Man The Ramparts

-Heavy awesomeness

Mare Incognitum

-light insrumental post-rock

Greet Death

-probably my favorite Explosions in the Sky tune (instrumental)

It Will Come to Us

-(Spotify link) light post-rock

Rosemary

-deftones

Norwegian Black Metal Swordfight to the Death

-(myspace) progressive instrumental post-rock

Wake The Dead

-hardcore

Ghosts of the Midwinter Fires

-progressive post-metal with heavier vocals and some double-bass

South Of Heaven

Nice and Blue

-upbeat punk-rock

Pillars

-(soundcloud) post-rock

Kaiowas

-acoustic instrumental

Calm // Breathe

-perfect title

Hearts / Wires

-deftones

SCRAM

-instrumental

Plateau of the Ages

-instrumental metal greatness

Life was real, vital, urgent, important/Bum Guts

-hardcore

Pink Mammoth

-heavy instrumental

Unicorn Farm

-different

Taps

-live hardcore

All Children Make Mistakes

-instrumental

Speak

-intense vocals

King Park

-hardcore with intense lyrics

Ron Ghousley’s Fucked Up Dream (Ron To The Hills. Ron For Your Life)

-hardcore

Agartha

-different instrumental

Gentlemen

-hardcore

Remurdered

-instrumental post-rock

Carpe

-instrumental post-rock

I’ll Get By

-hardcore, lighter

Campaign

-instrumental post-rock

Lungs

-(live) harder post-rock

You, Me and The Violence

-hardcore

Liquid Courage

-hardcore, lighter

Viridian

-instrumental metal, lighter

Fire Made Flesh

-progressive instrumental post-rock

Wake Me When It’s Over

-progressive heavier post-rock mostly instrumental

Swim To The Moon

-metal

White Oak Doors

-hardcore, intense lyrics and vocals

Soulvaki Space Station

-instrumental post-rock

They Speak With Knives

-instrumental post-rock

Fossil Genera

-metal

Procellous

-instrumental post-rock

C. Thomas Howell As The Soul Man

-heavy hardcore with unbelievable breakdown at 1:25

Afghamistam

-could be my favorite Botch tune

Last Last Chance

-hardcore

Listen to at your own risk, but do not be scared to have an open-mind.

 

 

¡Salsa Ⓥerde!

Don’t be a fisherman. Be a farmer. Eat yo veggies! The amount of flavorful variations involving just vegetables are exponentially infinite. Not to mention the number of benefits that come with eating yo veggies! They are delicious health fuel that gives you nothing, but quality life.

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I do not intend to be a bossy asshole, but I strongly recommend the following:

  • Ride a F*#king Bike
  • Drink a F#*king Beer
  • Take Quality F*#king Pictures
  • Eat Yo F#*cking Veggies
  • Have F**king FUN

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I’ve been slacking with my blogs lately, but today, I am blogging all over yo face:)

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It is rare for me to blend or make sauces/relishes/salsas/etc smooth. I like food chunky flavorful and with character. I love Salsa Verde, but I refuse to make store-bought Salsa Verde. ¿Comprende? I was Mexican, Spanish or Creole in my past life. That style of cooking is explosive with fun and interesting variations.

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¡Salsa Ⓥerde! ingredients:

  • Tofu, extra firmly crumbled
  • Black Beans, cooked and cooled
  • Cilantro, chopped
  • Tomato, deseeded and chopped
  • Scallions, sliced
  • Tomatillo, chopped
  • Habanero, deseeded and diced
  • Serrano, deseeded and diced
  • Jalapeño, deseeded and diced

  • Garlic, minced
  • SeaSalt/Pepper
  • Lime, juiciness

Prep. Mix. ENJOY!

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I enjoyed my ¡Salsa Ⓥerde! with chips and as a relish for a satanishly amazing Seitan (Ⓥegan) Boca Sandwich with ¡Salsa Ⓥerde! as relish engulfed by a Pretzel Bun. And then there were POTATOES.

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EatYoVeggies!

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Go Cubs!

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 Apple Music > Netflix

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“Good people drink good beer”

-H.S.T

ExplosionsInTheSky

Vegan Smashed Potatoes

We all grow up differently. We all make different, but similar mistakes. We all do our best improving our lives. Some are better at doing that than others. With different obstacles, we do our damn best and sometimes it is not appreciated enough. All in all, we all care for our loved ones and passions & hobbies.

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I grew up being a fan of a band, Soulfly, a newer age metal band involving spirituality and tribal aspects. Last night I was messing around with #AppleMusic and somehow wound up with Sepultura which made me wonder what the hell Soulfly was up to as the lead singer for Soulfly helped found Sepultura.

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Now, I love me some of that there loud and fast metal, but I grew a stronger connection with Soulfly because of their ability to turn it down a notch and still be extremely awesome. I’m gonna take a guess and say that the last time that I bought a physical Soulfly CD was 2005-2006. I, however, made a playlist circa 2010 of their instrumental collection of songs literally named Soulfly. A concept that I love and every album has Soulfly 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 only in Roman numerals. I only had 1-5 until last night! Thank you Apple Music! And since I remember anything, the number seven has been my favorite due to watching John Elway sling those footballs growing up. Soulfly VII is now my favorite and it’s fate. I am obligated to share this playlist and I wish everyone on the planet Earth (and Mars:) could experience this playlist.

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This playlist will flourish world peace for all humans and all animals!

Soulfly

Soulfly II

Soulfly III

Soulfly IV

Soulfly V

Soulfly VI

Soulfly VII

Soulfly VIII

Soulfly IX

Soulfly X

Soulfly 9 was not to be found on YouTube, so I put an Apple Music link.

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Along with this beautiful playlist, I’ve organized a beautiful moment that I have experienced in 2013. August 5th, 2013, to be exact. I often talk to animals while riding by and often take pictures and occasionally say “you’re all gonna die” or “I don’t eat you!”. I feel bad when I let them know their doom, but it is the cruel truth. This is when I had my iPhone on my handlebars with Lifeproof technology where it was easy to take photos while moving. I rode with a running herd of cattle like a damned cowboy. I’d like to think this was their idea of saying thank you for giving up meat that January.

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This recipe is amazing and worth a try and I highly recommend good music to accompany a cooking adventure. Not to mention a good beer or glass of wine. Take a load off, you work hard at caring for your loved ones.

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â“‹ Aioli ingredients:

  • Wash, reused (Earth Balance ‘Butter’, ‘Milk’, Corn Starch)
  • Garlic, minced
  • ‘Cream Cheese’, Daiya mmmmmmmm
  • Breading, reused (Cashews, SeaSalt, Breadcrumbs, Garlic, Oregano, Parsley)
  • Corn Meal

Mix to a somewhat solid consistency.

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â“‹utter ingredients:

  • Earth Balance ‘Butter’, half heated
  • Garlic, minced and lightly sauteed in ‘Butter’
  • Oil
  • Parsley, diced
  • Celery Salt
  • ‘Cream Cheese’, Daiya mmmmmmmmmmmm

Smashed Potatoes ingredients:

  • Potatoes, red and golden – diced and boiled then strained (time it right)
  • â“‹ Aioli

  • Basil, fresh and diced
  • Parsley, fresh and diced
  • Oil, Olive
  • Garlic, minced
  • Onion, diced
  • ‘Cream Cheese’, Daiya mmmmm
  • Spinach, to garnish
  • Celery, diced
  • Carrot, diced
  • ‘Milk’, Almond
  • Cashews, SMASHED
  • Brown Sugar
  • Wine, white Vino is great
  • Dill Weed, fresh and chopped
  • Nutritional Yeast
  • Idaho Spuds, instant mashed for concistency assurance

Prep everything and go. Cook Veggies in Oil while boiling Potatoes. Add Wine and cook down and then add everything and crush and smash away. I enjoyed charred store-bought Pretzel Bun with the Ⓥutter.

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And boy do I have leftovers! I cannot wait. I also enjoy creating different Ⓥegan meals and get a kick out of jokingly blogging all over your faces. If only these were read. Happy Saturday! I’ll be enjoying a ride tomorrow before some good NFL games. And I have recipes to complete. Here are some links that will help me blog all over your faces more often:)

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WINNER WINNER VEGAN GRINNER

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CHEERS:)