Breath of the Wildebeest

<p>Episode 85 wheezes to life with some talk about the number of high schools in Rapid City and the action at the Minnesota Legislature.</p> <p>We make excuses for not getting more episodes out.</p> <p>Phil is enjoying Evan Williams Bottled-in-Bond and John pontificates about Compass Box <a href='https://www.compassboxwhisky.com/whiskies/orchard-house'>Orchard House</a> blended malt.</p> <p>Phil talks about his recent choir concert (<a href='https://www.theapolloclubmn.org/'>The Apollo Club</a> men’s choir) and John recaps his recent <a href='https://msomn.org/'>Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra</a> concert.</p> <p>We discuss the remake of the “classic” Bob Reel Beer jingle.</p> <p>We’re almost ready to discuss Star Trek Picard.</p> <p>We attempt to launch a new segment:  “John’s Old Tech”.  Part One:  The Betamax!</p> <p> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax'>Wikipedia article</a></p> <p> <a href='http://www.betamaxcollectors.com/sonybetamaxmodelsl-2000-tunertt-2000.html'>The first machine we had access to.</a></p> <p> <a href='https://youtu.be/hGVVAQVdEOs?t=291'>This guy explains the VCR formats better than John did.</a></p> <p>Phil’s been watching all the “Friday the 13th” movies.</p> <p>The Song:  “Bob Reel Beer ‘23”</p>