Tonight I'm watching the History Channel special "Alcatraz: Search for the Truth." Two members of the family of noted Alcatraz escapees the Anglin Brothers go to the US Marshals with new information that might prove their uncles actually did survive the escape attempt. Who at the US Marshal Service do they talk to? Rick, of course. Retired Marshal and former Alcatraz investigator Art Roderick.
Our brewmaster, Rick Abitbol, has been professionally brewing award-winning beers along the Front Range for over a decade. Rick is respectful of beer styles and traditional brewing technique, however, he has long been an innovator of style and not afraid to color outside the lines. He was one of the first brewers to explore the Black IPA, which has become a mainstay in breweries and competitions alike. We love our hops! That’s not to say you won’t find any wonderfully malty creations on tap. There are many, but what you will notice is the variety in our hoppy selections. And always be on the lookout for Rick’s newest creations. In addition to brewing some mighty tasty beers, we also remove the gluten from all of our brews. We believe in making great craft beer more accessible to everyone, so we use an enzyme to reduce the gluten in our beers to under 10 ppm. We take great pride in our brewery and our taproom. Please swing by and check it out for yourself.
Their website boasts that they are the smallest brewery in Colorado, and Gluten-Free!
And here we even get a tour with some history of his story
After the jump, there's another interview with Rick himself, homebrewer-turned-businessman. Rick discusses his beer in more detail, including a lot about the gluten piece.
I was watching Wreck-It Ralph (metacritic: 72) a few months ago and noticing someone interesting in the credits. Animation Technical Director Ricky Rieckenberg. I'm not all that interested in digging too deep into this guy. He's just a guy doing his job at Disney. Just one of the many Ricks hidden in our everyday lives, making the world a better place.
The amazing Harry Houdini, or ERIK WEISZ (or about a half dozen other spellings of Erik and or/Weiss...maybe the amazing part is why no one figure out his real name for sure), was famous for his escape acts. He got out of tanks of water, shackles, straight jackets, chains, just about anything he could find to bind him.
Last fall History Channel had a mini-series about the life of Houdini, with Adrien Brody playing the title role. I thought it was an interesting show, worth the 2 two-hour segments.
I had the most amazing commute today, Rick Show-ers!
Flipping through the stations on my radio, I heard a DJ say "and now we're going to talk to someone who changed their name from Rick. I don't know why you'd do that. I think Rick is one of the coolest men's names." And then this fella is on the phone, and he says "Actually, I changed my name TO Rick. I'm 40 and people still call me that." and proceeds to tell how when he was a kid he had a nickname that wasn't very good ("buglit" or something) and then one day at a Rick Springfield concert a girl asked him his name and Rick was the first thing that came to mind so he went with it. He's been Rick ever since! They asked what his birth name was and he said James Richard, so technically his Rick is legit (which the smart hosts did note). And then one of the hosts says "Well, you made the right choice, I think." And then I was at work. Now I just wish I knew why they had that story in the first place.
In honor of it being baseball season, and not in honor of it being April Fools Day:
Branch Rickey was a Major League Baseball executive who was responsible for breaking the color barrier in MLB with the signing of Jackie Robinson. He also drafted Roberto Clemente, created the modern farm system for the minor leagues and introduced the batting helmet. What a guy!
Mr Rickey is in the Baseball Hall of Fame (obviously). He was born in 1881 and died in 1965.
This article on him from Biography.com is worth a read. This short documentary on his life is a lot longer than I normally post, but that's what you have to do sometimes
Rick Rubin is a record producer. His real name is Frederick, but I'm sure we're all okay with him going by Rick. He's the co-president of Columbia Records and was a founder of Def Jam Records, so he obviously knows his stuff.
Here's an "interesting" interview with Rick, if you want to get to know him better:
I couldn't think of a good Halloween post, so I'll just use this little gem that I came up with a few weeks ago.
Rick James wrote and produced the Eddie Murphy classic hit Party All the Time (you can also see him in video). Since we like Rick James, and since that song is pretty killer...what a great opportunity to sneak this in.
