Bad Times a'Brewin'

No rest for the wicked. At least, not on my watch.

It’s been a busy few months, and there’s no signs of relenting. Since the Black Metal Book Club’s debut in March 2023, a handful of milestones have been crossed.

For starters, we now have two recurring events: the classic Book Club at White Whale and Black Mass, the monthly record club at Two Tides Brewing. Between those two events, we’ve already had over ten distinct meetups. Eleven, to be exact. Every meetup since the first - which had a humble three attendees - has had at least five attendees on every occurrence, hitting as many as ten on the busiest. Our Meetup members are up to 39 people, and our Instagram followers have exceeded 80 in the first month, with little-to-no marketing. With time, I would not be surprised to see us hitting ten-to-fifteen attendees with each event.

Now, we’re preparing for a twelfth event of a third type, that being a bar crawl throughout Starland. Having…