hankrules2011

• Scott Holstad

  

  The face behind the ramblings of the hankrules2011 blog

• Recent Posts

  • Happy Birthday G!
  • Scott’s Music Shak: My New Music/Audio Shop & Website
  • A Great New Food Blog
  • A Review of Deconversion: a Journey from Religion to Reason
  • Subtle Changes To My Blog

• Top Tags

  biographies blog blogging blogs book reviews books cats Christianity computers concerts creative writing David Weber death depression Discworld faith family fantasy father football friends god Gretchen head pain health history hockey home Honor Harrington Isaac Asimov life literature love magazines military military sci fi music NHL nonfiction pain parents pets Philip K Dick Pittsburgh Penguins poetry poetry submissions poets politics progressive politics publishing rays road review relationships religion Republicans reviews rock and roll rrr science fiction sci fi Sidney Crosby spirituality sports Stanley Cup surgery technology tennessee Terry Pratchett thoughts thriller TN trigeminal neuralgia ut Vietnam war writing

• Categories

  • book reviews
  • Health
  • Memes
  • Poetry
  • Politics
  • Publishing
  • science fiction
  • Sports
  • Uncategorized
  • Writing

• Archives

  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011

• Top Posts & Pages

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Blogs I Follow

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Scott’s Music Shak

  • Read today's blog post to find out info on a new audiophile-grade CD player from @BrystonLtd. Find it here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 10 hours ago
  • RT @Berny2876: Good Morning !! #Marantz Tower And #Wharfedale TSR 112.2 instagram.com/p/Bemw7oWnJDv/ https://t.co/9QQ426fatD 15 hours ago
  • RT @VintageAudioLuv: . 📷 by ift.tt/1cFurpv . . . #VintageAudio #Audio #Vintage #turntable #phono #vinyl #records #music #hifi #hif… 15 hours ago
  • RT @jethrotull: Jethro Tull 50th Anniversary UK Tour Roundup - jethrotull.com/jethrotull-50t… #jethrotull #50thanniversary 📷 by Nick Harrison http… 15 hours ago
  • RT @vnyldig: A 1970s DJ at work #vinyladdict https://t.co/isY4qnwcyd 1 day ago
  • RT @penguins: Battle lines have been drawn. The War of PA continues. The puck drops at 7:00PM ET. #3elieve https://t.co/Vt1eEMt4WP 1 day ago
  Follow @scottsmusicshak

• Goodreads

• Instagram: scottsmusicshak

  Read today's blog post to find out info on a new audiophile-grade CD player from @BrystonLtd. Find it here: https://bit.ly/2F0Li4x. #music #CDs #cdplayer #audiophile #bryston #brystonbcd3 #audiophilia #audiophiles #audio #homeaudio #scottsmusicshak

  More female-fronted symphonic metal! Nightwish's breakthrough album, Oceanborn. Good stuff. #music #cds #nightwish #nightwishfans #metal #symphonicmetal #femalefrontedsymphonicmetal #femalefrontedmetal #nightwishfan #scottsmusicshak

  Look what just came in: a new 3-LP Deep Purple album set called "A Fire In The Sky: A Career-Spanning Collection." Am I excited? Damn straight! I can't decide whether to sell it in my store or to keep it! Not only does it have the mega-hits, but it's got the minor hits AND a number of songs I've never even heard or heard of -- and I own most DP albums. What a great collector's album! Tell me friends -- should I sell it or keep it? Leave advice please! Thanks. #music #vinyl #vinylrecords #deeppurple #hardrock #classicrock #afireinthesky #smokeonthewater #highwaystar #analogmusic #vinyladdicts #vinylcollector #recordcollector #vinylcollection #vinyllove #shouldikeeporsell #deeppurplefans #scottsmusicshak

  How about some Flora Purim today? Nothing like some cool Latin jazz fusion. I loved her first two albums with Chick Corea and Return To Forever, but I also love her solo work. #music #vinyl #vinylrecords #flora #florapurim #latinmusic #jazz #jazzfusion #latinjazzfusion #latinjazz #florapurimvocal #vinylcollection #vinyllove #vinyladdict #analogmusic #vinyllp #vinyladdicts #vinylcollector #scottsmusicshak

  Ministry's early stuff, including classic "Everyday Is Halloween." Great pre-industrial stuff. #music #ministry #everydayishalloween #goth #gothic #gothmusic #industrial #cassettes #analog #scottsmusicshak

  One of my favorite albums of all time: Pink Floyd's Animals, in a reissued, remastered 180 Gram format. Hard to go wrong with this album. #music #vinyl #vinylrecords #happy #pinkfloyd #pinkfloydanimals #pinkfloydfans #follow #progrock #vinyllp #vinyllove #vinyladdicts #love #lovethisalbum #vinylcollector #vinylrevival #vinylcollection #analogmusic #davemason #rogerwaters #vinylrecord #scottsmusicshak

  The Beach Boys Rarities album. An unusual album. It has a Beatles cover & "The Lord's Prayer" & "Auld Lang Syne," among other interesting song choices. Worth a listen. #music #vinyl #vinylrecords #thebeachboys #thebeachboysrarities #surfmusic #eclecticmusic #followme #vinyladdicts #vinyllove #follow #vinyllp #vinylcollector #repost #happy #vinylrevival #vinyllovers #beachboyfans #forsale #scottsmusicshak

  One of Gary Numan's lesser known albums, but one I like a lot: Jagged! #music #cds #cdcollection #garynuman #garynumanfan #garynumanfans #garynumanjagged #industrial #gothrock #cdcomeback #scottsmusicshak

  I've been a Within Temptation fan for years & I've been in a symphonic metal phase lately. I like a lot of these groups & I think WT's Sharon has an amazing voice. And I love this concert album & film! #symphonicmetal #metal @wtofficial @withintemptationdaily @withintemptationfans #withintemptation #withintemptationfan #withintemptationfans #symphonicmetalfans #music #letusburn #whativebeenlisteningto #scottsmusicshak

  MartinLogan BalancedForce 212 Subwoofer. Going price: $3,995. Something to drool over... #music #audio #subwoofer @martinloganspeakers #martinlogan #martinloganspeakers #balancedforce212 #audiophilia #audiophiles #scottsmusicshak

  A unique industrial album: In Strict Confidence's Exile In Paradise. Fairly awesome stuff! #music #cds #instrictconfidence #exileinparadise #industrial #industrialmusic #instrictconfidencefans #cd #cdfans #cdcomeback #scottsmusicshak

  A true rarity: black tape for a blue girl's first album on vinyl, from back in the mid-'80s! BTFABG didn't put out anymore vinyl on any of their many other albums until possibly the most recent one. I sold this to a customer in Italy. #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollector #blacktapeforabluegirl #darkwave #goth #gothmusic #projekt #rarerecords #vinyllp #vinyllove #scottsmusicshak

• Follow Blog via Email

  Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

• Some of my Books

  

  Junction City

• 

  Places

• 

  Shadows Before the Maiming

• 

  The Napalmed Soul

• 

  Cells

• Blogroll

  • A.D. Winans
  • An Old Junker
  • Annette Gendler
  • Antler
  • Bookslut
  • Bruce Sterling
  • Chris Duncan
  • Collin Kelley
  • Dancing With Cats
  • dbqp: visualizing poetics
  • Doctor Grumpy
  • Dulcetly
  • Edward Field
  • Eyes Right
  • F.A. Nettelbeck
  • Gerald Locklin
  • Get Inspired
  • Gretchen
  • Janet Reid
  • Jessie Carty
  • Kelley Clink
  • Laurel Snyder
  • Lauren Zuniga
  • litwindowpane
  • Lyn Lifshin
  • Madge McKeithen
  • Major Jackson
  • Margaret Atwood
  • Marilyn Kallet
  • Mary Akers
  • My website
  • Neil Gaiman
  • No More Drama
  • one cool site
  • Perpetual Folly
  • Philip K Dick
  • Poeticks
  • Poetry Hut Blog
  • Poppy Z Brite
  • Pub Rants
  • Rachelle Gardner
  • Rebecca McClanahan
  • Silliman's Blog
  • Simply Eighties
  • Surroundings
  • Susan Meyers
  • Susie Bright's Journal
  • Swimming in The Trees
  • The Crab Chronicles
  • The Mark on the Wall
  • The Rejecter
  • The Rejectionist
  • the word cage
  • There Are No Rules
  • Vital Vittles – Food Trends
  • WordPress Planet
  • WordPress.com News
  • WordPress.com Tags

• Bookstores

  • A Cappella Books
  • Book Soup
  • Changing Hands
  • City Lights
  • Malaprop's
  • McKay
  • Powell's

• Boutique Computers

  • Digital Storm Aventum
  • Digital Storm Velox
  • Falcon Northwest Fragbox
  • Falcon Northwest Mach V
  • Falcon Northwest Talon
  • Maingear OMEN X
  • Maingear Razer R1
  • Maingear Rush X299
  • Origin Genesis
  • Origin Neuron
  • Puget Systems Deluge Pro
  • Xidax X-10 Legato
  • Xidax X-6
  • Xidax X-8 Glacier
  • XoticPC GX14 Savage

• Former Employers

  • APIPA
  • Clarity
  • Cranio
  • CSULB
  • EarthLink Network
  • The Brunswick News
  • Twelve Signs, Inc
  • VenU

• Literary

  • A Little Poetry
  • Arkansas Review
  • Asheville Poetry Review
  • Big Bridge
  • Chiron Review
  • Circle Magazine
  • Coe Review
  • Hawaii Review
  • Long Shot
  • Lullwater Review
  • Main Street Rag
  • Moria: A Poetry Journal
  • Morpo Review
  • My Favorite Bullet
  • Open Wide Magazine
  • Pacific Coast Journal
  • Pacific Review
  • Pearl
  • Poetry Ireland Review
  • Poetry Super Highway
  • Red Booth Review
  • RipRap
  • Rose & Thorn Journal
  • Santa Clara Review
  • StickYourNeckOut
  • Tarpaulin Sky
  • Tears in the Fence
  • The Minnesota Review
  • The Pittsburgh Quarterly
  • The Wisconsin Review
  • The Word Ocean
  • Thunder Sandwich
  • Word Riot

• Music

  • Audioengine
  • Bryston
  • Carbon Based Lifeforms
  • Chick Corea
  • Dead Can Dance
  • Disturbed
  • Esquivel
  • Faith & the Muse
  • Flora Purim
  • Front 242
  • Gary Numan
  • H.U.V.A. Network
  • Harry Connick, Jr
  • Jean Luc Ponty
  • Jeff Beck
  • Klipsch
  • KMFDM
  • Krell
  • Lawrence English
  • Lisa Gerrard
  • Lovespirals
  • Magic Sound Fabric
  • McIntosh Labs
  • My Dying Bride
  • Neal Schon
  • Nine Inch Nails
  • Norah Jones
  • Onkyo
  • Ottmar Liebert
  • Pet Shop Boys
  • Peter Murphy
  • Pink Floyd
  • Pro-Ject Audio Systems
  • Queen
  • Rammstein
  • RATM
  • Rega
  • Rush
  • Scott's Music Shak
  • Tal Wilkenfeld
  • The Cure
  • The Sisters of Mercy
  • The World Famous KROQ
  • Tony Bennett
  • Within Temptation
  • Zero One

• My Academic Life

  • California State University Long Beach
  • King College
  • Queens University of Charlotte
  • UCLA
  • University of Tennessee
  • Western State University College of Law

• Select Publications

  • "address"
  • "Breakfast Machine"
  • "Christ went to the wrong planet"
  • "Community Service"
  • "great"
  • "hypomaniac"
  • "The Writer"
  • "Threesome"
  • "Underground Cinema"
  • "yes, there are…"
  • "Zyprexa"
  • Byron
  • Kosinski
  • Sandburg
  • Scalable Email Service
  • Yeats

• Writing

  • Beyond Baroque
  • Duotrope
  • Evil Editor
  • Guide to Literary Agents
  • Literary Magazines
  • Luna Park
  • New Pages
  • PEN Center USA
  • Poetry & Literary Magazines
  • Poetry Publishers
  • Poets & Writers
  • Poets House
  • Post Poetry MFA
  • Publishers Weekly
  • Query Shark
  • Southern Festival of Books
  • The Authors Guild
  • The Pulitzer Prize
  • The Pushcart Prize
  • The Review Review
  • Web del Sol
  • Writer's Digest Magazine
  • WritersNet

• Meta

  • Register
  • Log in

• Subscribe

  • Entries (RSS)
  • Comments (RSS)

2 Responses to “Our Spring Roses”

1. 

   RedneckRosarian said

   May 12, 2013 at 10:25 am

   Great looking blooms!

   LikeLike

   Reply
   • 

     Scott Holstad said

     May 12, 2013 at 10:26 am

     Thank you so much! We’re pretty happy with them. Cheers!

     LikeLike

     Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

You are commenting using your Google+ account. ( Log Out /  Change )

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

w

Cancel

Connecting to %s

Notify me of new comments via email.

Notify me of new posts via email.