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Kitz Willman is a rapper currently out of Winnipeg who puts out some amazingly unconventional music. Sometimes chaotic, sometimes unsettling, various levels of distortion on the vocals. Vocal delivery is all over the map; a bit punk, a bit ODB, all Kitz. On a moon on the verge of everything that you wanted Kitz performs all duties from soup to nuts. To me moon feels very stream of consciousness (but rooted in a few overarching themes) and quite dense rhyming. Unique. moon has a dark feel (as most of Kitz's music does). This is music that isn't hardcore, but I could see inciting a mosh pit. It looks like the tape is sold out, but it's great. A and B sides were intentionally made the same length to the point where Kitz edited some of the songs to make it work out.

Arriba puts out great corn chips. Slightly more dense and crunchier than Doritos...and slightly more corn flavour. They come out with 'new' or 'limited time' flavours, however, less frequently than their competitors. So when you see them with a new flavour, it's worth checking out. With that said, I've heard sales on Arriba's Blazing Buffalo may be slower than anticipated. Queue the review:

Arriba Extreme Blazing Buffalo (if I am to believe the heat scale at the bottom of the bag, they appear to be an 8 out of 10). If you take a quick whiff, they smell like nacho cheese Arribas (on that red bag tip)... however if you really get your nose into it, you pick up on the vinegar heat of buffalo hot sauce. The crunch is great, lots of corn flavour in these chips. It takes a second for the heat to kick in, but it rears its head in the back end of consumption. The buffalo verse corn flavour fight, I'd say is generally won by the corn. There's buffalo hot sauce here and there with a twinge of sweetness popping up here an there. I'd say the heat is a medium. The more you get into the bag, the more the flavour and heat builds up. The seasoning is slightly more granular than Doritos (pretty standard for Arriba's). The further I get into this bag, the more I'm digging these. If the seasoning was about 20% heavier I think these would be a straight up banger...but at 19% sodium per 50g already, my desired seasoning level may be a little unhealthy. 

Stay hydrated,

Marc

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