More Posts About Cocktails and Punk
Here's a couple of interesting links about cocktails:
I found this L.A. Times article, "I'll have a first impression with a twist" rather amusing. Apparently, men don't have enough to worry about when pursuing the opposite gender, now they have to consider what their choice of drinks says about them! I don't see my libation of choice, the Mai Tai, listed; I think they make me seem mysterious, exotic, and adventurous. Women probably see that little umbrella and the skewer with a cherry and pineapple chunk as a sign that I'm either totally light in the loafers, or else leaning that way, but since I'm not dating, I don't really give a toss!
This next article, The Most Fattening Cocktails, presents a list of 10 drinks that have lots of hidden calories: the Mai Tai comes in 5th at 350.
Finally, The Daily Lush presents The Undrinkable Cocktail. Did you know that the Canadian blues band Canned Heat was named after Sterno, or that you can buy a cocktail that contains the mummified toe of a Yukon gold prospector?
So much for cocktails, now let's talk about punk. I've often sung the praises of Mojo Music Magazine on this weblog, and for good reason; every month they come up with a fabulous new themed CD comp of great music, and this time it's British punk from the 70s.
This is the music that kicked my complacent teenage ass and changed my life. I'm sorry to say that I'd largely forgotten about incredibly energetic and (dare I say it?) poppy songs like "Too Much Pressure" by The Selector, "Maybe Tomorrow" by The Chords, and my favorite, The Pop Rivets' "Lambrettavespascoota". This is the first CD I've listened to in many a moon that's had me turning my stereo up to 11.
However, Billy Bragg is still a wanker.
OyOyOyOy!!!