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| Bezo rocking sensible slacks, from the days before he hired Vin Diesel as a body double |
You'll know zillionaire general store clerk Jeff Bezo from his "share the wealth" philosophy that has made him a much-loved father figure to his loyal staff, and whose modest lifestyle is a model of ethical and sustainable living. But did you know he's also something of an expert on obscure pop n' rock vinyl? Nor did we. Turns out he knows shit about music and cares less, which is why we asked Sanjit Stockphoto [above left - Ed.], th' IoF©'s newly-interned Token Diverse Hipster to suggest today's album freeloads. All he could come up with was Porter and Winchester Mulberry's O Save Me O Dark Owls, a meditation on loss recorded in a brick outhouse during the pandemic. So he can fuck off, too. Just when I was starting to lose interest in this whole piece, Mrs. Myra Nussbaum [right - Ed.] delved in her Muff O' Music® and produced a couple of long-playing LPs that might be unfamiliar to you. So here they are.
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John Hiatt makes his first appearance on record on the second [sophomore - Ed.] White Duck album, In Season [not at left - Ed.] from 1972, the same year they made their self-titled [eponymous - Ed.] debut [at left - Ed.]. As it's already '72, all pop and rock ideas [tropes - Ed.] are already established, and there's nothing original here. Those who pick on the occasional Beatles reference tend to forget that the Fab Four were a very malleable and influenced group themselves, dressing up in whatever garb seemed timely. So you'll hear a little of everything pop-rock here, including some psychedelic touches which in '72 must have sounded nostalgic.
Like many other recordings to wash up on th' IoF©, they're not lost classics, but they are well done, enjoyable, and if they were made today they'd sound extraordinary. Which is not to say that the Young People Of Today are shit, bless. Just that their music is a bit. Sanjit Stockphoto is back on Spotify, swiping through thousands of other songs a robot reckons he'd like on the basis of This Empyrean Loss (La La La) from O Save Me O Dark Owls. Good for him.
This post first postulated during a motivational weekend on Jeff Bezo's yacht FUCK DA POORS, Marina Del Asshats, Gulf of Microplastics, FLA.
I'll loadup th' freeloads after the usual effortful shit/shave/shower trifecta. But in the mean time, let's talk sodas! [soft drinks, or "pop" - Ed.] As I've given up alcohol along with a bunch of other stuff we won't get into right now, and my sweet tooth has grown in inverse proportion to the rest of them which fall like dice from my mouth, I've developed an insatiable thirst for the gassy, chemical brews produced by any of the two global uber-corporations screwing the planet, and my latest passion is - root beer. But wait! I've discovered that a shot of iced espresso - no milk - in the bottom of the glass performs an astonishing alchemy on the humble beverage pored on top. You'll note a creamy, long-lasting head of ale-like consistency, a darker hue redolent of yeasty goodness, and an intriguingly less sweet taste. It also, of course, ups your heart rate to that of a forty year-old, so consume responsibly. Preferred brand: A&W. Which is basically all I can find out here.
ReplyDeleteI love you Bro, but flavored coffee, and iced coffee, are abominations in the eyes of the lord. As my dear departed grandma used to say "you make li'l baby Jesus cry when you drink that stuff.'
ReplyDeleteBut Root Beer with a big scoop of coffee ice-cream? Nirvana!!!
Bro, wake up and smell the root beer! This ain't flavored coffee, it's flavored root beer. What you're doing with your float. But with a shot of strong, cold black coffee from the fridge (no ice involved - sorry for misunderstanding). Trust me on this, I implore you. It's the beverage sensation of the century!
DeleteI have no interest in any of these liquids and I note (with stern disapproval) the return of pleated pants to these pages. For shame! I'm intrigued by White Duck, though.
ReplyDeleteThe Great Pleat War started here:
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I stand firmly and pleat-free with Psychfan on this -- carbonated sugar-water is a curse on society. However, a moscow mule can be quite nice and I do have fond memories of a frothy root beer or sarsaparilla as a wee lad.
DeleteI have never worn pleated pants but seeing a harmless tailoring detail vilified and shamed upsets me. You'll be having a snipe at gussets, next.
DeleteIf I knew what gussets were I would probably have an irrational hatred of them.
DeleteDon't get me started on suspenders! You might as well where sock-garters with jorts while your at it!
DeleteMy favourite drink at present is iced espresso (or americano) orange! As a John Hiatt fan White Duck sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteGood to see th' 4/5g© "intrigued" and "interested". Linkage du jour o' th' day coming right up after the break ...
DeleteHerewith, therefore, the heretofore hereunder:
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My favourite "sugary" tipple is not sugary!! (Gotta watch my weight .. kinda boring!!) .. slightly fizzy lemon & lime flavoured water!!
ReplyDeleteLive the dream, Steve. You worked for this.
DeleteI don’t normally touch this sort of drink, too much sugar for my liking. However a few month ago I was doing a last minute shop before leaving for a festival, when I saw the 2 litre bottles of Dandelion and Burdock (carbonated drink once popular in the UK) were half price, so I bought one to consume at the festival. OMG (as us hip-cats say), it was extremely unpleasant, but useful for mouthwash in the morning after having generally overdone the alcohol drinking and other naughty things during that weekend.
ReplyDeleteVimto is is justly famed for being an anagram of vomit.
DeleteI cannot recall the last time I had a root beer, coke, etc. Growing up, my parents were anything but health food people, but we just never had pop, or soft drinks, in the house. Recall one day I opened the fridge and found a half empty bottle of coke. Asked my dad what was this doing there. He grabbed the coke bottle, said to follow him. Proceeded to where the car was parked. He opened the hood, and poured the remaining contents of the bottle on the battery terminal connections. I watched as the coke ate away the corrosion that had formed at the connections.
ReplyDelete... and that was recommendation enough for you, right? Your cocktail hour refresher of battery acid and Coke™ has kept your dander up many a year now.
Delete"Drink up, sailor!"
DeleteYears ago, on a job with a feller who got into his cups nightly, we competed to come up with the most potent cocktail imaginable. My entry (not actually constructed, or curated, or whatever the hipsters term it; just described), which won, was the Assault & Battery: Half Aqua Velva, half rubbing alcohol, with two frozen leaking D batteries as ice cubes, and road salt around the rim.
DeleteI was inspired by resourceful customers at the liquor store I worked at before going to grad school, who, when cut off from buying more official alcoholic beverages, would buy what they called 'green lizard' -- Aqua Velva.
C in California
Anyone know what it was in Corona American Cream Soda that gave it that weird taste. I seem to remember we had it delivered like milk. Other flavours avaialble too.
ReplyDeleteI loved that drink! The Corona truck made deliveries down our street.
DeleteMy favorite non-alcoholic drink is fresh coconut milk drunk from a fresh coconut from a palm tree in the garden. No, wait - it's a Daiquiri made with Havana Club white rum, a little lemon juice, and the rim of the glass encrusted with salt. Only Americans drop strawberries and ferns into it. Maybe not strictly non-alcoholic, but who cares?
ReplyDeleteI prefer Coca-Cola over Pepsi but own Pepsi as an investment so I drink that, if I've a choice. Not really a soda (or "pop") guy.
ReplyDeleteTap water was good enough for Jesus so it's good enough for draftervoi.
Seems like a good time to drop these in:
John Hiatt demos #1 https://mega.nz/file/iRQAnRgZ#mQdUKmm5NX9_5rtaJl9H0n3AS47OjPZNWUcxK4gu5W8
John Hiatt demos #2
https://mega.nz/file/qZAUEK5C#2Dk-iiZMi8abAoeONG-ZIxMVGjGOxVCfOMxNV2VMNJc
Details are up over at the Voodoo Wagon, should you care to "try before you buy" as we said back in the "coke" days.
Also, I was under the impression that root beer was a North American beverage somewhat obscure in England and the Commonwealth. Not unknown but not all that easy to come by at the corner store. True? Once true but no longer? Fill me in!
ReplyDeleteNext up....when Ian Dury sang, "But I got right up between her rum and her Ribena" I had NO CLUE as to what a "ribena" was. These days the Internet reveals that it is some sort of beverage. Is it popular in the UK?
Ribena is a premium Blackcurrant cordial that costs twice as much as your basic superstore brands of squash. Its thick and sweet and sugary and obviously full of blackcurrants and in its original form enough to corrupt any child's taste buds for life. Its often been criticised for the supposed damage it can do to children's teeth
DeleteIts normally diluted with water or, as I have in the past, diluted with lemonade and as an adult drink would most commonly be served with Pernod as a "Pernod and Black" (blackcurrent and aniseed are an excellent mix) or some other aniseed based spirit / licquer. As to its popularity I found an article from earlier this year that estimated its current value as a brand to be around £120 million. So its still pretty popular despite decades of concerns about its sugar content.
I used to drink it as a child and when I was younger but these days I'll settle for one of the supermarket brands as the quality of those has improved many times over in recent years.
PS In my younger wilder days I used to be rather partial to a drink called a "Purple Passion" which was the aforementioned Pernod And Black poured into a pint of Cider which if the cider was proper cider and not the mass produced fizzy alcoholic apple juice that mainstream brweries produce was nothing short of rocket fuel if you fancied to strut your stuff. Even better it was not so heavy on the head the following morning......
DeleteI'd known about root beer (chug a lug) for decades before trying it. It's available in Thailand although not widely, and A&W had a popular restaurant in Bangkok killed by covid (as so many businesses were - people not so much). No way I prefer it to real beer-style beer, but that's been off the menu for some time now. Another mostly American non-alcoholic drink I enjoyed when I could get it (in Paris) was buttermilk.
DeleteRibena as a child, never since. Robinson's Barley Water ditto.
As a root beer connoisseur, let me recommend the apex of root beers, Stewart's. --Muzak McMusics
ReplyDeleteFor decades now my favourite soft drink has been Pepsi Max (Coke Zero is ok too) and I will drink the equivalent supermarket brands that my wife prefers because of cost. Other than that I became quite partial to energy drinks as well (a vodka redbull is always a great way to keep you lucid on a long night out) but they do hit the waste line if you drink them regularly.
ReplyDeleteAs my early formative years (from 1-4) were spent living in an apartment over my Grandparents corner shop I became well versed in the wonders of British confectionery and soft drinks at a very young age and I will happily drink most soft drinks but for the life of me the charms of root beer have always eluded me. I've probably tasted it maybe 3 times and whilst its not unpleasant I've never been a fan. Its a taste my palate simply doesn't know what to do with.
I enjoy it because my taste buds are shot, probably.
DeleteLike the shot of espresso I add to the glass. This is transformational, like gin and tonic, becoming a mystic Other Thing. You'll thrill to its rich, creamy head, dark hue, and zesty taste! Served cold, it's deal for when unexpected guests drop by (if Metal Machine Disco Music doesn't get them out the door).
Deletekaramalz.de - beer for kids
ReplyDeleteIf this tastes better than any zero-alcohol beer, and it could hardly taste worse, then sign me up. The marketing is weird, though.
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