Friday Drink Update- St. Germain Cocktail

So I arrived at the club tragically early tonight because the trains actually ran on time. I sat at the bar nursing a Gin and Tonic while I waited for the party hour to strike, when suddenly a man in a powdered wig and frilly shirt wafted in through the door. The bouncer gave him a second look as he walked by and waived the cover fee, astounded by the mans style and flair. Then, he sat down next to me. The following is a transcription I was able to record covertly with my cell phone.

::Sound of ruffles swishing and settling::

ER- Well helloo Mister Fancypants.

Stranger- Fitting words for a poncey boy sipping on an old mans drink.

ER- Hey… ::holds back tears::

Stranger- A thousand pardons friend, but I don’t go out like this much any more and tend to stay on the defensive.

ER- It’s ok , I just don’t get to see such a fabulous outfit as yours very often.

Stranger- This old rag! Tra-la! A mere trifling gift from Madame de Pompadour.

ER- Waitaminit! She lived in the 17-hundreds! Who are you!?

Stranger- I have had many names over the years…

ER- ::crosses fingers:: Are you Satan?

Super Awesome Website

Ok, so Strongbad and Homestarrunner are anything but new…news. But I am just putting this out there in case the two people that look at my blog hav’nt heard of it. This website changed my life for the better. Before I viewed it I was using a rusty spoon and a hot exhaust pipe to cook my heroine, now I’m a changed man! Now I use a shiny spoon I stole from IHOP and a zippo I snagged from some drunk, and I have a website that will make kindergarten childerens as well as junkies laugh! I will offer a couple starting points, the rest is up to you!

Dragon

Death Metal

 Creepy old man

Dragon is what got me started years ago. Somewhat weekly updates keep this so awesome and up to date. Make sure your check out the Halloween episodes!

First American made Absinthe in over 95 years. Blog writer cheers, cries.

St. George Spirits of Alameda Ca. is releasing the first American Absinthe since 1912. I am very interested in this product and cannot wait to procure some. It goes on sale on the 21st of December in the St. George tasting room as well as a few small shops on the west coast for $75. It is a relatively small run product and I have heard no news of when it will be available on the east coast or the no coast. From reading an article on it, it seems that St. George uses a less than conventional herbs in its distillation of this Absinthe. However I have heard from a few people that have sampled the final test batch and it should be delicious.
Oh and by the way, that monkey on the bottle? Totally playing the cowbell. Awesome.

Artist Spotlight- Datarock

I like smiling, I like it a lot. Although I really enjoy my dark saw edged electro and jungle and such I enjoy the lighter side once in a while. The only catch is that it has to ooze irony and self awareness. Datarock is all this and moar. The first time I heard “Computer Camp Love” I thought my face was going to crack. But not only are these guys entertaining in a smirky ironic way, they also make good use of vintage synthesizers. The sound they have ranges from mid 80’s electro-class in “Princess” to “I made this rad song in my basement with my buddy” in “Computer Camp Love” all the way to somehow current sounding Italo-disco in “Fa-Fa-Fa” and “Sex Me Up”. You know me (stalker) I love just about anything I can dance to, and a reference to Commodore 64 is merely solder on the chip (HAR!).

Check out Datarock, you won’t regret it, booger.

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This post may cause random instances of Awesome

This site isn’t exactly new but its new to me, and maybe to you too, dear reader. I present to you… 99rooms.

The site is a wikkid (BOH!) mix of photography, graffiti (Wall Art), and animation.

Basically you, as the viewer, explore a creepy abandoned warehouse with sinister paintings on the wall. I order to move through each of the 99 rooms you need to solve a puzzle or find a secret spot in the room to click. Combining all of this with the wispy ambiance playing in the background and a dark room is very engrossing.

Go ahead, check it out, and look out for that guy with the glowing eyes.

New Hottness that Isnt House. (SHOQANDAWE)

I don’t listen to much new hiphop. Back in the diggity day I loved me some hiphop, but after gangstas stopped shooting at cops and started collecting bling and ridiculous  automobiles I stopped paying attention. Enter Saul Williams. I hadn’t heard any of his previous work, frankly the only reason I caught wind of his newest release was because  he is doing the same thing that Radiohead did with the latest album, you set your own price $0 to a million billion. Its your choice. I d/led it at a reasonable price and have enjoyed it more than any album I have picked up in months. Should I say “Redefining HipHop?” Nope, I leave that to some overpaid douchebag in a kangol hat at RollingStone to say. Listen yourself, its so different from what anyone else even close to hiphop/rap/r&B is doing it just may blow your mind. By the way, it was produced for the most part by Trent Reznor. How awesome is that, there is even a track on the album with Trent lyrics. So… go ahead. Check out Niggy Tardust. You wont be sorry.

More on Absinthe (Or How I learned to stop worrying and love the louche)

So, I’ve told you how to find Absinthe, but not how to enjoy it properly. There are certain people out there that encourage newcomers to to take shots of it straight (!). This is fine and dandy if you are trying to burn polyps from you esophagus, but the effect is quite harsh and has undoubtedly turned many a would-be absinthist away from this lovely liquor. Here is the classic method to prepare a proper glass of absinthe.

House, Fresh From France

Check out Kavinsky.

They did a pretty awesome remix for the Klaxons among others.

Free Zune Wallpapers

I you happen to be like me or one of the six other people that bought a zune (sarcasm) you should know that you can set pictures that you synch to it as wallpaper.

I’ve decided that as I make new wallpapers I will post them here for all to enjoy for free.

I will post two this time. More to come in the future, in the mean time I have to nurse my Guitarple Tunnel.

Damn you GH3. Wallpapers after the break.