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     Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1233 Registered: 03-2006 |
I thought the other two threads deserved this companion. I'm not quaffing anything at the moment apart from Lo-Carb Cranberry SoBe, but hope to switch to something stronger in the evening, probably Charles Shaw Shiraz, otherwise known as "2 buck Chuck". A wine you can get here in the States for $2 at Trader Joe's stores. I wouldn't say it's excellent, but it's surprisingly good, particularly for the money. Stick with the reds though and avoid the whites. They taste as though they might literally have been made from fermented horse urine, as Borat suggests is the case with wine made in Kazakhstan... | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 62 Registered: 04-2005 |
I though you were offering? Not drinking at the moment, but I've got some cheeky Hawke's Bay wine to have a dabble at! Cheers Jon | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 106 Registered: 09-2006 |
Though I've done my share of raising the wrist I've never been a connoisseur of taste - for me, the effect is 99% of my interest...but if I can get something good-tasting for not much money that's a bonus, so I might just give that 2 buck bottle a try. Haven't been to Trader Joe's in awhile...love their frozen chicken-and-bean burritos. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 990 Registered: 04-2005 |
Is it still Two Buck Chuck in your area, LK? It's Three Buck Chuck now here. Even at that "inflated" price, it's still a screaming deal. For the reds, anyway, as you say. Trader Joe's is an awesome place. It's well worth the ridiculous crowds. I used to visit a friend in So Cal about 15 years ago, before Trader Joe's expanded north. I was so envious of him for having a store that sold good imported food and beer/wine so cheap. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 144 Registered: 08-2006 |
I just broke into the Jameson whiskey. Gotta play a gig tonight, and need a little fortification. Y'all have a very fine weekend. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 943 Registered: 05-2005 |
James Boag's premium lager. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 994 Registered: 04-2005 |
Currently drinking a can of Talking Rain sparkling water. Why, you ask? Good question. Especially when the girlfriend just brought home a bottle of Cabernet. Time to switch... | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1207 Registered: 05-2005 |
hhhmm its the middle of the bloody night and I'm working (well if you want to call it that!!) and all you lucky people are drinking alcohol, or contemplating it. My only lubrication tonight has been a can of Irn Bru (Scottish soda, for the benefit of our yankee cousins). Three hours to go till I finish, then its home for probably 4 hours sleep before getting up just before midday. Then its off to see the mighty Glasgow Celtic play Aberdeen, home about 7pm and then, at last, a few cans of Miller. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 947 Registered: 05-2005 |
I love Irn Bru. Great for a hangover. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 997 Registered: 04-2005 |
Miller...Miller beer? You guys drink that? I'm going to have to try an Irn Bru before I die. Love the name. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1208 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yeah Kurt, Millers ok. its pretty cheap over here, I usually buy a case of 24, works out about 2 cans per £. If I'm in a pub I like a nice pint or 12 of Guinness, then like Padraig says the Irn Bru comes in handy the next day. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 39 Registered: 07-2006 |
i love iron bru too...i wish it were more readily available in melborne though. i once bought a couple of bottles of it in lygon st and the flimsy plastic bag broke before i got home and my fizzy goodness was lost forever. currently drinking a whole lot of bombay sapphire. shame about limes being so pricey at the moment... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1044 Registered: 05-2005 |
Padraig I am intrigued int o how Irn Bru is great for hangovers? Does it really work? I suppose it depends how much one has consumed, i don't drinkan awful amount these day haven't for nearly 10 years, so when I do get a hangover its really bad, if ol Irn Bru could help me I'd be eternally grateful! The coulur of irn Bru and the name conjour ,memories of driking it by gallons whilst in my Papa's house in Scotland a s a child, washing down stovies or mince 'n tatties!!! Kurt lets send you a boxload! | ||
| John B. Member Username: John_b Post Number: 65 Registered: 10-2006 |
Is Irn Bru better than a trip to McDonalds? If so, I would like a boxload as well, Monday afternoon delivery please. Our office Christmas Dinner is on Monday night and I fear the worst | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1048 Registered: 05-2005 |
John 2 gaviscon tablets 2 litres of water and a resolve before ye go tae bed ma man! | ||
| John B. Member Username: John_b Post Number: 66 Registered: 10-2006 |
In that case, Spence, I will try to stay sober at the party. I can't drink that amount of water! And I hate hangovers these days. But if I do end up with too much bozze: Does listening to "Fifteen" also help? I have finally ordered my copy, should arrive Monday. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 800 Registered: 03-2005 |
Irn Bru sounds great! I'll have to see if anybody carries it out here. Joe, your poignant story gave me a good laugh. I guess there's no substitute for slapstick. If one of my cars has a case of brake failure (always a distinct possibility) and I somehow lose my mind and forget to do the Fred Flintstone it will end up in the parking lot for Trader Joe's which is down a slight grade at the end of my street. Very convenient. I've never had the nerve to try three buck Chuck; too many wine snob friends. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1050 Registered: 05-2005 |
John apparently the responses which have come very varied say people can relax to it funnily enough! Thanks for ordering it, you didn't have to, I do appreciate it, it means a lot when someone goes out their way to buy my self indugent attempts at music making. The Gaviscon does work coz it stops the acid rising and heading towards your head! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 801 Registered: 03-2005 |
Spence, you're starting to sound like me. Stop it. "15" is a good album. I'm looking forward to the next. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 953 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spence, I'm not sure why Irn Bru helps with hangovers. I just associate it with being in Glasgow. I always get drunk in Glasgow because I'm always with friends I don't see very often. So we go to the Variety on Sauchiehall St, the Victoria bar on Bridgegate Court and sometimes to one whose name I can never remember which is around the corner from the Mother India restaurant. And the next morning I am hungover and drink Irn Bru and take ibuprofen! And a couple of hours later I'm ready for record shopping! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1213 Registered: 05-2005 |
Made In Scotland from girders!! | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1238 Registered: 03-2006 |
Coca Cola Blak - all the coffee is gone  and I'm still in need of a little more caffeine (it takes a lot)...I bought a four pack (or pak) of these to try, and you know, they're not bad... | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 331 Registered: 07-2005 |
Rose Champagne and washed down with a NZ sauvignon. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 328 Registered: 01-2005 |
I support the Traverse City, Michigan area wineries by buying 2-3 bottles a month or so. The 45th parallel runs nearby, and if you follow it across the ocean, it also runs through many of the great wine regions of France. The reds need to improve somewhat, but the whites are very good indeed. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1248 Registered: 03-2006 |
Blue Moon Belgian White Ale...cuz Daddy worked haahd today... | ||
| John B. Member Username: John_b Post Number: 70 Registered: 10-2006 |
Update for Spence I got home at 6 a.m. Tuesday morning from the party - mildly drunk after lots of wine and a few beers on top of it. Took nothing, just slept 4 hours and felt ok when I woke up. Was unable to check the effect of "Fifteen" on myself then because it seems to have disappered somewhere in the Christmas mail frenzy. It has in fact still not arrived. | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 336 Registered: 07-2005 |
I'M ready now for a good drink, see you after the weekend Jerry | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1297 Registered: 03-2006 |
Trader Joe's Winterfest Dark Double Bock Lager (hey, it's after 5!)...yummy... | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 342 Registered: 07-2005 |
PG Tips now in between patients, last night 2 glasses of S.African Pinotage, very palatable, | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1080 Registered: 05-2005 |
John We'll have to have words with Amazon, though tis the season for the student postie to be jolly and lift anything that resembles a CD! I have two pieces of lost mail that only neded to travel 10 miles, both were CD's. Glad you enjoyed ur drink Jerry, how many glasses of wine am I aloud to drink in a sitting? I get lost with all these units. | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 344 Registered: 07-2005 |
Spence- 28 units for an adult male,1 unit is 1 small glass of wine 1 shot of wjiskey/gin and 1/2 pint of usual strength beer. And binging is bad for you. Anyway I don't stick to that, that is I never tott it up from week to week, I guess I drink less than that, as hangovers are really awful the older you get and get maudlin if drunk, but you know some times it is good to do it because you can. Cheers | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1307 Registered: 03-2006 |
Wait a minute, Jerry - as a physician, you say Spence can drink 28 glasses of wine in a sitting?! Holy shit, you Brits drink a lot! | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 198 Registered: 08-2006 |
That's it, I'm moving. I KNEW there was some magical land where my alcohol talents would be celebrated, not derided. I just didn't know it was the UK. Hell, even on a big night, I can't put away 28 "units." Spence, make up the sofa bed! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1084 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cheers Jerry, so 28 units a week? How many glasses in a bottle, about 4 large?. I must admit dont go out often but when I do I drink too much. Uts the excitement. I get slightly depressed nowadays the day after a night out so I have to be careful. Rob you cant I am on the sofa me wife has flu so I am down starirs, the kennel's free though!  | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 508 Registered: 08-2004 |
Brits are notorious boozers, it makes up for our lack of culture. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 199 Registered: 08-2006 |
The kennel's fine, Spence! As a former married man, it won't be the first time I've visited the dog house. Tell you wife I hope she feels better. The flu is no fun. And hey, Jerry, any country that produced Tennyson, Turner, the Gang of Four, Ricky Gervais and the Mini Cooper is all right in my book. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1052 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jerry, so much of the world's greatest culture comes from Britain. And coming from an Irishman that truly is a compliment. For inventing football alone Britain must always be exhalted among nations (yes, I do consider football a part of culture). | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1248 Registered: 05-2005 |
And dont forget Padraig, the worlds greatest football club was formed by an Irishman | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 846 Registered: 03-2005 |
Why am I hearing faint strains of "Ebony & Ivory?" | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 146 Registered: 01-2006 |
Is that Hibernian kevin??!! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1249 Registered: 05-2005 |
Chances are Hibernian were formed by an Irishman XY, however I am referring to the world famous Glasgow Celtic. Hibernian are not even the biggest team in Edinburgh | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 211 Registered: 08-2006 |
Very nice, Randy. For that, you get a shiny new copy of "The Botany Sessions." | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 509 Registered: 08-2004 |
Padraig, I should really have posted smiley after that comment. But I'm really referring to modern Britain. Every night of the week pedestrianised town centres & hospitals are awash with booze casualties. It isn't really the country that's lacking culture, but a fair chunk of the population. I'm no prude, if I go out I'll get hammered. Rob. B, if you came here expecting a drinkathon, I doubt you'd be disappointed. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 510 Registered: 08-2004 |
BTW, this year I've been drinking: Carlsberg, Guinness, Vodka & Coke/Lemonade, Baileys, Scotch, Brandy. Never all on the same night. "You should never mix your drinks." Baileys with a hint of mint chocolate is good for drinking games. Fill 2 pint glasses to equal level, then chug, first to finish wins, repeat until stomach pains develop, or likewise, until you can no longer function. | ||
| John B. Member Username: John_b Post Number: 77 Registered: 10-2006 |
Jerry, I think I have stayed out of drinking games for more than two decades - and seeing your baileys with mint chocolate mix convinces me that I made the right decision. It sounds seriously awful.... Spence: I can drink a lot of wine, but chapeau to your 28 glasses :-) The CD has finally arrived, it was not Amazon's fault but got lost here at work for a week. I like it a lot and so does my wife, who was quite glad that I didn't come home with yet another dose of guitar feedback. I haven't had a chance yet to listen to it properly, but can definitely see why you cite the GoBees or Kings of Convenience. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 147 Registered: 01-2006 |
Kevin I was just messing with you. Hibernian were formed before Celtic though is that right? I read somewhere that before World War I Celtic's biggest rivals were Clyde but after WWI thousands of unemployed British soldiers from the north of Ireland moved to Glasgow and that's when the sectarian aspect of Rangers-Celtic really kicked off. Not to say Glasgow didn't have it's sectarion issues before that. Anyway looking forward to seeing Larsson play for ManU, wish it had been sooner.... I'm going to sink quite a few pints of Guinness tomorrow night as I'm turning 35... | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1252 Registered: 05-2005 |
Many happy returns for tomorrow XY, I thought you were messing but you can never be sure in this interweb thingy. Yep, Hibernian were formed before Celtic. Celtic apparently nicked most of Hibs best players and havent looked back since I think the sectarian issue wasnt helped either when lots of shipworkers from the north of Ireland came to work in the Clyde shipyards in Glasgow | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 148 Registered: 01-2006 |
Thanks Kevin. Looking forward to it as I've a seven month old baby girl now and the draught Guinness has been curtailed!! That's interesting about the Clyde shipyards, seems like the workforce of Harland & Wolf was transported to Clyde! I've seen a great documentary on Celtic on TG4, the Irish language channel.It's got subtitles so accessible for all. Some great footage in it. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1087 Registered: 05-2005 |
MHR XY! John, thanks, glad you like it, ta for buying it. Wife's better now cheers Rob. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 149 Registered: 01-2006 |
Thanks a lot Spence, hope you're enjoying all the Wilco demos and Tweedy stuff... | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 219 Registered: 08-2006 |
Happy b-day, XY. Seven-month-old or no, you deserve that pint. She wouldn't begrudge you that! Spence, glad the wife's up to snuff. Meeting some friends tonight at the local pub. I suspect my poison will be Burning River Pale Ale by the Great Lakes Brewing Company of Cleveland, OH. Just bought out my ex-wife's ownership of my house today, so I'll raise a glass (or six) to poverty, drinking a beer from a city that knows a thing or two about the subject. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1320 Registered: 03-2006 |
Absolut and soda. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 852 Registered: 03-2005 |
In another hour, margaritas and Mexican food. Then I have to man the tiller of that gargantuan Alfa 164 to get myself home. Wish my nimble little Lancia Beta wasn't in the shop getting a new alternator. Ah! But the Alfa has the CD changer and the CD changer has Josef k in it right now! Congrats on the closure Rob. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1064 Registered: 05-2005 |
A nice cup of Barry's tea... but yesterday afternoon and night I had mucho bottles of Hahn Premium (in the Marriot, v expensive) and schooners of VB (in the Greek Cypriot club, v cheap. Don't think they bought that I was a Greek Cypriot but they were happy to serve me anyway. Which was nice). | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1089 Registered: 05-2005 |
Heaven Sent Randy!! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1254 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy remind me, had you heard any Josef K before buying Entomology? Sounds like this album is going down well for you, and I just wondered, if you havent heard them before do you feel like you have stumbled across lost treasure? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 854 Registered: 03-2005 |
Kevin, I had not heard Josef k before. I had not heard OF Josef k prior to Spence talking about them. And, yes, it is a lost treasure. But this is typical for me; I usually find out about people long after the fact, but this is maybe a little longer than usual. Josef k are a great guitar geek band and, well, I'm a guitar geek. I almost never know what chords they are using and I love that. And they unleash their wonderful guitar attack on music clearly inspired by Northern Soul, which I also happen to love. In fact it's Josef k that inspired me to load some Jimmy James & the Vagabonds (Anglo-Caribbean soul, funk & disco from the 60s/70s) into my iTunes library this past week. So Josef k are also impossibly propulsive; a great rhythm BAND. One of the things I really like about "Entomology" is that each listen draws my attention to a different song. So early on I was pulled in by the punk funk of "Drone" and that great bass line. Then it's the amazing arrival of what sound like french horns in "Chance Meeting." Last night it was another song but I don't know the name of it--the problem of listening to something in the car where you don't have access to the packaging. They have such great non-obvious guitar hooks, like on "Fun 'n Frenzy" and again "Chance Meeting." Let's just say that Josef k sound like a group for a music geek and their sound will never be accessible to the casual listener. And that's probably why they didn't get anywhere in the first place; they are a private pleasure. But their shows must have been nirvana for the initiated. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1257 Registered: 05-2005 |
I was 20 when I first heard Josef K's Radio Drill Time. Along with labelmates Orange Juice they were darlings of the weekly music press in the summer of 1980, and I devoured everything that was on the Postcard label from then on. I loved Orange Juice, but always preferred Josef K because they reminded me of a funkier Joy Division. The next 7", Its Kinda Funny, sealed it for me when it came out in the winter of that year. Since then they have always been one of my favourite bands, who knows what they could have achieved if they hadnt split, the legacy they left though is near perfect. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1092 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, if you want a taste of what the K were like live, there's a great CD out live at Valentino's in Edingburgh the month they split, the sound altough from a tape recorder is excellent. I designed the sleeve and CD art for Paul Haig, he released it on his ROL label a few years ago. There's also another gig on the CD too, I think it was Bristol. http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Josef-Live-V alentinos-K/dp/B0000C84MU/sr=8-10/qid=11 66303536/ref=pd_bbs_sr_10/102-4393783-77 48112?ie=UTF8&s=music By the way your descroptiveness is excellent, you hav real canny way of getting things acorss that I admire. Kev, glad '80 wasn't the winter of your discontent mate! | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 189 Registered: 04-2005 |
Bergerac rouge. Found that the French tend to be very loyal to their area and its wine. And even if we are close to Bordeaux it is Bergerac that is 'our' appellation. Randy: 'what sound like french horns in "Chance Meeting.' Actually only Malcolm Ross' wee brother on trumpet! He was then just a school boy and was very chuffed to find that, according to the New Musical Express review 'Josef K have added a horn section for this single'. I played in a couple of bands with Al Ross and we rehearsed in the very bedroom where Josef K had once rehearsed. I saw Josef K live just once, in '81, (Aztec Camera were the support) and to be honest can't remember that much. The shirts were good I think. But Malcolm Ross is an amazing guitarist, and an intense and charismatic performer. The last time I saw him was with Davy Henderson's Nectarine No.9, who are excellent. I used to have a Paul Haig performance of 'Justice' on BBC TV with a ROL line-up with Malcolm and Alan Rankine that was excellent. Paul Haig after Josef K never seemed to be very comfortable with live performances. I once approached him in the street a few days after one of his gigs: after saying that I had seen his gig, he instantly replied 'It wasn't very good, was it?'. But he had a legendary and influential haircut. The hair was GOOD. Myself and a few others frequented a certain barbers-shop, because it was where the great man had his hair cut. Check this for a bizarre Paul Haig/Billy Mackenzie version of 'Amazing Grace' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8JUJ50Xe 4M That whole period of Postcard was a large part of my life as a student in Glasgow and then living in Edinburgh. It seems quite stunning that Josef K are getting so much publicity all this time later. | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 347 Registered: 07-2005 |
Last time I posted I was discussing alcohol. I've been that busy not really kept up with the board for 4-5 days. Now sitting quietly at the computer sipping a nice NZ Sauvignon, Jackson Estate. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 860 Registered: 03-2005 |
Love that story, Andrew! That certainly explains how they could afford such a fancy embellishment. Spence I recognize the cover for the live Josef K set you recommend. I saw it at Amoeba. I'll get it. Meanwhile I ordered "Crazy to Exist," apparently two shows from soundboard recordings before looking at your link. Is that the same thing? | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1114 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jerry, if I form a new group, its going to be called Jackson Estate! Randy, cool, I think you'll like it. Crazy came out originally as a dual cd, called Sorry for Laughing+Rare Live (Century Record - japan). Comprising the SFL unreleased album, plus a Scotish gig from '81. Then LTM retitiled it, dropped SFL and added another gig, apprently a London, gig though Malcolm Ross didn't think it was. Something like that, I can't remember. Anyhow, Crazy is goog, but the real deal is the Live at Valentino's. This was their penultimate gig, their last being at Glasgow Maestro's. It was the last known recording of the group. The sound is great. If you see The Only Fun in Town vinyl get it, just for the sleeve and the phto montage inside. It acyaully makes the band look like theyy existed in the 60's rather than the late 70's early 80's due to its black and whote printing. I always thought they lived in a monochrome world!! The Japanese CD by the way boldly attempted to reprint the lyrics from the inrelease dlabum, thay also had to translate some which had never to this day been seen the light of print, hats off to them, I wouldn't want to translate the lyrics into Japanese! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 338 Registered: 01-2005 |
Rob, I used to go to Cleveland a lot in the 80's up to the early 90's. I saw the flats being reborn on my vendor audits to companies that I used to buy components from. It must have been about 1988 or so that I first visited the Great Lakes Brewing Company. In fact, it was the first micro brewery I had ever been to. Great beer. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 228 Registered: 08-2006 |
Cheers, Michael. Great Lakes was the first micro brewery I ever visited, as well. I went to college in Ohio, and worked in Columbus for a few years afterward. I was a speechwriter for the state treasurer there, and I have a great story about escorting a group of high-ranking Polish finance officials who were studying in our office up to Cleveland to visit the Federal Reserve branch. We ended up at Great Lakes for dinner - this was in, like, '89 - and let's just say there wasn't a lot of beer left at the place when we departed. Man, could those folks drink. A very fond memory. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1349 Registered: 03-2006 |
Mai Tais. I have no idea how to actually make 'em, they're from a mix. All I know is they have a lot of that good dark rum in 'em. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 162 Registered: 01-2006 |
Had some French wine last night followed by a few Bailey's Irish Creams with ice while listening to Tom Waits' Orphans...perfect. There is some great stuff on Disc 2 of this album... Out to dinner on Sat night and that will be washed down with as many pints of Guinness as I can fit in before 12.30am.... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 428 Registered: 01-2005 |
Rob, I haven't been to The Flats in eons. I heard The Watermark closed a few years back. There used to be a great place for ribs called Tangerine Farley's that I was fond off as well. They had these very hot spicy ribs called boobala ribs that I remember quiet well! Great hot sauce, but the ribs weren't as tender as The Montgomery Ribs from Cincinnati. The Velvet Underground loved tour stopping at a place in the Flats called Pirates Cove, I believe it was called. The Flats in the late 60's, I wonder what it was like? | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1473 Registered: 03-2006 |
Mmmm, ribs... I've no idea what "boobala ribs" are, but I want some! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 429 Registered: 01-2005 |
LK, Obviously they made an impresion on me if I can remember what they were called 20 some years after I last had them. A firey hot sauce made them boobala ribs! I still have some matchbooks from Tangerine Farley's which I am saving for a special occasion. I'll break them out and light a fire with them on a beach somewhere along Lake Michigan, and watch the sun go down with some good friends and a lot of good wine! | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 288 Registered: 01-2006 |
lots of poitin last night, made from potatoes...illegal but lovely... | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 120 Registered: 01-2007 |
Last night Bollinger Special Cru ,no celebration but for being alove nad healthy!! isn't that the best reason, just bought a NZ Pinot gris and a Blind River Sauvignon! and at the moment a nice cup of tea contemplating gonig home | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 122 Registered: 01-2007 |
Several pints of Theakstons, preceded by the Blind River ( lovely) |