December 2010
32 posts
My Friends As Booze #07: The Jesse Lee
- Drink a whiskey drink
- Drink a vodka drink
- Drink a larger drink
- Drink a cider drink
Get knocked down. Get up again. Never get kept down.
My Friends As Booze #06: The Sarah Claspell
1 40oz bottle of Colt 45
10oz orange juice
7 puppies
Drink Colt 45 down to the label. Fill with orange juice. Recap and turn bottle upside down. Have a dance party with 7 puppies.
My Friends As Booze #05: The Zed Cutsinger
2 shots Aftershock
1 shot Goldschlager
1 8oz can Sugar Free Red Bull
Mix ingredients in a small McDonald’s fountain soda cup. Cover and insert straw. Drink while walking down the street pretending you are just drinking a McDonald’s soda.
My Friends As Booze #04: The Adam Bozarth
4oz ice
3oz vanilla vodka
8oz Mug Root Beer
Mix ingredients in a glass. Add scoop of vanilla ice cream. Watch British comedies.
My Friends As Booze #03: The Brian Craine
Pour 8 parts tap water into a recycled jelly jar. Serve room temperature.
My Friends As Booze #02: The Lauren Conlin Adams
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
4 limes (halved and seeded)
3oz cachaca
Sprinkle the sugar over the limes, muddle them in the mixing glass until the sugar is dissolved and the lime juice is released. Pour an old-fashioned glassful of cracked ice into the mixing glass, add the cachaça, and shake. Discuss dinner plans.
My Friends As Booze #01: The Josh Patten
Fill old fashioned glass with ice
Fill 1/2 way with Sweet Tea infused vodka
Top off with Newman’s lemonade
Add lemon wedge
Enjoy over a Mary Worth comic
(I have no idea if my friends would ever order their drink. This is all speculation.)
The 10 Best Films I Saw This Year
I’m no critic but I do see a shitload of movies. Plus, I’m a nerd who thinks year-end lists are fun. (Glidewell’s painstaking 100 Singles of the Year is always a highlight.) Halfway through 2010 I was ready to call it a pretty awful year for film but, luckily, it ended strong. Four of my Top 10 came out in December. Counting down:
10. The Town - I didn’t love The...
Lil Wayne - "6'7" →
brianglidewell:
First single from Tha Carter IV. Weezy’s back and totally on point.
As Scollins noted, Wayne sounds EXACTLY like Donald Glover on this track. To the point where I think Weezy’s just hiring Glover to ghost rap his tracks for him now.
This is a great track and it samples The Banana Boat Song!
Elephant 6 is doing another Holiday Surprise Tour →
brianglidewell:
In the spring for some reason.
Locally: Knitting Factory 3/22 and Le Poisson Rouge 3/23
I’m going to the latter.
Ticket to 3/23 show purchased!
Watchiamachilles:
New teaser trailer for Batman: Arkham City, the video game.
Color me teased.
I bought a PS3 but don’t own any games! I might make this the first one! Someone teach me how to play!!!
Boss orders female staff to wear red bracelets... →
Before you go all crazy this is in Norway where people are nutso. And the reason is to explain why they are using the bathroom more often. So it’s about productivity. Also, I presume, to protect the office from wild animals.
Amy Sedaris Workshop at SpaceCraft Brooklyn -... →
To be clear it’s a crafts workshop. But it’s only $10 and comes with free beer and wine!
See Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson while you still... →
brianglidewell:
It was probably the best Broadway show I’ve ever seen.
This show is fantastic and closing on Jan 2! See it if you can!