Bacon-Infused Booze.
Its been too long since I brought the benighted masses a new cocktail recipe. Given the number of enthusiastic carnivores here (sorry, Old Man and SP, this one won’t work for you), I thought Bacon-Infused Booze would be of interest. You can also do this with rye, bourbon or other whiskies, or even theoretically Scotch, I suppose. Since infusing your booze with bacon adds a smoky flavor, I can’t see it being very good with clear liquors, rum, or others that aren’t already smoke-friendly, but who knows? Scotch typically already has plenty of smoke, so I can’t see infusing bacon into Scotch really adding much, but I haven’t tried it.
Technically, infusing bacon into your booze is “fat-washing”, and it is dead easy. You will need bacon, booze, a container, and a freezer. Based on my experience, the smokier the bacon, the better. Because of the (very) wide variation in bacon, the proportions are also variable. You may have to make multiple batches to land on the right recipe for you. Darn it.
(1) Pour your booze into a container (we’re using home barrel-aged Bulleit rye). We’ve been doing half a fifth (call it 13 ounces) at a time as we experiment, so a pint mason jar works just fine. The wider the mouth, the better, so a tupperware container is also a good choice.
(2) Cook the bacon. I find cooking it to quite crispy in a frying pan works a little better in terms of flavor getting transferred to the booze. Keep the cooked bacon, as it makes a dandy garnish. I’ve had candied bacon as a garnish in fancier bars, so if that’s your bag, go for it.
(3) Measure ½ – 1 ounce of warm bacon grease for 13 ounces of booze, and pour into your booze. Stir or whisk vigorously to break up and distribute the grease.
(4) Place in freezer, and leave for at least 12 hours. I don’t think there’s any benefit to leaving it more than 24 hours. The bacon grease will congeal into a nice, hard mass.
(5) Remove as much of the fat as you can with a slotted spoon or similar. This is where the wide-mouthed container comes in handy. Pour the booze through cheesecloth or a coffee filter to get out rest out. Do this while the booze is still ice-cold so the filter catches the hard fat bits. The end result should not have any slick of fat left on the top, or at worst a very minimal amount.
Don’t expect a pronounced bacon flavor, but you should get some smoke and flavor, and a definite smoother/richer feel.
An Old-Fashioned.
Now you’ve got your Bacon Booze. But you don’t have a cocktail yet. May I suggest an Old-Fashioned? Mrs. Dean’s current go-to Old Fashioned is as follows:
3 oz. Bacon Booze.
1/3 oz Maple Syrup (I’m liking the darker Grade B, which has more maple flavor). As ever, adjust the proportions to your taste.
6 dashes Angostura bitters.
3 dashes Peychaud bitters.
3 dashes Fee Bros. Aztec Chocolate bitters.
Shake over ice (remember, a proper shake is 10 – 15 seconds), pour over rocks. Or straight up. Your call. Garnish with bacon. Or not. But if not, why not?
The bacony booze and maple syrup are a natural. The bitters combo, which I got from a bartender, blends very nicely and add real depth to a drink which is already pretty damn interesting. Of course, you can use whatever your preference for bitters is.
The Gift of Ice.
Because it’s the holidays, one’s mind naturally turns to gifts (either given or received). Top-tier cocktailing requires top-tier ice, and I believe I have located the best home ice maker on offer. Its pricey, but it makes glass-clear ice in a number of shapes. We have the Wintersmiths Phantom Ice Maker. They make a couple of smaller ones, as well, and a number of different molds for different shapes of ice. We have the molds for large spheres (ideal for rocks glasses) and Collins “spears” (long rectangular ice “cubes”, good for tall cold ones). They also have large cubes, and small cubes and spheres (not in stock at the moment).
Downsides:
- Cost (not your problem if you can convince somebody to stuff your stocking with it).
- Size: It takes some room in the freezer, no question.
- Time: 24 hours for a batch of ice.
Upsides: Perfectly clear ice, that melts slower, dilutes your drink less, and looks uber-classy.
Comments
384 responses to “Bacon Booze, an Old-Fashioned, and a Gift Suggestion”
Bacon!
And first, bitches.
This is worth trying. And I’ll use homemade bacon.
Homemade bacon! Wow, sooo good
I’m assuming you mean 1-2T bacon grease, or were you weighing it out?
Measuring in a shot glass. Of course.
Maple syrup?!?!?!
I demand a keto version!
Like so many holiday desserts and birthday cakes- I guess we cant participate
?
I’m gonna make keto chocolate chip muffins this weekened. We’re definately back into muffin season.
Lily’s chips rock.
I bought some low-carb bread last weekend; a brand called Sola®.
As it happens, it’s exactly how John Pinette describes it.
Wait- I meant THIS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3bv6-b4ioc&
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/cLw4bJbSRH2qVJCi_L1-og.uNkD4BA4jQn53Vj32mWAU4
Blueberry keto muffins from last season. Perfection.
I don’t do low carb “bread”. I’ve tried low carb wraps and they’re passable. Foldits and LaTortilla factory are ok.
Here I get X-treme Wellness. They’re like 6g carbs (net).
That bread may work for toast, but like Pinette says, “it was a tile on the space shuttle”. It was like $5 a loaf, so Im going to find a use for it.
I think your pancreas can stand 1/3 oz. of maple syrup.
Hell yeah it does.
I remember the first time I got frou-frou ice in a Cuba libre at Jaleo. It was a friggin 4″ cube of ice that almost filled the glass by itself. Looked awesome too. I remember the drink had cinnamon I wasn’t expecting, but my date put her hand on my thigh at that point and I can’t tell you anything else about that drink.
a friggin 4″ cube of ice
I have about 4 of these ice cube trays. Hard to go back to regular trays.
I’ve got two of these.
https://www.amazon.com/Jalousie-Silicone-square-sphere-Two-Pack/dp/B07T4TT8K2/ref=sr_1_30?crid=188HI4D9LDQ9V&keywords=round+ice+cube+mold&qid=1575596763&s=home-garden&sprefix=round+ice+cube%2Cgarden%2C795&sr=1-30
Also, I am told you can make your ice clear by boiling, then re-boiling your water first.
The website says that’s a myth
. . . my date put her hand on my thigh at that point and I can’t tell you anything else about that drink.
I’m no longer interested in the drink, but I’m listening.
I want to do naughty things to your avatar.
*makes cut it sign*
I think that’s his wife.
Nope. Just a friend. Good model and nice lady, too.
Could you pan down, then?
I could, but that’d cost extra. 8^>
Avatar change. Now it’s her older sister. Lovely ladies in that family.
*whips out wallet*
Let’s go, boyo!
Let’s go, boyo!
Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Is it possible that they posed together, mebbe wearing skimpy lingerie and laughing coquettishly?” To tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I’ve sorta lost track myself. But considering that the two of them along with the third, blonde, sister would probably spike your blood pressure and blow your head clean off, you gotta ask yourself the following question: do I feel lucky?”
Well? DO YA, GLIB?
Well? DO YA, GLIB?
*fans cash*
Yep.
Yeah, see the song I posted below.
On topic:
I had a truly great cocktail last night, here
Sort of a variant on a Toronto
I like your Old Fashioned recipe, RC. Conventional ones don’t have enough bitters imho.
The other day I bought some ginger infused bitters. Will report back.
RE: bacon
Mark your calendars, PA baconfest 2020 – Nov. 7th & 8th.
Easton, PA and surprisingly great. 2019 was my first year going, but I’ll be going back
I haven’t even bought a 2020 calendar yet. Remind me in September.
That sounds great, remind me in January and I will put it on my calendar
Hey Straffinrun, just want to say I’m really enjoying the challenge. I have embraced the 45 minute aspect. It means I only have about 10 minutes to sketch the outline, but it’s pushing me to ‘draw’ with the paint and it prevents me from over thinking. I still think everything is terrible, but it’s not wasted. Hopefully, when I redo the painting of my Dad fishing it will actually look like my Dad and the mood will be more like the photo.
I’m learning lots about working with colors, so thanks.
Art is gay.
And?
Art.
I’m not clicking. I’m not new here
If you’ve been here long enough, you’d embrace the challenge.
Tulip has just been outed as a homophobe.
You’re not going to taunt me into clicking
Bah. Honestly, it’s much less gay tha any K-pop boy band member. Though less well groomed.
Early today, I was discussing with TPTB that how can these Koreans freak out about this American metrosexual guy when there is a dude wearing a pink fuzzy sweater and a collar bow and no one isn’t saying shit about that.
WTF, Korea? Beam, mote, etc.
Guess you never saw the classic ‘guy with fish’ cartoon ?
I’d hit it.
Srsly? With that hair and those eyebrows?
It must be the pseudo-goatee.
Enh, I’m not very picky any more.
Fair point.
** HEAVY SIGH **
Yeah, me neither.
I’m drunk enough to say: thank you for sticking around through the yokel invasion that drove away Gilmore and Warty, et. al.
Wha?
Dude said he was drunk. You never gave a drunk “YOUR THE BEST, MANG!”?
I don’t recall.
True. And yet I distinguish between mouse genera.
You’re welcome.
Warty still lurks, though. I’m not sure what happened to Gilmore.
I thought Gilmore said he had to leave do to a new job. Something about it being too sensitive to continue posting here. Could be misremembering, I do get high often.
Come on. Who else would have him?
*ducks*
That’s fair.
Hey I’m still here and I don’t get a thank you.
Fuck you I’m out.
Yeah, but you don’t noticeably bristle when salt of the earth types comment.
*Makes note to bristle at salt of the Earth types*
Fuck you for beating me to the comment!
I’ll try harder to offend Leon.
Damn salt of the earth!
I miss the female fashion insight.
I mean male.
That’s what my dad thought.
Thus, he wasted his extraordinary talent and desire to create art.
Bacon booze?! Hog wash!
*polite applause*
I’ve got to admit, every time I see your handle I think of JsubD.
Well I am not sub the D. It’s very much a part of me.
Everyone raise a glass.
Do it, motherfuckers.
?
*buurrrppp* Glass raised and drained.
*raises glass, empties contents into mouth from raised position*
Are we all unemployed?
Hello from BHC!!!
Big Horny Chicks?
Congrats, Yusef!
Enough about my Wife, Bull Head City!!!!!
HEY YUFUS !
Sup Tres!
Well technically it is in Arizona so……
Howdy!
Yes. All of you. Hello!
I work too hard for your bull, Yusef.
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I think I just talked myself into my first job as a lathe machinist. The job involves a 9ft block of styrofoam. Whoot!
That would be fun, wear a respirator,
Styrofoam is bad. I’m gonna heat treat it with an iron!
I’ve made stuff out of nylon but never styrofoam. The best stuff was Ti. It makes little wiry steel wool and then, every once in a while, it ignites and looks like fireworks. Very distracting. Cuts easy enough, though.
Instant snowstorm.
Seasons Greetings!
Can’t you cut/mold with a hot rod/knife? And a little bit of heat gun for smoothing over?
Newsletter. Now, postage paid.
hot knife
You could also use a hot glue gun without glue.
Be a little more strategic than this.
If you need to cut foam as in what’s used in upholstery, use an electric kitchen knife.
Still nasty vapors and dust, you can’t escape it. My workshops look like snowfields at times…
I haven’t melted styrofoam indoors. I leave that for campfires. I can’t imagine how much vapor that might put out.
Respirators are pretty much constant for everything now. Like safety glasses.
My dad sculpted his model train scenery with styrofoam and a soldering iron. The smell is a significant memory
That’s totally cool. I make a lot of parts on my lathe. I find machining to be somewhat meditative. At least, it’s one of those activities that requires so much concentration that you forget about all of the things that stress you out until you’re done.
That’s what the terrains are all about, the Zen of creation,
Ditto that. When things are going right, machining is a joy, and if things go wrong, it’s just another puzzle to solve.
You had me at lathe machinist. You lost me at styrofoam.
I kid. What are you turning it into? The only non-metal material I’ve turned is nylon 66, which seems to enjoy making angel hair pasta strands that wrap themselves around the work and the chuck, but the finished results are nice. I second Yusef’s comment RE the respirator.
A 9 foot tall egg. That explodes. Without killing anybody. Hence styrofoam.
I like working with Delrin/acetal. Machines and drills nicely.
How many machining-inclined people do we have here, anyway? I didn’t know you 3 were in the cool club.
I don’t know about machining-inclined, but definitely machining-adjacent.
I’ll accept it. What’s your connection?
BSME with a unimat here
I moved into this house 15 months ago, and the overwhelming majority of my naturalist experience is from living in states south of the Mason-Dixon line.
I just saw two mice running around in my back yard. I’ve never seen mice out in the open (snow-covered lawn) before, and it doesn’t make any sense to me that a tiny animal with a thin coat could tolerate winter here. Chipmunks who are bigger and have more fur hibernate now for Bob’s sake. WTF is going on? Also, these seemed to be Mus Musculus rather than Peromyscus maniculatus and I’ve never seen any signs of mice inside. And I keep a clean house.
Life finds a way.
Needs more “uh”s
Get a kitty.
I have four of them that visit my back yard. One is friendly. The other three are bastards, and since they don’t entertain me as much as “my” birds and rodents do, I chase them off.
Everything on my land needs to earn their keep.
Are you sure the cats aren’t hunting? They might be bastards, but they might also be hungry bastards.
If they were hungry, they’d recognize me as a soft touch for food. And I don’t want them hunting my critters! No poaching on the King’s land!
I have one, and I still have mice
Lol. I see mice tracks in the snow all the time. Tough little fuckers.
Mice are cute. Rats are disgusting.
Discuss.
Might have ‘splosives on your ass for that. She had pet rats she loved dearly.
They are a lot smarter than mice.
This, they are very smart for rodents, fun to watch on mazes and things around your house
Disagree. You can teach a rat to wear a vest and sit on your shoulder and all sorts of easy young women will flock to you wanting to pet something.
I’d like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Ratboy
Rathouse
Sq-oui-k
Cagney agrees that they’re dirty.
But what did Lacey have to say?
D-con, ftw.
Hantavirus says otherwise.
False.
Mice are pernicious fuckers. If there’s any cracks/crevices, like down to 1/4″, they will be get in. Warm air drafts or food/cooking odors are like catnip.
This is my favorite They Might Be Giants song.
*flashbacks to when kids were little*
*tears hair out*
Goddamn you.
Also, this is the best TMBG song, since it is a correction to an earlier song (albeit one they didn’t write). That’s quality nerdery.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
There are a number of candidates but I appreciate the brevity of this one.
TMBG ?
*ahem*
*ahem*, indeed.
No, it’s THIS ONE!
The title alone made me laugh.
“This is my favorite They Might Be Giants song.”
I thought that this is one that you might hold in higher esteem.
Unrelated: The video that you posted days ago in a response to a comment I made on Glibertarians was the very one that I remembered you posting regarding “HR Bait”.
Well we do have the highest quality nerds around here, so.,.
Update: I have made it though 12 minutes of S01E01 of “The Umbrella Academy”. They’re still showing titles.
I am bad at multitasking.
I read that as “They’re still showing titties” and I was intrigued.
I haven’t got there yet.
Ellen Page is featured, so I’m not optimistic.
Hey Wikipedia: this is no way representative of what Ellen Page looks like
I find Ellen page very attractive. I know, gay, but it wasn’t like she was beating down my door.
Watching here rape Rainn Wilson in Super was one of the most awkward things ever filmed.
I have not seen that film. I liked her in hard candy and Juno.
Junk really nailed the accents
Aargh, Juno
Just because: a jam
Lyrics NSFanything
Thanks RC Dean, I’ll have to give this a try
This time of year, I like going to the garage to grab a cold beverage.
It puts me in a deeper shade of soul.
Perfect.
G.Love makes me yearn for summer, tho.
One of my faves.
Home.
Y’all like coffee
Yeah, but its that time of year that the garage is cold, and I don’t need to keep beer in the fridge. So when I march out there I’m humming that in my head.
“I like cold beverages, I like cold beverages….uh-huh!”
As one Gen-X child to another, I raise my beverage to you.
Man, this Biden-rage thing is the gift that keeps on giving.
We need to skip the primaries and go straight to the Biden-Trump debates….it would be so epic!
Yes! That would be awesome!
artist’s rendering of the Biden-Trump debates
The shooter at Pearl Harbor used a service issued pistol and ammo. He had been counselled the day before and decided while being the topside watch to shoot random strangers and then himself. You can’t get more of an inside threat.
Today I had to enter PH and my usual base for work. Four guards on duty instead of the smaller usual number, long arms instead of sidearms, and extra checks of ID’s. Traffic was backing up into major roads. In other words, the stereotypical government response to an incident.
It sounds useless. What, if anything, should be done the following day?
Nothing. It’s a fucking anomaly.
Well, maybe not nothing. You could arm everyone on base.
They do the same shit at my work. Massive overreaction, to the point of absurdity. Continue until the sting fades. Then, it’s back to the complacency that allowed it in the first place. Your tax dollars at work avoidance.
Or it doesn’t. A teenager in NYC does not know that there used to be a time when you could travel around the city without a fucking cop stopping you randomly to paw through your shit.
Too much too late and for the last war?
SOP
a) Something must be done
b) Eeryone must see that Domrthing is being done.
That the Something be useful is besides the point.
The TSA is this writ large.
The shooter at Pearl Harbor used a service issued pistol and ammo.
long arms instead of sidearm
So…. instead of 25M popups, let’s try the KD range for workplace shooting! Next, let’s break out the crew served weapons. And put the fuck up behind the trigger.
I’m watching Chicago manhandle Dallas. Will Jerry Jones fire Jason Garrett on the flight home or wait for tomorrow?
#HasJasonLandedYet
I hope he keeps him on till the end of the season. Maybe the Cowboys will drop out of the playoffs then. As a lifetime Packers fan few things warm my heart more than a Dallas loss.
This week my second favorite team is Chicago. Next week it’ll be whomever is playing the Cowboys.
You misspelled “Vikings”…
Hey Guys, We need to talk about “Hey Guys”
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-problem-with-hey-guys?utm_source=pocket-newtab
I use “hey bitches” instead.
Yoyo mother fuckers
“Oi, you twats!” for me.
Too much limey entertainment in my formative years.
I mean…this is technically more accurate.
Listen up, you cunts!
Cuntes.
Get bent.
Whoores!
I’ll go back to my previous habit of “listen here, you little fucks” then. That’s better, right?
Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up!
Let it go. You don’t have to squeeze the joy out of everything.
All of you are wrong, badly wrong. The best TMBG song is obviously Ana Ng. If you disagree, you’re objectively wrong, and should be beaten with a belt. Birdhouse in Your Soul would be acceptable, if also wrong.
Those are lovely songs, but don’t involve physics in any way, so you are wrong.
Nor does it have existential astronomy.
Good gawd–how can so many supposed glibs be so wrong about ‘TBTMBG’??
*drops gloves, extremely reluctantly.
And really, besides the fucked up trailing asterisk, Birdhouse In Your Soul is a fucking perfect song.
Perfect.
They are great songwriters. One favorite.
Another. This one was great on LSD.
You like it because it sounds like an XTC song.
It’s really super. https://youtu.be/itGiER9KHHY
Lol.
Omnibus, take all of us
All of us, take Omnibus
You are 100% correct.
Nice. The first I remember from them.
Yep. Hard to pick their best.
Those are great but they suffer from the overexposure effect.
Everybody Knows
https://youtu.be/okqs1nhPdCo
Everybody hurts
https://youtu.be/5rOiW_xY-kc
Everybody Thinks I’m a Raincloud.
Everybody’s Talkin’ https://youtu.be/2AzEY6ZqkuE
Everybody wants you!
I only hurt when I listen to REM.
Goddammit, I knew that was incoming.
Blame egould.
I’m sorry somehow. https://youtu.be/SjZWJoNYpHI
Wow.
Solid Canucks.
I’m at a bar in Edmonton. I’m listening to conversations. The accents are hilarious, eh?
Sure, but I’d move to Alberta on a heartbeat.
Awesome place full of excellent human beings.
Maybe it’s unique to this bar, but common themes of conversation seems to be San Diego, dogs, aunts and uncles.
More Canucks https://youtu.be/7fmWObUfQhc
I like that!
But since these Canucks were my first real concert…
I’m gonna give them the first place prize.
I love YT sometimes.
This was recorded within a few days of me seeing them.
I was in the front row. Guitarist tossed me a pick I kept for years.
I like
I like this one.
Then you might like this one, too.
Hell yeahh! Lots of Les Paul’s in there.
Here is a Canuck playing a sweet Les Paul Junior. https://youtu.be/Ez3iGG51MiA
Fun fact, the singer is married to Jessica Paré. Woof!
And
Goddamit. Of course.
Canadians playing ?
Nice.
Doughboys added to Spotify!
More Canucki genius.
Goddamittt!!! Canuks playing L/Ps?
Magic!
Just rediscovered this one!
Canadians jamming an SG. And they really hate Ronal Reagan.
https://youtu.be/GXVJVBC72so
Lol.
Was just gonna link it.
Fuck, why not?
I’m embarrassed that I didn’t know DOA were Canadian.
I still like the SGs 😉
I’m with you Mo.
It’s just a game.
What I love about this thread is that no one linked Geddy’s band.
I feel like we are maturing!
One more Canadian genius!
Canadian Geniuser.
One of my favorite songs of all time. (Yeah, so it’s not rock.)
Canadian geniuses.
*hangs head sad*
Screw Tundra. You want to go back in time with Canadian bands. Here you go.
https://youtu.be/EYYdQB0mkEU
I got to the party late, and with my shitty HughesNet, it would take my until tomorrow morning to click all the links, so I’ll just assume nobody has linked these Kickass Canucks yet.
Also, Rush sucks.
The best Canadian artist/band you’ve never heard of.
Not in this subdivision.
I’m tired of you NoDak, slow internet wielding, Canadian lovers overlooking the Welsh.
https://youtu.be/54H3EUAzpVg
That kicked ass (even though the bass-playing, effeminate, high-pitched and nasaly-voiced, lead singer reminded me of someone else)
The name of the song reminded me of another obviously-better-than-Metallica linked band.
Oh criminy, we’re doing Welsh now?
Sorry if anyone vaguely resembling Geddy Lee triggers you.
I left a little something you’ll like a few comments down.
I just finished listening to it. Excellent. ?????
Welsh music
Everybody Wants Some
https://youtu.be/nugsS17ufbg
I want some, too!
Thank you for saving me the effort.
That’s the better version.
I was sure that was going to be this.
Never the obvious.
EDG always takes us to cool places.
… (with Jane Wiedlin)
I’ll be in my bunk.
C’mon Everybody!
I’m not like everybody else https://youtu.be/mmb7TU0OrOI
Well, everybody wants you.
Everybody get together!
Merry Xmas everybody!
Everybody knows.
Thank you for not linking to the Leonard Cohen song as sung by him. Which I will not link. (You’re welcome.)
Everybody wants to you know what (as you’ve never heard it before.)
I got that vid rolling and immediately switched to another tab. Immediately, I was like, “That’s a hammered dulcimer.”
Pretty amazing, eh what? That’s one instrument I’ve been tempted to try to learn (since I’ve pretty much given up on ever really getting anywhere on guitar.) We’ve met this guy & heard him play several times – great guy, and everything he plays is mesmerizing to me.
Fell in love with hammered dulcimer around Christmas time at Silver Dollar City (hi, Vanessa!).
I gotta get to bed. I hope all is going as well as possible! Nighty night!
Always running off, not viewing goatees.
‘Night, ma’am.
Well, I can’t view goatees until someone shows a goatee, now can I?
NN, Digs!
So, a bacon and hooch post becomes a music discussion…
OK, “discussion’, in a rather loose fashion.
/These are the voyages of the website Glibertarians
Nighty night, Diggy!
Mo music.
https://youtu.be/1PJOHbzQwGw
The aerialists are one of the coolest concert gimmicks I’ve ever seen.
Easy on the eyes, sure. That said, Tommy (the ass-hole) and his various floating/rotating/gyrating kits were a much more thrilling feat (to me).
Crue live is -almost- always a let down to me. Three members of the band kick ass and one always seems like he’s half-assing it.
I don’t wanna name names, but let’s just say that tickets should be discounted equal to the percentage of lyrics that the fans are expected to sing themselves.
ugh i hate that
I know it’s heretical but honestly I’m not a huge fan of live music and that is one reason why. Not to say I haven’t seen some great concerts but I’ve been disappointed so many times.
Yeah, I’m with ya’. There are very few bands I like live. To like live music -generally speaking- I think you either need to be a super-fan, or you had to actually have been there.
Caveat: there are bands that actually sound as good, if not better, live. The Kinks come to mind. AC/DC (but I’m a super-fan so my opinion there is skewed).
Also; mood. Sometimes I’m in the mood to listen to some live tracks, other times I just want to hear the song the exact same way I heard it the previous 1000 times.
Oh, my disgust of groups of people, and people in general (not any of you…of course) removes any desire for just about an concert.
Flight of the Conchords is about the only exception, as it isn’t a concert so much as a comedy show.
Still–‘people’. Pass.
Agree on the super-fan bit – I’ve been to a couple of those, and have the ribbing of friends watching me geek out to it to remember it by.
Also, I can think of at least one band that specialize(d) in being live: Tangerine Dream. I am a super-fan but their best work was a bit before my time. Some of their best music was never (officially) recorded.
Squee!
Saw them live several times in the 70s. They actually came to the front of the stage, where we were first row seats at Pine Knob. I’ve shaken hands with Edgar, Chris, and
Peter Baumann.
One of my greatest disappointments (brace yourself, Chafed) was Ozzy. All fucking concert he kept ordering us to clap and make noise. Just sing the fucking songs! If you do that well, like I paid you to do, I’ll clap and make noise!!!
Name names. Sheesh. Not like they’re lurking here or anything.
(But if you mean Mick, booooooooooo. Dude’s 85% dead.)
Haha. OK, it rhymes with Minced Steel.
I’ll leave you with a Swedish meatball.
https://youtu.be/mbgv587ooNM
Place in freezer, and leave for at least 12 hours. I don’t think there’s any benefit to leaving it more than 24 hours. The bacon grease will congeal into a nice, hard mass. – I’ll have you know the very best malts are non chill filtered
Good morning glibs, if any of you are still around
Also that is way to many dashes of bitter
You start your day your way and I’ll start mine my way.
that way lies anarchy
I was afraid to say it.
Tonight’s Xmas song, something for the Snowflakes.
Allow me to throw in something from the Die Hard soundtrack…
Gotta do the video!
https://youtu.be/E7bPhZEDVns
One in my Christmas playlist.
I am listening to the playlist from one of my books while I work. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPgKFewSWn-xgObwntwNL6zPDxbQi0EeE
Nice. If I could sing like anybody, Seal would top my list with Chris Cornell.
You and me, both, straff.
Unfortunately we can both sing like him now. 🙁
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mQzTlFH4k2Y
I so want to make a Marcel Marceau joke, but, ya know….Chris.
Seal isn’t doing much better. Latest
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/r-kelly-bribery-charge-fake-id-aaliyah
I see he had some documents in Detroit.
Detroit. ::shudders::
One thing I always wanted to hear was a Paul Rodgers/Chris Cornell duet. Two of the greatest voices ever in R&R working together would have been epic.
Maybe. They might make bad company.
Dragula = excellent choice in music!
The romantic couple that playlist goes along with has sex to the “Immigrant Song,” so, you know, they’re a bit on the rough side.
Please don’t give Diggy ideas, now.
No, I have the ideas. You read them. Stay in your lane, Reader. I can’t do my job if you don’t do yours.
Yes’m… ?
Oh don’t be all frowny. Reading is fun!
You’d frown too, if you were scolded for doing the wrong job! Or thinking about it.
IOW, wrongthink.
Also, there are those who count on me to have some good ideas. I just try to not share them around here…
?
Ads that make you do a double take.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ELCsyAkXUAAu3tn?format=jpg&name=large
Pedophilia should cause a normal person to do a double take.
Not at all like the old-style paedos
It was old-style paedoing…
In that ad? Oooh–I got a very ’21st Century New-Wave’ vibe from it. Then again, I only looked once, and didn’t study it too much, because I’m sane.
So, maybe?
And HM only thinks art is gay because of the material he uses.
Had a long drunken talk with little not brother tonight about making good choices, we’ll see if it sticks. Also, Brandy is needed for an Old Fashioned, you Philistine!
Ahhh…the Snifter State.
Snifter, I done drunkher!
::polite applause::
There’s a merch idea: Biden snifters.
My Lord, but straff is THE Idea man. I’d buy one one those, for shits ‘n’ gigs.
Snifters aren’t a merch choice one either cafepress or redbuble.
But, you could create a shirt with a pic of Biden sniffing a lady’s hair, and put some text under said pic..
“Biden Snifter” Or, your version of the joke.
Brandy, you’re a fine drink!
Brady.
Daggummit, Brandy.
https://youtu.be/Uj9cDsEOJEI
Brandy in an Old Fashioned. SMDH You Sconnies really are fucked up.
that is thoroughly disgusting
I don’t care for it, but who are to deny my heritage, shitlord?!
because not all cultures are equal and yours sucks?
I think this calls for a sconnie vs Romanian drink off, 30 pack of Red Dog at dawn!
bottle of Țuică at sunset
I never drink anything I can’t pronounce, but it’s on! And you’re buying!
At under 10$ a liter, I can afford it
A liter? that’s less than a gallon, right? Then I”l drink that.
Yes. I generally like the softer stuff, 28 to 32 % alcohol, not the 40 to 45 %
Hey!
Being unique isn’t always a virtue.
Look at the little bitch, scared of some foul tasting alcohol! It’s alcohol, drink it you sissy!
If I wanted to drink foul tasting alcohol, I’d drink Spotted Cow!
Turkey is foul.
Yeah, craft beers are shit. Red Dog4Life!
Dark at before 5 pm. Don’t like it.
(((GLOBAL WARMING)))?
Wait…isn’t it getting cooler now?
Darker = cooler (as the Caucasians all know).
[Insert Joke] *finally falls asleep and leaves digby alone on the (((dark)))web* *not sure if I’m using the ((())) right, I’m not racist kike you.
the ‘kike’ was a typo for ‘like’, but gosh darn it makes the joke funnier, even though it will probably get me burned at the stake.
So, you’re saying I’m one the Chosen, now? Do you have that kind of ‘pull’–don’t answer that…
Everyone around these parts doing OK?
Since my window into the lives of other glibs is so limited, I feel like I’m possibly missing out on important news.
I’m not current
Evan got his skull back and is rotating back in a month: doing okay.
Is it Festus who went quiet and is dealing with something? I haven’t heard in around three weeks.
Yeah–got sick and is recovering, as I understand. Last I saw, he didn’t have much energy for full-on glib conversations.
Not familiar, so this doesn’t quite register with me.
E from E got run over while vesping around Bangkok or some place
woke up with a hole in his head and no memory of the accident; gf is managing him through
they got the pieces out of the freezer and patched his skull back weeks later
he walks well but has some complications and the obvious professional/financial setback
Good Lord! I guess I caught the very periphery of him talking about it, but never heard what “it” was. That is horrifying stuff.
Whoa…
Holy cats, I had no idea!
Good luck and Godspeed to Evan. What an ordeal!!
Define OK
Tylenol PM is kicking in and I’m doing the church nod. Ciao!
Another one down for the night! Sheesh….
And another one IP! Just got perky after an early evening retreat last night.
Up not IP! Stoopid fingers…
https://www.wfmz.com/news/police-patron-angered-by-ketchup-pulls-gun-at-mcdonald-s/article_132f72c3-293d-5bac-9881-48b7ca3ce7f1.html
I agree that ketchup/catsup is poison that will render a human foul sick if ingested. The gun-play is a bit much though.
I went to a British pub for late lunch/dinner yesterday and got fish and chips. They were legit.
The short British lady who owns the joint was around and interacting with her main bartenders before scurrying off. Quite charming.
Crown and Anchor, Monterey.
And yes I used ketchup on my chips.
But was the fish any good?
I miss that part of the world SO much (stationed at Ft. Ord for a few years). Everything from Santa Cruz down to Big Sur is Heavenly.
GOOOD MORNING
VIETNAMGLIBERTOPIA!Just home from work; getting the kids ready for school.
Apropos of nothing, I’ve been enjoying some foreign comics – Dara O’Briain, and Aisling Bea.
never found Aisling Bea remotely humorous
and this one is not any different
I liked her response to the ever-so-polite American guy.
https://www.wfmz.com/news/police-patron-angered-by-ketchup-pulls-gun-at-mcdonald-s/article_132f72c3-293d-5bac-9881-48b7ca3ce7f1.html
“MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee say an irate woman pointed a gun at fast food workers because they gave her ketchup instead of jelly.”
Eh, it’s early. Need more coffee. I didn’t think the first one posted.
That escalated quickly
McDonalds has jelly?
The Big Breakfast has a biscuit, so I guess they do.
Mornin Glibs.
G’mornin.
Mornin’, Sean! I hit the snooze button more than usual, so less time to hang with y’all before I have to take on the day. I haz sad.
Also, I’ve pretty much confirmed that my formerly-trusty digital alarm clock is gaining a few minutes every day. Now the great debate: get a new alarm clock, or rely on my cell phone? My concern with the phone is that I sometimes get absent-minded and don’t notice it needs to be charged until it’s down to single digits. Afraid that might happen while I’m asleep and it might crap out completely.
I’m still convinced someone is messing with you. Get a new one, but hide the old one and compare the two daily for a few days.
Hmmm…the only possible messer would be Mr. GT, and he’d have to hear the alarm go off earlier than before. He’s retired, so he can sleep in as long as he wants. But I suppose it’s possible…
I’d go with an actual alarm clock.
afternoon
Mornin’ (just to be courteous and check the post time)
Lemme check my clock. Yup. Sure enough is.
“A banana, duct-taped to a wall went on a sale at Art Basel Miami Beach this week — priced at around $120,000. And, according to the gallery behind the work, two of the three editions have already sold, with the last now going for even more.”
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/art-basel-miami-maurizio-cattelan-banana-scli-intl/index.html
WTF?
I’m more of a Caravaggio gal myself…
They are so desperate to prove they understand the inscrutable ‘sophisticated meanings’ that they have become blind to reality.
21st century emperor’s clothes