Tuesday, February 27, 2007

 

Mother Energy Drink Review

Now admittedly, I'm a bit of an energy drink wh0re. I shouldn't drink them, though, due to my sleep disorder. But, since when am I one to listen to medical advice :P Having seen this new product while out and about, I hadn't yet tried it. One day I took the plunge and picked up a can of "Mother".


(Image courtesy of colonpipe.com. Apologies for the image borrowing! If you would like it removed, please email me and I will be happy to oblige.)

I'm an open minded kinda person, and one would have to be when trying a new product. This drink contains all the usual energy drink things: caffeine, guarana, vitamins. It also contains Açai berry juice, which I had the strange pleasure of tasting while I was in Perth. Açai berry juice has a taste that is hard to describe... it's said to be a berry flavour, with hints of nuts and chocolate. I more like to describe it as "strange purple crap that tastes like berries that have been juiced after spending 3 days in a hot climate, therefore rendering said berries completely RANCID...with a slight hint of chocolate". Needless to say, that was the first and only time I've ever had Açai berry juice.

Now back to "Mother". I'm surprised I drank the entire can of this stuff. And even then, I only did so because I had paid for it. Medicinal kind of describes the taste. "Tasty and refreshing", however, does not. It wasn't tasty. It wasn't revolting enough to make me spit it back up, but it WAS revolting enough for me to never even consider drinking it again.

Basically, take your favourite energy drink, then bottle it up with a dirty, sweaty sock for a few days in the sun... remove the sock, squeezing out the residue into the bottle, seal and then put it in the fridge to chill. Open and consume. Try not to gag. It was really that gross. I don't see this one lasting long on the shelves, folks.

Stick to either Red Bull or V, folks. (Oh by the way, V has a new berry flavour out, which is really nice!) Mother might draw you in with it's shiny silver can, and it's pseudo-trendy goth looking tattoo typeface and artwork... but deep down, it's still the same sock-hooch that you can't jazz up, no matter how hard you try.

1 sip out of 5....and that's for the graphics on the can.
 

Denny's Does It Again

The folks at Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA. have been cooking up these gigantor burgers for quite some time now. This one they are going to try and get into the Guiness Book of Records.

Called the "Beer Barrel Main Event Charity Burger", the burger boasts the following:

~ 80 pounds worth of meat
~ 160 slices of cheese
~ 1 pound each of lettuce, ketchup, relish, mayo and mustard
~ 30 pounds worth of bun
~ couple of pounds of banana peppers
~ garnished with 33 pickles

All that for a $379 (US) price tag. Now I thought their 6 pound burger (Ye Olde 96'er) was overkill... but I guess they've outdone themselves. Good luck with getting it into the Guiness book!

Here's a pic of the burger itself

Pass the alka seltzer...

~Frostilicus~

Friday, February 09, 2007

 

The Spiciest "MILD" Thing I've Ever Eaten.

I decided to try a new product for dinner tonight. "Pattu" brand Paneer Butter Masala. It said "Mild" on the box (I like Indian food, but not overly spicy), and it was cottage cheese chunks in a creamy tomato sauce. I thought to myself that trying something new would be a change for the "get your own dinner" night... plus I'm getting a little bored with garlic bread.

Here's the box:



Inside was a pouch that you snip the corner from and then microwave for 2 minutes, then serve. I looked inside, and I could see a reddish orange sauce. After emptying the microwave (the house stores its bread in there, long story), and snipping off the corner of the pouch, I nuked it for actually a bit less than 2 minutes, seeing as it was already at room temperature and it's been a hot day. (Again. Fucking tropical cyclone weather up north.)

When I pulled it out, it was scaldingly hot and sizzling on the inside. I poured the contents into a bowl... it looked what can only be described as bubbling red sauce, MORE bubbling red sauce... and brownish-grey looking square lumps. It smelled appetising, despite it's sewerage looking appearance. (Isn't it odd that the grossest looking things turn out to usually be the tastiest?)

I bought a half french stick to go with it, so I tore off half of that, and grabbed my spoon. I wouldn't say it wasn't tasty, because, it was, even if the texture of the cottage cheese was a bit like badly cured tofu. The only problem was that it was really really REALLY spicy. I'm talking "let's drop our spoon and run to the kitchen for a BIG glass of milk mid-meal" spicy.

It SAID "mild" on the box. It must have been Madras Mild (Madras is known for having the hottest/spiciest curries in the world), because by the time I had finished using my bread to sop up the AMPLE sauce (there was still sauce left when I had finished), I was drinking more milk than I was eating the stuff. The cottage cheese looked like the greyed out version of what was on the box, and in much smaller chunks. And as I said, it WAS tasty, in spite of the overpowering spiciness.

I don't think I would eat this again, unless I was feeling sadistic, or was extremely drunk at the time.

1 spoon out of 5... for those who like extreme spice only.

Thursday, February 08, 2007

 

Scissor Sisters Live In Brisbane (Belated Posting from Another Location)

FRESH in (ok maybe not so fresh) from the scissor sisters gig....my feet are KILLING me... omg they hurt SO bad. i knew they would cuz i walked all the way through brisbane on thursday (to see how long it would take me to get there, yadda yadda yadda) and now i wish i hadnt lol..cuz my feet are screaming in soreness.

ANYway. sore feet aside. what an AWESOME show. the people there (of which there were THOUSANDS) were a shitload more friendly than at the NIN gig I went to in '05 (not surprised, completely different fan-base). lots of people dressed up...from glitter sticks to cardboard scissors covered in foil....to a guy wearing a pair of shorts and a big silver pair of scissors painted on his chest.... to 2 guys who i spoke to who were in drag and looking goddamn FABULOUS too. and i think i spotted one guy who had a massive pink mohawk....it might have just been a novelty hat for all i know...but it looked awesome.

let's talk support band... sneaky sound system....a group from sydney who are pretty dancey and actually not bad. DJ Sammy played a set before the sneaky ppl went on, and before scissor sisters came on. He played a lot of stuff that I didn't know ..apart from remixes of: rock your body by justin timberlake, (you make me feel) mighty real by sylvester and 2 sogns before scissor sisters came on he played sweet child o' mine by guns n roses...and i tell you....if there was anyone who was NOT singing along at the top of their lungs, it's because they didn't know the lyrics, cuz I swear everyone was singing along to it, and even Ana Matronic commented on it during the show.

anyway....lights dim..an instrumental of "intermission" is played..and the band comes on. everybody cheers like maniacs and claps their hands until they hurt. (hehe) (incidentally "intermission" is very different without the lyrics...sounds very quirky.) .... and the first song is....

she's my man: i love this song...besides being catchy, if you actually listen to the lyrics, it's about the new orleans legend of annie christmas, who was a cross-dressing river boat pirate/murderer.

jake was wearing white pants with i couldn't tell what on them...paint splotches maybe... a yellow shirt and a white jacket...and a visor hat (ha! i'm so wearing mine forever now)... Ana was wearing a blue dress...low cut of course...but she can get away with it lol..paddy (the drummer) was wearing some shirt with sequins all over it (which is kinda funny cuz he's the only guy in the group who isn't gay) ... i couldn't tell what babydaddy was wearing and del was wearing a black shirt with those wierd pants he wears that come halfway up his chest lol

songs played in no particular order and frosty's commentary:

i can't decide: this is another of my favourite songs off the new ta-dah cd... so..bouncy lol.. and generally a fun song which talks about burying someone alive lol

lights: this has some quirky lines in it too.. and this is another song i really like off the new album

laura: jake made a comment about laura bush which went "personally i think she's a fucking c*nt"...which made me laugh so hard...i jumped up and then my leg cramped up and i fell flat on my ass and was trying to UN-cramp my leg (hard to do in the middle of a crowd, let me tell you), with about 10 people standing around me asking me if i was ok...lol omg that was so embarassing..lol but eventually i got the cramp outta my leg and then got up off the ground.

the skins: i love this song to bits....it's got an awesome bassline and it's catchy as hell. at this point jake stripped off his jacket and by the end of the song his shirt was half off too....lol

kiss you off: all about telling your lover where to go..lol and a really cool song too....sounds very much like blondie.... but still...it's one of my favourites

tits on the radio: love this song for it's bassline and other reasons (hey, how many songs mention the word TITS...lol) ....but no...its all about new york being "cleaned up" of all the seedy places to go and such...and the point of the song is...do what you like, but you can't see tits on the radio lol

Take your mama: ahh.... the first song that got me addicted to scissor sisters in the first place. sounds a lot like elton john, to me. at this point i actually left my spot and went to get some water because i was thirsty and my feet were killing me, so i needed a quick sit down.

paul mccartney: actually THIS song was when i went to get water... i know i moved when they played take your mama but i think that was to get some food.. i had a satay special from the malaysian tent which was pretty damn good, actually.. for take away kiosk food.

i didn't go back to the front of the stage after that, too hard to get in there.

land of a thousand words: this song i can take or leave, to REALLY be honest about it. i don't mind it, but it's not one of my favourites.

transistor: this song is actually on the bonus CD to Ta-Dah... i've never listened to it lol....but it sounded awesome and trippy.

music is the victim: this song rocks out totally and i love it everytime i hear it. it was really cool to be almost at the back of the crowd and see everyone in the crowd with their hands in the air, wavin em like the just didn't care.

comfortably numb: i was sitting down when this started and immediately jumped up to move closer when it started. i was skeptical when i first heard the scissor sisters cover of comfrtably numb, but after listening to it a couple of times, it REALLY grew on me. it's in no way better than the original by floyd, however for a reworking of it, it's awesome.

i don't feel like dancing: this song is so cool...and everyone near me was singing along with it..including me :P

filthy/gorgeous: another favourite of mine..and the crowd, too. this was during the encore, so jake and ana had changed outfits...jake was wearing a 2 piece shirt and shorts that were all sequiny (he was wearing only the shorts by the end of the show lol) and Ana was wearing a different dress. Ana didn't lick Jake's stomach.. but he had his pants half off his ass lol and i think she smacked his ass a bit...

and i merchandised myself silly at this concert....i got badges and pins and earrings and a tour programme too. woohoo! i really enjoyed the show, apart from the falling over and the sore feet..AND i got to keep the ticket, too....woohoo more souvenirs..lol and the support band DIDNT suck... the last concert i went to (nine inch nails) the support band were sooooo crap... the lead singer had a cold and still insisted on screaming his lungs out...)

songs they DIDNT play which i wish they had: it can't come quickly enough, return to oz ...only cuz i've grown attached to them and they are up there with my favourite SS songs...

song that they didn't that i'm glad they didn't play: mary.. lol i don't really like this song that much... and if they had played it, it would have been my drink-getting cue.

this has been a frostilicus ramble.....goodnight :P