This is a sad day for people who like waking up at 4 a.m. in flop sweat with their hearts going 200 miles-per-hour. Twelve buzz-kill state attorney generals who brought claims that Sparks -- the caffeinated alcoholic energy drink -- was being marketed to underage drinkers and have reached an agreement with booze giant SABMiller to reformulate the recipe so as not to include caffeine or taurine or any energy-drink ingredients. As an of-age Sparks drinker whose enjoyed it on bike rides, at C
Somewhere between an obnoxious rock band and an inside joke lies The New Duncan Imperials, a Chicago trio whose decade together has resulted in a Sticky collaboration.
Last weekend,Pitch systems specialist and righteous metal fan Matt Spencer made a special trip up to Ohio for a metal festival in Columbus, Ohio. Turns out, he wasn't the only one reppin' KC at the fest. His report:
The Leo Project won the opening slot for the annual Rock on the Range festival in Columbus Ohio. The festival is held by Columbus radio station 99.7 The Rock featuring 38 bands over two days, and would be comparable to our Rockfest with about half the crowd. Leo Project played the
One man's attempt -- purposeful or not -- to try every hot dog in this city in a week. [Chimpotle]The key to a good espresso? Roasterie beans and trial and error. [Liquid Diets]One reason to feel (slightly) less guilty pounding shots of Jagermeister. Some of your money goes towards helping disadvantaged kids attend Ivy-League schools. [CNN]On top of Starbucks' other problems, suddenly it has bombs going off in front of its New York stores. [CBS]
The lineup for today's Rockstar Mayhem Fest out at Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone featuring Slayer and Marilyn Manson is as follows. Print it out, staple it to your spare corpse, throw it in the trunk and go, metalhead, go.
Hot Topic/Extreme Metal Stage
WhiteChapel 2:15-2:45
Behemoth 3:05-3:35
Black Dahlia Murder 4:05-4:35
Job for a Cowboy 5:05-5:35
Cannibal Corpse 6:45-7:20
Jägermeister Stage
Continent of Ash 2:45-3:05
God Forbid 3:35-4:05
All That Remans
It sounds like an old fratboy's tale -- just stick to vodka and you might be able to avoid a hangover. Washington Post writer Jason Wilson sadly didn't heed his own advice and discusses waking up with the "mother of all hangovers," following a five-day foray into the Tales of the Cocktail convention in New Orleans. When a spirits writer gets a hangover, you know it's a bad one.
