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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: kosmo vinyl on October 12, 2006, 09:16:00 am
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The Darkness dropped by record label
12/10/2006 - 12:53:03 British rockers The Darkness have been dropped by their record label in the wake of frontman Justin Hawkin's departure.
British rockers The Darkness have been dropped by their record label in the wake of frontman Justin Hawkin's departure.
The I Believe In a Thing Called Love star has been clean of cocaine and alcohol for nine weeks after going into rehab in August, and decided he just can't live the rock 'n' roll lifestyle any more.
Hawkins' former bandmates - including his guitarist brother Dan - planned to continue without him, despite poor sales of second album One Way Ticket to Hell and Back.
However Atlantic Records executives have now ditched the depleted Darkness.
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Maybe it was the horrid costs incurred by their backstage rider (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1011061killers1.html) that influenced the decision..?
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Wow...was that even 15 minutes???
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I'm sorry, I just sneezed, did I miss some band?
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
I'm sorry, I just sneezed, did I miss some band?
No, just carry on.
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Originally posted by Surly Bonds:
Maybe it was the horrid costs incurred by their backstage rider (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1011061killers1.html) that influenced the decision..?
Was your intent to imply that The Killers and The Darkness are basically the same band, or what?
Hmph, that rider asks for Strongbow cider. Good luck finding that in the States.
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Originally posted by Reod Dai:
Hmph, that rider asks for Strongbow cider. Good luck finding that in the States.
For real, I've seen it at two bars in the USA, ever. One here in DC and the other in Los Angeles. Never seen it in stores.
As for the Darkness HAHAHAHAHAHAHA good riddance
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Originally posted by Alex:
Originally posted by Reod Dai:
Hmph, that rider asks for Strongbow cider. Good luck finding that in the States.
For real, I've seen it at two bars in the USA, ever. One here in DC and the other in Los Angeles. Never seen it in stores.
As for the Darkness HAHAHAHAHAHAHA good riddance [/b]
I know you can get it at Fado and sometimes the Brickskellar. A friend of mine in Philly orders it by the case from a distributor there.
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What!? A bar in DC has Strongbow? And there's actually a distributor for it somewhere in this area? I apparently haven't been looking hard enough. The only place in the States I've ever found Strongbow is in Seattle (also at a bar called Fado, as a matter of fact). I don't know DC all that well, but I'm sure I can figure out where the two bars you mentioned are. As far as ordering it by the case directly from a distributor, any information on how I can do that would be greatly appreciated.
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Yeah Fado definiltey has it, it's almost worth putting up with the mostly annoying crowd that place has. A few of the bartenders make a mean black velvet (50/50 Guinness/Strongbow).
PS Fado is on 7th Street in Chinatown, between H and I.
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Fado is a chain bar.
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Originally posted by manimtired:
Fado is a chain bar.
The sky is blue.
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it didnt seem like the guy above you caught on to that fact there boss.
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I'm not a big bar person, so no, I didn't really realize that. Makes sense now that I think about it, though.
Awesome, thanks. On the black velvet, I'm not a Guinness person at all (I can do Irish carbombs, and that's about it), but I've had something called a Snakebite before. That was 50/50 Woodchuck and Harp. I imagine it would be even better with Strongbow (or Hornsby's, for that matter). Do they have Harp at Fado?
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indeed they do
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Strongbow is available at several bars in Annapolis. It's the new big thing, Man! 6 months from now no one will want it anymore, mostly cause it sucks.
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Except me, because it's my favorite drink ever. It's only the most popular cider in the world, found in bars the world over. I've had it in Singapore, Hong Kong, Portugal...but it's been next to impossible to find in the States. From what you're all saying, hopefully that's changing.
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I ordered a "Irish Carbomb" in a pub in Ireland.
I got a harsh lecture from the 10 or so people right around me.
I said sorry, and asked what they called that particular drink in ireland.
The response was a simple "carbomb"
live and learn
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Calvert Woodley, Chevy Chase wine and liquor, and Magruders all either sell it, or could order strongbow for you.
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Hmmm. I'll look into that, thanks. I asked a few places about special ordering it when I was living down around Norfolk, and there's apparently no distributor for it in that region. And searching online got me nowhere, except possible sellers in Florida and upper New England.
The Hard Rock Cafe in Bahrain (of all places) had it on tap, and thus is one of my favorite Hard Rocks out of the many I've visited.
A nice thread hijacking, by the way, if I do say so myself. :)
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Originally posted by aglanixp:
I ordered a "Irish Carbomb" in a pub in Ireland.
I got a harsh lecture from the 10 or so people right around me.
I said sorry, and asked what they called that particular drink in ireland.
The response was a simple "carbomb"
live and learn
this made me laugh out loud
mostly because i probably would have done something just as stupid...so thanks for letting your ignorance be a lesson :)
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Originally posted by aglanixp:
I ordered a "Irish Carbomb" in a pub in Ireland.
I got a harsh lecture from the 10 or so people right around me.
I said sorry, and asked what they called that particular drink in ireland.
The response was a simple "carbomb"
live and learn
i heard it called a "depth charge" over there
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How does the title of this thread have anything do with anything written in the thread? Evn the original post?
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Because obviously a long haired, buck-toothed, whiny-voiced brit represents all that is man!!!!
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Quitting a RAWK band because you can't take the rock and roll lifestyle is a pretty pussy move if you ask me... And those Death Cab guys continue on.
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Removing yourself from bad temptations actually sounds like a pretty smart idea to me.
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Case closed!
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I call it a Depth Charge now also. But only because of the Bulgarians I knew in Seattle called it that.
Originally posted by Maf54:
Originally posted by aglanixp:
I ordered a "Irish Carbomb" in a pub in Ireland.
I got a harsh lecture from the 10 or so people right around me.
I said sorry, and asked what they called that particular drink in ireland.
The response was a simple "carbomb"
live and learn
i heard it called a "depth charge" over there [/b]
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i once ordered a carbomb at a bar called murphys in old town alexandria and the dude told me that "it is against the law" (or something of that nature) to call it that. rather he called it something else, though i cant remember what, but i think it was "whiskey and guinness".
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maybe kosmo is on to something-
Testosterone Tumbling in American Males 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
FRIDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The testosterone-fueled American male may be losing his punch.
Over the past two decades, levels of the sex hormone in U.S. men have been falling steadily, a new study finds.
For example, average total testosterone levels in men aged 65 to 69 fell from 503 nanograms/decileter (ng/dL) in 1988 to 423 ng/dL in 2003.
The reasons for this trend are unclear, said researchers at the New England Research Institutes in Waterdown, Mass. They noted that neither aging nor certain other health factors, such as smoking or obesity, can fully explain the decline.
"Male serum testosterone levels appear to vary by generation, even after age is taken into account," study lead author Thomas G. Travison said in a prepared statement.
Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and plays an important role in maintaining bone and muscle mass. Low testosterone levels have been linked to health problems, including lowered libido and diabetes.
It's normal for men's testosterone levels to peak in their late 20s and then start to gradually decline, experts say. But this study found that overall testosterone levels are lower than they were 20 years ago.
"In 1988, men who were 50 years and older had higher serum testosterone concentrations than did comparable 50-year-old men in 1996. This suggests that some factor other than age may be contributing to the observed declines in testosterone over time," Travison said.
He and his colleagues analyzed blood samples -- along with health and other information -- from about 1,500 men in the greater Boston area who took part in the Massachusetts Male Aging Study. That study collected data in 1987-89, 1995-97, and 2002-04.
"This analysis deals with men who were born between 1915 and 1945, but our baseline data were not obtained until the late 1980s, when the elder subjects were about 70 years old, and the youngest about 45," Travison said.
"Events occurring in earlier decades could certainly help explain our results, if their effects persisted into recent years," he noted.
The findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
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I like how according to Kosmo "not killing yourself doing hard drugs" is "pussification." Sorry we can't all be as rough and tumble as the resident 9:30 Club Moderator/DJ du jour.
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Originally posted by bigyellow100:
i once ordered a carbomb at a bar called murphys in old town alexandria and the dude told me that "it is against the law" (or something of that nature) to call it that. rather he called it something else, though i cant remember what, but i think it was "whiskey and guinness".
Odd that it isn't "against the law" or even "insensitive" to order a Black 'n Tan, unless of course you're Ben and Jerry's, then isn't it?
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Originally posted by Maf54:
Originally posted by aglanixp:
I ordered a "Irish Carbomb" in a pub in Ireland.
I got a harsh lecture from the 10 or so people right around me.
I said sorry, and asked what they called that particular drink in ireland.
The response was a simple "carbomb"
live and learn
i heard it called a "depth charge" over there [/b]
A depth charge is light beer with a shot of amaretto in it.
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How'd you dig up this thread?
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I hadn't posted in a while and was going through old posts, boredom mostly.
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I see.
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Yeah I know I am late on the Strongbow bit of this thread but had to chime in, The Big Hunt on Connecticut Ave. has it on tap, and you can buy it in bottles at Harris Teeter on Glebe Road in Arlington.