wine is curious and so are you

alcohol irony: the word alcohol is derived from the arabic language (al kohl or alkuhl). consider the fact that a large proportion of the arab population is forbidden from consuming alcohol. last but not least the oldest wine making apparatus was found in current day iran, gotta feel sorry for the poor sods now!

ancient corking: as early as 4000 bc, the egyptians were the first people to use corks as stoppers, but…
not so ancient cork screwing: the corkscrew was only invented in 1860. how the fuck they opened it until then still remains a mystery.

ancient wine: there is a 1600 year old bottle of wine on display in the speyer museum in germany. (remember this when you next take a trip to germany!)

champagne bubbles: according to scientist bill lembeck there are approximately 49 million bubbles in a bottle of champagne. we however counted only 22 million.

outrageous alcohol laws: in fairbanks, alaska, it’s illegal to feed a moose any alcohol beverage

wine & colour: although red wine can only be produced from red grapes, white wine can be produced from both red and white grapes.

shipwrecked: the wreck of the titanic, holds the oldest wine cellar in the world and despite the depth and wreckage, the bottles are still intact.

wine disaster: 30 million gallons of wine were lost in the 1906 san francisco earthquake. proof that god does not care for wine.

CATEGORIES: musings

Untitled

“Untitled”
artist’s blood on paper
60″ x 40″ (150cm x 150cm)
2008 by kt

CATEGORIES: art

WHY NO KNIVES IN SALAD?


why are you not supposed to use your knife when eating salad?

in old days, the blade of knives were made of (unfinished) steel, and the vinegar in salad would rust the host’s knife, requiring hours of cleaning. for this reason, it was considered rude to use a knife when eating salad. considering that most knives are now stainless steel, please feel free to use your knife when eating salad!

CATEGORIES: musings

suicide: ghostrider

suicide ghostrider



…suicide’s lead singer vega, owed an obvious debt to elvis presley and rockabilly singers, but his muttering, shrieking, nervy delivery was unique, sounding… at once both fragile and threatening. on the rhythm dept, rev’s simple, keyboard riffs, initially played on a battered “farfisa organ” (that is before he acquired an actual synthesizer) were accompanied by primitive drum machines of the time. this proved to be an ideal backdrop for vega’s vocals, and guaranteed them to get “booed as soon as (they) came onstage”. their albums and performances in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s are regarded as some of the most influential post-punk recordings that helped form the shit we listen to yesterday and today. including but not limited to that boy band joy division, too bad poor ian took the groups name too seriously!

CATEGORIES: clips, music