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The Daiquiri Factory is a new bar coming soon to downtown Spokane, Washington. To whip up some advance excitement, they released a menu for an upcoming "sneak peak" on their Facebook page. One of the drinks? "Date Grape Koolaid." That doesn't really square well with their tagline: "Fun! Dancing! Drinks! Grub! Jamz!" That's according to the Inlander, which first spotted the creepy cocktail on the joint's Facebook page. Literally any "grape" pun would've been an improvement! The Inlander points out that it could be a reference to this MadTV skit. If so, the foreman at the Daiquiri Factory distinctly failed to get the point. It gets worse, though. When posters on the restaurant's Facebook page pointed out the problem with the name, the responses were... less than encouraging re: the state of humanity: Great community management, guys. A++ in social media marketing. (Do not be surprised when someone at the Daiquiri Factory Googles basic crisis management and deletes all these posts, of … [Read more...] about Tip: Definitely Do Not Name a Drink at Your Bar ‘Date Grape Koolaid’

Malt Liquor as an Acceptable Social Beverage Before there was bottle service, there was the Bull. There was once a time in black history when we as a people consumed drinks with names like King Cobra, Colt 45 and Magnum voluntarily and without a hint of irony. We’d get loaded on high-gravity malted swill and spend an evening pointing out one another’s shortcomings until someone called Earl or someone got stole on. And we did it every weekend because that was the socioeconomic norm of hip-hop consumerism in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when rappers were still middle-class guys with gold ropes and Sergio Tacchini track suits. Honestly, the most disrespectful shit about consuming this black-on-black crime in a bottle is that we thought we were obligated to pour some out on the curb for the homies that weren’t there like they were actually missing out on that shit. For real, if I knew then what I know now about responsible alcohol consumption, I would’ve … [Read more...] about Yeah, We Did That: The 7 Most Embarrassing Moments in Blackness

Say what you will about Kanye West (and many people, including all of Twitter and President Obama, will join you), but the man loves himself. Here are some highlights from his, um, very confident recent interview with the New York Times. Look in the mirror and repeat some variations of these as affirmations if you're ever having a bad day: It's only led me to complete awesomeness at all times. It's only led me to awesome truth and awesomeness. Beauty, truth, awesomeness. That's all it is. I am in the lineage of Gil Scott-Heron, great activist-type artists. But I'm also in the lineage of a Miles Davis — you know, that liked nice things also. I don't know if this is statistically right, but I'm assuming I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven't won one against a white person. The longer your 'gevity is, the more confidence you build. The idea of Kanye and vanity are like, synonymous. I knew when I wrote the line "light-skinned friend look like Michael Jackson" [from … [Read more...] about Affirmations by Kanye: 8 Most Egotistical Quotes