My colleague Rosa wrote up an interesting little post today about new website called Drinkify that ambitiously claims to be able to suggest the perfect cocktail to accompany whatever music you happen to be listening to at the time. Being a slavishly opinionated, self-appointed music knowitall and boorish tune-snob, I chortled dismissively at the conceit and wagered I'd be able to stump it in nanoseconds. But, much to my surprise, for each seemingly esoteric entry I submitted -- from proto-cyberpunks Von Lmo to juvenile noiseniks the Happy Flowers to Boston hardcore mainstays SSD to 4AD dream-popsters Insides -- Drinkify had a cocktail to match each artist. Kudos for that.
That said, my pal Drew gave it a whirl and rightly pointed out that the perfect drink to accompany Minor Threat should be a Coke and not bourbon, being that the band in question were the cornerstone of the straight edge movement. Alright, points off for that.
I'm not sure what the algorithm at work with Drinkify is, but it's a fairly entertaining gimmick. My favorite entry was when I typed in the death metal pioneers in Possessed. Drinkify suggested that I drink 6 oz. of blood served neat, garnished with a wedge of pineapple. Bahahaha.
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