Proudest Monkey
This one's for you Clau...Over the weekend I was having a nice conversation with a young co-ed from a local university. We established each others roots and the conversation somehow shifted to music. She asked me who my favourite band was and before I could answer said "Well, you're a townie so you must love Dave Matthews!". After I cleaned up the beer that I spit all over her in shock at that statement I explained to her that no, I was not a big Dave Matthews fan. I had seen him twice but sincerely felt that his best music is behind him and he's sold his soul for the adulation of teenaged girls everywhere. I was too disgusted to stick around to figure out what chasm she was jumping to come to that conclusion.
Then to add to my confusion I recalled an incident from the previous night working at the rugby club. A different young co-ed; this one, as luck would have it, a local girl, or "townie", came up to the bar and asked me for a Dave Matthews. I said "Sorry, we don't take requests." She then explained that a Dave Matthews is a martini. I politely explained to her that she was at a rugby club and on a good night we have 6 kinds of beer and 3 kinds of rum. She went with the rum. More importantly though, she asked me for a Dave Matthews. Apparently there is a drink out there called the Dave Matthews. Not surprisingly it appears to be popular with teenage girls.
So there may be various causes of the dissemination of the Dave Matthews/townie myth and the local popularity of said martini may be one. But if I were to lay blame on any one group I would lay it squarely on the local cassanovas that serenade the unsuspecting legions of teenaged girls that descend here to attend UNB or STU with one of the four Dave Matthews songs they took the time to learn. If you're not first base by the end of song #3 then it's time to break a string. This is your legacy Geoff North; I hope you're proud.
And FYI:
Dave Matthews Recipe - Ingredients: 1 oz Amaretto Almond Liqueur; 1 oz Captain Morgan's Parrot Bay; 3/4 oz Pineapple Juice; 1/4 oz Cranberry Juice
Mixing Instruction: Shake amaretto, rum and juices together in a cocktail shaker. Strain into an ice-filled cocktail glass, and serve. Talk about last night's episode of the OC.
Rum And Coke Recipe - Ingredients: 2 1/4 oz. Dark Rum 4 oz. Coca Cola
Mixing Instruction: Fill a tumbler almost full with ice cubes. Pour Rum and Coke into the tumbler. Stir well, garnish with a Lemon Wedge, and serve. Watch your chest hair grow.
Pace out.
posted by Vitamin S @ 8:12 p.m.
3 Comments:
oh so true
W
Oh Simon,
It's nice to relive old glory days. I'm glad all my work didn't go unnoticed. You should pick yourself up a guitar. Nowadays, all you'd have to learn is some Jack Johnson and the girls will be all yours. But remember: when playing guitar, always watch out for your G-string.
clau
Perhaps you could add a 'touch of'...say, Grand Marnier to 'The Usual' and call it 'The S_PACE Cocktail'.
Add flame to the fire!
A specialty at 'The Club'.
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