Wednesday, October 18, 2006

fuckin' candy bars

Damnit, I thought I bought a Snickers bar next door but it turns out it was a Milky Way. OH CRUEL FATES, WHY DO YOU MOCK ME? So I was about to refer to milky way as a glorified 3 Musketeers, but apparntly, there's a difference. A thin layer of caramel difference. Far more interesting, though, is that there's like 11,000 different tests online that people constructed to discern this tasty difference.
Far stranger though is the international candy bar naming system. What's known as a 3 Musketeers here is called a milky way in Europe and Australia. Our Milky Way is a mars bar everywhere else. And Snickers is the same everywhere. huh?
Also, I just want to point out that I am actually embarrassed when I say a product name like "Snickers".Same with "Skittles". I don't know why, and it's relatively recent, but I've grown to hate those names.
and Candyblog is one of the coolest sites ever.

So here's 2 songs I have no idea where I got. Menomena has been recommended to me (mostly by Sean) for awhile now, but I have to say that this is the first song of theirs that's really gotten to me. They're a 3 piece band that tend to play a lot of instruments and annoy me with their vocals. Except here, where it everything really clicks for me. Anyway, this song is from an EP that you can by here.

"Wet and Rusting" - Menomena

I don't know where this Doris Allen song came from, only that it's on a Trikont collection, which should be more than enough to spark anyone's interest. Trikont is the greatest label ever, in case you missed my earlier endorsement (i.e. send me free stuff you wacky Germans!). It's a great Soul/R&B track and I can't recommend it enough. It was a lot more apt before the sun came out, but still, it's a great song. I wish I knew more about her, but sadly resources on her are spotty at best. In any case, you can buy the record here. Somehow.

"Shell of a Woman" - Doris Allen

Anyways, strangely enough I wanted to write today about Muhammed Ali and just how incredible dominant not just as an athlete but as a force, but I'm out of time for the day and stil thinking about candy bars. So here's him beating the shit out of George Foreman for your benefit:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Man, Milky Way BLOWS. On the real.