It’s about 10:00pm on a Tuesday night, and I’m sitting here wondering “what cocktail should I make, and is it a bad idea to chase it with Benadryl?” when I hear “Oh, hey, I think the guy from Depeche Mode died or something.”
In a panic usually reserved for moments of extreme duress (phone call about the death of a loved one, fire in the apartment building, free KFC chicken) I rush to Google “Depeche Mode” and find out oh, never mind, David Gahan has gastroenteritis and is in a hospital in Greece and he’ll be just fine. Yeah. He has the runs and somehow this got convoluted to become “He died or something”.
Jesus.
To me, saying anything remotely like that about Depeche Mode is like yelling “fire” in a crowded theatre: you just don’t do it unless it’s going to become a really, really great punchline somewhere down the road. My adoration for Depeche Mode is equal parts rampant and creepy, thanks to an older brother who got me listening to Depeche Mode at a very young age. I could write endless tomes about how their music made junior high somewhat bearable, my everlasting crush on Martin Gore, the orgasmic level of excitement when I hear any of their music played (particularly anything not on Violator or “Just Can’t Get Enough”. branch out people, there’s more to them than that!) and how I will cut a bitch if I hear anyone say “OMG I love “Personal Jesus” followed by some incorrect factoid, such as “Did you know Johnny Cash did this first” or “This is totally The Cure/Dinosaur Jr/Erasure” (points though for Erasure).
Anyways. This cocktail is for you, David Gahan. May you make a speedy recovery.
Greek Buck
- 1 1/2 oz Metaxa
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 oz Ouzo
Fill a highball glass with ice and the above ingredients. Fill up with ginger ale and drink (no stirring or shaking). Metaxa, technically a brandy, doesn’t really mesh well (to me) with lemon and Ouzo. Lemon and Ouzo combined can make a great combination, especially in cooking seafood, but this is not one of their better pairings. If you have any of these ingredients on hand I recommend you try it; the melange of flavors might just be your thing. It certainly isn’t mine, but I’m not a big anise person.
I am calling bullshit on you!
Also, since Ernest hasn’t left one of his trademark “OMGZ this bitch must go, Svet” comments yet I’ll do it for him:
“Truly now Svetlana, this cocktail wench must be forcibly suffocated with her own cocktail book. Her musings are repugnant and seething with dreck.”
May 13, 2009 at 2:09 pmthat was so dead on
May 13, 2009 at 2:21 pmOkay, Svet, the mixed drinks muchacha esta loca. How about she takes the rest of the week off?
May 13, 2009 at 2:25 pm
you know, ‘personal jesus’ was actually based on a folk-hymn. it was made famous by willard samuelson and the tambourines in 1931.
May 13, 2009 at 1:54 pm