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First Aired - 09/16/2012 02:00PM
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On this week's episode of The Mike & Judy Show, Mike Edison and Judy McGuire are celebrating Rosh Hashanah with the band Girl to Gorilla, featuring Judy's boyfriend, Spyro Poulos! Hear about their first date after meeting on the Internet. Also in the band with Spyro are songwriter John Paul Skocik and Steve Pang, the owner of Otto's Shrunken Head. Tune in to catch the gang talking about tiki bars and surf rock. Also, hear everyone react to the recent Amanda Palmer scandal. Amanda Palmer claims that she can't afford to pay musicians, despite recently raising 1.2 million dollars to fun her album and tour! Finally, hear Girl to Gorilla play live in the studio! This episode has been brought to you by Roberta's.
"If you get rid of every creative outlet in your life, you're just stagnating. You grow by using your brain in that manner." -- Spyro Poulos on The Mike & Judy Show
"If you get rid of every creative outlet in your life, you're just stagnating. You grow by using your brain in that manner." -- Spyro Poulos on The Mike & Judy Show
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Rehab, But Not Amy Winehouse (19:50)
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Jews, Amanda Palmer, Otto's Shrunken Head, religious conversions, Tiki Disco, rum, drunken shenanigans, Girl to Gorilla, Coney Island, carnival, Diamonds Are Forever, free concert, Kickstarter, The Fisher King, Bruce Springsteen, Dresden Dolls, busking, PR, paid musicians, rehearsals, string section, merchandise, pizza, rehab,Internet Dating (12:17)
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boyfriend, How Not to Date, Internet date, dating columnist, sex columnist, Miss Advised, The Vondells, Motorhead, Eurodisney, the catacombs, Oscar Wilde, goth, marketing copy, riff, Spotify, Amazon.com, Super Deluxe Custom Experience, Legion Bar, White Castle, Trader Vic's,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/26/2011 03:00PM
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On the third installment of The Speakeasy, Damon sits down with Adam Kolesar, tiki drink expert and proprietor of Brooklyn Orgeat Works. The two sit down to discuss the origins of the traditional Mai Tai and how it's been lost in modern cocktail culture. Tune in the find out where you can go for an authentic tiki experience in New York City, and how rum profiles matter more than you might expect in the execution of an excellent cocktail. This episode was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. For more information visit www.surryfarms.com
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The Speakeasy Introduction: Adam Kolesar (18:09)
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The Speakeasy, Damon Boelte, Heritage Radio Network, Adam Kolesar, Brooklyn Orgeat Works, Tiki drinks and cocktail culture, Adam was straight edge until he was 37, no booze no drugs, punk rock, Adam played in a straight edge punk rock band, straight edge was an anti rock star movement, the worst mixology culture during the disco era, the religious right has used straight edge as a tool to recruit young Christians, straight edge was a very aggressive movement, live and let live, Ian MacKaye, Dale DeGroff, mid century modernism, tiki drinks, retropolitan, the place of rum in our culture, invention of rumbustion, every drink has a story, Adam has one of the coolest bars that Damon has ever seen, back end of an Airstream trailer, Jerry McCarthy, Rheingold Beer rep,In Search of the Traditional Mai Tai (13:06)
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Mai Tai, QB Cooler, Dom the Beachcomber, Trader Vic, competitions are built around Mai Tai's, they rarely ever resemble a real Mai Tai, few people have ever tasted what a real Mai Tai should be, one of the dark rums should have an aspect of funk to it, Martinique rum, only one bar can make an original Mai Tai, The Belfast Hotel, Edith Wharton, The Alpine Sour, rum profiles, orgeat, the last thing you taste is bitter, Adam likes to recreate flavor profiles that founding fathers intended,Tiki Bar Culture in New York City (14:26)
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people use the Mai Tai name for any type of rum, Zombie recipes, curacao, reverse float, cocktail recipes, sip until the desired effect is achieved, Adam recently ordered a horrible Mai Tai at a restaurant in Brooklyn, it's always an agreeable rum punch but rarely a Mai Tai, The Survivors of classic New York tiki bars, Lani Kai, history repeating itself, it's about what's hot and what sells, vodka sells to the masses, sugar cane infused vodka, syrupy umbrella drinks, drinks served out of a pink flamingo, instantly dismissible, Tiki is supposed to be fun but not disposable,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 01/12/2011 03:00PM
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On the innaugral episode of The Speakeasy, Damon Boelte overcomes a brief power outage in the studio and chats with friend & colleague Brian Miller, formerly of Death & Company. Brian explains how he went from a food runner as a fresh New York transplant to becoming one of the best bartenders the city has to offer. Later in the show, Damon & Brian discuss Tiki cocktail culture and history and how under appreciated these fruity rum based drinks are these days. Tune in and learn more about cocktail culture in New York City. This episode was brought to you by Tekserve's E-Waste events. For more information visit www.tekserve.com/recycing.
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The Speakeasy: Brian Miller Introduction (13:35)
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Heritage Radio Network, Hearst Ranch, The Speakeasy, Damon Boelte, Brian Miller, bartender at Death & Co, originally from Seattle, worked at Grove on Bleeker and Grove, Brian started as a food runner, became friends with bartender Steve Ginsberg, Brian moved to Death & Co, Pegu Club, Audrey Saunders, taught Brian about cocktails, Jerry Banks, Juniper Suite, Dale DeGroff, Murray Stenson, more people are getting into cocktail culture, quality of cocktails has improved, knowledge is easier to come across, some people don't respect service industry jobs as careers, Phil Ward, Eben Freeman, making people feel comfortable is a skill, at the end of the day people want to have a good time, opening staff of Pegu Club was an all star team,The Tiki Cocktail Renaissance (23:15)
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Death & Company has been Brian's best experience behind a bar, Phil Ward, Joaquin Simo, changing the cocktail world one day at a time, Imbibe magazine, good cocktails to make with real moonshine, A Classic Old Fashioned, let the moonshine shine!, you might want to dilute it a little bit, Tiki culture, Tiki drinks, people are just starting to regain respect for these drinks, what one rum can't do three can, The Zombie is one of the more complex drinks out there, pairing Indian food with Tiki drinks, Sippin Safari, it can be intimidating to make a tiki cocktail, Painkiller, The Black Pearl, tiki was the last original cocktail movement in the United States, origin of cocktails, 19th century, Trader Vic, Robert Vermeire, some people think advanced cocktails are too difficult to make, Queens Park Swizzle, Milk & Honey, Martin Cate, Beachbum Berry, modern recipes, Europe is so much farther ahead in Tiki culture than the US, Negroni with rum, The Kingston Negroni, The East India Trading Company, Harry Johnson, just because you can make great drinks doesn't mean you can be a good bar owner, active service in bartending,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
