New Iced Ink love song for a beer called Surly Furious
“Beer For A Glass, From A Can (Shut Up & Drink It)” is an Iced Ink tribute to what I consider to be the Best. Beer. Evarrr. That beer is called Furious and is made by Surly in Brooklyn Park, MN. Sadly Furious is not available in my neck of the woods and I miss it dearly. There is nothing else like it out here on the East Coast.
The last time I visited MN my brother Chuck, bless his little fart, won us a tour of the Surly brewery in Brooklyn Park, MN. Chuck, our nephew Brian and I headed out on a fine Saturday afternoon to visit the holy land where this exquisite beer is made. In exchange for some non-perishable food items at the door not only do you get to ture the broory, but each person is given 5 wooden tokens which are redeemed at a long counter with worker bees scurrying about serving various Surly brews directly from the Surly teat. While we were in line for our first round I heard Rush’s Tom Sawyer playing. I turned around and saw it was coming from a telly playing a live Rush concert DVD. Oh yeah. That’s my kind of tour. To our right was a room crammed full of Surly merch up for purchase. 5 glasses of Furious, 1 hat, and 1 t-shirt later I felt like we’d just been to the beer equivalent of the Willy Wonka factory.
It says “Beer For A Glass, From A Can” on the top of most Surly cans and I thought that made for a cool song title. “Shut Up & Drink It” was the working title and I decided to keep it in there. The inspiration behind that comes from nerds who make videos of themselves drinking and reviewing beer. Exhibit A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy8EUrLJw3k Dude. It’s beer. Shut the fuck up & drink it.
Febrooary Update: Giggy Galore
Greetings, owner of the cranium encasing the eyeballs reading this! I hope this message finds you in a semi upright position and with a pulse. This month’s GuyWhoPlaysGuitar.com update contains information on two spectacular upcoming February gigs. Let’s get right down to business, shall we?
Friday Feb. 10th: Finnegan at 116 MacDougal
I’m returning with my acoustic to 116 MacDougal this Friday (TOMORROW!) opening for the Sausage Factory Blues and Soul Revue. I plan on kicking things off around 7:30 and then the Sausages take the baton at around 8:30. 2-for-1 drinks from 7-9. 1-for-1 drinks from 9-10.
116 MacDougal St | NY, NY 10012 | (212) 254-9996
More info on 116 MacDougal Gig Facebook Invite Page
Saturday Feb 18th: Iced Ink & favored musical acquaintances at UC Lounge in East Village
Last month our debut at Greenpoint Gallery really knocked some socks off; approximately 600 socks in all (assuming everybody in attendance was wearing 2). This music truly needs to be seen to be heard so come on down and join in the fun. We’ll be giving away a FREE poster of the flyer art for this gig by arteest Chuck Krenner (see below) and we’ll have some other Iced Ink goodies on hand as well if you’re one who likes rock and roll souvenirs. Let the UC Lounge capacity be maximum on this eve of tremendous music!
8PM - THE FIRING SQUAD
9PM - CAPTAIN BABY
10PM - ICED INK
$10 cover, includes a really good time and 2-for-1 drink specials until 9PM.
UC Lounge | 87 Ludlow Street, New York, NY | (212) 995-1172
More info on the Iced Ink @ UC Lounge Facebook Invite page
Make like a contestant on The Price Is Right and “Come on down!”
Sincerely,
Mr. Mike
Star Wars & Popsicles: Christmas Eve reflections
Yo yo yo – check this out. And Merry Everything to all!
