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I recently received word on a new coffee shop that just opened up here in New York called RBC NYC. They are home to a very special piece of equipment known as the Slayer Espresso machine. Yes, you read that correctly. Someone created a most epic ($18,000) percolator, and appropriately named it the SLAYER.
It’s easy to figure out what my first thoughts were: Was this named after you-know-who? I did some detective work around their website to see if any articles touched on the subject, but I found nothing. So, I decided to contact the manufacturer and find out for sure. A few hours later, I received the following response:
Hi Elise,
Thanks for your email.
The Slayer espresso machine was not named after the band. It was named after the idea of “slaying orthodox thinking around espresso making in specialty coffee”.
However, one of our technicians is way into the band Slayer.
And I’m from southern California.
Hope all is well.
Eric
Well, ok…but whatever. I can’t help but still feel that it was done on purpose. I mean, come on… “slaying orthodox thinking around espresso making in specialty coffee.” That has Slayer written all over it. And as my friend Mike says, it’s: “like calling your cinnamon liqueur ‘High on Fire.’” Pretty much.
Oh yeah boiii, the nominations for the 2010 Grammys have been announced. Taylor Swift, blah blah blah, Beyonce, blah blah blah, Lady Gaga, ya ya ah ah ah roomba room ba ba ga ga oo la la… let’s get to the shit we care about, Category 18: Best Metal Performance. As per usual we’re dissappointed that we only get ONE category, but the nominees are pretty solid:
Best Metal Performance (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
Dissident Aggressor Judas Priest Track from: A Touch Of Evil — Live [Epic]
Set To Fail Lamb Of God Track from: Wrath [Epic]
Head Crusher Megadeth Track from: Endgame [Roadrunner Records]
With a lineup like that, how can you pick a winner? Like this: LoG or Slayer FTW. My money is on Slayer, but I’d like to see Lamb of God win a Grammy (since they got beat out once before)
Readers? Who are YOU rooting for? Or is their a band that you think got snubbed?
I just caught wind of a Slayer cover by In This Moment that ain’t half bad. ITM have covered quite a bit from Pantera to Blondie, but their version of Slayer’s “Postmortem” is music to my pierced little ears.
ITM and Maria Brink have caught a lot slack lately for not being “metal enough” but I say, live and let live. Lighten up. Tis the season to be thankful. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? RIGHT? Except when it’s imitation mashed potatoes. No bueno.
You can hear the cover and decide for yourselves over at Revolvermag.com
Well, it wasn’t so great of a weekend for me here in the South. First of all, Syracuse LOST (how embarrassing) and secondly, I’m STILL IN Kentucky. Eff you Delta. If someone could explain to me why the “Cinicinatti Airport” is actually in Erlanger, KY and not Cincinatti, Ohio I’d greatly appreciate it.
Anyway, as I had previously posted this state isn’t quite known for metal. However, I did come across one place that wasn’t half bad: earX-tacy in Louisville, KY. Check it out:
Very nice. Kinda like Louisville’s own Empire Records/SoundGarden.
Well, I’m off. Time to finally get back to Brooklyn… before I leave again later in the week. As they say, Death is: dwelling on the past or staying in one place too long. It’s also a metal band that ain’t too shabby. I’ll let you choose your own ending there.
WHAT- a weekend. Both of us were pretty busy this weekend with all of the Halloween/birthday hubub (thanks to everyone that wished me a happy one on Twitter!), but a good time was had by all. Here’s the recap:
Elise and I hit up the Dethklok/Mastodon/Converge/High on Fire show here in NYC Friday night. If I could describe it in one word, energetic would be it. All the bands AND the audience were cuckoo bananas and it made for quite the show. Plus, Dethklok DID play “Birthday Dethday” which made me a giggly little girl.
Saturday (Halloween) we did a little boozin with our buddies and metalbros over in our home borough of Brooklyn.
But what’s a birthday without PRESENTS??? Not a birthday, that’s what. The beardo got me these pretty girly brutal Swarovski headphones:
And check these out! The vinyl was part of my gift from Elise (ain’t she the best? Killadelphia is my fave LoG album), and the rest was from my parents.
A very metal birthday indeed. Hope you all had as brutal of a Halloween as we did!
The Lullabelly is a prenatal (I love those vitamins!) musical belt that pregnant women can strap on and connect to an MP3 player so they can play tunes to their babies while the little tykes are in utero. It’s supposed to make them smarter or something but it will probably just make them want a drum set when they’re young and fill your house with cacophony and make daddy drink more (I say go for it).
Believe me, I’m all for this idea, but I have a few “what if”s
If you play black metal will it go all Rosemary’s Baby on your ass?
If you play hair metal will it come out looking like Slash?
If you play Dio will it stunt the baby’s growth?
I think you catch my drift, so choose wisely my friends. Best of luck raising such brutal babies.
Slayer is set to perform on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday, November 4.
I previously mentioned that I’m going to see Jimmy FALLON on November 5th with my family. I highly doubt they’re going to fly across the country to do that show the next day, so uhhh….thanks guys!
Not long ago, Elise posted about the best music to workout to. Since I too am a bit of a gym rat, I had to also throw in my two cents on the matter. I totally understand how people listen to hip hop to pump up their workout (that and the fact that my gym is in… Harlem), but I listen to two different genres to get me through my gym experience: Hair/Glam metal & New Wave of American Metal/Foreign Thrash and Death
I find that Hair/Glam is best for my free weights and ab exercises. Stuff like:
Poison
Van Halen
Motley Crue
Lita Ford
And for cardio, it’s definitely that harder heavier and faster, the BETTER- specifically:
Lamb of God “Sacrament” & “Killadelphia”
Walls of Jericho “With Devils Amongst Us All”
Meshuggah “ObZen”
In Flames “Come Clarity”
Pantera “Official Live: 101 Proof”
And of course, Slayer “Reign in Blood” Maybe RiB should release our own series of workout videos… it’s a thought. And then at the end of every tape we just go out and booze. Sounds good to me! This could be the beginning of something great?
March to your doom, ladies and gentlemen. Slaaaaaayyeeeeeeerrrr said so.
Given any thought to your Halloween costume yet, folks? I’m pretty sure I know what I’m being. It doesn’t involve a mask, much less one made from rotting flesh. It’s also not the sluttiest thing in the world. (Sorry butch lesbians boys.) It was, however, inspired by a band…but not in the way you probably think. Ehh, you’ll see.
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