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I made it out on Friday night to TT Reynolds to catch a slice of the DC area's goth music scene. I specifically went to see 51 Peg, as I've been a fan of their music for a few years but never got around to actually seeing them live.

The opener was a band called Chrysalis and they kicked my ass. Their music was awesome and their stage presence was outstanding. A plus for me is that they play this music live with Telecasters and a hollowbody Gibson. I wish they had a better online presence than the MySpace page...with a common name like 'Chrisalis', it makes them hard to find. They're opening for Powerman 5000 at Jaxx on 6 Oct and Margo and I will probably be there.

23 Rainy Days came up next. Interesting and well done. They call what they do "post punk dance metal." Their MySpace page goes on to describe them as a mixture of emo, melancholy new wave and modern rock, which I think fots better. They're also the only band of the night with a bass player. I dunno if it's quite my style yet, but I'm keeping an open mind. The thing is that the other two bands had a heavier sound which made it hard for me to get into. Will keep listening. They do have a live video online: 23RAINYDAYS "Fire in Tokyo"

51Peg closed the night out with a really short set. The set was all killer and no filler though. I'm just sorry I hadn't seen them earlier. I'm sure I'll see them again and again though. They have a unique sound anchored by their singer and hard, driving synths. While they're electronics-heavy, I never lost the feeling that they're a hard rocking band. There's quite a few live videos of them out there on the net. The one I'm posting below is on their Myspace page. It's the best quality out there as it's a produced live music video rather than the camcorder in the crowd kind of video.

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Well, I did it. I dropped in at Udder Delight on Saturday night after dinner and was ready to do my duty as I posted on the 6th. Unfortunately, the camera didn't make it on this trip for some reason so I don't have any pictures. Maybe next time I'll get some pictures of my ice cream in the orange glow of the Hooters next door.

I didn't see cucumber anymore which was my favorite of their odd flavors. I didn't see Memphis BBQ out either and I wasn't going to make them make a batch just for me to taste.

(They have a ColdStone style cold marble slab behind the counter that they use to mix together the ice cream and the fixins that you want, and I expect that some of the odd flavors might be made up on the fly that way)

I did luck out (?!) and there was a batch of the bacon flavor out front and center. I asked for a taster of it, braced myself and had at it. Oddly enough, it wasn't that bad. You mostly taste vanilla ice cream and a little caramel up front. There's a little bacon taste that comes up behind it, but it's definitely not the dominant flavor in the ice cream. It was actually rather tasty in an odd way.

The only problem I had with it is probably my normal weird relationship with food and texture. There were little meat chunks mixed through it, and I really had a hard time getting around the little meat chunks being where meat chunks shouldn't be and it got to be kind of a turn off. So while I enjoyed the taste, the texture kind of blew it for me and I know that's just me being weird about food.

The normal ice cream flavors at Udder Delight are fantastic, by the way. I stop by there for a couple scoops of whatever whenever I'm out here. I ordered a scoop of chocolate chip cookie dough and a scoop of cake batter after I tried the bacon, and was quite happy. The flavors are quite tasty and ice cream itself is smooth and silky. They have a lot of different toppings and things to add to your ice cream Coldstone-style as I mentioned earlier. I wish I'd been able to get a picture of that. Oh well.

At least I'm not at work, near the ocean and the weather's been good. :D

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When I heard about CocaCola Blak on the net a while back, I thought it was a bizarre idea. Kind of one of those things that sounded like a drunk marketeer idea...."I know! Kids like coffee these days, so we'll put coffee in Coke!"

Actually, from the Wikipedia entry on Coke Blak it looks like it's Diet Coke.

I avoided trying it since it started appearing in local stores because they were all selling it only in 4-packs. I'm not going to try something new if I have to commit to buying more than one to do it. I'll buy one to give it a try. If I don't like, it's not a big deal. If I bought 4 and don't like it, I have three more sitting around. Anyway, while I was in Blacksburg, VA over the weekend I was at Kroger and they were selling Coke Blak individual bottles, so I thought I'd give it a try.

So that's the lead-up. How does it taste?

Interesting.

The coffee taste is barely coffee-like to me. The coffee taste reminds me of those Starbucks Frappuccino bottles...if you take away the milk. It resembles more what I imagine coffee candy to be than actual real coffee. Coffee for people who don't like coffee, basically. Then you mix Diet Coke into that except that it doesn't seem as fizzy as Coke...more like Mountain Dew). That's really the only way I can think of to describe it.

I don't know yet if I like it or not. If it's any indication, I'll admit that I didn't drink the whole thing. I got about a quarter of the way through the bottle and then recapped it and tossed it. I think it satisfied my curiosity for the taste of the new drink without giving me any reason to confinue. I think it's an odd combination of tastes, and I don't think I'll be trying it again any time soon.

I'm glad I didn't get the 4-Pack.

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