Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Bolthouse Farms perfectly protein vanilla chai tea with soy protein

The makers of this tasty beverage have managed to create a good for you drink that is low in fat and high in protein. The taste and texture would make one think otherwise. At first sip this flavorful concoction has the distinct impression they are experiencing the creaminess of cows milk. The vanilla chai tea drink is in fact made with soy milk, and carageenan for thickness. Other ingredients include apple juice, brewed green tea, various vitamins, minerals and amino acids. The vanilla bean and chai spice used to make in the beverage must cost a small fortune because of how much is used in it. In fact, I find it to be almost too spiced/flavored and is better mixed with milk in a 1:1 ratio. The other insignificant gripe I have is that Bolthouse Farms products are distributed in Walmart taking away from its coolness level in many in their demographic. Overall this is a good beverage to have in your refrigerator.


THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN – BARBED WIRE KISSES – An Album Review

I first fell in love with the music of The Jesus And Mary Chain when I bought the Honey's Dead album released in 1992. Later I discovered their other remarkable albums previously published by The Jesus And Mary Chain like barbed wire kisses released in 1988. First off I would like to mention the remake of Taste of Cindy... Jim Reid and William Reid rocked out an amazing acoustic remake of the song Taste of Cindy first featured on the album Psycho Candy circa 1985. If you have not heard the first version of Taste Of Cindy, please treat yourself to a copy of Psycho Candy soon.

The album Barbed Wire Kisses , starts out with a slower number entitled Just Like Honey, and commence into the sweet, over fuzzed out, distortion happy cut The Living End. Bo Diddley Is Jesus is another number that will turn heads for years to come. If I worked for Marshal or distortion pedal manufactures, I would give these guys free equipment all day long just as a product enforcement. Yeah...... they rock it like that, even after 17 years.


THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN – HONEY'S DEAD – An Album Review

I can't say enough cool stuff about this album. This is the music that challenged nearly every opinion of what makes music cool. Distorted guitars combined with the beautiful smooth voices of The Jesus And Mary Chain elevate their music to the highest levels on the coolness meter.

Songs such as Tumbledown, riddled with teen angst and suppressed libido explode with gorgeous guitar grinding furry. Without a doubt, this is one of the sexiest tracks of 1992. Later in the album the warmer sounding track, good for my soul is bittersweet ode to what code have been and love lost. Rollercoaster gets things moving again with it's lively guitars and tweeter busting highs. Sundown is a deeply emotional with stirring chords and lyrics. The cryptic lyrics and metaphors are a great tribute to what melancholy in the gifted modern man can produce. It's just too bad that people have to experience hell in order to now the worth of heaven.