Lemon and Paeroa (L&P)

It may be the most expensive soda I've ever bought.

L&P is a lemon-flavored soda from New Zealand. The name, Lemon and Paeroa, comes from the fact that it is lemon flavored and was first created in Paeroa, New Zealand.

Even though it's now owned by Coca-Cola, it is not easily obtained. Or, it is, but it's going to cost you the shipping expense of traveling from New Zealand. I did some shopping and some deep thinking and basically figured the cheapest I could get it was to buy a single can for $3 plus $31 shipping. So one can of soda for $34.

How is it? Well, from the branding I had it in my head that it was something like ice tea. Nothing of the sort. It tastes like lemons (as has been said) but I have something more accurate than that. I can tell you, it tastes like the candy Lemonheads. This is Lemonheads in soda form. And I like Lemonheads so I enjoyed it.

RiffTrax - Moose Baby

RiffTrax has made "Moose Baby" free on their Youtube channel. "Moose Baby" looms large in RiffTrax lore - I forget why - because it's arguably the most dull or the most pointless maybe. All I remember is it gets mentioned a lot.

For what it's worth, I don't get the hype other than it's a great title. I'm still more of a "Setting Up a Room" guy.

One Armed Drummer Plays Tom Sawyer

Like the drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm.

The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm!

The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm!

The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm!

The drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm!

Blind Mike - Breaking Down a Bryan Callen Interview

Bryan Callen wants to be known as something of an intellectual and gives an interview where he espouses the benefits of reading books. Blind Mike watches the interview and mocks him.

Polyphonic - When Artists Don't Write Their Own Songs

 

An artist that performs songs written by others is just as talented as an artist that writes their own songs.

This is an impossible argument. It is an argument that I would never agree to. There is no way that Beyonce is on the same artistic level as Billy Joel.

And yet, Polyphonic probably makes as good an argument in the affirmative as anyone can make. It's  actually impressive... and certainly worth considering.

Conan's 2 Worst Interviews

I saw the title of this video and tried to think what I thought Conan's worst interviews were. I came up empty. When interviews went bad, Conan was always good at pointing it out and making comedy out of it.  And so when the bad interviews were the best interviews, coming up with the worst ones becomes an odd, mind-bending exercise.

With that in mind, I think this guy has done a good job of identifying the worst, and so I thought this was worth sharing.

And don't be put off by the fact that it starts with Jennifer Garner. Fortunately, the video is better than that nonsense. Fake conflict to promote a movie (or whatever it was), in my opinion.