To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, vintage style icon Dita Von Teese has put her own twist on the world’s favorite Mexican cocktail. As a spokesperson for Cointreau, the drink naturally includes the orange liqueur (Cointreau is a triple sec produced in Angers, France). But there’s also some more unlikely ingredients which give it a kick and a contrasting demure floral note.
This Sunday (May 8th) our very special in-studio guests are the Dance Hall Pimps and Kristeen Young.
Originally from St. Louis, though now New York-based, Kristeen Young is more Kate Bush than Kate Bush (she has a staggering 4-octave vocal range). The insanely talented singer/songwriter has a new Tony Visconti-produced EP out called “V The Volcanic” and is in the midst of a 4-week residency at LA’s Hotel Café.
LA’s Dance Hall Pimps blend blues, rockabilly and Americana with punk rock and more than a hint of goth. Catch the 21st century show band’s eclectic electric mix at The Viper Room on Saturday May 14.
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Its December 25th 1986, and Nikki Sixx is alone in his mansion, crouched naked under his Christmas tree with a needle in his arm, scribbling in his diary about watching his holiday spirit coagulate in a spoon. He writes, ”Merry Christmas its just you and me, diary. Welcome to my life.”
This is just one scene from a particularly harrowing chapter in Motley Crue bassist and founder Nikki Sixx’s new memoir The Heroin Diaries – a collection of riveting entries from his personal journals spanning one year from 1986 to 1987, a year he considers the height of his downward spiral into drug addiction. It’s a story about drugs, depression, and the train-wreck of self-destruction – but ultimately it’s one man’s story about survival told with unflinching and unapologetic honesty.
INTO: Silliness, having adventures, geeky indulgences, tattoos, fierce Japanese fashion, bright colors, kick ass music, loving life.
NOT INTO: Incorrect spelling and grammar, hate.
MAKES ME HAPPY: The night sky, my cat, manga and anime, sunshine, Yu Gi Oh: The Abridged Series, dry British humor, nature, hockey, Nostalgia Critic, Brian Drummond as Ryuk.
MAKES ME SAD: Snow and cold, stupidity, ignorance.
HOBBIES: Adventuring, crushing extreme.
5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Food, air, sun, my cat, music.
VICES: Candy, caffeine, manga, makeup, things are that kawaii desu *v*.
I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Piercing the heavens with my drill.
