It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere- National Bouillabaisse Day Edition

I had nothing in mind to do for a "drink of the week" and so I decided to see if anything cool happened today that I could leech onto for an idea and on Wikipedia I discovered that an awful lot of important or famous things occurred on December 14th, though of course I'm sure over the entire extent of history something cool and exciting has probably happened on every day even if it wasn't recognized as such at the time.
Anyway I said all that to say here are a few recipes relating to things that have happened on December 14th

Today in 1542 Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland or Mary, Queen of Scots

Queen of Scots
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp water
1 tsp lemon juice
2 oz Scotch whisky
1/2 tsp Green Chartreuse®
1/2 tsp Blue Curacao liqueur

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

Mary, Queen of Scots
1 Lemon Quarter
Caster Sugar
2-3 Ice Cubes
30ml/1fl.oz. Scotch Whisky
15ml/1/2fl.oz./1 tbsp Drambuie
15ml/1/2fl.oz./1 tbsp Green Chartreuse
1 Cocktail Cherry

Instructions
1. Rub the rim of a cocktail glass with the lemon then dip the rim into caster sugar to coat. Allow the frosting to dry.
2. Crack the ice (but don't crush it into too small pieces) and place in a shaker together with the Scotch, Drambuie and Chartreuse.
3. Shake well and strain into the frosted cocktail glass. Spear the cherry onto a cocktail stick and use to decorate.

On this day in 1819 Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state

Alabama Cocktail
11/2 oz brandy
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 tsp powdered sugar
splash Curacao

Mix ingredients with cracked ice in shaker. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Alabama Slammer
1 Shot Disaronno Amaretto
1 Dash Soda
Top up Cranberry Juice
0.25 Shot Lime Juice

and in 1959 The Motown record label is founded in Detroit, Michigan by Berry Gordy.

MoTown Recipe
2.0 oz Diet Coke Cola
1.0 oz Bacardi Limon Rum
Low-ball glass with plenty of ice. Pour Limon, then add Diet Coke

Other cool things that happened today:

• 1702 (according to the old calendar; January 30, 1703 by the new calendar) - The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of œishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.
• 1825 - Advocates of Liberalism in Russia rise up against Tsar Nicholas I and are put down in the Decembrist Revolt in St. Petersburg.
• 1959 - The Motown record label is founded in Detroit, Michigan by Berry Gordy.
• 1979 - Punk rock group The Clash release London Calling in the UK, a landmark album in rock music.

Famous people born on this day:

• 1503 - Nostradamus
• 1546 - Tycho Brahe
• 1895 - King George VI of the United Kingdom
• 1896 - Jimmy Doolittle,
• 1908 - Morey Amsterdam
• 1946 - Jane Birkin,
• 1946 - Patty Duke,
• 1946 - Michael Ovitz
• 1948-Lester Bangs
• 1949 - Bill Buckner,
• 1953 - Vijay Amritraj, (my friend’s dad)
• 1962 - Ginger Lynn (Ginger Lynn Allen)
• 1963 - Cynthia Gibb
• 1965 - Craig Biggio,
• 1970 Beth Orton, English
• 1971 - Natascha McElhone

People who died on this day

• 1920 - George Gipp,
• 1985 - Roger Maris,
• 1993 - Myrna Loy
• 2006 - Ahmet Ertegün (only reason I recognize that name is because Zeppelin put on a show for him)

oh I forgot one momentous event, I slacked off and came up with this. So inspired

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Your Stuck in my Head Song of the Day

I don't know why but I find this song just incredibly sexy. It's "Jack the Ripper" by Morrissey and I don't know if it'd like the breathy vocals by Moz or just how the chords are strummed and held but like the first minute of the song I just want to put on too much eye liner and strip down to my bra and panties and just dance. It's really weird. And the line "And oh, you look so tired/(But tonight you presumed too much)"I really don't understand what it means but it's like my favorite line maybe because of that mystery. This whole song just gives off a quality of mystery and danger, as if you were walking on a foggy night on the streets of White Chapel.

Oh, you look so tired
Mouth slack and wide
Ill-housed and ill-advised
Your face is as mean
As your life has been

Crash into my arms
I want you
You don't agree -
But you don't refuse
I know you

And I know a place
Where no one is likely to pass
Oh, you don't care if it's late
And you don't care if you're lost
And oh, you look so tired
(But tonight you presumed too much)
Too much, too much
And if it's the last
Thing I ever do
I'm gonna get you

Crash into my arms
I Want You
You don't agree -
But you don't refuse
I know you

And no one knows a thing about my life
I can come and go as I please
And if I want to, I can stay
Oh, or if I want to, I can leave
Nobody knows me
Nobody knows me
Nobody knows me
Nobody knows me
Oh, oh
Nobody knows me
Oh, oh

So strangely erotic. Mystery is hot. Anyway here is Morrissey with Your Stuck in my Head Song of the Day, Jack the Ripper


Morrissey- Jack the Ripper [download] buy it on iTunes

Colin Meloy- Jack the Ripper [download]

And if it's the last
Thing I ever do
I'm gonna get you

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Your Simply Amazing Stuck in My Head Song of the Day

I don't like to do a song of the day of artists that I know I'm going to probably profile as Best Band Ever, but this was really the only song I had stuck in my head all of today, especially the mother's lyrics :
"Find him, bind him
Tie him to a pole and break
His fingers to splinters
Drag him to a hole until he
Wakes up naked
Clawing at the ceiling
Of his grave
*sigh*"
The song is by The Decemberists, who hopefully I will be able to see on Saturday and the song is The Mariner's Revenge Song. It's from their Picaresque album and it is quintessential Decemberists. So if you have never been in to them you may hate it, but if you love them or have never heard them before you will definitely enjoy. Here's a live version that was online.


Sweetness

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