Fight For Your Right To Party
How many of you have had the chance to make it to the 'coolest' house party on the block? You know, the one that all the hippest kids in school go to? The one full of the jocks and the cheerleaders. Popularity is key, unspoken dress code and the chicks are all up ons. Always wondering what's been going on in that castle down the street, but never had the 'in' or felt you rolled with the right crew that was hip enough to get the invite. You've fought for this time and time again, but to no avail. But then, after so many stories you've heard, the great times had in that pad, you got the request. Incredibly jazzed to go, you show up and it's nothing like you thought. It's a drag. The girls ain't all that, the tunes are stale, tonic is flat, even that dude's shirt is wack! Girlies ain't wantin' none, the Aqua Di Gio clouds the fun. The shindig was mild to medium on the scale and you felt like you needed to do something to turn that party out! Wouldn't it have been nice to have had something up your sleeve to make that party rock? Something so fresh and new that it flips that vibe like a flapjack. Well we've got just the trick. Something easy breezy that'll turn up the bass and kick it into cyberspace. Just a couple seconds and you'll be ready to rock the block party till your hair turns gray. Mix Master Mike, what cha gots to say?...
Cheeky Chimp
Just like the three MC's and one DJ, you'll be sippin' this with no delay. With a brassy color and house party spirit, this Cheeky Chimp will have you spittin' game with expert wit. Bring this tonic and you'll be cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce. The second you fill the punch bowl with this cheeky delight, the girlies get down and the suckas hit the road. You grab your back street friend and get loud. Bust open the freezer and grab the only thing that's cooler than this party... iiiicccceeee. At this point, everybody's awesome ape is chillin' like Bob Dylan and the dj starts spinnin' that sax on wax. The place is jumpin', the beat is bumpin' and you decide to step up the cocktail in yo' Grandma's punchbowl. You grab a flask full of Spanish Fly from your track jacket and spike the Monkey. Before you know it, you're waxin' and milkin'. There'll be no sleepin' until you're back in Brooklyn. You're offered Möet, you don't mind whiskey, but this fly monkey's got the ladies so frisky.
1 bottle (750 ml) Brooklyn Republic vodka
1 bottle (750 ml) Kraken Black spiced rum
1 qt orange juice
1 pint lemon juice
As much Spanish fly as you think your party goers can handle
Method:
Throw it all in a bowl. If you want it to taste def... pour it on ice. When it's time to get ill, pour it on your face.
Spanish Fly
The Spanish Fly is an emerald-green beetle in the family Meloidae, Lytta vesicatoria. It contains a powerful blister-inducing substance called Cantharidin. This substance is claimed to have aphrodisiac properties, as a result of its irritant effects upon the body's genitourinary tract, and can result in poisoning if ingested. As it passes through the body, Cantharidin irritates the genitals resulting in increased blood flow that can mimic the engorgement that occurs with sexual excitement. The ease of toxic overdose makes this highly dangerous, so the sale of such products as Spanish fly has been made illegal in most countries. Nevertheless, there are many historical examples of it's use:
- In Roman times, Livia, the scheming wife of Augustus Casesar slipped it into food, hoping to inspire her guests to some indiscretion with which she could later blackmail them
- Henry IV is known to have consumed Spanish fly
- It was slipped into the food of Louis XIV to secure the king's lust for Madame de Montespan.
- It is claimed the Marquis de Sade gave aniseed-flavored pastilles that were laced with Spanish fly to prostitutes at an orgy in 1772. He was sentenced to death for poisoning and sodomy, but later reprieved on appeal
- "Spanish Fly" is an instrumental solo played on a nylon string acoustic guitar by Eddie Van Halen. It was featured on the 1979 album 'Van Halen II'. The track is viewed by many as a follow up to the electric guitar instrumental "Eruption." Guitarist Steve Vai has said that "Spanish Fly" is his favorite Van Halen song
- The compound was mentioned in the 1986 Beastie Boys song, "Brass Monkey", as being mixed in the title drink as an aphrodisiac between the narrator (Ad-Rock, Mike D, MCA) and a girl at a party
Spanish fly Ingredients:
750 ml brandy
4 ounces Damiana herb
2 ounces lemongrass
4 cinnamon sticks, broken
4 whole cloves
1 cup honey
Method:
3 days before a rager, put all ingredients in a large mason jar. Shake it up to incorporate everything. Let it sit for a few days. Strain out with cheesecloth or if you're after that "treeeee whiiiifffff" then find a shitty white t-shirt you have lying around the house and strain it through that. Insta-hippie.
Brooklyn Republic Vodka
First, the finest grains from the American Midwest are selected to undergo an initial 6-column spirit distillation right near where they're harvested. Each still is designed to remove a specific impurity. They chose 6-column distillation over traditional still processing because of its highly refined ability to make exceptional raw spirit. It's in Brooklyn where the magic of small batch vodka making begins. The vodka is blended from several grain spirits, including organic wheat and sweet corn, with purified local Brooklyn water, which is known for it's distinct sweetness.
Kraken Black Spiced Rum
Kraken is a 94 proof black rum. Named after the mythical giant squid-like sea monster, it was introduced in 2010. The base rum used in the spirit is from Trinidad and Tobago, distilled from naturally sweet molasses made from locally-grown sugar cane. The rum is aged 1-2 years and then blended with a mix of 11 spices, including cinnamon, ginger and clove. The liquid is black, revealing hints of brown when held up to the light. The bottle is styled after a Victorian rum bottle, with two hoop handles based on the tradition of hanging a bottle to prevent breakage.
Brass Monkey
Once a pre-bottled mixed drink sold in stores by the Heublein company throughout the 70's, 80's and 90's, this now defunct libation has found life after death through pop culture sources such as this Beastie Boys song. The drink had a The bass, sax and scratch grab your attention like a good lookin' babe at a party. Then comes the beat and the rhymin' scheme. Drink your Brass Monkey, here's how you feel... you put your left leg down, your right leg up, tilt your head back and finish the cup. The Beastie Boys take turns on the mic with rhymes so fresh you feel like there's no other place to be than right here dancin' and drinkin'. They keep rappin', get hammered and have their manager pay for the bill. Now we just need girlies!! This brass-colored elixir will get you right where you want to be. The sweet rum and fresh orange juice greet you first, the vodka then delivers a warming sensation to which the fresh lemon juice answers with a squeeze of the tongue. The herbal notes finish it off nicely. Delicious, refreshing and simple!"We got the bottle, you got the cup, c'mon everybody let's get ffffffffff"...
Beastie BoysBeastie Boys were an American hip hop band from New York City, formed in 1981. For the majority of their career, the group consisted of Michael "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass) and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar). Originally formed as a four-piece hardcore punk band, the Your Aborigines, in 1981 by Diamond (vocals), John Berry (guitar), Yauch (bass) and Kate Schellenbach (drums), the band appeared on the compilation cassette New York Thrash, before recording their first EP, Polly Wog Stew, in 1982. Berry left shortly thereafter, and was replaced by Horovitz. After achieving moderate local success with the 1983 experimental hip hop 12-inch "Cooky Puss", Schellenbach dropped out and the group made a full transition to hip hop, releasing a string of successful singles. The Beastie Boys toured with Madonna in 1985 and a year later released their debut album Licensed to Ill.
With seven platinum or better albums from 1986-2004, the Beastie Boys were one of the longest-lived hip hop acts world wide. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2012; the third rap group to enter the Hall after Run-D.M.C. and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. The following month, MCA died of cancer of the parotid salivary gland. In June 2014, Mike D stated that the Beastie Boys would not continue their careers as a group, as a promise to Adam Yauch.
Here's to 31 years of rappin' and a rhymin, schemin' and a climbin', up to the top of that wall known as Rock n Roll. Mix up a Cheeky Chimp, put your left leg down, your right leg up. Tilt your head back, let's finish the cup.
Cheers!
Henry & Jehiah
