Slingshot Dakota and Iced Tea.

There was a sweet free show yesterday at AKA music. The Brooklyn/Easton guy/girl drum/keyboard duo of Slingshot Dakota played a short but very sweet set upstairs at the record store. They were described to me as "Like Mates of State if they were good." Now, I love Mates Of State, so I figured these guys would be great too. The drummer played in underwear and a tshirt, and smashed the drums as if they had raped his sister. He was merciless on those skins. And the keyboardist/cutie Carly was adorable and full of energy. Fantastic band, you should check them out. Afterwards Algernon Cadwallader played, but I had to leave by that time. I thought the show would happen earlier, but it got started about an hour late, and Algernon didn't even show up until an hour and a half after they were supposed to. This sucks, because I haven't seen them in almost a year now, and I really love watching them play. Boo.

However, there is a more important point to this post. After the show I bought some amazing iced tea. Seriously, it was mind-boggling. I've been exploring the world of real tea (not nestea or lipton, or Celestial Seasonings or any of that stuff, I'm talking fresh off the bush from Sri Lanka type shit) lately, and I really love maté teas. They have a delicious dark tea flavor with a hint of chocolate and cream in the aftertaste. They're truly amazing. Not to mention all the health benefits plus their high superiority to coffee when it comes to caffeine and alertness. The tea I bought was Herbal Mist brand. It's all natural, and sweetened with cane sugar, not corn syrup o' death. So the sweetness was real, but not overpowering. The tea actually filled me up for an hour or two. I hadn't eaten much that day, and I planned on grabbing a sweet vegan chocolate banana cookie at my favorite coffeeshop, but the tea pretty much made me feel like I was full. I still bought the cookie, but I wasn't really hungry anymore. This feeling of fullness lasted a few hours until I went to the Duran Duran show, where I became hungry like a wolf.

Conclusion:

1, Listen to Slingshot Dakota if you like guy/girl, drum/piano, awesome/cute music

2, Drink Herbal Mist tea if you like delicious as hell drinks that keep you awake and nourish you. Also, if anyone sees this tea anywhere in Philly, please let me know where you found it, because I need to get it on a regular basis, and the only store I know of that carries it is at 2nd and Market.

Thank you.