Camel Suxors

I usually hate The Stranger and everything they write (especially when it comes to music), but this was interesting:

If Camel wanted to really support the music community without advertising to young people, they wouldn’t be putting on shows with bands that are known for their draws with minors. They could just as easily be supporting alt-country shows at the Tractor, or maybe some jazz at the Triple Door. Or even bands that are young and hip but don’t really appeal to minors, like Silversun Pickups or the Black Angels. Camel is trying to slip under the radar and advertise to young people by associative branding.

Oh, and Ari Spool’s level of douche-bagary is far below that of everyone else that writes there.  So I guess that probably had something to do with it.

And yes, I know that reading a bunch of stuff (I read Line Out daily) I know I hate is kind of masochistic, but that’s not why I do it.  Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, right?

Dr. J. Robert Cade, Inventor of Gatorade, Dies at 80

Dr. J. Robert Cade, who invented (along with other researchers) what is now known as Gatorade at the University of Florida in 1965, has passed away from kidney failure at the age of 80.  I have always found the history of Gatorade fascinating (although maybe it’s just those great commercials with Keith Jackson):

Cade said he thought the use of Gatorade would be limited to sports teams and never dreamed it would be purchased by regular consumers.

“I never thought about the commercial market,” he said. “The financial success of this stuff really surprised us.”

Cade, who was the University of Florida’s first kidney researcher, also said he was proud that Gatorade was based on research into what the body loses in exercise.

“The other sports drinks were created by marketing companies,” he said.

Since its introduction, Cade said the formula changed very little. An artificial sweetener has replaced sugar.

Instead of the original four flavors, there are now more than 30 available in the United States and more than 50 flavors available internationally.