Archive for August, 2009

Headed North

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Erin Dillard may as well have written the editorial version of To Kill A Mockingbird with her most recent write-up of the Whynatte Latte for Points North Magazine. Is it wrong to cry tears of joy when reading a beverage review? If it is wrong, then I don’t want to write. Or [...]

TONIGHT AT LIFE: MIKE POSNER

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Jewish people, like myself, have a long tradition of trying to enter the hip-hop game. For instance, under the cover of the oh-so-creative name Tropical Jews, my friend Jacob and I used to lay down ill-timed verses in our friend Mike Honablue’s basement back in high school. Needless to say, our hip-hop careers never [...]

Big Boi?

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

You may have heard about this new rapper by the name of Big Boi. I think he was a part of a little group called the Outkast, or maybe it was Third Eye Blind. Anyway, I’m not up to speed on the Des Moines hip-hop scene, so your guess is as good as [...]

Thursday Night Pectoral Fin

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Wondering what you’re going to do tonight, now that Gossip Girl is back to reruns? Don’t fret, there are still plenty of good times to be had.
The Star Bar is my official choice for place to see a band named after a predatory fish that’s native to tropical and subtropical oceans. What the [...]

Barista Scouting in Guatemala

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

In case you haven’t noticed, as of late it seems that all of the good latte makers are coming out of Central America. Think about it: Pedro “the clover” Martinez, Raul “la crema bueno” Sanchez, and of course six-time female lactose champion Guadalupe “froth queen” Ortega. What do they all have in [...]

Preview to Saturday Night

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Check out B.o.B killing it this morning on 11 Alive’s morning show. No doubt Kyle wanted to kill himself when he had to meet up with the rest of the band at 2:30am to get to the station in time for the shoot. Also, he’s wearing a Whynatte shirt, which makes the nectar that [...]

The Plot Thickens

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Shooting starts this Saturday, August 15th. Aside from feral cats and coyotes, what is it that’s being shot? Check it: 23 Seconds. If it ain’t a goddamn movie.
Also, presale tickets are almost sold out for the B.o.B and Constellations show this Saturday night at STATS. If you haven’t done so already, [...]

B.o.B at SXSW. Kyle in a Whynatte Shirt. Me Eating Tacos.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

I managed to dig up some footage from the B.o.B show at this year’s SXSW in Austin, TX. The show footage is interspersed with an interview of B.o.B, an interview in which we discover that B.o.B is from Decatur, and that he enjoys trapping feral cats with homemade wire traps. The footage works as [...]

Lost in Translation

Monday, August 10th, 2009

A charming fellow by the name of Don sent us a photo of him wearing his Whynatte shirt in South Korea.
Says Don, “South Korea was really great, and the people were just as nice as they could be. However, things did get a little awkward, and I’m not even sure why, when I started [...]

Whynatte 6-Pack: It’s Totally Tubular

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Let’s go tubing. And by tubing, I don’t mean slang for covering an intern in cod oil, and sliding him through a storm drainage pipe.  I’m talking about the new 6-pack Whynatte Latte tube, now available in the Whynatte Store.
Order your own 6-pack tube today!
Only $15, with shipping to any destination in the lower [...]

Thursday Dairy Montage

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

If you start buying cases of Whynatte on a regular basis, we’ll start delivering them in person to your home. Show me the CEO of another beverage company that makes home deliveries at 11pm on a Tuesday night, and I’ll show you how to bathe an adult porcupine without getting quilled. In other words, [...]

Winners & Losers

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

It would be foolhardy to claim that everyone is a winner, because frankly everybody isn’t a winner. If you take the time to keep score, which we do, you’ll find that many people are being beaten soundly in the game of life. Which is not to say that the game of life is [...]

Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Snoop Dogg and Slightly Stoopid kept the Whynatte Latte on ice in the backstage cooler during a recent show in Atlanta. When you see the gold lid, you know it’s Whynatte.
In other news, we recently bought a non-functional commercial ice maker off of Craigslist from a man by the name of Mohamed. [...]