With the release last month of his newest single, 'Japanese Vintage', Gold Coast roots-folk songwriter Black Rabbit George has announced a string of live dates.
A five-time finalist at the recent Gold Coast Music Awards, 'Japanese Vintage' is a tale of unrequited love. “I spent a week with a woman I was romantically interested in, however it didn't quite work out the way I'd hoped,” Black Rabbit George says.
Here he shares a couple of hangover cures the next time you pickle yourself.
1.Tsingtao Bloody Mary.
During the 2008 Olympics, I had a residency playing at the Marriott Hotel in Beijing. Part of the deal was an unlimited amount of Tsingtao beer for the three-month stint. Describing a hangover on this stuff is hard. It’s painful, you feel like your skin has been peeled off and your brain scrambled with an egg beater.Generally you just want to cry and hope for death. The best cure came from the Marriott's head bartender over there from New York. She had the genius to mix a little Tsingtao back into a Bloody Mary. Perfect hair of the dog.
1 cup tomato juice, or Clamato if you can find it.
1 cup Tsing Tao beer
1/2 tsp celery salt
1 tsp Tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp brine for a jar of Spanish olive
1/4 tsp cream style horseradish
1 tbs lime juice (about 1 medium lime)
1 tsp lemon juice (about 1/2 medium lemon)
1/2 tsp black pepper
2. Frozen Coke and aspirin.
Perfect for a whisky hangover. There’s no hangover like Laphroaig whisky, it’s like being repeatedly beaten over the face with a 4x2 and screamed at by SS troops. If you find yourself in this position the following may help.The ice from the Coke soothes the head while the aspirin kicks in. The caffeine wakes you up a little and the crazy tonne of sugar might buy you a couple hours till you can find somewhere dark to hide.
3. Duct tape, whatever’s in the fridge, a deep fryer and 48 hours.
Basically, duct tape the curtains so absolutely no light can enter. Fry everything with fat content and curl up in the foetal position.Now slowly go through every embarrassing thing you did last night for 48 hours or until normal. No food? Possibly Uber Eats, but send a message to leave the parcel on the front step so no human contact need be involved.
4. Yoga.
Well just kidding, but the yoga instructor I met at Splendour in the Grass swears by it. I’m a little dubious, but I’m struggling to come up with five at this point. If this doesn’t work I’d say hit the bottle shop and buy a carton of VB.5. Sauna, cold shower repeat.
This one works a treat. Sweat the hell out of what ever you did last night, hit the cold shower and repeat. This has saved my life more than a few times, but doesn’t work for extreme cases. Passing out in a sauna could be a possible hazard, as can the headache after dehydrating yourself to the point of dried fruit.Black Rabbit George Tour 2018
Thu 9 Aug - The Junk Bar (Brisbane)Fri 10 Aug - 5 Church St (Bellingen)
Sat 11 Aug - The Stag & Hunter (Newcastle)
Sun 12 Aug - Flow Bar (Old Bar)
Thu 16 Aug - Solbar (Sunshine Coast)
Sat 18 Aug - NightQuarter (Gold Coast)
Fri 31 Aug - Beach Hotel (Byron Bay)
