Rose-colored glasses

How many bands drink rose while recording their debut album? I'm not sure, but this summer the Saturday Saints have been loooving that much maligned wine category- rose. It all began a couple of weeks ago when a rep dropped off a sample of Reinares Rose from Spain, a cheap little number that I brought to practice with me, figuring I'd kill two birds with one stone-- bringing booze for the Saints and doing homework for the shop. Well, it was a hit. Fresh and fruity and nice and cool on such a hot Wednesday. It had more than a bit of that blue-raspberry tang that I associate with whole-cluster fermentation but what do I know? All I knew then was that I was looking at a bunch of happy bandmates.

The following week I thought we'd get a bit more serious, so I tucked a bottle of 2004 Domaine D'Eole Coteaux D'Aix-en-Provence into my guitar case. Mmmm, boy, I could drink this wine all summer long. Austere enough to remind me that it's French but still ample in the fruit department-- cherries and ripe strawberries and a touch of something like rosewater. A true Mediterranean blend of Grenache, Counoise, Syrah and Mourvedre. Unbeatable, but more than I usually like to spend on band wine...

Last week, Bevin and I grabbed some quick take-out at Whole Foods and happened upon Momokawa's new Plum-infused Rose Sake. It was definitely an Oh-Lookie buy and I had high hopes that were quickly dashed against Japan's rocky coast. Yuck! A thick, cough syrupy concoction that left us all gagging (although, curiously, the bottle was empty at the end of the night). I quickly filed this one under Never Again.

This week I'm offering the band a new item from the store: 2004 Le Petite Caboche Vin de Pays de Vaucluse Rose from JP Boisson. Cross your fingers for us. I've yet to try it but the price is right ($7), even if the importer (Monsieur Touton) is shady...

Kelli

We look fabolos

Thanks to all the brave folks who came out to The Abbey Lounge on a thursday night to cheer our sweaty asses on. Thanks also to Joe Lies, Anushka Pop, and the Oggs, who were all awesome - making it a night we will hold dearly in our hearts for some time.

Thanks to Johnny Arguedas (http://www.motion-blur.net) from Anushka Pop, we have returned from the front-line with an excellent photographic record of the trials and triumphs of last night's events.

Yipple-Zipple!!

I like to use exclamation points. !

Come see that rascally band, The Saturday Saints, tonight at the Abbey Lounge in Cambridge/Somerville. We go on at 9 p.m. Don't be late or you'll miss us. And I'll cry one tear.

Check the shows listing for more deets. (thats slang for: details).

I'm not really a punctuation expert. I just like to throw those characters around like a rooster wearin' socks.

-jb