Do you have a special twist on this recipe?  Any other variations you’ve heard of?  What’s your favorite?

Rectangle Magnet

Attention cast, crew, fans, family and friends of Moonshine Inc. – get your goodies in the newly opened store on Cafe Press.  Mugs, hats, stationary, even every moonshiner’s favorite accessory – an apron – all with the supercool Moonshine Inc. logo, can be purchased.  Part of the proceeds will go directly towards the film – festival submission costs, a premiere screening and more.

You can check out a few items here, and the rest at the store.

Something else you want to see up there?  Let me know!

Thank you in advance for your support!

Stackable Mug Set

Trucker Hat

Those are some talented ladies.  As are Blue Kid and Steph.  Buy the album here.  Now.

“Philip Crippen’s microbudget feature Moonshine Inc. is on paper another one of the many, many quirkycore indies with a raving [Manic Pixie Dream Girl] at the center…in practice, it’s not quite as simple as that, and not least because “selling hipsters moonshine ironically” isn’t quirky so much as it is distressingly plausible. Rather than trying to redeem the manic pixieness of the scenario by downplaying it, or treating it straight, Crippen goes nuts with it, and drags Powell with him; it’s largely her performance, which resembles one of those violent woodland creatures in a Tex Avery cartoon rather than an ostensible human being, and all for the good, that manages to shift Win from “impossibly darling and twee girl” to “borderline-insane person who is magnetic precisely because she is so obviously deranged”…”

“It helps as well that Crippen doesn’t demand our love for his characters and situations, the way that so many quirky indie filmmakers do; nor does he make the opposite mistake of drifting too far into ironic distance, and thus becoming unbearably smug. It’s not as fine a line as all that – dozens of great comedies in the ’30s and ’40s were produced in exactly that margin, the great screwballs – but after so many unwatchable Wes Anderson clones, it’s pleasing to see one that mostly works…”

“Slickly shot by Will Beckley, Moonshine Inc. moves comfortably from night to day, inside to outside, and through a nice array of color temperatures that keep the film’s tiny number of locations looking fresh every time.”

Photo courtesy of Yelp user Katie P.

Even so, I’ll say it again: GOOD HAS GOOD BEER.  Their beer menu is a legal-sized, two-sided novel in size 8 font.  It’s so overwhelming that every time I go I ask for a recommendation – and I recommend you do too, because what really makes Good great is the people.  One of the first times I went my boyfriend wanted to stay and have one more drink at the bar – this turned into a multiple hours of trying flights of IPA and the discovery that all beers on draft come in dangerously large goblets.  A few months later we were sitting in the same spot experiencing a heartbreaking sports loss.  What did our beermeister do?  Cut us a deal on some Allagash White and slipped in a bottle of his latest favorite for us to try.

While I think the above story is reason enough to block out a few hours of your night, I actually really like the food as well.  It’s not gourmet, but it’s big portions for reasonable prices and I have yet to be disappointed with a meal.  Doubters should try the Waldorf salad or mac and cheese and then tell me you didn’t leave satisfied.

Really though, screw the food – it’s all about the beer.

Now they’re playing in the dirt with the L.A. Guerilla Gardeners, who will be arriving at the 7^th St/Metro Center Red Line station after spending the day gardening along the Red Line.  Details as follows

Straight from the website – for just $15 Pre-Sale / $20 Day Of you get…

• Official LAGG Aluminum Water Bottle
• An Adult Beverage OR Yummy Juice to fill your new water bottle
• 9+ Local LA Bands
• Happy Hour prices at Bar 107 After Party
• Free digital download of bands from the crawl
• Tons of high fives

Want to know more?  Go here. 

Go check ‘em out for a good cause, and listen for “Club Apocaplyse” used in a key party scene of Moonshine Inc.!

And at Garage Pizza it is.  Whether you’re going for a slice of cheese or the intimidating “Annihilator” (meatball, pepperoni,sausage, red onion, bell pepper, mushroom, feta cheese) you’re going to get a great (and great BIG) slice.  Full pizzas are large too – the only option is 18” – so make sure you have at least one buddy to share, or a sizeable refrigerator.  Not in the pizza mood?  Garage Pizza has a selection of sandwiches and salads available until the wee hours as well – be careful though, the hotwings ain’t lying – they are hot!  Trust me though, you want to get the pizza.

These guys were also good enough to donate a couple pizzas to the Moonshine Inc. set for lunch one day, so go grab a slice and say thanks from me.

Check out coverage and tracks from the band’s Aquarium Drunkard session here, where the album touted as “one of the strongest entries in contemporary canyon rock.”

And read the album review by Web In Front, listing The Spark as one of the “Best Music of 2010 – Part One (January – March)” between the likes of Charlotte Gainsbourg and Ted Leo and The Pharmacists. When something is called “a study of pristine pop wedded to a love of dark Americana” how can you not take a listen?

What are you waiting for? Buy the album here.