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Monday, October 14, 2013

SKYY Vodka Named Official Vodka Of Treasure Island Music Festival In San Francisco

Treasure Island Music Festival

First Coachella, then Governor's Island, now SKYY's festival cocktail experience is coming to its home turf -- the City by the Bay. SKYY(R) Vodka, the number-one domestic premium vodka, announces its official partnership with Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco, October 19(th) -- 20(th) , 2013. SKYY Vodka will serve as the official vodka during the Bay Area's most progressive music event, which will host dance music and indie-rock talent including Atoms for Peace, Beck, Major Lazer and Animal Collective.

The 7(th) annual Treasure Island Music Festival brings together a diverse lineup of cutting-edge musicians, who will perform under the backdrop of the new majestic Bay Bridge. Embodying the charismatic, innovative qualities of its California roots, SKYY Vodka will create perfect cocktails to accompany the popular Bay Area musical event. During the festival, SKYY Vodka cocktails will be poured at various bars throughout the weekend that will help to keep the beats fresh and the grooves deep.

"After our successful partnership with Governors Ball Music Festival, we're delighted to sponsor Treasure Island in our hometown of San Francisco," said Kathleen Schuart, Senior Marketing Director, SKYY Vodka. "Music festivals and cocktails go hand in hand and SKYY Vodka's continued presence at major music events demonstrates our commitment to our fans - key tastemakers and music enthusiasts."

SKYY has created the SKYY Vodka Salty Kitten and "Live" Mule cocktails for the event, inspired by the festival:

SALTY KITTEN

1.5 oz. SKYY Vodka

.5 oz. Campari

2 oz. Grapefruit Juice

.5 oz. Honey Simple Syrup

2 oz. Cava Sparkling Rose

In an empty shaker glass, pour SKYY Vodka, Campari, Grapefruit Juice and Honey Simple Syrup. Add ice to shaker and shake. Open shaker and add Cava Rose. Strain over fresh ice in a Collins glass. Finish with sliced grapefruit and a pinch of hibiscus & rosemary infused Himalayan Pink Salt.

"LIVE" MULE

1.5 oz. SKYY Vodka

3 oz. Ginger Beer

In a rocks glass full of ice, pour SKYY Vodka and Ginger Beer. Stir and finish with sliced lime wedge and 4-5 drops of bitters.

For more information, please visit http://www.facebook.com/SKYYVodka or Twitter: @SKYYVodka.

ABOUT TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL

Produced by Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment, Treasure Island Music Festival has grown to become one of the west coast's most-loved festivals capping out the festival season, not just for the fans who attend, but for the artists themselves. With no overlapping sets, Bay Area cuisine, and the gorgeous, panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay serving as the festival's backdrop, Treasure Island Music Festival is like no other festival experience in the U.S. When the festival began in 2007, it quickly became one of the premiere music events of the fall concert season thanks to its consistently fresh and exciting lineups, selling out year after year. The festival has played host to a number of music's most incredible names, including Girl Talk, The xx, LCD Soundsystem, Death Cab For Cutie, The Flaming Lips, Deadmau5, She & Him, MGMT, Girl Talk, Vampire Weekend, Belle & Sebastian, M.I.A., Die Antwoord, Modest Mouse, The Raconteurs, Beach House, and more.

ABOUT GRUPPO CAMPARI

Davide Campari-Milano S.p.A., together with its affiliates ('Gruppo Campari'), is a major player in the global beverage sector, trading in over 190 nations around the world with leading positions in Europe and the Americas. The Group was founded in 1860 and today is the sixth-largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry. The Group's portfolio, with over 50 brands, spans spirits, the core business, wines and soft drinks. Internationally-renowned brands include Aperol, Appleton, Campari, Cinzano, SKYY Vodka and Wild Turkey. Headquartered in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy, Campari owns 16 plants and 4 wineries worldwide and has its own distribution network in 16 countries. The Group employs over 4,000 people. The shares of the parent company, Davide Campari-Milano S.p.A. (Reuters CPRI.MI - Bloomberg CPR IM), are listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 2001. For more information: http://www.camparigroup.com

Please enjoy our brands responsibly.



The Art of Jeffrey Dale Starr

Jeffrey Dale Starr is a vodka enthusiast, oil painter, and owner of mobile software company Purple Falcon.

Monday, September 30, 2013

The 15 Best Futurama Quotes

Futurama Bender relaxing Bender: 'Blackmail' is such an ugly word. I prefer 'extortion' ... the 'x' makes it sound cool.
 
Futurama Farnsworth Farnsworth: Get off my property!
Free Waterfall Jr: Pssh! You can't own property, man!
Farnsworth: I can, but that's because I'm not a penniless hippie!
 
Futurama Philip J Fry thinking Fry: It's just like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus. All year long, the grasshopper kept burying acorns for winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched TV. But then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus ate all his acorns. Also he got a race car. Is any of this getting through to you?
 
Futurama Beck Beck: Congratulations, friend.
Bender: Why, 'cause I can make annoying noises?
Beck: Exactly. I use those all the time in my music.
 
Futurama Morbo Morbo: Morbo will now introduce tonight's candidates... Puny human no. 1, puny human no. 2, and Morbo's good friend, Richard Nixon.
Nixon: Hello Morbo, how's the family?
Morbo: Belligerent and numerous.
Nixon: Good man. Nixon's pro-war and pro-family.
 
Futurama Leela Leela: Bender, this is Fry's decision... and he made it wrong. So it's time for us to interfere in his life.
 
Futurama logo Bender Narrating: You're watching Futurama: the show that does not advocate the cool crime of robbery.
 
Futurama Zapp Brannigan and Kif Zapp Brannigan: Wow, one day a man has everything...,then the following day he blows up a $40 billion space station, and the next day he has nothing. It really makes you think.
Kif: No it doesn't.
 
Futurama Fry War is the H Word Soldier: This is the worst part...the calm before the battle.
Fry: And then the battle's not so bad?
Soldier: I forgot about the battle!
 
Futurama Al Gore Al Gore: My fellow Earthicans, as I discuss in my book "Earth in the Balance," and the much more popular "Harry Potter and the Balance of Earth," we need to defend our planet against pollution. As well as dark wizards.
Dark Wizard: Sure, blame the wizards!
 
Futurama Amy Wong Amy: Jinkies! He Scooby-Dooed us!
 
Futurama Zoidberg Fry: You can't just kill somebody because they're ugly and corrosive.
Amy: That's what we said about Zoidberg, and look where that got us.
Zoidberg: Amy makes a good point.
 
Futurama Bender as Pimp Hermes: Film? Who uses film? We've had digital cameras for a thousand years!
Bender: Digital? [spits] No digital camera can capture the warmth and grain o' good, ol' film.
Farnsworth: How can you even tell? Your eyes are digital cameras.
 
Futurama Zoidberg pontificating Bender: Life is about decisions. Make the wrong ones and you'll wind up face down in a pool of your own blood and urine.
Zoidberg: Still, to have your own pool!
 
Futurama Philip J. Fry Fry: What's so wonderful about Leela being normal? The rest of us aren't normal and that's what makes us great. Like Dr. Zoidberg: He's a weird monster who smells like he eats garbage and does. The Professor's a senile, amoral crackpot. Hermes is a Rastafarian accountant. Amy's a klutz from Mars.
Farnsworth: And, Fry, you've got that brain thing.
Fry: I already did!





The Art of Jeffrey Dale Starr

Jeffrey Dale Starr is a vodka enthusiast, oil painter, and owner of mobile software company Purple Falcon.