choo-choo-charlie Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 A friend sent me this website: http://drinkify.org. Type in whatever music you're listening to, and it generates a suggested drink to accompany said music. Of course, I had to type in Wilco, and...the suggestion was:"The Wilco" = a bottle of organic red wine, garnished with sugar.Variations:"The Jeff Tweedy" = a Miller High Life garnished with a wedge of watermelon"The Uncle Tupelo" = 8 oz. Sipsmith Gin, 8 oz. Nordic Mist, 2 oz. Glenfiddich ScotchI'm not a "fruit in my beer" kind of guy, but I'm intrigued by the combination of High Life and watermelon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skybluescott Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Fun site, Charlie. Just learned that "The Ween" is a PBR served cold. Awesome.Edit: Had to come back and note that "The Sugar" is an oz. of weed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 A Drive-By Trucker is 12 oz. of whiskey and 12 oz. of an energy drink. Appropriate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 "The Jeff Tweedy" = a Miller High Life garnished with a wedge of watermelon Hunh. Would have thought "The Jeff Tweedy" would be a Diet Coke. Wonder what his go-to beverage was in his drinkin' days? Sort of doubt watermelon was involved! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Fun site. Kind of hit & miss, though. I think a lot of it is randomly seeded. I did chuckle when the "beverage" for Middle Brother was a BOTTLE of red wine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 About the hack Drinkify automatically generates the perfect* cocktail recipe to accompany any music.* May not actually be perfect. What APIs, tools or kit did you use?The Echo Nest (http://the.echonest.com)List of terms/genres that describe an artistAudio summaries of top tracks (are their songs slow or fast, etc)Last.fm (http://last.fm/api)forfait mobileArtist and album imagesArtist name spelling correctionsList of most-played tracks per artistProprietary Drinkify database"Because booze still doesn't have an API..." Yeah, so I was right -- they have a database of drinks and have manually associated certain artists with drinks that they seem to think fit... but everything else is based on an algorithm using track names, summaries, etc. to pick something for an artist not in their DB. Cool idea, but like I said - very hit & miss, at least for the artists I picked. They should have a "suggest an alternative cocktail" button and have the site learn on its own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 "The Loose Fur" = 10 oz. microbrew. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 this one made me smilehttp://drinkify.org/nirvana Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 this one made me smilehttp://drinkify.org/nirvana Similar, but to a greater [and more grotesque] extreme: http://drinkify.org/sepultura http://drinkify.org/cannibal%20corpse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Queen Amaranthine Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Fun and addictive! A whole bottle?!Autumn Defense:1 bottle organic red wineServe at room temperature. Sweet!Flaming Lips8 oz. microbrew8 oz. ice creamCombine in highball glass and serve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Fun and addictive! Sweet!Flaming Lips8 oz. microbrew8 oz. ice creamCombine in highball glass and serve. Ooh, I like that one! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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