Holiday: Peter Weyland Day
When there’s no future, how can there be sin?
We’re the flowers in the dustbin…God save the Queen.
— Sex Pistols
On this day in 1986, the film Sid & Nancy was released in the U.S., featuring a young Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious and Chloe Webb as Nancy Spungen, the American girlfriend that Sid Vicious allegedly killed at the Hotel Chelsea in New York. Sid Vicious died of a drug overdose in 1979 at the age of 21, four months after Nancy’s death. The film is a tragic, gritty, drug-induced love story amidst the chaotic backdrop of one of the most influential bands of the Punk Rock movement, the Sex Pistols, known for their anger and resentment, anti-monarchy rants, and concerts that had the potential to erupt into violence at any moment.
Maintaining their anti-establishment punk reputation, when the surviving Sex Pistols were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, they refused to attend the presentation, referring to the Rock Hall Museum as “a piss stain.”
Music Du Jour: Sex Pistols Playlist
Films Du Jour:
- Sid & Nancy: Love Kills (1986)
- Sad Vacation (2016 Documentary)
- The Filth and the Fury (2000 Documentary)
- Pistol (2022)
- Who Killed Nancy? (2010 Documentary)
Snacks du Jour: Heroin addicts typically have little interest in food, but here’s a mohawk made of fruit that we like.
Cocktail Du Jour – The Vicious Sid Cocktail
This recipe is from Bar None Drinks:
- 5 oz White Rum
- 5 oz Southern Comfort
- 5 oz Triple Sec
- 1 oz Lemon Juice
- 1 dash Angostura Bitters
Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain over ice in an old-fashioned glass.
Mocktail Du Jour – The Vicious Sid Mocktail
- 5 oz Ritual Zero Proof Rum
- 5 oz Ritual Zero Proof Whiskey
- 5 oz Lyre’s Orange Sec
- 1 oz Lemon Juice
- 1 dash Angostura Bitters
Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain over ice in an old-fashioned glass.
Beer Du Jour
Red Stripe Lager is the beer of choice of band icon John Lydon (Johnny Rotten). THE PUNK ROCKER by Poison City Brewing is a Pale Ale inspired by the Sex Pistols, and really any beer with the word PALE in it could be a tribute to Sid & Nancy. Lakewood Punkel is also appropriate for the day and the season.
Wine Du Jour
Punkista labels (if you can find them) by Pandemonium Wines are inspired by the Sex Pistols. A morally grey but decent white wine is Grey Rock Sauvignon Blanc or Grey Rock Rose. Total Wine often carries a Vicious Red Blend from California.
Use freshly squeezed citrus in your cocktails and mocktails when called for – It makes such a difference! Here’s a reliable and inexpensive juicer.
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