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Slice, which can still be found in some fountains. By 2003, Sierra Mist became a national brand, and the remaining varieties of the Slice line faded away or were replaced by 2006. It existed until it was usurped in most markets by Sierra Mist around the summer of 2000. But the lemon line version was the original that spawned it all. Varieties of Slice have included Apple, Fruit Punch, Grape, Passionfruit, Peach, Mandarin Orange, Pineapple, Strawberry, Cherry Cola, “ Red“, Cherry-Lime, Pink Lemonade, and Dr. Pepsi, as Coke’s main competitor, decided to branch out beyond cola and Slice was born. Every one’s imitating someone else, right? The Sprite brand was created in 1961 and took over the number one spot in lemon-lime drinks in 1978 thanks to Coke’s market dominance. Although interestingly enough, Sprite was originally Coke’s response to the popularity of 7 Up.

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market where they don’t have a license for 7 Up). Slice was supposed to be Pepsi’s answer to Sprite (at least in the U.S. Pepsi pulled it off the market, and revamped the soda several months later with a reformulated citrus drink titled “Crystal From Pepsi”. Was America not ready for clear cola? I remember trying it, and it seemed to taste like flat Pepsi, but maybe I got a bad can? The drink certainly has its fans. Dubbed as a caffeine-free “clear alternative” to normal colas, it was backed by a large marketing campaign, including a television advertisement featuring Van Halen’s hit song “Right Now” that premiered during Super Bowl XXVII:ĭespite initial success, maybe due to the novelty of it all, sales for Crystal Pepsi quickly fell. Sparked by a marketing fad that equated clarity with purity, Pepsi decided they wanted in and generated their infamous Crystal Pepsi drink. I think we’d have to start any kind of discussion about dead soda with Crystal Pepsi (or Pepsi Clear as it sometimes known by). So this is a great look back on some of the sodas and soft drinks of years past: The Pepsi Division But the reminiscing of all drinks got me thinking, why not profile some of the hits, or more accurately misses, of the drink world? Good or bad, sometimes remembering such things can be fun. Unfortunately, it’s long since ceased production, or at least ceased to exist under the Ecto Cooler brand. If you’re not familiar, Ecto Cooler was the Hi-C tangerine and orange flavored drink featuring a picture of Slimer plastered on each box or can. What was a bit of a surprise, at least for me, was how many people clicked on the link for Ecto Cooler in the post. I’m sure it is no surprise for Slimer to appear in such a list. Contained in the article was a mention of Slimer, the floating green blob from the Ghostbusters movies.

He also plays guitar and sings for desert psych band The Lonesome Wilderness, and plays the organ in power-poppers The Breakup Society.A few months back I posted a Top Ten Ghost list in honor of Halloween. Joe Golfen has been writing about music since 2007, appearing in the Arizona Republic, Phoenix New Times and Tone Audio Magazine. It’s a sweet ending to a quick fun record. Milo ends the EP with a somber rendition of the The Everly Brothers’ “All I Have To Do Is Dream” which sounds much more wistfully when delivered in Capati’s croon over a softly strummed surf guitar. Who, Weezer cassette tapes and Tempe Town Lake, and “Maybe Baby” is a classic pop song Buddy Holly would write if he lived by the beach. “Liv” plays with punky doowop while name dropping Dr.

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Plus it contains the line, “I’m so sorry that I’m not attractive/I wrote this song in hopes of making things happen.” A full-throated croon that sounds a bit like Nightmare of You, finds Joshua Capati singing, “I glamorize/The science of suicide/’Cause it crossed my mind/I got some new wounds for the Sun rays to cauterize.” It comes off a lot more melodramatic than it looks when written down.Īny song that can match reverb guitars with a “ohh ohhs” has my seal of approval, and “Orange Crush” is as sweet and bubbly as the soda that bears the same name. “Cherry Bomb” starts the record with a 55 second blast of surf punk perfection, giving way to “Stellarphonic Melancholy,” the standout track from the EP. The music is all surfy echo pedals and snoddy vocals, with plenty of revealing personal details and a wry sense of humor. That funny bit of winking self-deprecation is actually the perfect introduction to Milo Surf, a project by Gilbert songwriter Joshua Capati. The only bio description on Milo Surf’s Bandcamp is a simple phrase: “I can’t surf.”

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