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What do Doritos Late Night fully loaded Nachos smell like? Chili powder..err, Old Dutch Mexican chili chips.

What do Doritos Late Night fully loaded Nachos taste like? Well, they taste like they smell. Predominantly "chili" (as a chip flavour) flavoured chips with the odd hint of cheese (similar to President's Choice's jalapeno popper chip seasoning [but without the increased heat]).

What sets Doritos Late Night fully loaded Nachos apart from..I don't know, not Doritos fully loaded Nacho chips [apart from the obvious seasoning differences]? Well, let me tell you, I found that you get a lot more of the corn chip flavour with these chips compared to typical Doritos (now is this true or have I just not had Doritos in a minute..you tell me).

Any final thoughts? I thought that these were going to be pretty wack based on the "Late Night" labeling and neon sign looking bag artwork (this is based off of previous superfluous Doritos naming and bag layout)..but they're pretty not bad (how's that for a glowing endorsement). They'll be good for an inoffensive party chip and they go really well with salsa.

(they're noted as "limited stock" availability on the Wal-mart website so it looks like this review's not too late..but it's also not super timely..I guess you get what you pay for right? Hah)

Not sure why it took me until recently to check out Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room (Slapstick, longtime AMR artist..to a lesser extent AK3). So yeah, I'm finally checking out his Party Adjacent album from 2015 and it's quite good. Some organ, some slide guitar..almost a mid to late 90's alt rock sound. The songs are typically around the 3 minute mark with a few closer to 4 and one that clocks in at 5..so they're long enough to have some meat to them but don't outstay their welcome. Dan has a nice melodic voice that's is somewhat croonish, (that word is underlined in red but you get it) at times his voice really reminds me of Colin Hay. The songs have some nice bounce to them, even the slower ones. As I write this I'm in the middle of my first listen so lets just say that first impression is very optimistic..I'm going to have to add this to my next AMR order..(which with a new Murderburgers album slated for Mid March [and already up for pre-sale] and Kitty Kat Fan Club's first LP shortly after will be soon).

Stay hydrated,
Marc



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