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Neon Taste Records has been around for a minute (since 2017 as a record label it appears) but I wasn't really aware of them until this past fall when I was trying to find a Canadian distro that was going to be carrying the new Dark Thoughts LP (Highway to the End [I'll likely write about it on this blog at some point but the coles notes of it all is that Dark Thoughts nailed it again]). Anyway, what was I writing about? Oh yeah, Neon Taste has, and keeps on, putting out some fantastic music. From YUMRE001 with Easy Money's Collection 79-82, which is some fantastic Canadian power pop that Neon Taste unearthed and put to wax..er, vinyl...to the absolutely blistering hardcore of YUM050 (it looks like they dropped the RE from release numbers) Winnipeg's Negative Charge with their Self Titled (frantic mid 80's east coast flavoured hardcore) and face melting YUM51 Toronto's Imploders with their Targeted For Termination (frantic early 80's west coast flavoured hardcore). Looking at the back catalogue I guess I was aware of Neon Taste's releases, just not necessarily of the label. Better late than never. Great label releases, great distro selection, Canadian and pretty nice shipping rates to boot. Go support 'em.

Chip blog? Oh, yeah, um, chips. Well let me tell you, I was gifted an import 116g bag of Doritos Garlic Steak Flavor (they appear to be Taiwanese) back in November. Then the holidays hit and I just didn't get around to consuming or posting about them. Well today that changes, today I tell you that Doritos Garlic Steak Flavor smells like..corn with a faint sweet bbq scent. And they taste, oh, boy, they taste like...kinda weird. They're sweet..I'd say slightly thinner than North American Doritos but still quite corney..faintly meaty, but not really smokey, just an indiscrete meat. I keep trying to figure out what this is and all I can come up with is sweet corn with a bit of funk in there. After I took a slight break I noticed the garlic rearing it's head a little more in the aftertaste. The bit of simulated meat flavour isn't bad, but it's also not super familiar. I would eat these again, but if you gave them to me blind I don't think I'd ever guess garlic steak...I think I'd lump them in with the Mexican street corn flavour family...but maybe that's just me. 

Stay hydrated,

Marc

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