Meggin Ceol EP Review

"...it's like her voice, chilly but angelic, bounces off a natural flow atop the keys. With classical ease and a studied development for her craft, Meggin Ceol has emerged past coffee house crooner to a complete singer/songwriter worthy of this well produced EP. Songs like Cold and Winter Love, which revolve around a woman's feelings of insecurity and compassion, are balanced by a sultry voice that evokes genuine emotion and strong instrumentals. The real gem, I Met A Boy, approaches spite with such playfulness, you can't help but root for our heroine. You know she deserves better, and it's Ceol's confidence as she skips across the piano that makes you believe that." -Music & Pop-Culture Journalist David Diehl Diehl's Reviews have been published in Inked Magazine, YRB Magazine, & Nerve.com.

Finally Bacon Lube...

Back in March, Iwas checking nerve.com, the sex and culture webzine I used to work for, just for random news on the contemporary world, I suppose. Maybe I was looking for ideas for a new story. Maybe I was just looking for nudity. They usually have interesting nudity. I mean not even all barbie doll type nudity, although they have that too. But sometimes they have really bad nudity. Brilliant, bad nudity. They always have photo contests, like best nude shot with an ipod, or best nude shot on an elevator, or best non-nude nude shot. Silly shit like that.

Anyway, I was flowing through some random news and notes, and I saw it. A quick snip and photo, literally of a shampoo looking bottle with a strip of bacon in it. Bacon Lube. http://www.baconsaltblog.com/2009/04/our-newest-product.html I swear my heart stopped.

It was brilliant. And disgusting. But mostly brilliant. I mean who doesn't like bacon. If they don't they're wrong. The company also produced Bacon Salt, Bacon Mayonaise, and Bacon Chap Stick. They think everything should taste like bacon...

They're right.

So I was like a man on a mission. I immediately emailed all of my editors: AVN, StorErotica, Yellow Rat Bastard, Inked, Playboy Online; I had to write about this product. I already had all the plays on words: "Wakey, Wakey, balls n' bakey." "Meat on a Stick" "Talk about porking."

God willingly, a few editors were down and I was off to contact the company and get a sample. Which my girl at the time was down for. And then it all fell apart...

The whole thing was just an April Fool's Day joke. But the response to the 'product' was so alarmingly positive, (http://www.baconsaltblog.com/2009/04/the-jokes-on-us.html) the boys at bacon salt realized maybe they should actually produce some Bacon Lube.

Well, it's five months later, and the owner of Bacon Salt emailed me today and I think they finally made it. Asked if I wanted a sample and said he'd send it through. It looks like my dream of writing about a sex toy/tool/aid/enhancer that is flavored of bacon is a reality again.