From The Desk Of OK Go’s Damian Kulash: Cisco Sour

This past winter was an eventful time for OK Go, between the release of third album Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, disputes with EMI over its YouTube videos and an eventual split with the label and the creation of Paradacute Records. But even after all the dust settled, the music is still stuck in our heads—because OK Go definitely still has it. Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky brings us little nuggets of unbridled optimism set to catchy pop beats with Damian Kulash’s funky falsetto soaring overhead—and, in typical OK Go fashion, some of the most awesome videos ever made. OK Go is taking time between dates on its worldwide tour supporting the LP in order to guest edit magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with Kulash.

Kulash: A cocktail created by my friend Andrea De Leonardis. He won Best Bartender in Mexico 2007 for it. Or maybe I’ve got the year wrong, but who cares. It’s cucumber-, lime- and vodka-based, but even given the recipe, lesser barmen can’t do it justice (I have verified this more than once), so you’ll have to go right to the source. In May, he started as the general manager for Caffe Falai in NYC, and he says it’ll be on the summer menu if they get their liquor license in time.