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  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Man Sues Four Loko Manufacturer, Saying It Gave Him a Stroke

    Four Loko not all it's cracked up to be, suit says.​Our old friend Four Loko hasn't been in the news much lately, especially since they took all the alcohol caffeine out of it. But a Valley man is suing the drink's manufacturer and a convenience store because, he says, drinking two cans of t ... More >>

  • Music

    April 21, 2011

    Yelle

    Four Loko not all it's cracked up to be, suit says.​Our old friend Four Loko hasn't been in the news much lately, especially since they took all the alcohol caffeine out of it. But a Valley man is suing the drink's manufacturer and a convenience store because, he says, drinking two cans of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Past Blasted: Alcopop And The Geto Boys' St. Ides Ad

    The usual moral outrage is greeting the recent unveiling of Blast, Colt 45's entry into the "alcopop" market heretofore dominated by Four Loko. At a mere 12 percent alcohol by volume, the fruit-infused brews are twice as strong as Colt 45, which already kicks like a mule. As Eric Idle would enth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Colt 45's Blast and The Geto Boys' St. Ides Ad

    Cue the moral outrage. Colt 45 is entering the "alcopop" market with its answer to Four Loko, Blast. At a mere 12 percent alcohol by volume, the fruit-infused brews are twice as strong as Colt 45, which already kicks like a mule. As Eric Idle would enthuse in another context, "eight bottles of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Facing Food Fears: #2: Four Loko

    ​To hell with trepidation. I'm forcing myself to try those five intriguing foods that scare me. I may barf, I may cry, and I may not always enjoy myself, but at least I won't be a coward. #2: Four Loko I know, I know. What the hell happened to #3: The Four Horsemen Burger? Well, end-of-semes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    LaShwanda Allen: Four Loko-Addled Toddler Brings Child Endangerment Charge

    Must be 21 to purchase but not necessarily to drink. ​If you really, really must drink Four Loko, keep that high-alcohol crap away from your kids. On the afternoon of February 21, police were dispatched to a ramshackle apartment complex on Yale near the corner of Tidwell in response to a chil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Five Intriguing Foods I'm Too Scared To Try

    Cheesecake milkshake from Katz's. ​I try to be a fearless eater. But though I'm generally not intimidated by strange sauces and mysterious meats, there are some foods and drinks that I want to try (sort of) but won't, for a variety of (wussy) reasons. Here are five: 5. Prune Juice. I really l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    That Four Loko You Didn't Get to Drink: Now Being Turned into Ethanol

    Coming soon to a gas pump near you​We consider ourselves to be something along the lines of Four Loko specialists here at Hair Balls; we have drunk it and kept the nation informed on its brief, energy-and-vomit-filled life. So now, as it heads to its demise as a rancid-tasting non-caffeinated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Four Loko: Approved In Texas Again!! (Um, Without The Caffeine)

    Four Loko: Farewell, point of drinking it​The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission today approved sales of a reconstituted Four Loko -- one that comes without caffeine. Which is kind of like cigarettes without nicotine -- it's a safer option, but what's the point? The TABC had asked retailers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Four Loko Madness On Rice Campus: EMS Calls Jump, Friends Left Abandoned

    Sammy the Owl is drunk and abandoned​The scourge of Four Loko is turning Rice University into a depraved, body-strewn landscape where desperate students guzzle the possibly deadly drink with scant consideration of the niceties of society. At least that's the only conclusion we can draw from a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Spike Your Holiday Party with Whipped Lightning

    thehollywoodgossip.com We predict Whipahol will be topping more than pies. Ali Larter in Varsity Blues (1999) ​"I imagine this is what alcoholics think clouds taste like." -- avclub.com taste test Move over, Four Loko. Meet Whipped Lighting. It's nitrous oxide-propelled alcohol (a.k.a. Whip ... More >>

  • News

    November 25, 2010

    Four Loko No Mo'

    Drink faces Texas ban.

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Four Loko On The Run; It's Time For Substitutes

    Four Loko: Accept all substitutes​The makers of Four Loko, Phusion Projects, said in a statement this week that they will be pulling the stimulants and caffeine from it's blends of alcohol and liquid death in the coming of weeks to side-step a proposed government ban on the drinks. Phusion l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Four Loko Soon Banned In Texas?

    Four Loko: Someone has to cover it​It's funny how certain things become your beat. Some guys get latched onto animal rights, some find their niche working for homeless people, while other find themselves covering a can of liquid death, in my case, Four Loko. I was the one who drank three can ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2010

    Loco for Loko

    Readers doubt our rapid-consumption story.

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