Matador (cocktail) Matador (cocktail) The Matador is a tequila-based cocktail. Less widely known than the margarita, its structure is similarly simple, with three primary ingredients: silver or "blanco" tequila, pineapple juice, and lime juice. Its chief coupling of pineapple and a single spirit resembles a Jackhammer, a variant of the Screwdriver which substitutes pineapple juice for orange juice to mix with vodka. Matadors are often presented differently, either in a martini glass or a champagne flute. The cocktail combines three Mexican exports: tequila, pineapple and lime. Due to typically high natural sugar content in many pineapple varieties, or use of sweetened commercially
Spirit of America (The Beach Boys album) Spirit of America (The Beach Boys album) Spirit of America is the 1975 follow-up to the Capitol Records compilation of music by The Beach Boys, "Endless Summer", released the previous year. Although it features only a handful of genuine hits, "Spirit of America" proved to be another success for The Beach Boys' former label, reaching No. 8 in the USduring a chart stay of 43 weeks and going gold. After the success of its predecessor Capitol rounded up the few remaining early hits that were not released on "Endless Summer", as well as some album tracks, in addition to two