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<\/a><\/p>\nYou may have seen the above pic before in the “2019 Collections – Signs of Illumination” post, where I mentioned that \u201cOne of the shown brands will be the subject of a future post.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The future has arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n Of all the brands in that post – https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=8452<\/span><\/a> – raise your hand if you thought it would be Black Death Vodka……….hmmm, I don’t see any hands. So why am I championing something with such a horrible-sounding name – especially in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic? I\u2019m not. I\u2019m just mentioning something that came along in the late 80s and never gave me a hangover, which was rare.<\/span><\/p>\n The fact that Guns \u2018N Roses guitarist Slash endorsed it and I shot a lot of GNR shows didn\u2019t enter into it, though I DID find it funny, given the top-hat connection. There\u2019s a video about that – https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lS9XDKBFRJw&feature=emb_logo<\/span><\/a> (if you have 13 and a half minutes to waste).<\/span><\/p>\n A couple of years later BDV was gone. My understanding was that the government claimed that the skull was a symbol for poison, so BDV had to go (don\u2019t tell the Feds, but I DID write somewhere that BDV was my favorite poison of the early 90s).<\/span><\/p>\n Since it was now banned (and has since come back in some form), I decided to gather as much BDV memorabilia as I could find and I found a LOT of stuff – some of which I had no idea even existed.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m guessing you\u2019d like to see it all, so here goes:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n T-SHIRTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I know I have a BD Vodka one around somewhere, but I can\u2019t find it, so here are two others I have: a Malt Liquor one and a Tequila one (front and back):<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n COFFINS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Yes – you could buy BDV in its own coffin! They\u2019re pretty rare\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026I just found two on eBay offered for $250 EACH (one of them is cracked down the center of the front)\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.and I have 3 of them in very good condition:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here they are open. I\u2019ve placed 3 different-sized BDV bottles in them:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I seem to recall something about fake BDV coffins. I don\u2019t know if I have any of those, but there ARE significant differences in them – mainly the latches. Two of them close on the left side and one closes on the right. No two latches of mine look the same, except for the fact that they’re a bit dusty:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I don\u2019t exactly keep them hidden\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..they\u2019re on my kitchen counter and are highly visible when you walk in my front door:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n KEYCHAIN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Is there ANY product that doesn\u2019t have its own keychain?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n CASE\/BOX<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I don\u2019t imagine there are very many BDV cases around:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n THESE THINGS EXIST?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n There are 3 things that I had no idea existed: Black Death Vodka in a can, Black Death CIGARETTES(!) and Black Death rolling papers:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Or – if you prefer – here are the Slashified photo versions (his Les Paul has been replaced by an inferior – but more colorful – axe……….and I’ve found a new use for the whammy bar):<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE STASH<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I have about 30 empty BDV bottles, plus 5 unopened tiny ones and most of the other goodies stored in a cabinet\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..which reminds me: they all have caps (someone\u2019s selling an empty BDV bottle for $200\u2026\u2026\u2026.without the cap! If someone pays that much, think what all these could be worth WITH the caps.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here\u2019s one of the little 50ml bottles with its birth certificate:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I haven\u2019t dug into that cabinet in years and was surprised to find this old bottle:<\/span><\/p>\n
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