In July, the company opened its first Chinatown storefront, called POAI by Pono Potions (1119 Smith St.).ДЄt POAI, youвЂ™ll find specialty lattes featuring artisan syrups, shaken lemonades and gluten-free baked goods from Ulu and Kalo Bakery (more about this on page 5).Д¬ustomer favorites include the Pauahi latte ($6), made with espresso, macadamia and hazelnut syrups, and coconut milk, and the He Alii ($6), a combo of Kula lavender, espresso, almond milk and sea salt. Pono Potions distributes its locally sourced, naturally flavored syrups around Oahu to local coffee shops, including Kai Coffee and Bean About Town. Visit or follow on Instagram to learn more. While youвЂ™re at the cafГ©, snag a flaky kouign-amann pastry from b.patisserie. The business uses 100% Kona beans that come from Greenwell Farms (on Hawaii Island) to create delicious coffee concoctions for customers to enjoy. Hit Me With Your Best Shot is a song by Pat Benatar which was written by Eddie Schwartz, a successful producer who has worked with Joe Cocker, Carly Simon, The. A cult like followingД®very cup - whether itвЂ™s drip coffee, a latte or pour-over - that goes out to customers is handcrafted with care at Waikiki-based Kona Coffee Purveyors (2330 Kalakaua Ave.). Look for rotating seasonal beverages like the kabocha spice latte, a fall special that was just released.Visit or follow on Instagram. The Curb (3408 Waialae Ave.), a specialty multi-roaster coffee shop located in Kaimuki, features an extensive single-origin pour-over selection that rotates weekly.Д«esides its pour-overs, other popular drinks include honey oat latte ($5.25-$6) made with locally harvested honey and double espresso, and matcha lavender latte ($5.25-$6) sweetened with the businessвЂ™s housemade Maui lavender syrup. Check out these spots the next time you need a caffeine fix. If we'd gotten together and played tis year, it might have bumped 'Promises.' off the list.Happy National Coffee Day! ThereвЂ™s no better way to celebrate than with a cup of joe. And they said, 'You know, we really love the first three songs, but we think that fourth song, that 'Best Shot' thing was so bad we don't even want to. The last tape I sent them had four songs, and 'Hit Me' was the last song of the four. I was recently thinking about the setlist for a reunion gig (which ended up not happening) and worked up 'Out Of Touch' after many yeas of not thinking about it. They flew me down there, and the song I was most excited about was 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' at the time. My mid-'80s frat party band played 'Hit Me.', 'Out Of Touch', 'Promises in the Dark', 'Precious Time', and 'Love Is A Battlefield'. Barry from Sauquoit, Ny On December 5, 1980, Pat Benatar performs 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' on the ABC-TV weekly late-night live comedy variety program, 'Fridays'.

Rich back in those days, but when I saw them live, he played a sunburst Strat a lot, and also a snot-green Tele on several songs. 'Hit Me' was hands down a statement that makes the persona the label wants. I built one of my own around 1982, using a 50-watt JMP combo enclosure, the chassis from a JMP 2203 head, and a pair of EVs I bought. They were 100-watt combos with two EVM-12Ls.

I remember reading an interview back in the day, in which he said that he kept the preamp volume low and the master volume pegged on those amps, so it was pretty clean. His chorus came from a Roland rack-mount digital delay, and I'll bet he was overdriving the input of his JMP 2203s with the line-level output of the delay. But it would be fun to know what the good options are. What pedal could take me there? I'm not really sure I'll buy a new pedal just for one song. So the bottom line is that I'm a complete neophyte when it comes to getting that great nasty, trebly '80s sound that Giraldo gets on this song, especially on the solo. But who knows what he played on the record. In the one live video I've seen, Giraldo (who claims to hate the song, BTW!) is playing some kind of two-HB Tele. I tend to use a Tele or an LP or a standard Strat when I play this tune. I have an OCD, which I've been using when I play this song, but I don't think it's quite right. My pedals tend to be fairly 'classic' in their sound as well. My gigging amps are either a Matchless Lightning or a Swart AST Pro.

I've never been an '80s-style guitarist although I do like playing punk and New Wave, my guitar style is pretty rooted in the '60s and '70s, and my gear tends to mirror that. As I listened to it today, it hit me (haha) that my tone for this song is all wrong. I've always just winged the solo, but I've decided to try to learn Neil Giraldo's actual solo from the recording. I play in a pop cover band that does Pat Benatar's 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot'.

Hit me with your best shot