Korova Milk Bar
The Korova Milk Bar (korova is Russian for "cow") appears in the novel and film A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. It is a twisted version of a milk bar. The bar serves milk laced with drugs. The protagonist and narrator Alex lists some of the (fictitious) ingredients one can request: vellocet (opiate), synthemesc (synthetic mescalines), drencrom (adrenochrome). For another ingredient he uses the phrase (drink the milk) "with knives in it," as it "would sharpen you up".[1] By serving milk (instead of alcohol), the bar is able to serve intoxicating libations to minors. In the film, the bar has furniture in the shape of naked women and the milk is served from their nipples.
[edit] Other uses
There was a bar in New York City's East Village named the Korova Milk Bar styled after the bar in the film.[2] The bar closed in October 2006 but served as a gathering site for the city's goth, punk, industrial, metal, hardcore, and fetish subcultures for many years.[3] In September 2007, the bar re-opened in White Plains, New York.[4]
A bar also recently opened in Toronto, Canada called the Korova Milk Bar. It does not bear any resemblance to the bar in the movie or book but shares the same name.[5]
Korova is also the name of a bar and music venue in Liverpool, founded by members of the band Ladytron. The earlier Liverpool band Echo & the Bunnymen were also signed to a record label of that name.[6]
A club in Melbourne, Australia, also shares the name Korova Milk Bar and is a haven for Minimal/Tech Electro.
There is also a bar named Korova on St. Laurent, in Montreal, Canada, along with another one in Ferrara, Italy, with another bar and Music Venue in San Antonio, Texas.
At Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, there is a student run coffee shop and live music venue named The Korouva Milk Bar. The difference in spelling is intentional and it bears little resemblance to the original.
There is an online forum named after the bar, the "Korova Milk Bar".
[edit] Popular culture
- Polish alternative rock band Myslovitz has named an album "Korova Milky Bar".
- The rapper Cage, who is heavily influenced by the novel, references the bar in his song "Agent Orange".
- The band Blur used the bar as the setting for the song "The Universal".
- Rob Zombie uses the bar in his video for "Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)"
- Irish rock band U2 recorded a song named "Alex Descends into Hell For A Bottle of Milk Korova" that appears on their album B-Sides And Bonus Tracks
[edit] References
- ^ Burgess, Anthony (1986). A Clockwork Orange (Reissue ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. p. 1. ISBN 978-0393312836.
- ^ "Is there a real "Korova Milk Bar", IMDB". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/faq.
- ^ "43 Places, "Korova Milk Bar"". http://www.43places.com/places/view/733975/korova-milk-bar-alphabet-city-east-village.
- ^ "Korova Milk Bar". http://www.korovamilkbar.com.
- ^ "Toronto, New & Trendy: Korova Milk Bar". http://www.toronto.com/bars_clubs/article/656355.
- ^ "Korova record label". http://www.discogs.com/label/Korova.
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