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Drinking Games
In the fall of 2001 outraged Cleveland Browns fans hurled beer bottles at NFL referees, and everyone was outraged.
Tales came to light of Babe...
Bout 7: Ruth Vs. Faulkner & Bout 8: Bogart Vs. Martin
This installment completes the culling of the original herd of 16 super hoochers into a hard-drinking eight.
Last month we witnessed Charles Bukowski’s psychological destruction...
Your Guide to Home Bars
The Liquor Cabinet
AKA The Booze Box or Liquor Pantry, these demure containers take up little space, are easily disguised and some are actually quite...
Got Kymyz?
From Tatarstan to Kyrgyzstan to Tuva, in what used to be the great thirsty interior of the Soviet Union, Central Asian nomads have the...
Episode 5: Gin and Tonics With Sid Pink
Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder and Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM).
Special guest: Impresario Sid Pink,...
All Hail the Piano Bar!
You can’t pump your fist in the air to rock favorites forever, although Lord knows, some boomers and busters will try.
There are those who...
Tipping Points
A Blast from the Past
Wealthy Americans adopted the practice of tipping as they traveled about Europe in the mid-19th Century. At the time, trans-Atlantic...
Running from the Death Angel
“Oh sweet Jesus, we’re out of tequila,” Otto slurred from the passenger seat, flipping the empty bottle out the window. “There is no way...
Postcards from Skid Row #61
Full moon moonshine
Drank got drunk stumbling beneath the blurry pair of pale faced moons.
Sip your gloom away the screaming crowd cries swaying.
Slouch down in...
How to Open Your Very Own Speakeasy
If you are any kind of drunk at all, you’ve dreamed of owning your own bar.
I mean, just picture it: You’re standing there in...
Lush For Life
If you’re a good boy and wait until you’re 21 to start boozing, and reach the life expectancy of an average American, you’re looking...
The Wingman’s Handbook
The wingman is arguably the noblest creature to ever step into a barroom.
Who else, with cavalier disregard for his personal reputation, is so willing...
Drinking With Devil: My Interview with the Prince of Darkness
I rendezvoused with Satan at the Bon Chance Bar in New Orleans.
I must confess I doubted his credentials from the moment he called us,...
Episode 11: Scotch and Tiki Drinks with Kent “Doc” Wilson, Part 1
Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder & Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM).
Special guest: Kent "Doc" Wilson, Forensic Psychologist.
Featuring: All...
Here’s Why Champagne Is Fucking Overrated
Do me a favor, darling dears—take a shot and kindly clear your mind.
Now tell me quick!—no notes! no thoughts! If you had to choose...
Liquor and the Law
When people disagree with the actions of others — let’s say tippling in this case — they work to catch the ear of the...
Dead Drunk
Giles Humbert III strikes up a conversation with some of history’s greatest drunks through renowned spirit channeler Maria St. Longue.
Modern Drunkard Magazine: I...