Today's Reason to Drink
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Agave Empire: Three Centuries of Drinking in Mexico
Among seasoned drinkers, Mexico has attained something of a Mecca-like status. The country is so big (larger, in fact, than California, Oregon and Washington...
100 Years of Modern Drunkard Magazine
A Slanderous Birth
The first incarnation of what was to become Modern Drunkard Magazine was a one-page death threat written by saloon keeper Hiram...
The Faded Glory of the Martini Lunch
Winston Churchill, bolstered by gin martinis, outlasted the Luftwaffe.
James Bond typically enjoyed a martini while on the clock, right before pummeling an extra into...
Secrets of the Broken Man Bender
Broke your leg? Don’t sit there feeling sorry for yourself—hobble your way to free drinks!
You hurt yourself. Bad. So bad you can’t work, can’t...
Boozing in the Big Leagues
Forget mom. Forget apple pie. The game of baseball is the single most recognizable symbol of our national heritage and character.
For well over a...
The Lost Art of Staggering
Staggering, I mean really staggering, is rapidly becoming a lost art.
In fact, in this modern PC world, the only one who appreciates a good...
Postcards from Skid Row Archives
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...
Prankster of the Gods
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last,
that is written by drinkers of water.
—Horace
People drink for lots of reasons— escape, relaxation, to catch...
May: 365 Reasons To Get Drunk
May
1 May Day. Comrade drunkards of the world, unite! We’ve nothing to lose but our outstanding bar tabs! Red wine.
2 Manfred Von Richthofen’s Birthday...
The Great Eggnog Riot
Sylvanus Thayer—whose name sounds like a lizard-rat-man hybrid Lord Voldemort would keep caged for dark-magic rape rituals—took command of West Point in 1817.
Within a...
Under the Influence: Denver Joe Vasquez, Drink Up and Be Somebody
The title of this article was first slurred into a microphone by Merle Haggard in 1967—but when I wandered into Denver’s Cricket on the...
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Drunks
In the vast time I’ve spent attempting to drive my liver from my body like a wounded mastodon flushed over a cliff by a...
For Whom the Booze Tolls
Ernest Hemingway had rolled into Key West a couple of weeks earlier. After touring the local dives, he settled in at a rough and...
Urban Legends of Alcohol
THE RUMOR
Workers at the Corona brewery in Mexico urinate in the beer vats.
False. This persistent rumor started in the mid-1980s and spread like...
Konyagi: Tears of the Lion
During my sophomore year of college I enrolled in a course entitled Modern Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the impressive title, the course consisted of one...
Episode 2: Homebrew and Schnapps with Troy Baxley
Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder and Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM).
Special guest: Troy Baxley
Featuring: Hangover...
A Brave New Dawn
It is generally assumed that the drunk is an animal of the night.
That we are to be found prowling the dark jungle of dives...
The Decadent Decade
When I mentioned to a stranger that this magazine was about to celebrate its tenth year in publication, he reacted with violent dismay.
“Ten years?”...