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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 Future of Boozing
Two decades ago, this magazine squinted into the hazy horizon and coughed up a slew of wild predictions about the future of drinking.
So, howād...
The Strange Case of PBR
Pabst Blue Ribbon is a beer of simple pleasures.
It didnāt actually win a blue ribbon, but no one buys Pabst for its award-winning pedigree....
Community and Freedom
Social media is a benjo ditch, an open sewer where gondoliers named Zuckerberg, Musk and Gates spend the day steering fancy Venetian canoes.
Every day,...
Postcards from Skid Row #64
Drinking in a Church Yard
The idea is anonymity
Or peace,
As the dead only punch
Their hands through the sod
In the imagination
Or the cheap seats I run...
Booze of the World: All in with Ten High Bourbon
āA True Bourbon.ā
That was once the emphatic claim of Ten High, back when it was a cheap but honorable straight bourbon whiskey. Today it...
Wino Wisdom: Issue 64
āItās not day drinking if youāre still up from last night. Itās second-wave night drinking.ā
Unknown gent, who probably spent too much time in school,...
Drunkard of the Issue #64: Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch knocks a backhand of defiance into the face of the status quo like a shot of tequila spat into a gaping wound....
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...
The United Altered States
āThe United States of Americaā has always been a misnomer. āStates of America,ā yes. āUnited?ā Wellā¦
In the sense that weāre all stuck together, that...
Plastered Propaganda Poster 64: Smash the Nanny State
Get a mini or large polycanvas poster right here.Ā
In Praise of the Spritzer
As a woman, thereās not a cocktail on this Earth that I would feel any kind of shame for ordering.
Blowjob shot? Hit me, Iām...
The Ghost in the Machine
MDM: Before we start, letās have a Papa Doble.
EH: Good idea.
You and master bartender Constantino Ribalaigua Vert conspired this cocktail, didnāt you? At La...
News from the Front
Humanity stands at a crossroads.
Iām not talking about the madness in the Middle EastĀāweāve been doing donuts at that particular intersection for millenniaāIām talking...
You Know You’re a Drunkard When… #64
Cenosillicaphobia is fear of an empty glass, and youāre getting damned angry at the snickering bartenders who find it amusing when you have a...
Oliver Reed: Profile in Drinking Courage
In the pantheon of historyās heroically great drinkers, there is a special place reserved for the British actor Oliver Reed.
Reedās alcohol consumption was truly...