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The Hell You Say: Brutally Honest Reviews of All Things Boozed
Drink Like a Grown-Up
By The League of Extraordinary Drinkers
Truer Title: Drink Like a Smug Hipster
The book starts out well enough— raising a hue and...
Episode 13: Locked Down and Loaded with Frank and Nick
Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder & Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor for MDM).
Special guest: The dreaded Wuhan Virus
Featuring: All manner of...
This River Runs Wild
Nothing goes together quite like alcohol and open water.
Maybe it has something to do with the sense of weightlessness. When I was a kid,...
Postcards from Skid Row #63
Kessler’s Whiskey
Kessler’s whiskey on sale!
It’s the same price as the no-name whiskey
that occupies the space next to it on the bottom shelf.
As soon as...
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,...
Local Only
It’s a little after ten in the morning on a Saturday, I’ve just retrieved a bucket of ice, and the phone rings.
I set the...
Here’s How to Make a Fucking Bloody Mary
I wasn't aware until fairly recently that there are some people out there—grown-ass adults, even—who have never had themselves a Bloody Mary.
That's wrong. And...
Girl, Crazy
One passed out on the sofa; one dancing like a fool, his shirt off; one clutching the remote for dear life as the Cartoon...
Say It Loud, Say It Plowed
It's a vexing set of circumstances—at the time you have the most to say (wise and terribly important things too), you are least able...
Martini Madness!
The following account may startle you.
And it may save you from a horrifying fate.
In the 1950s a sinister new menace swept America. Spawned...
Hello! My Name is Pancho
Hello! My name is Pancho.
I have come to spit up on your carpet.
Hello! My name is Pancho
These are my friends. They like your beer,
And...
Boozing with the Band: Vadge Moore and Matt Skiba
Esoteric writer, punk rock legend, and drunkard of extraordinary prowess, Satan's drinking buddy Vadge Moore waxes intoxicated on the beauty of booze.
First taste from...
The King Is Dead, Long Live the King
“Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.” — Bernard Malamud
I heard the news in a bar....
Bold Crow
Tom really needed a drink.
Vodka, Scotch, gin, it really didn't matter, even a beer or a cheap Chablis. He hadn't had anything to drink...





































































