Modern Drunkard Magazine

“We were supposed to drink. We were following the heritage of the pro athlete going back to Babe Ruth. You punished your body. It...

Outside my home in Ilsan, South Korea is a pedestrian arcade we call "Meat Street." It has a real name, but like all streets...

Built by drunk miners and called home by some of America’s most famous hoochers, the City by the Bay possesses a rich history steeped...

In the second installment of MDM’s Great Drinking Cities tour, correspondent Nick Plumber throws down in the booziest bars and bowling alleys of Motown.  Sunday Denver...

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...

Few subjects have inspired artists like intoxication. Some works celebrate sozzlers, propping us on a dais for a little while, displayed at our hiccupy...

We’ve all been there. You’re broke, it’s three in the morning, and you’re not quite ready to go nighty-night. You make a quick but intense...

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...

It’s a flat-out fact that alcohol, and those of us who like to imbibe it, are reviled by a healthy percentage of Americans. Since the...

 JoJo the Killer Pimp (or possibly an accountant) tries to talk his way out of an execution. Excerpt from 16mm MDM 1998 feature film Nixing the...

Come on boys, I know a whoopie spot Where the gin is cold And the piano is hot. It’s just a noisy hall Where there’s a nightly brawl. And all...

The near-symbiotic bond between alcohol and athletics goes back thousands of years and their lengthy shared history has produced innumerable athletes who played hard...

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?”...

Wild-eyed and soaked, a naked young man breaks the surface of the swimming pool full of party debris—bottles, pool side chairs and an…er, Cadillac—gasps...

Medals Blackout Brigade Medal of Merit Motto: “I won’t remember you.” Long after lesser drunks have staggered off to bed, these valorous boozers shout: “Yes, I will...

“I'm sorry, sir,” says the walleyed clerk, “I don't have the keys to that. We'll have to wait.” I take out my flask and show...

Make no mistake— Captain Kirk and his crew were cowboys and they treated the universe like the Wild West. There was always a lot of...

1 What are you drinking these days? Let’s just go with this day. Four mimosas and now have switched to whiskey with a tiny splash...