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Defending Dionysus
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sluice Your Gob
ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS. One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him.
BARREL FEVER. An overpowering thirst...
December: 365 Reasons to Get Drunk
Key: Holiday. Pithy comment. Suggested holiday libation.
December
1 Festival of Poseidon (Greek). Let the Sea God drown your sorrows. Sea Breeze.
2 St. Bibiana’s Day. Patron saint...
The Finals: Gleason Vs. Bukowski
Who's the greatest boozer of all time?
Sixteen supreme drunks dove into a sea of booze eight months ago, bent on determining exactly who should...
Welcome to BoozeTown
We all dream of a homeland for drunks, but one visionary spent much of his life trying to make that dream a reality. This...
Blackout Like You Mean It
“Dude, I have never laughed as hard as I did last night when you intentionally vomited on that couple in the booth.”
“Couple?”
“Don’t you remember?...
Booze Vs. Baghdad
The current war is being touted as a war of good vs. evil, by us and Al-Qaeda.
And it is. But to define it...
The Invisible King
Rory Stark was expelled from Burton Bartending College one week before graduation. He was expelled for refusing to demonstrate his knowledge of “the new...
Stand Up Comedy and Falling Down Drunk with Doug Stanhope
Writer, producer and star of Fox’s Invasion of the Hidden Cameras and a regular guest on the Howard Stern Show and Spy-TV, Doug Stanhope...
Trotsky and Tequila
“A glass of milk,” the short Yanqui demanded.
Juan the bartender rattled his copy of El Toro but did not look up.
“Leche! Leche, damn you!”
“This...
The Six Circles of Hangover Hell
1st Circle: The Ducked Bullet
No pain. No real feeling of illness. Your sleep was deep and all those carbo-loaded beers have gifted you...