Modern Drunkard Magazine

Girl Gone Mild Smashed by Koren Zailckas Viking Press I was sold on the title alone: Smashed, a term that brings warmth to the heart of a...

Everyone should have a bar in their home, and if you don't believe me, just ask someone who has one. Once he's done lording...

Jackie Gleason drank up life in huge, full-throated swallows — straight-up, no mixer, and the tab was on him. And when I say life,...

Act One “Mr. Talbot wants to talk to you.” “What for? I haven’t done anything.” “He’s waiting for you right now.” A half-empty pint of vodka sat on...

There was a time when drinking on the job was not only accepted, it was considered one of the major perks of joining the...

The wingman is arguably the noblest creature to ever step into a barroom. Who else, with cavalier disregard for his personal reputation, is so willing...

The Oasis Grill was the most god-awful depressing place he had ever been, and he’d been in a lot of god-awful depressing places. It...

In a genre crowded with self-styled mavericks and eccentrics, Larry Wessel manages to stand head and shoulders above other documentary filmmakers.   Figuratively and literally. An...

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

Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder & Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM). Special guest: Adam Pittman. Music: Drunken Disturbance by Spiv. Featuring: ...

We all hate that guy. You know who I’m talking about: The guy who tries to make time with your girlfriend, knocks over your drink,...

A hip flask is a container for liquor like a Molotov cocktail is a bottle for gasoline. If you've carried the former or hurled the...

A majority of Americans today agree that our country’s 13-year “experiment” with Prohibition was a catastrophic failure. In truth, it failed like few human endeavors...

Until very recently, Hollywood was chock-full of drunkards. Some of our finest writers, directors and actors have turned in Academy-quality drinking performances. Whether you're talking...

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...