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Four Nights in Philly
It’s the “City of Brotherly Love” and also the city whose football fans actually booed Santa Claus. One of its nicknames is “Sleepy...
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...
All Hail the Piano Bar!
You can’t pump your fist in the air to rock favorites forever, although Lord knows, some boomers and busters will try.
There are those who...
The Dry Piper
William Wilson was, by his own account and those of others, a degenerate alcoholic.
After a quasi-religious epiphany, he “cured” himself and went on to...
Episode 6: Bourbon and Beer With Brian M. Clark
Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder and Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM).
Special guest: Noted libertarian misanthrope...
The Politics Of Drinking and Driving
PLACERVILLE, CA —Richard Moody isn’t in favor of driving drunk; he’s just opposed to hysteria. He organized a local effort to make it clear...
Drinking Along The Nile
We human types have been scribbling history for perhaps 5,000 years, but we’ve been making fermented beverages for at least twice that long. The...
Dead End Drinks
The alcohol industry is forever foisting new “sensations” on the drinking public.
They come and go. Designer vodkas flash and fade like hastily assembled boy...
Best Bar
During my long tenure as a callow youth, few things excited me more than charging from bar to bar in hot pursuit of that...
Drunkus Maximus
Bibamus moriendum est.
Death is Inevitable;
Let's Get Drunk.
—Roman Aphorism
Turn on the news or flip through a magazine and you are confronted with stories of greed,...
Barhopping Through History
Ever wonder what it would be like to drink in the great watering holes of yore? Well, pack your flask and climb aboard the...
Drinking with Van Gogh
My guest arrived early.
A mere nine days after I'd placed my order with an online absinthe supplier, my package—deftly slipping through the hands of...
Strange Brews: Natty Light
“Natty” (or “Unnatural Light,” as it’s also called) has long been the unofficial beer of students and the cash-strapped everywhere.
As the market analysts say,...
Rummy Rebellion
The Volstead Act became law on January 17, 1920.
At the stroke of midnight, America was legally obligated to dry up tighter than a Pentecostal...
Why We Drink
And why so much? Just where the hell do we get off getting loaded all the time? Do we really need a reason? In...
A Killer Drink
What you drink can say a lot about you—for better or worse. It seems that, with astonishing frequency, murderers tend to be connected with...
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...