Soho in the Eighties
I'm 5% of the way through this book and I'm not sure what I'm reading, but I'm pretty sure it's an abject waste of time and delightful. (Mini-essay)
Topic
Drinking
A collection of 38 issues
An Anti-Abortion Drunk
Jeffrey Bernard (long-stumbling literary drunk, long-standing author of The Spectator's "Low Life" column, subject of the long-running play Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell) dedicated a column to "the heroes of 1985." One of them, the "late lamented Michael Dempsey."
Last week a colleague
The Roaring Twenties
They roared with alcohol (Mini-Essay)
Fortified Wines: Racism One Swig at a Time
For this morning's BYCU, a throwback to 2024 (Essay)
Welcome to Drynuary
An abbreviated BYCU to kick-off the new year (Blog Post)
For Those Who Like Their Beer to Behave Like Cognac
The only thing higher than these beers' alcohol content is their price tags, revealing a fundamental truth about human nature: we will pay someone to kick us in the genitals.
The Finest Literary Publication Since the Edinburgh Review is on Life Support
I pray for Modern Drunkard Magazine's recovery but I fear the worst.
Join Me As We Drink Like Pansies
The gin and tonic is surging in the United States. That's great, but the reasons for its surge are emasculating.
How to Drink Like an Occultist
Add lavender, pineapple Gomme, Rihei ginger Schochu, and cacao; congratulate yourself for having such a fine set of taste buds; then sip like the submissive homosexual you are.
Black Wednesday Arrives
I haven't missed it since turning 21. Even in 2020 when the bars were shut down, I opened a bar in my basement, complete with lots of hand sanitizer and two air purifiers. Funny, not too many people came, but those who did, got great burgers from a local bar that needed the business.