Modern Drunkard Podcast
By Frank Kelly Rich
Modern Drunkard PodcastMay 11, 2020
Locked Down and Loaded with Frank, Luke and Hosho McCreesh
The first of the Locked Down and Loaded Broadcasts, conducted via Skype. Let's talk drunkard poetry, let's talk the state of drinking in working-class America.
Locked Down and Loaded with Frank and Nick
The first of the Locked Down and Loaded Broadcasts, conducted via Skype. A broad look at how the Coronapocalypse is affecting drinkers and drinking in general.
Episode 12: Absinthe and Evan Williams with JT Habersaat
Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder & Editor of MDM) and Luke Schmaltz (Senior writer for MDM).
Special guest: JT Habersaat, punk rock comedian extraordinaire. http://jtcomedy.com/
Featuring: All manner of drunken jibber-jabber including: Absinthe, Punk rock, Comedy, Dangerous drugs, Evan Williams, The booze/volume correlation revealed, Are we still rolling?, Let's talk Texas, What is fame, exactly?, Broads, chicks and . . ., Let's get rambling!, and more.
Do you have a suggestion for a future topic of discussion or perhaps a specific drinking-related question to ask Frank and Luke? Send it to podcast@drunkard.com
Episode 11: Scotch and Tiki Drinks with Kent “Doc” Wilson
Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder & Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM).
Special guest: Kent “Doc” Wilson, Forensic Psychologist.
Featuring: All manner of drunken jibber-jabber. This particular file went missing for a time, so news items may be a tad dated.
Recorded at Cherry Sound Studios after and while drinking all manner of boozes.
Do you have a suggestion for a future topic of discussion or perhaps a specific drinking-related question to ask Frank and Nick? Send it to podcast@drunkard.com
Episode 10: Gin and Rum with Jeff Mehrens
Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder & Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM).
Special guest: Jeff Mehrens, President & Founder of The League of Inebriated Gentlemen.
Music: Drunken Disturbance by Spiv.
Featuring: The League and All Its Good Works for Humanity, Drinking in Trailer Fancy Parks, The Upcoming HST Museum, Of Passing Out on Celebrity Graves, When They Frame Your Face with a Toilet Seat, Road Trips, The Microdistillery Revolution, Drinking and Pedaling, The Robots Must Be Stopped, Your Hangovers Are Preparing You for Cancer, Bar Stories, Trigger Warnings and Micro Aggressions Galore, Shutting Down Drunk Town, Underage Drinking Stories, Liquors We Love and Not So Much, Alcohol Use Disorderers Unanimous, The Super Fantastico Modern Drunkard Tiki Bar & Boozeum, Alcohol and Amtrak, Drinking in Phoenix, Ancient Bennigans, The Drunkard’s Path, Sidewalks of the Future, Kids are the Death of Tweeting, Are You Prepared for Litigation, Sir?
Recorded at Cherry Sound Studios after and while drinking Tanqueray Gin, Appleton Rum and various micro and macrobrews.
Do you have a suggestion for a future topic of discussion or perhaps a specific drinking-related question to ask Frank and Nick? Send it to podcast@drunkard.com
Episode 8: White Russians with Adam Pittman
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: Featuring: Kickoff Review: New Castle Caledonian, Haxxed the Recipe, bro!, Spain Wants to Ban Drunk Walking, France Wants to Ban Modern Drunkard, Ignore the Mess, The Fascists Want to Take Away Our Powdered Alcohol Before We Even Get Our Hands on Any, The Brutal Hammer: Newsletter of the Resistance, Government Studi es and Other Lies, A Million Years of Drinking, Newtown Pippen Cider Review, Haxxing Cocktails Redux, Phase Two, The State of Drinking at DEFCON, Hangover Science, Break Time, What We Say When We Think the Microphone Is Off, Why Is There No HST Festival in Colorado?, Stalking HST, Drizly Review, Mo’ Work, Mo’ Whiskey, Going Postal, Flavored Whiskies: Outrage or Abomination?, The Bacon & Festival, Who’s Hitler? You’re Hitler!, Naming Names: The Blacklist of Shame, How to Make a Sputnik, The 11oz Rip Off, NoHo Review, Why Are We Talking About the Fucking Hunger Games? The Future of Boozing, Eventually We’re Going to Have to Fight the Robots, and so, so much more.
Recorded at Cherry Sound Studios after and while drinking White Russians and various micro and macrobrews.
Episode 7: Old Crow and Miller Lite with Luke Schmaltz
Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder and Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM).
Special guest: King Rat frontman and ex club owner Luke Schmaltz
Featuring: This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things; The Lost Broadcast; Why Luke No Longer Runs a Club; Would You Kick a Younger You’s Ass?; Men Swear, Women Stew; Old Crow, PBR & Whatever the Rastaman Is Drinking; Light Beer Shamefest; Fat Vs Bald; The .05 Outrage; Get a Grip on Your Vices; Fucken: A Word for All Seasons; Product Reviews; Back to the BAC; The Fine Points of Cheap Whiskey, Ode to Denver Joe, Drinkin n’ Bikin; Hospital Rescue; That Brain Tumor Is All in Your Mind; Strummin’ Us Out; Now Let’s Get Really Drunk.
Recorded in Luke’s living room after and while drinking a handle of Old Crow, a .750 of Ancient Age and various macrobrews. All Songs by Luke Schmaltz.
Do you have a suggestion for a future topic of discussion or perhaps a specific drinking-related question to ask Frank and Nick? Send it to podcast@drunkard.com
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 Brian M. Clark.
Featuring: Mistakes Were Made, Hollywood: Town on the Go?, Drinking in LA, Nick Needs to Move Closer to the Goddamn Mic, Leave Johnny Depp Alone!, The 20-Pint Challenge, Sweet Convention Rememberances, Grappa: Enemy of Humankind?, When to Attend Mardi Gras, He’ll Flip Ya, Worst Poker Game Evah, Drinking Around the World, Weird Euro Mixers, Boozography, Yet More Beer History Revisionism, Booze Reviews: Shiner Ruby Redbird and Some Grappa a Neighbor Made in His Living Room, Shotgun Theory, Christopher Who?
Recorded in the Tiki Room of Modern Drunkard HQ after and while drinking a handle of Evan Williams Black Label, grappa, and various macrobrews. The top-rate song “Alcohol” by Leisure McCorkle.
Do you have a suggestion for a future topic of discussion or perhaps a specific drinking-related question to ask Frank and Nick? Send it to podcast@drunkard.com
Episode 5: Gin and Tonics With Sid Pink
Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder and Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM).
Special guest: Impresario Sid Pink, MC of most MDM conventions.
Featuring: Hooray for HST Death Day, Why Nick Hates Gin, It’s Purim!, Why Makers Mark Got Stomped Like a Rat in a Closet, Nick Takes the Neo-Drys to School, Scenes from the Worldwide War Against Alcohol, Outrage!, Product Reviews: The Home Gin Kit, Nurse Noni’s Hangover Sucks, Happy Hour Vitamins, The Mennonites Would Like You to Stop Having Fun, Now, 10 Million Years of Drinking, Spit Beer, The So-Called, Highly-Disputed Ackroyd Effect, When the Gibberish Goes to Long, We’ll Fade Into Song.
Recorded in the Tiki Room of Modern Drunkard HQ after and while drinking a handle of Gordon’s Gin and various macrobrews. Music by Ralph Steadman and Hunter S. Thompson.
Do you have a suggestion for a future topic of discussion or perhaps a specific drinking-related question to ask Frank and Nick? Send it to podcast@drunkard.com
Episode 4: Tiki Drinks With Karl Christian Krumpholz
Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder and Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM).
Special guest: Karl Christian Krumpholz, creator of the Byron comic book series, illustrator for MDM and alleged Tiki expert.
Featuring: Tiki drinks: Are Instructions Really Necessary?, Frank Continues His Seemingly Never-Ending Rant Against Fancy Bars and Their Fancy Drinks, Karl Names Names, Tiki Town Should be an Idiocracy, Nick Doesn’t Know How to Pronounce Curaçao and Nor Does He Care, Dishing the Dirt on CA Tiki Bars, Why Do So Few Tiki Bars Rarely Get the Music Right?, Frank’s Adventures at Frankie’s Tiki Bar in LV, When Does the Hurting Stop and the Healing Start?, etc.
Recorded in the Tiki Room of Modern Drunkard HQ after and while drinking a handle of Bacardi, some sort of vodka and various macrobrews. Music by Barstool Messiah.
Do you have a suggestion for a future topic of discussion or perhaps a specific drink
Episode 3: Bloody Marys and Martinis With Sara Fischer
Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder and Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM).
Special guest: Sara Fischer, divetender extraordinaire and rock and roll singer for The Manxx.
Featuring: Bloody Mary Architecture, Barroom Etiquette, A Poor Job of Answering Earnest Listener’s Queries, Drinking Is the War Against Death, Losing Your Mind Is Sometimes a Good Thing, Plus 40% More Boozy Blathering Than Usual.
Recorded at Modern Drunkard HQ after and while drinking a handle of Monopolwa vodka and various macrobrews. Music by The Manxx.
Do you have a suggestion for a future topic of discussion or perhaps a specific drinking-related question to ask Frank and Nick? Send it to podcast@drunkard.com
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 Whining, Various Hangover Cures That Have Never Worked For Anyone, Homebrewing for Rummies, The Decline of Traditional Apocalypse Culture, Bukowski, Hemingway and HST Are Still Dead, Where Were You When the Gonzo Died?, Moonshine Moments, The Drunkest/Fittest Correlation, Stand-Up Booze Funnies, Boozy Blathering.
Recorded at Cherry Sound Studios after and while drinking Dekuyper Peppermint Schnapps and Nick’s Homebrew. Music by Throttlebomb.
Do you have a suggestion for a future topic of discussion or perhaps a specific drinking-related question to ask Frank and Nick? Send it to podcast@drunkard.com
Episode 1: Absinthe with Shorts McGraw
Your hosts: Frank Kelly Rich (Founder and Editor of MDM) and Nick Plumber (Poetry Editor and Travel Writer for MDM).
Special guest: Shorts McGraw.
Featuring: Why American Absinthe Sucks, Space Booze, The Enemies of Alcohol, Booze News, What Defines a Dive, Dive Extinction Theory, Last Shot Before the End of the World and Mucho Boozy Incoherence.
Recorded at Cherry Sound Studios after and while drinking a bottle of Absinthe King of Spirits Gold. Music by King Rat.
Do you have a suggestion for a future topic of discussion or perhaps a specific drinking-related question to ask Frank and Nick? Send it to podcast@drunkard.com