echoes of an empty bottle

In what I would call a personal interest piece, Modern Drunkard Magazine is an online space where contributors celebrate the right to be intoxicated. The website is an online version of what is also a print magazine with an illustrious history. The Modern Drunkard website thus provides an interesting fusion of traditional print media with new online forums (nothing beats a communal blog or chatroom to express personal devotion to alcoholism). The most interest aspect I found, was a well developed hatred towards America's 'booze Nazis' or modern Teetotalitarian figures. It seems some things never change - the same prohibition era frustrations surviving all the way to the digital age. For a good laugh and to see a) extremist viewpoints clashing via email corresspondence b) a whole lot of name calling check out the site's hate mail section.


Lucas Cooney
(your friendly class drunk)