Liquor’s been around for ages – literally! – and promoting the sale of it is something that the producers of it have been into for just as long, no doubt. Well, maybe less long… maybe the first producers of liquor were just down to get liquored up with friends. But since the invention of money, at least, distillers have been looking for ways to stand apart. Entice the buyer! Convince him or her that your product is the BEST way to get liquored up, amongst all available options!
The label on the bottle has ever been and still remains the single most important piece of that effort – in aggragate, perhaps television ads, word of mouth and actual quality are more important in driving sales, but when a person sees a product they are unfamiliar with, all they can judge it by is the label.
In short, the label defines the liquor.
I’m an English major, not an art major. So when I look at a label on a bottle of booze, I don’t see graphic design and brilliant images, I see the words. And in this, I am blessed. For the images are sometimes delightful, often colorful, and inevitably extant, but the words kind of make me laugh.

Smooth As Silk
I first heard of Kessler Blended Whiskey from my friend Dan. Dan referred to it as “Dr. K”, simultaneously a reference to Dr. J, who was somewhat prominent when Dan was in a touring band, and the eponymous Dr. Julius Kessler. The label says it is “Smooth As Silk” – I suspect the label lies. But I’M not going to lie to YOU: It might be EXACTLY as smooth as silk, I haven’t tasted it. Nor have I ever tried to eat silk. All I can say is that, in my plural years of selling liquor to cheap-booze-swilling rednecks in Mechanicsville, I have not once been asked “Where is the Kessler?” I’m not even sure I’ve ever actually SOLD a bottle, though I’m pretty sure I did restock it once, so someone must have.

Early Times! Let's Get Drunk In the Morning!
The most amusing thing about Early Times is the name itself. Which is, you must admit, prominently displayed on the label. I mean, really? I often say “Breakfast of champions!” ironically when discussing rotgut booze, but they’re not even making a thing out of it. It’s just “Hey! We’re whiskey for the MORNING! You like drinking EARLY? We’re the motherfucking whiskey for YOU!” I can’t even argue with them; I have never crawled out of bed and thought “Shit. I need some whiskey. Vodka, wine, beer, that won’t do.” Maybe if I ever woke up with that thought, I would be forced to agree that Early Times is the best booze ever for drinking in the early times. Special props to Early Times for getting placement with the bourbons, rather than the blended whiskeys, in Virginia ABC stores, despite the fact that Early Times is not actually a bourbon.

Superior Smoothness!
Every time I see a bottle of Burnett’s, I think of my ex-girlfriend’s vagina. Because a.) I drank a lot of Burnett’s, post-facto, and b.) that shit had Superior Smoothness. Crass? Yes. Accurate? Yes. If this article does one thing for you, I hope that one thing is that every time you look at a bottle of vodka and question its smoothness, you contemplate the vagina of my ex-girlfriend. But I’ll be satisfied if you just think about vaginas in general. Sir Robert Burnett would probably be satisfied if you just bought his vodka. Incidentally, I googled him. As far as I can tell, he may once have been Lord Mayor of the town of London. I don’t think he was of the landed gentry (more on that later) and he might have never been a Sir at all, in any way, but he did, apparently, exist. According to the research of some other people who will probably be the first result you get when YOU google that shit, after you keep thinking about vaginas when you drink vodka, and wonder about the man who started it all.

ROYALTY!
The impetus for this article: Royalty. When I rock a bottle of Aristocrat vodka, I proudly proclaim that I am drinking like the landed gentry. When I drink a bottle of Fleishmann’s, I admit that there is liquor that even I think sucks. Aristocrat tastes like rubbing alcohol, but honestly? That’s fine. I’ve gotten used to that taste; I’ve been depressed and unemployed before, and that’s what Aristocrat is for. Fleishmann’s, though? It’s for nothing. Not for naught: You will get drunk if you drink it. But you could have payed a few dimes less, and AVOIDED having to make the Fleishmann’s-face every time you swallowed. The takeaway, though, is this: if your bottle of liquor says “royal” on it, you could do better. I look forward to comments telling me I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure that no bottle of liquor with the word “Royal” as a descriptor on the label has ever been bought gleefully. We buy that shit because we have to, not because we want to.

Of Topmost Class!
And now… my favorite! Only carried in a plastic half-gallon, never higher than the bottom shelf, Old Taylor proudly proclaims itself… “Of Topmost Class”! Obviously, that’s classy. It says so, itself. But it also reminds me of Indiana Jones. “We have bourbon of topmost class.” “What bourbon?” “TOPMOST bourbon.” You can’t question it. It is fothermucking topmost. Obviously, it’s a lie. Well, maybe not, I haven’t had it. I think maybe that needs to be a sequel to this post, actually: my reactions to the most amusingly labelled liquors. But until that happens, I am going to assume that this bottom-shelf, cheap-as-fuck bourbon is not, in fact, of topmost class. It’s just brazenly willing to bullshit you. And I find that adorable.
HONORABLE MENTION:

"Kisses But Never Tells...
I couldn’t include this in the top five because the words are not on the label. But if you work in the “liquor industry” and you come into contact with cases of Nikolai, you know that it “Kisses But Never Tells…” – that is awesome on so many levels. The first level? I don’t even know what that means. How am I supposed to interpret that? I have no idea. I don’t really care. It’s awesome. I assume that it is the only vodka to officially sponsor infidelity. I bet, if you go to a hotel that offers hourly rates AND has a mini-fridge, you will find that mini-fridge stocked with Nikolai vodka. Second level? It’s a slogan that is not on the label. WHICH WOULD BE TELLING. How awesome ARE these people? That awesome. Don’t tell.
— devlocke

Is "imbibement" a word? I have no idea. Well, I have a sneaking suspicion it wasn't, before I coined it, actually, but maybe not. I have no certainty, is what I'm saying. Drink up!
UPDATE: I kind of want to cry. The podcast saved all glitchy. And the show was so GOOD, dammit. Oh well.
| Song |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Year |
| Go Home Little Girl |
Dash Rip Rock |
Ace of Clubs |
Mammoth |
1989 |
| Like Your Mama Said |
Dash Rip Rock |
Dash Rip Rock |
Mammoth |
1986 |
| Leave Me Alone (With My Bottle) |
Dash Rip Rock |
Ace of Clubs |
Mammoth |
1989 |
| Whisky, Mystics, and Men |
The Doors |
Perception |
Elektra |
2006 |
| What Have I Done To Deserve This? |
Pet Shop Boys |
Actually |
EMI |
1987 |
| I Want To Be There – When You Come |
Echo and the Bunnymen |
Evergreen |
London |
1997 |
| Drink You Sober |
Bitter:Sweet |
Drama |
Quango Fontana |
2008 |
| Slow Jam |
New Order |
Get Ready |
Reprise |
2001 |
| Dead Now |
Frightened Rabbit |
Pedestrian Verse |
Atlantic |
2013 |
| I.R.S. |
Guns n’ Roses |
Chinese Democracy |
Geffen |
2008 |
| Anything, Anything (I’ll Give You) |
Dramarama |
Live At the China Club |
Chameleon |
1990 |
| Sluttering (May 4th) |
Jawbreaker |
Dear You |
Geffen |
1995 |
| The Background |
Third Eye Blind |
Third Eye Blind |
Elektra |
1997 |
| You Can Bring Me Flowers |
Ray LaMontagne |
Till the Sun Turns Black |
RCA |
2006 |
| The Triffids |
Goodbye Little Boy |
The Black Swan |
Mushroom Records |
1989 |
| Books on the Bonfire (edit) |
The Bolshoi |
Away… Best of The Bolshoi |
Blanco y Negro Records |
1999 |
| The House That Dripped Blood |
The Mountain Goats |
Tallahassee |
4AD |
2002 |
| I Work In A Saloon |
Arab Strap |
The Week Never Starts Round Here |
Matador |
1996 |
| Fifteen Minutes of Fame |
Sheep On Drugs |
Best of a Bad Bunch |
Invisible |
2006 |
| Wake Up, Time To Die |
Pop Will Eat Itself |
This Is the Day… This Is the Hour… This Is This! |
RCA |
1989 |
| Attitude |
Melvins |
Everybody Loves Sausages |
Ipecac |
2013 |
| Sexuality |
Billy Bragg |
Don’t Try This At Home |
Go! Discs |
1991 |
| Twydale’s Lament |
Half Man Half Biscuit |
Achtung Bono |
Probe Plus |
2005 |
| C.A.M.R.A. Man |
Half Man Half Biscuit |
Voyage to the Bottom of the Road |
Probe Plus |
1997 |
| Tour Jacket With Detachable Sleeves |
Half Man Half Biscuit |
Some Call It Godcore |
Probe Plus |
1995 |
| Die Young |
Ke$ha |
Warrior |
RCA |
2012 |
| Flashlight |
The Front Bottoms |
The Front Bottoms |
Bar/None |
2011 |
| Cut It Out |
The Go-Betweens |
Tallulah |
Blanco y Negro |
1987 |
| Hair of the Dog |
Green On Red |
Gas Food Lodging |
Enigma Records |
1985 |
— devlocke

… and anything else, for that matter.
UPDATE: Fucking nailed it, dawg. Solid show. Lots of multi-song sets from the same artist, but not overbearingly so, and they were all pretty solid. I dug the show a lot and I was barely sentient for most of it. Click here to download it, like a boss. As per always, click here to check us out on Facebook.
| Song |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Year |
| Black Liquor |
Dash Rip Rock |
Black Liquor |
Alternative Tentacles |
2013 |
| It’s the Beer |
Dash Rip Rock |
Country Girlfriend |
Bill Davis |
2008 |
| Natchez Trace |
Dash Rip Rock |
Country Girlfriend |
Bill Davis |
2008 |
| Meet Me At the River |
Dash Rip Rock |
Black Liquor |
Alternative Tentacles |
2013 |
| Hungover In Church |
Cadaver Dogs |
Pariah Social |
self-released |
2008 |
| The After Hours |
Cadaver Dogs |
Pariah Social |
self-released |
2008 |
| Dirty Jokes |
Cadaver Dogs |
Pariah Social |
self-released |
2008 |
| Front Porch |
Slobberbone |
Barrel Chested |
New West |
1997 |
| Billy Prichard |
Slobberbone |
Barrel Chested |
New West |
1997 |
| One Rung |
Slobberbone |
Barrel Chested |
New West |
1997 |
| Born Sandy Devotional |
The Triffids |
In the Pines |
Domino |
1986 |
| Tender Is the Night (The Long Fidelity) |
The Triffids |
Born Sandy Devotional |
Domino |
1986 |
| The Seabirds |
The Triffids |
Born Sandy Devotional |
Domino |
1986 |
| Uncorrected Personality Traits |
Robyn Hitchcock |
I Often Dream of Trains |
Rhino |
1984 |
| Mother of the Bride |
Billy Bragg |
Don’t Try This At Home |
Go! Discs |
1991 |
| Infinite Arms |
Band of Horses |
Infinite Arms |
Columbia |
2010 |
| Lover I Don’t Have To Love |
Bright Eyes |
LIFTED or The Story Is the Soil, Keep Your Ear To the Ground |
Saddle Creek Records |
2002 |
| Rose Parade |
Elliott Smith |
Either/Or |
Kill Rock Stars |
1997 |
| Late March, Death March |
Frightened Rabbit |
Pedestrian Verse |
Atlantic |
2013 |
| Evening Kitchen |
Band of Horses |
Infinite Arms |
Columbia |
2010 |
| Narcolepsy |
Third Eye Blind |
Third Eye Blind |
Elektra |
1997 |
| London |
Third Eye Blind |
Third Eye Blind |
Elektra |
1997 |
| God of Wine |
Third Eye Blind |
Third Eye Blind |
Elektra |
1997 |
| 22 |
Taylor Swift |
22 |
Big Machine Records |
2013 |
| Crazy Kids |
Ke$ha |
Warrior |
RCA |
2012 |
| Young, Wild, & Free (feat. Bruno Mars & Snoop Dogg) |
Wiz Khalifa |
Young, Wild, & Free |
Atlantic |
2013 |
| Eat That Up, It’s Good For You |
Two Door Cinema Club |
Tourist History |
Glass Note |
2010 |
| I’ll Be Alright |
Passion Pit |
Gossamer |
Columbia |
2012 |
| Finnegan’s Excessive Wake |
Tangerine Dream |
Finnegan’s Wake |
Cleopatra |
2013 |
— devlocke

That song from Prairie Home Invasion never fails to make me smile. What's up, guys? Let's get drunk.
UPDATE: Go here to listen to the show. It was good. Also, check us out on Facebook by clicking here.
| Song |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Year |
| I Lie When I Drink |
Dale Watson |
El Rancho Azul |
Red House Records |
2013 |
| I Drink To Remember |
Dale Watson |
El Rancho Azul |
Red House Records |
2013 |
| I Hate To Drink Alone |
Dale Watson |
El Rancho Azul |
Red House Records |
2013 |
| Line Up |
Elastica |
Elastica |
DGC |
1995 |
| Bedhead |
Sleeper |
Smart |
Arista |
1995 |
| Feeling Peaky |
Sleeper |
The It Girl |
Arista |
1996 |
| True Drunk Love |
Dash Rip Rock |
Tiger Town |
Doctor Dream |
1993 |
| Liquor Store |
Dash Rip Rock |
Dash Rip Rock’s Gold Album |
Naked Language |
1996 |
| Pussywhipped |
Dash Rip Rock |
Dash Rip Rock’s Gold Album |
Naked Language |
1996 |
| Lucifer Rising |
Rob Zombie |
Venemous Rat Regeneration Vendor |
Universal |
2013 |
| We’re An American Band |
Rob Zombie |
Venemous Rat Regeneration Vendor |
Universal |
2013 |
| Granny Farming In the UK |
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine |
A Sheltered Life |
|
|
| A Sheltered Life |
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine |
A Sheltered Life |
|
|
| The Way I Tend To Be |
Frank Turner |
Tape Deck Heart |
Polydor |
2013 |
| Billericay Dickie |
Ian Durie |
New Boots and Panties!! |
Demon |
1977 |
| North Sea Bubble |
Billy Bragg |
Don’t Try This At Home |
Cooking Vinyl Records |
1991 |
| Anymore |
Frank Turner |
Tape Deck Heart |
Polydor |
2013 |
| Magazine |
Pigface |
Notes From Thee Underground |
Invisible Records |
1994 |
| Liberator |
Spear of Destiny |
The Best of Spear of Destiny |
Recall |
1998 |
— devlocke
Tunes! Booze! Victory!
UPDATE: Christ. It took long enough, but the podcast is up. Click here to check it out. As per always, this is our Facebook.
| Song |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Year |
| Better Times |
The Ones To Blame |
Better Times |
Thew Ones To Blame |
2012 |
| The Ones To Blame |
The Ones To Blame |
Better Times |
The Ones To Blame |
2012 |
| Alcoholics |
The Ones To Blame |
Better Times |
The Ones To Blame |
2012 |
| Hannah |
Ray LaMontagne |
Trouble |
14th Floor Recordings |
2004 |
| The Great Salt Lake |
Band of Horses |
Everything All the Time |
Sub Pop |
2006 |
| Jagged |
Old 97′s |
Fight Songs |
Elektra |
1999 |
| What We Talk About |
Old 97′s |
Fight Songs |
Elektra |
1999 |
| Crash On the Barrelhead |
Old 97′s |
Fight Songs |
Elektra |
1999 |
| Busted Afternoon |
Old 97′s |
Fight Songs |
Elektra |
1999 |
| Drinkin’ Beer and Wastin’ Bullets |
Luke Bryan |
Doin’ My Thang |
Wrasse |
2009 |
| Touch Me Behind the Liquor Store |
Cadaver Dogs |
Pariah Social |
Cadaver Dogs |
2008 |
| A Beer and A Shot |
Juliana Hatfield & Frank Smith |
Sittin’ In A Tree… |
Ye Olde Records |
2007 |
| Like Your Mama Said |
Dash Rip Rock |
Dash Rip Rock |
Mammoth |
1986 |
| Leave Me Alone (To My Bottle) |
Dash Rip Rock |
|
Mammoth |
|
| Big Daddy Like Whiskey |
Dash Rip Rock |
Dash Rip Rock |
Mammoth |
1986 |
| Go Home Little Girl |
Dash Rip Rock |
|
Mammoth |
|
| Women and Work |
Car Bomb Inc. |
YouTube |
self-released |
|
| Between the Lines |
Mudd Helmet |
unreleased |
|
|
| Twelve Glass Soldiers |
Venus Throw |
Raised Right, Gone Wrong |
self-released |
2012 |
| Hello Hangover |
Jaya the Cat |
More Late Night Transmissions With… |
I Scream Records |
2007 |
| Twist the Cap |
Jaya the Cat |
First Beer of a New Day |
Suburban Records |
2005 |
| Six Cold Beers |
Jaya the Cat |
|
|
|
| Beer |
People Under the Stairs |
Beer |
Om |
2010 |
| Bring Out the Bottles |
RedFoo |
Bring Out the Bottles |
A&M |
2012 |
| I Want A Lover |
Pet Shop Boys |
Please |
EMI |
1986 |
| One More Chance |
Pet Shop Boys |
Actually |
EMI |
1987 |
| Eat Me, Drink Me, Love Me, Kill Me |
Pop Will Eat Itself |
The Looks Or the Lifestyle |
Cherry Red |
1992 |
| Beer Metal Sex |
Abigail |
|
|
|
| Putting Anthrax in the Beertap on Britpop Saturdays |
Magrudergrind |
Rehashed |
Six Weeks |
2007 |
| Shots |
LMFAO |
Essential R&B 2010 |
Universal |
2010 |
| Waving My Dick In the Wind |
Ween |
The Mollusk |
Elektra |
1997 |
| Hurricane |
Panic! At the Disco |
Vice & Virtues |
Fueled By Ramen Records |
2011 |
| Toss Me A Beer Man |
Tracy Lords Loves Noise |
|
|
|
— devlocke

I forgot to write anything about tonight's show. I had no plan, just a bible for booze and two hours to fill. I'm quite happy with how it's turned out, to be honest.
UPDATE: Podcast has been uploaded. Download it from Radio4All by clicking here. Also, we have a Facebook. It's here.
| Song |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Year |
| I’m So Tired |
The Beatles |
The White Album |
Capitol |
1968 |
| Alienation’s For the Rich |
They Might Be Giants |
They Might Be Giants |
Restless Records |
|
| Crazy When She Drinks |
Lee Rocker |
Black Cat Bone |
Alligator Records |
2007 |
| Take Me Down To the Infirmary |
Cracker |
Kerosene Hat |
Virgin |
1993 |
| 3.0 |
Jimmy Catlett |
Waiting To Fall Off the Earth |
Glass Tube Records |
2005 |
| The Truth About Angels |
Jimmy Catlett |
The Big Beat |
Glass Tube Records |
2007 |
| I Think I’ll Take To Whiskey |
Jesse Colin Young |
The Soul of A City Boy |
One Way Records |
1964 |
| Whiskey Didn’t Kill the Pain |
Mary Coughlan |
Uncertain Pleasures |
Warner Bros. |
1990 |
| Well Did You Evah |
Robbie Williams & Jon Lovitz |
Swing When You’re Winning |
Chrysalis |
2001 |
| Sunday Morning Coming Down |
Crooked Fingers |
Reservoir Songs |
Touch & Go |
2002 |
| Kristofferson |
Tim McGraw |
Let It Go |
Curb |
2007 |
| Rye Whiskey |
Nick Cave |
B-Sides & Rarities |
Mute |
2005 |
| Whiskey In the Jar |
Pulp |
Different Class |
Island |
1995 |
| Martini Built For Two |
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult |
Sexplosion! |
Rykodisc |
1991 |
| A Little Love |
Sam Page |
Breach |
self-released |
2013 |
| I Ain’t Gettin’ Any |
The Monks |
Bad Habits |
EMI |
1979 |
| Sunny Afternoon |
The Kinks |
Face To Face |
Sanctuary |
1966 |
| Bitters and Absolut |
The National |
The National |
Brassland |
2001 |
| Shore Leave |
Tom Waits |
Swordfishtrombones |
Island |
1983 |
| Jackie |
Scott Walker |
Scott 2 |
Fontana Distribution |
1968 |
| One For My Baby (And One More For the Road) |
Etta James |
The Second Time Around |
MCA |
1961 |
| Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii |
Paul Kuhn |
Die Farbe der Liebe |
Bear Family Records |
1993 |
| London Drunk |
Swingin’ Utters |
Juvenile Product of the Working Class |
Fat Wreck Chords |
1996 |
| Between the Lines |
Mudd Helmet |
unreleased |
unreleased |
|
| Anytime Anyplace Anywhere |
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine |
You Fat Bastard: The Anthology |
EMI |
2007 |
| Brother My Cup Is Empty |
Nick Cave |
Henry’s Dream |
Mute |
1992 |
| UFOs, Big Rigs, and BBQ |
Mojo Nixon |
Gadzooks: The Homemade Bootleg |
Unity |
1997 |
| Drink Till We’re Gone |
Lucero |
Lucero |
Madjack Records |
2001 |
| Half-Price Drinks |
Mick Farren |
Vampires Stole My Lunch Money |
Mischief |
1978 |
| Give Me Wine or Money |
The Mekons |
Natural |
Quarterstick |
2007 |
| The Power of Positive Drinking |
Lou Reed |
Growing Up In Public |
Buddha Records |
1980 |
— devlocke
Tommy from Dog Germs filled in for me, so I could go to see Frightened Rabbit in North Carolina.
His setlist is here.
— devlocke
We are KILLIN' IT tonight. All top-forty bubblegum awfulness… with booze! Adhering simultaneously to our very high AND very low standards, we are proving once again that I'll play anything once. It's a dance-party up in here. A drunk dance-party. Thanks for listening/sorry.
UPDATE: And for once, we got a podcast. It took forever to save, but fuck it, I'm not complaining at this point. Download it from Radio4All by clicking here – you won't be sorry! Best drunk workout mix ever, probably. Not that I work out. So you'll have to be the judge of that. As per ever and always, click here to check out our Facebook page.
| Song |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Year |
| Scream & Shout |
Wil.i.am & Britney Spears |
Scream & Shout |
Interscope |
2012 |
| Blow Me (One Last Kiss) |
P!nk |
Blow Me (One Last Kiss) |
Sony |
2012 |
| Tonight I’m Getting Over You |
Carly Rae Jepsen |
Kiss |
Interscope |
2012 |
| Troublemaker |
Olly Murs |
Right Place Right Time |
Sony |
2012 |
| The Edge of Glory |
Lady Gaga |
Born This Way |
Polydor |
2011 |
| Wild Ones |
Flo Rida ft. Sia |
Wild Ones |
Atlantic |
2012 |
| I Cry |
Flo Rida |
Wild Ones |
Atlantic |
2012 |
| Right Round |
Flo Rida ft. Ke$ha |
Right Round |
Atlantic |
2009 |
| Party Rock Anthem |
LMFAO |
Sorry for Party Rocking |
Interscope |
2011 |
| Die Young |
Ke$ha |
Warrior |
RCA |
2012 |
| Give Me Everything |
Pitbull |
Planet Pit |
J Records |
2011 |
| In da Club |
50 Cent |
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ |
Interscope |
2012 |
| Turn Up the Music |
Chris Brown |
Turn Up the Music |
RCA |
2012 |
| Suit & Tie (ft. Jay-Z) |
Justin Timberlake |
The 20/20 Experience |
RCA |
2013 |
| Empire State of Mind ft. Alicia Keys |
Jay-Z |
Empire State of Mind |
Roc Nation |
2009 |
| DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love |
Usher |
Versus |
LaFace |
2010 |
| Glad You Came |
The Wanted |
The Wanted |
Universal |
2010 |
| As Your Friend (Radio Edit) |
Afrojack ft. Chris Brown |
As Your Friend |
Island |
2013 |
| Starships |
Nicki Minaj |
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded |
Cash Money |
2012 |
| Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) |
Beyonce |
Single Ladies |
Columbia |
2009 |
| Moves Like Jagger |
Maroon 5 |
Hands All Over |
Polydor |
2010 |
| Yeah! |
Usher |
Confessions |
LaFace |
2004 |
| Young Wild and Free |
Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa |
Mac + Devin Go To High School (Music From and Inspired By the Movie) |
Atlantic |
2011 |
| Ride Wit Me |
Nelly |
Country Grammar |
Island |
2000 |
| Start Wearing Purple |
Gogol Bordello |
Gypsy Punks |
SideOneDummy |
2005 |
| Blame It |
Jamie Foxx |
Intuition |
J Records |
2008 |
| Stronger |
Kanye West |
Graduation |
Roc-A-Fella |
2007 |
— devlocke

Started the show out with an attempt to encapsulate Mother's Milk's breadth and depth of alcoholic expression in 40 minutes. Failed, but had fun trying. Then we started this week's liveness! Huzzah. Unfortunately, Audition crapped out on me and my podcast stopped recording like thirty seconds in. So no podcast this week.
| Song |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Year |
| Spinning Your Wheels |
Horsehead |
Sympathetic Vibrations |
Emerald City Sounds |
2013 |
| A Good Night For My Drinking |
Supersuckers |
Motherfuckers Be Trippin’ |
Mid-Fi Recordings |
2005 |
| Shut Up and Get On the Plane |
The Drive-By Truckers |
Southern Rock Opera |
Lost Highway |
2001 |
| The Power of Positive Drinking |
Lou Reed |
Growing Up In Public |
Buddha Records |
1980 |
| This Year |
The Mountain Goats |
The Sunset Tree |
4AD |
2005 |
| No Children |
The Mountain Goats |
Tallahassee |
4AD |
2002 |
| Vagabond Holes |
The Triffids |
Calenture |
Island |
1987 |
| I Need Some Fine Wine, and You, You Need To Be Nicer |
The Cardigans |
Super Extra Gravity |
UMVD |
2005 |
| I Drink |
Charles Aznavour |
You and Me |
EMI |
1995 |
| God Loves A Drunk |
Richard Thompson |
Rumor and Sigh |
Capitol |
1991 |
| Goodnight, Friday Night |
Brady Earnhart |
Manalapan |
City Salvage Records |
2003 |
| The Decemberists Live at The High Dive on 2004-09-22 |
The Decemberists |
Archive.org |
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— devlocke

Herschel Stratego is joining us tonight, for another Fund Drive Extravaganza! Say 'cheers' and drink up!
UPDATE: Hey, want to join the group "PLEASE let herschel Stratego open for TMBG's opener…"? Click here to check it out!
DOUBLE-UPDATE: Finally got the podcast up – click here to download it. Also, we have a Facebook page. Just sayin'. Click here to visit that.
| Song |
Artist |
Album |
Label |
Year |
| A Little Love |
Sam Page |
Breach |
self-released |
2013 |
| Emptiest Arms In the World |
Horsehead |
Sympathetic Vibrations |
Emerald City Sounds |
2013 |
| Wasted Wine |
Russell Lacy |
Charlestown |
self-released |
2012 |
| Must Have Been the Shine |
Barrelhouse |
Barrelhouse |
self-released |
2013 |
| HERSCHEL STRATEGO |
|
|
|
|
| Last Night |
Sabrina Stone |
My College Degree and Me |
self-released |
2012 |
| Girlfriend |
Lydia Ooghe & Lux Vacancy |
Love That Glow |
self-released |
2011 |
| HERSCHEL STRATEGO |
|
|
|
|
| Whiskey, Mend My Broken Heart |
Paulo Franco |
By the Light of A Paper Moon |
self-released |
2012 |
| Waving My Dick in the Wind |
Ween |
The Mollusk |
Elektra |
1997 |
| The Beer |
Kimya Dawson |
My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess |
Important Records |
2004 |
| HERSCHEL STRATEGO |
|
|
|
|
| Shots (feat. Lil’ Jon) |
LMFAO |
Essential R&B 2010 |
Universal |
2010 |
| Free Drinks |
Ringo Starr |
Choose Love |
Koch Records |
2005 |
| HERSCHEL STRATEGO |
|
|
|
|
| Whiskey Weed Girls and Speed |
Unholy Thoughts |
The Attic |
self-released |
2013 |
— devlocke