Welcome to another edition of Mother’s Milk, Richmond’s premier FM drunkfest. Thank you for joining. You may begin drinking now.

Setlist:

Tankard – We Still Drink the Old Ways
Mighty Mighty Bosstones – I’ll Drink To That
Clutch – Drink To the Dead
Nick Cave – Brother, My Cup Is Empty
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs – Drink That Mash and Talk That Trash
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Servin’ Time
Amebix – Drink and Be Merry
The Paper Chase – Can I Pour You Another Drink, Love?
Fear – Drink Some Beer
Mott the Hoople – Whiskey Women
Lonnie Donegan – Have a Drink On Me
UFO – Drink Too Much
Jeff Foxworthy – Don’t Drink and Drive (stand-up)
John Phillips – Whiskey, Wine, and Champagne
Gogol Bordello – Alcohol
The Forecast – Whiskey’s Dead, You’re Next
O.A.R. – Hangover
Ticon – U Make Me Wanna Drink More
The Ramones – Somebody Put Somethin’ In My Drink
Peppermint Harris – Have Another Drink and Talk To Me
Devastations – We Will Never Drink Again
Angelic Upstarts – There’s a Drink In It
Times New Viking – Devo and Wine
Love Me Destroyer – Whiskey, Wine, and Song
Amy Miller – He Brings Out the Whiskey In Me
Blake Shelton – The More I Drink
Smokey Hogg – Let’s Get Together And Drink Some Gin
Samhain – Humours of Whiskey Set
Chris Rea – Last Drink

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I have returned! You’re welcome. Setlist follows. (Yeah, a little sparse on the verbiage here; sorry, I’m in a hurry) 🙂
Setlist

The Minutemen – Jesus and Tequila
George Jones & Merle Haggard – Must’ve Been Drunk
Beck – Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997
Concrete Blonde – Joey
Superkollider – Absinth
The Proclaimers – I’m Gone
Hackensaw Boys – Hobo
The Supersuckers – Hungover Together
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies – Drunk Daddy
Uncle Tupelo – Moonshiner
The Pogues and Dubliners – The Irish Rover
Drew Young – Hollywood Cocktails
Hayseed Dixie – The Moonshiner’s Daughter
Rick Sousley – Beer Thirty
Dire Straits – Heavy Fuel
Jay Bennett – The Palace at 4 AM
Warren Zevon – Detox Mansion
Dave Hole – Vintage Wine
Guns n’ Roses – Night Train
James Brown – White Lighting (I Mean Moonshine)
Taunshein – Getrunken das Bier
Dennis Binder – Must Be a Hole In That Jug
Third Eye Blind – God of Wine
Doug Spartz – Wine Into Water
Palm – Wine Highlife Song
Neverland – Drinking Again
Satori – Ambience
Mojo Nixon – She’s All Liquored Up
Graham Parker – 3 Martini Lunch

— devlocke

Welladay… not much in the way of new music this week; I blew up my computer and haven’t gotten it completely in working order yet. So I didn’t get a chance to put stuff together. But it’s been quite a while since I played a bunch of older stuff, so this will be fun. I like to go through all the music I’ve acquired for the show, and dig out the gems and whatnot I don’t play very often cuz’ I’m trying to keep it fresh.

Setlist:

The Triffids – Once a Day
Hayseed Dixie – Cold Gin
Drive-by Truckers – Women Without Whiskey
Tom Waits – Drunk on the Moon
The Specials – Friday Night, Saturday Morning
Bad Religion – Drunk Sincerity
Clutch – Power Player
Social Distortion – Ball and Chain
Mojo Nixon – Gin Guzzlin’ Frenzy
Mischief Brew – A Liquor Never Brewed
Cracker – Take Me Down To the Infirmary
Tom Angelripper – Mormor Stein und eisen Bricht
Ben Folds Five – Regrets
Buster Poindexter – Who Drank My Beer?
Elvis Costello – Wave a White Flag
Butthole Surfers – Booze, Tobacco, Dope, Pussy, Cars
Murder City Devils – I Drink the Wine
Tankard – Dead Man Drinking
Cradle of Filth – The Byronic Man
The Cramps – Eyeball In My Martini
Highway 101 – Whiskey, If You Were a Woman
Stereophonics – Last of the Big-Time Drinkers
The Ripmen – Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
Will Haven – Climbing Out This Bottle
Wasp – Blind In Texas
Frank Sinatra – Mister Booze
Turbonegro – Wasted Again
The Eagles – Chug All Night
Gwar – Ragnarok
Beck – Whiskey Be Your Lover
Charles Aznavour – I Drink

— devlocke

I have to be SOBER tonight because they shafted me on my work-schedule this week, but don’t worry. I’ll still get your radio as liquored up as possible. An hour of new stuff tonight, plus an hour of new stuff that I haven’t even listened to yet pulled from the Americana shelves. Some of it looks downright awesome – some of it… well, we’ll see, right?

Thanks for listening! Setlist follows, updated as I make it.

Setlist:

Dean Martin – Live and Drunk
DC Sills – Another Reason To Drink
Nat King Cole – Bring Another Drink
John Whipple – Last Cold One
The Kinks – Have Another Drink
Johnny Carroll – You Said You Wouldn’t Get Drunk Patricia
Tom T. Hall – Faster Horses, Younger Women, Older Whiskey, More Money
Robert Bacon – Drinkin’ Thinkin’
Scam – Have a Drink
The Deadbillys – Bloody Mary Morning
Oscar Brown Jr. – Somebody Buy Me a Drink
Dale Watson – Whiskey Or God
AC/DC – Whiskey On the Rocks
Acoustic Alchemy – Senjo Wine
Gretchen Wilson – There’s a Place in the Whiskey
Harry McClintock – Big Rock Candy Mountain
Lynyrd Skynard – Wino
Gabriella Tal – Precious Wine
Jody Wiskernoff – Cold Drink, Hot Girl
Roger McGuinn – St. James Infirmary
Julie Roberts – Chasin’ Whiskey
Cowboy Junkies – Ooh Las Vegas
George Benson – I’ll Drink To That
Charlie Robison – Don’t Take Your Guns To Town
Brent Amaker and the Rodeo – Bring Me the Whiskey
Taj Mahal – Stagger Lee
Acid Drinkers – High-proof Cosmic Milk
The Derailers – Cold Beer, Hot Women, and Cool Country Music

— devlocke

They collected together a bunch of commercials by an insane attorney who specializes in drunk-driving related personal injury claims, apparently. He’s kinda manic. They’re quick to watch, and get a chortle if not a chuckle. This is what the internet is for, right?

Click here to view the post.

— devlocke

Once again, we shall make diversity our watchword. Not in the lame PC context, but in the fun way. Lots of neat shit. Grabbed a bunch of hit-or-miss stuff off the Americana shelves again, too. It should be a good ride; thanks for listening.

Setlist:

Dean Martin – Little Ole’ Wine Drinker Me
Todd Snider – Alcohol and Pills
The Who – Whiskey Man
Regina Spektor – Hotel Song
ZZ Top – Thunderbird
The Twilight Ranchers – Three Empty Bottles
Angry Samoans – (I’ll Drink To This) Love Song
Tomahawk – Mescal Rite 1
The City On Film – I’d Rather Be Wine Drunk
The Whipsaws – Shotgun Wedding
Merle Haggard – Wine, Take Me Away
Paul H. Taylor & the Montara Mtn. Boys – Mix the Whiskey
Lucero – Drink ‘Till We’re Gone
Special Ed & the Short Bus – World Is Spinning
Sinead O’connor – Drink Before the War
Bryan Sutton – Whiskey Before Breakfast
Yppah – In My Drink
The Born Again Floozies – 7 Deadly Sinners
EPMD – You Had Too Much To Drink
Trent Summar & the New Row Mob – She Knows What To Do (With a Saturday Night)
Amos Millburn – Let Me Go Home, Whiskey
Augie March – Bottle Baby
Albert Collins – Blue Monday Hangover
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – Sunday Morning
Cable – Buy Me a Drink
Mason Dixon Disaster – Thirteen Steps
Cliff Richard – Mistletoe and Wine
The Dead Milkmen – Bleach Boys
The Barn Stompers – Two Beers
Mark Stepakoff – That’s All She Wrote
Willie Nelson – The Warm Red Wine

— devlocke

Or, if you prefer, Original Schlenkerla Smokebeer. I find the original German to be both more fun to say, and to not sound as stupid as “smokebeer” even if that’s just a direct translation of rauchbier. The website for the Schlenkerla Brewery has this to say about their fine rauchbier:

The connoisseur drinks it slowly with relish, but steadily and purposefully. He knows, that the second “Seidla” (half-liter) tastes better than the first, and the third even better than the second. He drinks during the morning pint and during the afternoon break. He drinks it in the evenings, drinks it alone and with company, especially with company, as “Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier” makes one talkative and exuberant. It brings together the local with the stranger, as it is common in Franconia to share your table with others.

Apparently, every true connoisseur of Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier is a raging alcoholic – I approve wholeheartedly! Do I approve of the beer?

Accounting for my rarefied tastes (or lack thereof) I have to say yes. It’s a bit darker than I generally prefer, almost a stout. It’s certainly got that bitterness to it that good dark beers have, without the gag-reflex-inducing flavor that other dark beers contain. But it has a smooth finish, it isn’t too thick, it doesn’t linger too long on the palate (though you can definitely tell it dropped by) and it’s drinkable. I wouldn’t want to drink it all night, but as a casual beer, or the first beer in a marathon drinking session (the purpose to which I expect it will be put tonight) it’s quite nice.

What makes the beer interesting is that it’s a rauchbier – smokebeer, if you prefer, though I don’t. In technical terms, this means that the malt is exposed to the smoke created in the roasting process – for the past couple of centuries, this hasn’t been true for most beers, and today there are less than a dozen breweries that rock it like that. In flavor terms, it means the beer tastes eerily reminiscent of sausage or jerky. Seriously.

It’s an off-putting but intriguing concept, so I was excited to discover it on the shelf at Carytown Wine and Beer (shop locally-owned!). I’d seen the category on the menu at Capital Ale House but hadn’t had the capital to invest in the experience. Like I said, it’s 90% a typical dark German beer. The malt-smoking process just adds a very noticeable but not overpowering smoked flavor to the experience.

Everyone should try this at least once. It’s bizarre. And it’s making me crave smoked Gouda. I leave you with another quotation, this time from the coasters in the Alte Lokal:

Even if the brew tastes somewhat strange at the first swallow, do not stop, because soon you will realize that your thirst will not decrease and your pleasure will visibly increase.

— devlocke

I’m surprised that, coming at the tail-end of the Summer Concert Season, August doesn’t really have a lot in store for those in pursuit of fantastic drinking-shows. September looks to be a much better month all around, but I still managed to find some stuff worth seeing this month.

First, the out of town stuff.

The NorVa doesn’t have much going on, but this Friday (the 10th) they’ve got Dweezil Zappa and a six-piece band doing a “three-hour multimedia performance” called Zappa Does Zappa, where (surprise!) he does a bunch of Frank Zappa stuff. They have a couple drinking songs, and a bunch of awesome songs, so if Dweezil does any good at all, it should be a delightful experience. Upcoming stuff of interest: Perry Farrell (mentioned for my roommate’s sake), Violent Femmes.

The 9:30 Club in D.C. is equally lackluster. The only thing of interest for August was the Neko Case show on the 16th, and it’s sold out, so it’s not much good mentioning it now. There’s also that Less Than Jake tour that hit Toad’s Place a bit ago, on the 23rd, but I wasn’t excited about that in RVA, so I’m less excited about it in DC. Upcoming stuff of interest? God, the 9:30 is sucking these days. Nothing even looks interesting.

Black Cat, also in D.C., has even less. Probably because I don’t know anything about 99% of the bands listed on their schedule. If you’re into indie-rock and small-label stuff like what gets played on the New Music Machine or the other new rock show, you should look at their website. I’m a poor guide to that stuff; I don’t have the time to listen to everything. Upcoming stuff of interest: Stiff Little Fingers, Electric Six, Turbonegro.

First on the Richmond list, Toad’s Place Richmond. I hear they got their ABC license the other day, so that’s exciting. Gwar’s playing on the 15th. Always an awesome time, always a lot of drunkenness both on-stage and off – ’nuff said. George Thorougood and the Destroyers are playing on the 26th. On the basis of “I Drink Alone” I have to recommend the show, against my better judgment because they also did every other song they ever did. That’s pretty much it for August – the rest of the year looks absolutely stellar, tho. Upcoming shows of interest: Dropkick Murphys, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Marshall Tucker Band, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Megadeth, Loudon Wainwright III, Reverend Horton Heat, Hank Williams III, Nashville Pussy.

Canal Club’s website is broken but it lists the Pietasters on Thursday the 23rd on the opening page (the only part which works), and Rehab next month. I’m not a super-fan of either, but they both have some awesome tracks.

Alley Katz used to be reliable for some awesomeness every month of the year. This month, you’ve got local PBR-swillers RPG on the 18th for the crusty metal fan in you. You’ve also got Voltaire, for the Gay-Pirate-sipping gothic dilettante in you, on the 25th, and Rocket Queen on the 31st for… you. And everyone else. Upcoming shows of interest: Whiskey and Co., Action Patrol.

I didn’t see anything that I recognized as awesome on Capital Ale House’s schedule for the month, but I felt I should mention them as they’re a new venue that’s managed to have some really good stuff in the short time since their Downtown Music Hall opened.

Lastly, nothing at the Landmark this month, but George Jones is coming in September.

That’s all I could find for this month, but feel free to comment and let me know about anything under my probably-lacking radar. I’ll add your suggestions to the post as they come in. Happy public drinking!

— devlocke

Starting off nice n’ loud, w/ Rebel Meets Rebel, an interesting project that fused the outlaw-country of David Allan Coe with most of the members of Pantera, including the late-great-Dimebag-Darrell. From there, god only knows what will happen. For a play-by-play, read the setlist below, updated in real time over the course of the next two booze-fueled hours, and don’t forget to check the concert-list for the month of August, going live in about ten minutes.

Setlist:

Rebel Meets Rebel – Rebel Meets Rebel
Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation – My Whiskey Head Woman
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen – Wine, Do Yer Stuff
Treat Her Right – King of Beers
Townes Van Zandt – Talking Thunderbird Blues
Onkel Tom Angelripper – Immer Wenn Ich Traurig Bin
Beerzone – Get the Beers In
The Busters – Six Beers and Rock-steady Music
Agnostic Front – Pauly the Dog
Fergie – London Bridge
Lydia Lunch – Hangover Hotel
Elephant Man – Dutty Wine
Catherine Wheel – Thunderbird
Carrie Rodriguez – Must Be the Whiskey
Therion – Wine of Aluqah
Uncle Tupelo – Whiskey Bottle
Hank Williams III – Smoke and Wine
Molly Hatchet – Good Smoke and Whiskey
UK Subs – Thunderbird Wine
3 Ring Rodeo – Several Light Beers Away
The Lurkers – Little Ole’ Wine Drinker Me
Eric Clapton – Bottle of Red Wine
Jaya the Cat – Six Cold Beers
The Offspring – The Worst Hangover Ever
Leon Redbone – Whiskey
Treat Her Right – King of Beer (Yeah, I know – oops)
UB40 – Red, Red, Wine
Jason Collett – Hangover Days
Tab Benoit & Jimmy Thackery – Whiskey Store
Green Or Red – Cheap Wine

— devlocke

Can you believe I’ve never played “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”? And did you know that song is by the Temptations? I know, the answer to both is an amazed and stupified “No!”

All shall be rectified in about 50 seconds (in fact – most likely – it already has been by the time you read this) and we’ll keep on rockin’ it out. Setlist as follows.

Setlist:

The Temptations – Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Slim Chance & the Convicts – Sometimes I Drink
Motorhead – Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
Metal Church – Betrayed
U-Roy – Tom Drunk
The Shitkickers – I Need a Bottle
Nina Simone – Mr. Bojangles
Michelle Shocked – Don’t Tell
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine – Anytime, Anyplace, Anwhere
Stephen Simmons – Drink Ring Jesus
Kitty Wells – It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Reckless Kelly – 7 Nights In Eire
The Rolling Stones – Might As Well Get Juiced
Waylon Pane – The Bottom
Paul Butterfield – Drunk Again
Gregory Page – Waltz For a Drunk Angel
Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Band – Juiced
Elvis Perkins – The Night and the Liquor
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton – Milwaukee, Here I Come
Ray Price – Night Life
Elvis – A Little Less Conversation
Belvedere – My Girlfriend Only Likes Me When She’s Drunk
Patrick Park – Past Poisons
Unknown Artist – Bourbon & Scotch
U. Utah Phillips – Stand To Your Glasses Steady
Sam Pacetti – Triplesec
Grant Olney – Sweet Wine
The Pioneers – Papa Was a Rolling Stone

— devlocke