David Wondrich
@davidwondrich.bsky.social
Barroom historian. Author of The Comic Book History of the Cocktail, Imbibe, Punch and a mess of other books. Ardent Wet. Brooklynite and part-time Triestino. Ars gratia mercedis.
De-icing. What a good idea.
January 25, 2026 at 12:39 PM
De-icing. What a good idea.
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So the rules are if you’re white you’re gonna be fine but don’t think about trying to help anyone
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 PM
So the rules are if you’re white you’re gonna be fine but don’t think about trying to help anyone
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ICE executed Alex Pretti. Anything else you’re told is a lie.
UPDATE: @dropsitenews.com has obtained the very graphic video from the lady in the pink coat, which shows ICE executing yet another person in broad daylight:
January 24, 2026 at 7:43 PM
ICE executed Alex Pretti. Anything else you’re told is a lie.
After 15 years of searching I finally got my hands on a copy of Désiré Kervégant’s masterful 1947 Rhums et Eaux de Vie de canne. 513 pages of often deliriously technical discussion of everything having to do with cane spirits. I’ll see y’all in a couple of weeks.
January 23, 2026 at 10:12 PM
After 15 years of searching I finally got my hands on a copy of Désiré Kervégant’s masterful 1947 Rhums et Eaux de Vie de canne. 513 pages of often deliriously technical discussion of everything having to do with cane spirits. I’ll see y’all in a couple of weeks.
Al Green has always been like French engineering, in that he copied nobody and, especially, nobody copied him.
Well, except for that magnificent bastard Jimmy Ruffin, in 1974:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eslE...
Well, except for that magnificent bastard Jimmy Ruffin, in 1974:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eslE...
Tell Me What You Want
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January 23, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Al Green has always been like French engineering, in that he copied nobody and, especially, nobody copied him.
Well, except for that magnificent bastard Jimmy Ruffin, in 1974:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eslE...
Well, except for that magnificent bastard Jimmy Ruffin, in 1974:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eslE...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen.
Television
Big Youth
Fela Kuti
Ornette Coleman
Afrika Bambaataa & Souksonic Force
Television
Big Youth
Fela Kuti
Ornette Coleman
Afrika Bambaataa & Souksonic Force
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Ted Leo/Rx
Armand Hammer
Blind Boys Of Alabama & Garth Hudson
Leonard Cohen
Dax Riggs
Ted Leo/Rx
Armand Hammer
Blind Boys Of Alabama & Garth Hudson
Leonard Cohen
Dax Riggs
January 23, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen.
Television
Big Youth
Fela Kuti
Ornette Coleman
Afrika Bambaataa & Souksonic Force
Television
Big Youth
Fela Kuti
Ornette Coleman
Afrika Bambaataa & Souksonic Force
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Nobody Had Heard Anything Like It Before! Or Had They?
The Velvet Underground Myth.
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The Velvet Underground Myth.
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The Velvet Underground Myth – NOBODY HAD HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT: ! + ? =
The Velvet Underground Myth – NOBODY HAD HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT: !
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January 19, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Nobody Had Heard Anything Like It Before! Or Had They?
The Velvet Underground Myth.
grantmcphee.substack.com/p/the-velvet...
The Velvet Underground Myth.
grantmcphee.substack.com/p/the-velvet...
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"'If we assume that under the low rates of duty next year only three bottles, that is half a gallon per head, will be consumed, it will take up fifteen million gallons.'"
"'If we assume that under the low rates of duty next year only three bottles, that is half a gallon per head, will be consumed, it will take up fifteen million gallons.'"
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"We see Faust call up his magical powers, and a marvelous cosmic vision unfolds before his (and our) eyes."
"We see Faust call up his magical powers, and a marvelous cosmic vision unfolds before his (and our) eyes."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"Add the onions, aubergine, courgettes, red and yellow peppers and garlic, and cook, stirring constantly, for a few minutes until softened."
"Add the onions, aubergine, courgettes, red and yellow peppers and garlic, and cook, stirring constantly, for a few minutes until softened."
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"'If we assume that under the low rates of duty next year only three bottles, that is half a gallon per head, will be consumed, it will take up fifteen million gallons.'"
"'If we assume that under the low rates of duty next year only three bottles, that is half a gallon per head, will be consumed, it will take up fifteen million gallons.'"
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When you visit Trieste, Italy, you and you go and buy tickets for bus, in the buss station ticket office you can find this beautiful two projection section of Cretaceous rudist bivalve mollusk from the Radiolitidae family, which converged in their for with corrals!
🧪 #Geology ⚒️ #Paleobio
🧪 #Geology ⚒️ #Paleobio
January 19, 2026 at 12:36 PM
This afternoon! C'mon down.
For more of my Mid-Atlantic friends: On Monday, the 19th I'll be at Southpaw, Baltimore--one of my favorite bars!--from 4 to 7, signing books and carrying on. They'll be serving a slew of cocktails from the Comic Book History. See yinz there, I hope!
January 19, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This afternoon! C'mon down.
This afternoon!
For my Mid-Atlantic friends: this Sunday at 4:00 I'll be talking cocktails and comics with the great Phoebe Esmon at the also great Binding Agents, in Philadelphia. And yes, I'll be signing copies of the Comic Book History of the Cocktail. Come on down and say hello
www.simpletix.com/e/binding-ag...
www.simpletix.com/e/binding-ag...
Binding Agents Presents: THE COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF THE COCKTAIL with David Wondrich Tickets | Binding Agents
There’s no better writer to tell the colorful history of cocktails than David Wondrich. Join us at Binding Agents to celebrate his new book, The Comic Book History of the Cocktail, created in collabor...
www.simpletix.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This afternoon!
Well, thread. Pretty sure we’re all in there. Disappointing species, I guess.
By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪
January 17, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Well, thread. Pretty sure we’re all in there. Disappointing species, I guess.
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425 years ago a cat makes a friend. In exchange, the cat gets to live forever.
Signing off with a sleeping cat, drawn by Federico Barocci. Italy c. 1600. Today has been his day.
January 17, 2026 at 2:44 AM
425 years ago a cat makes a friend. In exchange, the cat gets to live forever.
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For my Mid-Atlantic friends: this Sunday at 4:00 I'll be talking cocktails and comics with the great Phoebe Esmon at the also great Binding Agents, in Philadelphia. And yes, I'll be signing copies of the Comic Book History of the Cocktail. Come on down and say hello
www.simpletix.com/e/binding-ag...
www.simpletix.com/e/binding-ag...
Binding Agents Presents: THE COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF THE COCKTAIL with David Wondrich Tickets | Binding Agents
There’s no better writer to tell the colorful history of cocktails than David Wondrich. Join us at Binding Agents to celebrate his new book, The Comic Book History of the Cocktail, created in collabor...
www.simpletix.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
For my Mid-Atlantic friends: this Sunday at 4:00 I'll be talking cocktails and comics with the great Phoebe Esmon at the also great Binding Agents, in Philadelphia. And yes, I'll be signing copies of the Comic Book History of the Cocktail. Come on down and say hello
www.simpletix.com/e/binding-ag...
www.simpletix.com/e/binding-ag...
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For more of my Mid-Atlantic friends: On Monday, the 19th I'll be at Southpaw, Baltimore--one of my favorite bars!--from 4 to 7, signing books and carrying on. They'll be serving a slew of cocktails from the Comic Book History. See yinz there, I hope!
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
For more of my Mid-Atlantic friends: On Monday, the 19th I'll be at Southpaw, Baltimore--one of my favorite bars!--from 4 to 7, signing books and carrying on. They'll be serving a slew of cocktails from the Comic Book History. See yinz there, I hope!
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Three wine critics have independently realised that drinking wine produces emotions, a breakthrough they collectively explored at extreme length, as Alfonso Cevola observes. Instead of simply writing better about wine, they wrote thousands of words about why writing about wine is hard.
'Wine writers discover they have feelings and write thousands of words about it'
Three wine critics have independently realised that drinking wine produces emotions, a breakthrough they collectively explored at extreme length, as Alfonso Cevola observes. Instead of simply writing ...
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January 16, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Three wine critics have independently realised that drinking wine produces emotions, a breakthrough they collectively explored at extreme length, as Alfonso Cevola observes. Instead of simply writing better about wine, they wrote thousands of words about why writing about wine is hard.
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there are so many [City] Reviews of Books now but how many of them take the obviously correct approach of accepting reviews of books that (a) have been out for months or years, or (b) they've already reviewed?
January 15, 2026 at 7:09 PM
there are so many [City] Reviews of Books now but how many of them take the obviously correct approach of accepting reviews of books that (a) have been out for months or years, or (b) they've already reviewed?
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Get the book, drink the drinks, listen to some shaggy dog stories, have a laugh. Maybe, learn a lil’ something.
For more of my Mid-Atlantic friends: On Monday, the 19th I'll be at Southpaw, Baltimore--one of my favorite bars!--from 4 to 7, signing books and carrying on. They'll be serving a slew of cocktails from the Comic Book History. See yinz there, I hope!
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Get the book, drink the drinks, listen to some shaggy dog stories, have a laugh. Maybe, learn a lil’ something.
For more of my Mid-Atlantic friends: On Monday, the 19th I'll be at Southpaw, Baltimore--one of my favorite bars!--from 4 to 7, signing books and carrying on. They'll be serving a slew of cocktails from the Comic Book History. See yinz there, I hope!
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
For more of my Mid-Atlantic friends: On Monday, the 19th I'll be at Southpaw, Baltimore--one of my favorite bars!--from 4 to 7, signing books and carrying on. They'll be serving a slew of cocktails from the Comic Book History. See yinz there, I hope!
For my Mid-Atlantic friends: this Sunday at 4:00 I'll be talking cocktails and comics with the great Phoebe Esmon at the also great Binding Agents, in Philadelphia. And yes, I'll be signing copies of the Comic Book History of the Cocktail. Come on down and say hello
www.simpletix.com/e/binding-ag...
www.simpletix.com/e/binding-ag...
Binding Agents Presents: THE COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF THE COCKTAIL with David Wondrich Tickets | Binding Agents
There’s no better writer to tell the colorful history of cocktails than David Wondrich. Join us at Binding Agents to celebrate his new book, The Comic Book History of the Cocktail, created in collabor...
www.simpletix.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
For my Mid-Atlantic friends: this Sunday at 4:00 I'll be talking cocktails and comics with the great Phoebe Esmon at the also great Binding Agents, in Philadelphia. And yes, I'll be signing copies of the Comic Book History of the Cocktail. Come on down and say hello
www.simpletix.com/e/binding-ag...
www.simpletix.com/e/binding-ag...
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When you type the name of an author into Amazon's search bar, and books by 4 different authors come up before the first book by that author. “We know this is not what you're looking for but we don't give a shit.” Imagine if an assistant in a local independent bookshop did that to you. Off there now.
January 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
When you type the name of an author into Amazon's search bar, and books by 4 different authors come up before the first book by that author. “We know this is not what you're looking for but we don't give a shit.” Imagine if an assistant in a local independent bookshop did that to you. Off there now.
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
Good choice.
The American Dialect Society has chosen its word of the year: slop…used as both a freestanding noun, and a productive suffix! Check out all the words we nominated at the link! And while I nominated “that’s AI” (and it won for most useful), there’s no fake news here!
The American Dialect Society (@americandialect.org) has announced the nominations for its Word of the Year—this is the one that matters, people! Vote will be tonight.
americandialect.org/nominations-...
americandialect.org/nominations-...
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Good choice.
So I picked this up this afternoon at the wonderful Louis Armstrong Museum in Corona. 1950; Standard Oil sponsors a series of records for classrooms demonstrating American regional music. They get Pops and a couple of his All-Stars, Hines and Teagarden, who lived up to the name and then some, in
January 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
So I picked this up this afternoon at the wonderful Louis Armstrong Museum in Corona. 1950; Standard Oil sponsors a series of records for classrooms demonstrating American regional music. They get Pops and a couple of his All-Stars, Hines and Teagarden, who lived up to the name and then some, in
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