Category Archives: Opinion

Woman Suffers Housefire, Brain Tumour, and Theft of Jack Daniels

Posted on March 26, 2011 by chinaski

A 66 year old Blackpool woman had about the worst week you can imagine. First, her house caught fire and she was forced to move out pending repairs. Then she was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer. The final insult came … Continue reading →

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Define:fanicism

Posted on January 26, 2011 by chinaski

Fanicism (noun): Writing posted on the internet by wannabe critics reviewing stuff their poor, sad, limited souls deem “awesome”. Typically tagged by the reader as “don’t quit your day job”.

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A Train Called America

Posted on January 13, 2011 by chinaski

Now I’m transcontinental 3000 miles from my home I’m on the California Zephyr Watching America roll by Jay Farrar – California Zephyr Tonight we’re sitting around listening to Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard’s “One Fast Move Or I’m Gone”, the … Continue reading →

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Jack Daniels is a Sexist Pig

Posted on December 29, 2010 by chinaski

Or maybe not. The boozy blogosphere in which bourbonhours.com staff steeps itself needs something to write about, and a recent ad campaign featuring the iconic Jack Daniels  brand has provided the necessary fodder. A post on Jezebel referring to a … Continue reading →

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A Bourbonhours Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2010 by chinaski

Santa Claus is drunk Tom Waits Ho ho ho. It’s Christmas. Bloody hell. It has a way of sneaking up doesn’t it? One day your laying in the hammock, fanning yourself absent mindedly, doing your best to keep the mid-summer … Continue reading →

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The Word “Mixologist”

Posted on December 22, 2010 by chinaski

Okay, I’ve been looking at blog post after blog post and news item after news item that insist on using the word “mixologist” to describe a person who makes alcoholic drinks. Presumably while doing yoga and tweeting about Oprah. This … Continue reading →

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Sinatra and Bogart

Posted on December 15, 2010 by chinaski

Here’s a little factoid I didn’t know: Frank Sinatra adored Humphrey Bogart. At least, according to a source quoted in a piece in the Las Vegas Review Journal. There’s a lot I don’t know about Sinatra and there’s a bit … Continue reading →

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Bartenders Suffer Under Google

Posted on December 14, 2010 by chinaski

Google has been a recent topic of discussion at the bourbonhours.com table. With everyone and their dog sporting a web-connected phone google (and web-search in general) has become the arbiter of inebriational debate rather than more traditional modes like fisticuffs … Continue reading →

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Man Gets Hammered, Kicks in Window

Posted on December 4, 2010 by chinaski

A Cardigan native was brought before a magistrate and charged with criminal damage after he kicked in a charity shop window. John Michael Jones admitted to drinking seven cans of lager and ten Jack Daniels at a party before the … Continue reading →

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11-11 – 7 minutes of listening

Posted on November 11, 2010 by chinaski

The best “war song” that I can think of is Eric Bogle’s And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda, a terrible and emotional rendering in words and music the experience of an Australian soldier at Gallipoli in WWI. When we think … Continue reading →

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