Comments on: I’ll Sleep Better Tonight …

By: drew

drew — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:11:45 +0000

i love that you said by cracky

By: Gabrio Tosti

Gabrio Tosti — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:53:15 +0000

Food Emporium in Tribeca didn’t sold beer to my sister because she wasn’t carrying her ID and she is 44 years old, their cash register would not allow the transaction if an ID is scanned in the system before…I think in some state is easier to buy a gun then a beer.
Crazy world we live in
Gabrio

By: David

David — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:50:13 +0000

Just be glad you can purchase beer at convenience stores/supermarkets/gas stations at all. The liquor laws in Canada are another level of ludicrous (not to mention the taxes on a bottle of wine).

It’s only recently that we’ve had non-government liquor stores — and the government liquor stores aren’t open on Sundays, which means buying a bottle of vino for Sunday dinner was until recently a dicey proposition.

By: Fredric Koeppel

Fredric Koeppel — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:44:45 +0000

yeah, i love that image. amazing what you can find on the internet.

and yes, this does touch on the issue of problemizing alcohol. of course the fact that only beer is involved testifies to the power of the wine and spirits wholesale and retail lobbies. that’s one of the main reasons why we will never get grocery store wine sales in tennessee. (the other reason is religion.)

By: Terry Hughes

Terry Hughes — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:07:36 +0000

Wow. What a story. First, I see ZZ Top is so down on their luck that they’re reduced to buying beer for kids.

Second, this is an interesting companion to Tom Wark’s recent piece on “problemizing” wine and other alcohol. We’re in such an authoritarian era. I’m waiting for the brain police to spring up to defeat the inner terrorist we all harbor.