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Russell's Drinks

Russell pairs a themed cocktail or drink with each episode — often from his copy of Booze In Vinyl, a book that suggests drinks to match albums. Click any entry to jump to that moment in the transcript.

Ep. 26Moscow MulePatti Smith: Horses (1975) (... and Tecmo Bowl!)a Moscow mule with bourbon instead of vodka.71:17 Ep. 31Whiskey SourMiles Davis: Kind of Blue (1959)If you make a whiskey sour without an egg white,70:36 Ep. 43Queens CocktailA Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory (1991)It's good. No, I didn't look at the sample on this one. Cause I didn't want to, I didn't want to make the entire show ab58:01 Ep. 47Whiskey SmashThe Ramones: Ramones (1976)heart here we go I know this beat I've heard this before this is familiar I love the doors I had to bust out my book who74:00 Ep. 62MargaritaGuns N’ Roses: Appetite for Destruction (1987)A margarita is not lemonade and vodka.14:55 Ep. 62MargaritaGuns N’ Roses: Appetite for Destruction (1987)The vodka margarita.15:04 Ep. 62MargaritaGuns N’ Roses: Appetite for Destruction (1987)That makes the vodka margarita look like child's play.48:20 Ep. 72One CocktailNeil Young: Harvest (1972)This is one cocktail to always keep in the quiver. If you will, it's two ounces of bourbon, fresh lemon juice, and three80:00 Ep. 73Cool CocktailMy Bloody Valentine: Loveless (1991)and there's no specials and you just have to order a drink what drink are you going for it depends on the night if i thi14:30 Ep. 78Old-FashionedElvis Presley: The Sun Sessions (1976)How do they make a peanut butter old-fashioned in New York for the gifted and talented people? Well, I think the first t78:00 Ep. 78Old FashionedElvis Presley: The Sun Sessions (1976)How do we get to butterscotch old fashioned? Elvis, you ate peanut butter banana sandwiches. Oh, okay. Okay. Oh, man, th80:00 Ep. 83Fancy CocktailDusty Springfield: Dusty in Memphis (1969)know i was gonna make myself a nice fancy cocktail but i didn't have anything uh fancy i was gonna make a uh you know li75:02 Ep. 84SourAC/DC: Back in Black (1980)bon scott i should lay off the sour mash and cheap wine but it's hard to resist so it's it's rcdc it's a cautionary tale04:31 Ep. 84SourAC/DC: Back in Black (1980)my misadventure my misadventure misadventure i mean this is like an over-the-top tribute to bon scott whiskey gin and br71:31 Ep. 95MargaritaDrake: Take Care (2011)What are we talking about? DrDrake.blogspot.com. Do you think, like, did Drake make his own blog? Like, was he sitting w59:00 Ep. 98ManhattanLucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (199for this one and I mentioned this to you guys earlier they actually recommend that you listen to this album it's Ideal W67:01 Ep. 108Old FashionedFiona Apple: When the Pawn... (1999)This is very good. I am not sleep deprived at all by doing these episodes during the week. That's true. That is that is 12:00 Ep. 128Optional CocktailQueen: A Night at the Opera (1975)had an optional cocktail pairing mango horseradish infused tequila what the fuck35:16 Ep. 128BoulevardierQueen: A Night at the Opera (1975)to me actually that is paired with a charred hickory cinnamon infused rye boulevardier with45:10 Ep. 130Old-FashionedPrince: 1999 (1982)an old-fashioned right and then they always add well what kind of bourbon you know i have no idea48:09 Ep. 130SourPrince: 1999 (1982)to walk you through how to make four different drinks so the first round is a gin sour it was52:36 Ep. 159Sultry CocktailThe Police: Synchronicity (1983)almost all blankets are comfy. Are we sitting on the blankets? You want me to sit on the floor? No. No. Fuck no. Come on69:30 Ep. 162Based CocktailPulp: Different Class (1995)Because of that grapefruit trick You were working on From the video Oh I thought it was about Espresso martinis The next35:00 Ep. 165ManhattanR.E.M.: Murmur (1983)in the middle of manhattan no my favorite pop is actually tart maybe a half finished root beer on the nightstand when yo72:33 Ep. 168Whiskey SourSteely Dan: Can’t Buy A Thrill (1972)You know what I mean? Russell, who's never drank coffee, is like, why do I have so much diarrhea? It's so, so strange. I06:01 Ep. 170SourTaylor Swift: folklore (2020)type moment where it looks like maybe this is actually a very large grown man stuffed into on his knees dwarfing it up j53:30 Ep. 179Delicious CocktailNotorious B.I.G.: Life After Death (1997)so that filled in perfectly gave it that same flavor it's delicious cocktail you could use a jamaican rum as a nod to bi92:34 Ep. 186Gin And TonicRed Hot Chili Peppers: Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991Could you imagine, Rob? You book this evening, and then at the end, they're like, oh, yeah, you owe me another $12.50 fo60:33 Ep. 191SourEtta James: At Last! (1960)Pretty basic drink menu We talked about this I think a few weeks ago What they have On the drink menu So we saw We order42:00 Ep. 192BoulevardierBeastie Boys: Licensed to Ill (1986)Well, Aaron, I only had a sweet vermouth, so that's what went in it tonight. So you made like kind of like a boulevardie87:30 Ep. 192Mixed CocktailBeastie Boys: Licensed to Ill (1986)That Lottie Dottie. We've talked about that before. Remember, we did the list of the best songs that sampled that song. 90:00 Ep. 241MargaritaMassive Attack: Blue Lines (1991)margaritas tonight they were fantastic i think i'm a margarita guy i don't like tequila i don't42:31 Ep. 243SourThe Zombies: Odessey and Oracle (1968)I guess, Adam, goes buys me alcohol. He's like, what do you want me to buy? I said, okay, here's what I want and I'll ne36:31 Ep. 247MargaritaSade: Love Deluxe (1992)their house. Some people run around their house. You know what I mean? Like, what are you? That's the question. So I'm k53:32 Ep. 254Few CocktailHerbie Hancock: Head Hunters (1973)because i had had too many drinks so that's you know that's also gonna interfere with your reading what's our driver moo39:30 Ep. 258Old-FashionedJoni Mitchell: The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)Well, he was talking a little bit-- we got into what is an old-fashioned. So you guys, what do you think an old-fashione28:30 Ep. 258This CocktailJoni Mitchell: The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)Who would have her number? Who has her number? Now it's time for me to step back. I'm going to step back at this point. 35:30 Ep. 280Sour50 Cent: Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) ep. 280in the late 90s early 2000s when there was everywhere in bars bachelor parties and college drinking culture it still exi19:01 SpecialQueens CocktailBeck Does It Again! A Tribe Called Quest: Low End That's like, it's just, this is like puts it in. It's, you know, 1991, uh, Rob you're, you're in New York guys. So tribe58:30 SpecialMargaritaEpisode Rerelease: The Band- The Band (1969)gonna make a margarita all i've got is vodka and lemonade okay that's gonna work i could break i62:45 SpecialGin And TonicD'Angelo: Voodoo (2000) Beck Does it Again (OriginAnswer, result, done. So when it comes to doing deep fried chicken sogs, who does it better? - Beck. - Beck did it bette70:30