 Image by Frank Rich of Modern Drunkard Magazine |
Once upon a time, before Sordid Tales, before CityBeat even, there was a column called Sordid Tales of a Bartender in Heat that appeared in a magazine called SLAMM. It was, as I mentioned in the FAQs, a column about the comedy and the tragedy of the nightclub scene as told by a veteran bartender.
When CityBeat bought SLAMM, the editors and I agreed that it was time to change (slightly) the name and the focus of the column. Hence the shortening of the title to Sordid Tales. There are about 100 of those old bartender Sordids so I will post them here gradually, over time. Stay tuned.
Note: The first article in the string (Turn, Turn, Turn) was the last one I wrote for SLAMM before it was bought out by CityBeat.
EJD
3/31/07
