Tag: Songs

• Italian Gin

  

  We return now after an interregnum of two years to the Ballad of Tantivy Mucker-Maffick, Slothrop’s ode to his drunkard mate. Last time we came for the French beer, nowhere near as septic as our lieutenant would have it. Hopefully he’s misjudged Italian gin too. The Ballad of Tantivy Mucker-Maffick Oh Italian gin is a […]

  mjhorn

  January 22, 2022

  Gravity’s Rainbow, Other spirits

  featured, Italy, Slothrop, Songs, Tantivy

• Merry Christmas! (Pink Champagne)

  

  A very merry Christmas to Pynchonites and friends the world over. I hear it’s a warm one for you Northern Hemisphere folks. Down here in Australia, we’ve enjoyed a relatively cool 33 °C (91 of your funny Fahrenheit degrees). Admittedly not eggnog weather. But this pink Champagne went down a treat. It’s Moutard Père et Fils Rosé Champagne. The presentable bubbles come […]

  mjhorn

  December 25, 2015

  Gravity’s Rainbow, Wine

  Champagne, Christmas, Songs