# booze (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover booze. Page: Feed: --- ## [Hell's Half Acre: a rare tiki noir](https://filmnoirconfidential.substack.com/p/fnc-files-week-of-august-17-2026) _2026-08-14 · Film Noir Confidential_ Discover a rare tiki noir, some more suburban malaise, a bit of booze, glimpses of femme fatales, and this week's TCM listings ## [FNC Files: Week of August 10, 2026](https://filmnoirconfidential.substack.com/p/fnc-files-week-of-august-10-2026) _2026-08-07 · Film Noir Confidential_ Suburban malaise that ends in murder, the sewers of Los Angeles, a bit of booze, glimpses of femme fatales, and this week's TCM listings ## [FNC Files: Week of August 3, 2026](https://filmnoirconfidential.substack.com/p/fnc-files-week-of-august-3-2026) _2026-07-31 · Film Noir Confidential · Film Noir Confidential_ Bogart and Bacall in the San Francisco fog, The Big Combo, a bit of booze, glimpses of femme fatales, and this week's TCM listings ## [Joshua Ray Walker at The Lower Third, London](https://waituntilnextyear.com/2026/07/29/joshua-ray-walker-at-the-lower-third-london/) _2026-07-29 · Steve · Wait until next year_ Ever since I first heard him I knew that Joshua Ray Walker was one of the best singers and songwriters in the world right now. After seeing him live I am more and more convinced he is right up there with the very best active today. Walker is a Texan country singer who has been \[…\] ## [FNC Files: Week of July 27, 2026](https://filmnoirconfidential.substack.com/p/fnc-files-week-of-july-27-2026) _2026-07-24 · Film Noir Confidential · Film Noir Confidential_ Raw Deal, The Blue Gardenia, a bit of booze, glimpses of femme fatales, Raymond Burr twice, and this week's TCM listings ## [Last Call: 17 Noirs Leaving Streaming This Month](https://filmnoirconfidential.substack.com/p/last-call-17-noirs-leaving-streaming) _2026-07-21 · Film Noir Confidential · Film Noir Confidential_ One leaves as early as tomorrow night. Here's what to watch first. ## [FNC Files: Week of July 20, 2026](https://filmnoirconfidential.substack.com/p/fnc-files-week-of-july-20-2026) _2026-07-17 · Film Noir Confidential · Film Noir Confidential_ The second edition of the FNC Files ## [The Marriage That Beat the Perfect Heist: Kubrick's The Killing (1956)](https://filmnoirconfidential.substack.com/p/the-marriage-that-beat-the-perfect) _2026-07-11 · Film Noir Confidential · Film Noir Confidential_ Sterling Hayden plans the racetrack job of a lifetime. Elisha Cook Jr. and Marie Windsor undo it at their kitchen table. ## [FNC Files: Week of July 13, 2026](https://filmnoirconfidential.substack.com/p/fnc-files-week-of-july-13-2026) _2026-07-11 · Film Noir Confidential · Film Noir Confidential_ The inaugural edition of the FNC Files ## [Beer Thoughts #15 (Replies)](https://waituntilnextyear.com/2026/07/10/beer-thoughts-15-replies/) _2026-07-10 · Steve · Wait until next year_ This week Boak and Bailey have been posting briefer, daily posts, like how most of Beer Blogging (including their site!) mainly functioned a decade ago. It is has been a lot of fun to have something to read every day, for there to be different kinds of things looked at from different angles, and to \[…\] ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zoo81RzgTMdp) _2026-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Burt Lancaster's Coldest Monster: Sweet Smell of Success (1957)](https://filmnoirconfidential.substack.com/p/the-predatory-neon-jungle-why-sweet) _2026-07-04 · Film Noir Confidential · Film Noir Confidential_ Inside the commercial failure that dared to turn Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis into Hollywood's greatest, most compelling monsters. ## [The Office Movie with a Murder in It: Double Indemnity (1944)](https://filmnoirconfidential.substack.com/p/the-blueprint-of-noir-breaking-down) _2026-07-04 · Film Noir Confidential · Film Noir Confidential_ Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity established the definitive blueprint for the classic Hollywood crime film following its initial screenings in July 1944. ## [Pub Thoughts #14 (Sport at the Spoons)](https://waituntilnextyear.com/2026/06/26/pub-thoughts-14-sport-at-the-spoons/) _2026-06-26 · Steve · Wait until next year_ Several years ago I came to the realisation that I really don’t enjoy watching football in pubs. There might be a good atmosphere, but there is every chance there won’t be…especially if the game isn’t going the right way. I’m not a huge fan of football commentary but I would still prefer to hear the \[…\] ## [Pub Thoughts #13 (Tamworth Tap)](https://waituntilnextyear.com/2026/06/05/pub-thoughts-13-tamworth-tap/) _2026-06-05 · Steve · Wait until next year_ The Tamworth Tap is a three-time CAMRA National Pub of the Year. I felt a degree of trepidation before entering. There’s always a worry with anything so acclaimed that it might not live up to its billing, might be a disappointment, might be something I just don’t get. I get this feeling with books, films, \[…\] ## [Pub Thoughts #12 (The King Billy, Nottingham)](https://waituntilnextyear.com/2026/05/29/pub-thoughts-12-the-king-billy-nottingham/) _2026-05-29 · Steve · Wait until next year_ The World’s Greatest Pub Blogger, RetiredMartin, will occasionally consider a pub one of his Top 100. This place, The King Billy, is one of them. And rightly so. It is unlikely I will ever visit as many pubs as Martin, and will certainly never reach his levels of Pub Expertise, but this pub is definitely \[…\] ## [Pub Thoughts #11 (Bleary-eyed notes from a weekend in Nottingham)](https://waituntilnextyear.com/2026/05/22/pub-thoughts-11-bleary-eyed-notes-from-a-weekend-in-nottingham/) _2026-05-22 · Steve · Wait until next year_ A fantastic weekend in Nottingham with friends – visited lots of pubs and bars and got at least some kind of sense of the kind of Beer City that Nottingham might be. At least in terms of the city centre I would say it felt like one side was very craft-y while the other was \[…\] ## [Rough and ready thoughts on the Bexley Council election](https://waituntilnextyear.com/2026/05/08/rough-and-ready-thoughts-on-the-bexley-council-election/) _2026-05-08 · Steve · Wait until next year_ Some incredibly rough and ready thoughts on the Bexley Council election results – somewhere I think is interesting at a national level as it was very much a target for Reform but ended up being, at least on the surface, a pretty straightforward victory for the incumbent Tories. ## [Pub Thoughts #10 (Pub websites and the Rusty Bucket, Bexley)](https://waituntilnextyear.com/2026/05/01/pub-thoughts-10-pub-websites-and-the-rusty-bucket-bexley/) _2026-05-01 · Steve · Wait until next year_ Pub websites should be brilliant. They are a (reasonably) quick, easy and cheap way for pubs to market themselves, keep in touch with regulars and generally articulate what they are all about. At a bare minimum they are a good way to let people know when you are open. Beyond that you can list what \[…\] ## [Pub Thoughts #9 (Queen Charlotte, Fitzrovia)](https://waituntilnextyear.com/2026/03/27/pub-thoughts-9-queen-charlotte-fitzrovia/) _2026-03-27 · Steve · Wait until next year_ The Queen Charlotte is a former Brewdog pub, which in some ways is the least interesting thing about it, but also something that probably needs addressing at some point, if only to acknowledge both its recent history and its potential future – that here is an example of how pubs can not just survive but \[…\] ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ic7Ue8y2UBbi) _2026-03-27 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [Pub Thoughts #8 (Pubs as homes from home, and the Bird and Barrel)](https://waituntilnextyear.com/2026/03/20/pub-thoughts-8-pubs-as-homes-from-home-and-the-bird-and-barrel/) _2026-03-20 · Steve · Wait until next year_ I’ve been thinking a bit about pubs as second homes, surrogate homes – public houses as public homes. That sometimes you are away and need to sit somewhere familiar, homely, rather than a sterile hotel room. That sometimes you might be at work and need a break, somewhere to ground yourself, a refuge, an escape \[…\]