Jazz

The best cover songs are those where the artist truly makes the song his own. When Spike Jones makes a song his own, the song is never quite the same again. Read more about Spiked

Scientifically speaking, absinthe is no different from any other flavored spirit. Studies have shown that its legendary hallucinatory effects, its special quality of intoxication, owe more to the drink's mythology than they do to its ingredients. But despite the clinical evidence, absinthe retains its mystique--a unique feeling captured on record by two jazz giants. Read more about Lament

Literally, "Pousse-Cafe" means something like "coffee-chaser," and refers to a cocktail served at the end of the meal, after the coffee course, as a digestif. Over time, it's come to mean something more specific: a dramatic style of unmixed mixed drink, and a metaphor for heartbreak. Read more about Like My Heart

This Saturday will be the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby. Once a year, for the highest-profile day in American racing, fans gather with a Racing Form under their arm, a fancy hat on their head, and a mint julep in their hand. For most of them, it'll be the only julep they drink all year--but according to the Clovers' 1952 classic, even that may be too much. Read more about One for the Roses