Happy Amateur Night, Solid State!

In the close to ten years I’ve been “legally” able to celebrate my sorta-Irish heritage, I’ve rarely been able to fully partake. Most years, I worked as a bartender and/or bar back in Boston or Burlington. Although just prior to becoming of age, I was actually in Dublin for Paddy’s Day — anyone who tells you it’s really a “religious holiday” in Ireland is takin’ the piss out of you. It’s an orgy of drinking, just like it is here.

Being free of obligation on Paddy’s Day is a relatively recent development for me. And I gotta say, I much prefer being behind the bar. I’m not sure who exactly decided that wearing a green hat entitles one to behave like a complete jackass. But I’m pretty sure it wasn’t St. Pat. In any event, I’m actually glad the “holiday” falls on a Tuesday this year. It provides a built-in excuse to stay the hell home.

Still, I do have a bit of soft spot for drunken tomfoolery. So to that end, I offer you this, in the spirit of the day:

And also, one of my favorite pseudo drinking songs:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=tZmDWltBziM%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1

Dan Bolles is a culture coeditor at Seven Days. He joined the paper in 2007 as its music editor, covering Vermont's robust music, comedy and nightlife scenes for a decade before deciding he was too old to be going to the Monkey House on weeknights to see rock shows for a living. He became assistant arts editor in 2017 and culture coeditor in 2021. Bolles has received numerous local and national awards for his writing on Vermont arts, sports and the occasional celebrity canine murder mystery. He loves...

One reply on “Kiss Me, I’m Irish-ish”

  1. That first video was me the last time I was in New Orleans. The second video is what was going on in my head while I was in the first video.God I miss Nawlins.

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