Drinks On Monday with The Strike Team

Lit's A PLACE IN THE SUN & Exxxotica

Ashley, Dan, Mike, and Pat dive into Lit's 1999 release A PLACE IN THE SUN and Mike recounts his trip to Exxotica. Along the way, they get distracted by Bourbon Street, Rumchata, and gyros.

DOM Shooter #604

It's Rex Manning day so Ashley, Mike, and Pat intend to talk about EMPIRE RECORDS but are quickly sidetracked by stories from Chicago Ridge Mall and pine on the lack of good dance clubs.

Beyonce's COWBOY CARTER & ROAD HOUSE (2024)

This week, Ashley, Dan, Mike, and Pat dive into Beyonce's COWBOY CARTER while sucking on the new Gin & Juice canned cocktails from Dr. Dre and Snoop. They also take a look at the ROAD HOUSE remake, as well as ROAD HOUSE 2: LAST CALL. Along the way they get distracted by their wild weekend and wrestling.

DoM Shooter #603

This week, Ashley, Dan, Kristin, and Mike have every intention of talking about the possibility of Aaron Taylor Johnson as the new James Bond but get distracted by broccoli, the many service industries, and pharmaceuticals.

Hanson's THIS TIME AROUND & The Light Beer Challenge

Ashley, Dan, and Mike are joined by KV as the foursome look back at Hanson's 2000 release. They also dive into BEETLEJUICE, BEETLEJUICE, AI artwork, and take the Light Beer challenge. It's another supersized episode you don't want to miss.

DoM Shooter #602

The gang drinks what's left in the fridge and discusses fast food...again. 

Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS, BOTTOMS (2023), Shotty's Gelatin Shots

We're back with the Heinekin Silver as we discuss the Oscars, Katie Britt, Olivia Rodrigo's 2023 album GUTS, the 2023 teen comedy Bottoms, and suck down some adult snack packs.

SUPERFAST, Dynamite Hack, Fast Food Orders, Hienekin Silver, and Johnny Bootlegger

This week the gang ranks SUPERFAST by Dynamite Hack from front to back, drinks Heineken Silver and Johnny Bootlegger, and plays Americas favorite new game show, Drinks on Monday Goes To The Drive Thru. 

NOLA Vs. MKE, Spotted Cow, and Super Bowl Halftime Shows

Ashley, Mike, and Dan discuss their recent trips to NOLA and MKE and rank the Super Bowl Halftime Shows of the past ten years while drinking Spotted Cow.

DoM Shooter #601

Mike, Pat, and Kristin kill time while they wait for Dan to show up...

Better Than Ezra DELUXE & You Don't Know Lynch

This week, Dan, Mike, and Pat are joined by Kristin Vanderbilt (no relation) and rank Better Than Ezra's DELUXE from front to back and play America's least favorite game show, YOU DON'T KNOW LYNCH.

Worst Hangovers, Stanley Mugs, and Barbie

After a six-year hiatus, The Strike Team is back! Season Five: The Return kicks off with Dan, Pat, Ashley, and Mike dishing on their worst hangovers, the Stanley Mug and countless fads, and of course 2023's biggest movie, BARBIE.  Along the way we get sidetracked by that "go ahead now" song, an Australian kids show, and manicures. We're drinking some "Seagram's golden wine coolers" and some Keystones. It's three hours of nonsense you won't want to miss!

The DoM Interview #5-John Pazdan

Today, we’ve got one from the vaults as Mike Vanderbilt talk with Chicago power pop luminary, John Pazdan. Pazdan was one of the founders of Oak Park’s premiere power pop act Pezband in 1971. Pazdan—primarily a bass player—played around town in numerous jazz, rock, and pop outfits including Chicago favorites Off Broadway. This interview was conducted in the spring of 2016 as Mike was preparing his Chicago Reader piece From Rockford To You An Oral history of Cheap Trick’s early years. Pazdan ...

Seagrams Wine Coolers & Miller High Life Tall Boys

The Strike Team is taking the summer off in this week's finale! Dan brings along some Seagrams Wine Coolers and High Life tall boys for this week's $10 Challenge. The team also discuss their favorite beef sandwiches in Chicago, Mike's french fry addiction, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 2, the latest from Old 97's and discuss their plans for summer vacation.

Classic Light & Black Velvet Whiskey

Mike and Dan are joined by Ashley from SERVICE INDUSTRY CONFIDENTIAL and Katie from REVENGE OF THE POD PEOPLE for a super podcast team up. The foursome partake in the Dan Lynch $10 Liquor Store Challenge. South Side Eats discuss Raising Caine chicken strips, Petey's Bungalow in Oak Lawn, and Katie recounts the pizza at the Outlook Hotel in Portland. STARCRASH as featured on MST3K is also on the table, but they really don't get that deep into it.

Costa Rican Rum

Mike and Dan are joined by Ashley from SERVICE INDUSTRY CONFIDENTIAL as they drink some of Mike's booze that he brought back from Costa Rica. The gang discusses Kings Of Leon's WALLS album, and the trailer for THE LAST JEDI.

#DoM Shooters #10 - The Thunder Before the Sharknado

Pat and friend of the podcast Stephen Hoover (You Are What You've Seen) sit down and rap with Sharknado franchise screenwriter Thunder Levin about Star Trek, Highlander, and working with Mario Van Peebles. Thunder also gives the boys some sage like advice about the value of applying constant pressure over an extended period of time and creating your own opportunities. Recorded live @ the Music Box Theater 3.14.2017

Revolution Fist City & Stillhouse Moonshine

Mike & Pat are joined by bartender and shit-talker Carolyn as they discuss NEW JACK CITY and the Cash Me Ousside girl.

Cooper's Hawk Wine Of The Month Club

Pat's back in the basement and he, Mike and Dan are sucking down some fine reds from Cooper's Hawk. The boys also dive into their favorite new shows of 2017 including 24: LEGACY, LEGION, and RIVERDALE. They also review the latest record from Tommy Stinson and Bash & Pop.

The 3rd Annual My Sleazy Valentine Special

Pat's off getting hitched so Mike and Dan are joined by Kamil, Kailey, and Kamil, the hosts of the brand new podcast, NEVER SEEN BEFORE. The Strike Team dives into erotic thrillers (BODY HEAT and AMERICAN GIGOLO) as well as JOHN WICK and BLURRYFACE from Grammy winners 21 Pilots.

#DoM Shooters #9 - Ballad of a Traveling Man

Pat sits down one-on-one with local wise man Rob Bakker to talk about Chicago punk rock, Freemasonry, and the occult. Recorded live on location @ Emmit's Irish Pub (495 N. Milwaukee Ave) during the ass end of 2016. Be sure to check out Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig!

Granite City Craft Beer

The Strike Team enjoys craft beers from Granite City while they discuss BEWARE THE SLENDER MAN, SPLIT, DEATH RACE 2050, and Sugar's COPPER BLUE.

Blue Island Beer Co. Hard Luck IPA

The Strike Team enjoy Hard Luck IPA from Blue Island Beer, Co., discuss the 1984 cult classic REPO MAN, Blink-182's CALIFORNIA, and play Describe A Movie Horribly.

DoM's Top Ten Films Of 2016

Dan, Pat, and Mike discuss their favorite films of 2016.

The Empire Strikes Back, Chapter X: The Clash Of Lightsabers

We wrap things up with the final episode of The Empire Strikes Back, Chapter X: The Clash Of Lightsabers

The Empire Strikes Back, Chapter IX: Gambler's Choice

Drinks On Monday Presents The Empire Strikes Back, Chapter IX: Gambler's Choice

The Empire Strikes Back, Chapter VIII: Dark Lord's Fury

The Empire Strikes Back, Chapter VII: New Allies, New Enemies

The Empire Strikes Back, Chapter VI: Way Of The Jedi

The Empire Strikes Back, Chapter V: The Millennium Falcon Pursuit

The Empire Strikes Back, Chapter IV: Fire & Ice

The Empire Strikes Back, Chapter III: A Question Of Survival

The Empire Strikes Back, Chapter II: The Coming Storm

The Empire Strikes Back, Chapter I: Freedom's Winter

The Third Annual Black Wednesday Broadcast

It's a freewheelin' show as The Strike Team are joined by friends of the show to discuss WEREWOLF: THE SERIES, RUNNING SCARED and play JAGOFF/NO JAGOFF and FUCK MARRY KILL.

Spiked Apple Cider

Pat sits this one out as Mike, Dan, and Kristy discuss THE PURGE series and Green Day's REVOLUTION RADIO. The Strike Team also dives into the 2016 election as well as the Chicago Cubs and their World Series victory.

Ten High

The Strike Team discuss the films CONTRACTED, THE EXORCISM OF MOLLY HARTLEY, and WE ARE STILL HERE. In the music section, Cheap Trick's ALL SHOOK UP and Lady Gaga's JOANNE are in the queue.      

Blue Island Iced Tea

The Strike Team is back again. This time they're in Mike's new kitchen and trying to get rid of some left over booze with a concoction they call Blue Island Iced Tea. The guys discuss Fantastic Fest and pussy grabbin'. Featuring music from Butch Walker.

#DoM Shooters #8- Ancient Mysteries Revealed

Without adult supervision on hand Pat goes full Art Bell again and sits down to talk with local archeologist/barfly Erin "Jones" (not her actual last name because she IS an actual archeologist) about the fossil record, Great Flood myths, the evolution of mankind, and how the heck old is civilization anyways? Jameson Caskmates: Stout Edition is imbibed.

#DoM Shooters #7- Fantastic Fest, Part 2: The Quickening

More nonsense from FANTASTIC FEST as Mike Vanderbilt and a cadre of jagoffs talk about their favorite (and less than favorites) films from the week. Very DoM; everyone's drunk, screaming over each other, and the episode is almost two hours long.

#DoM Shooters #6-Halfway Through Fantastic Fest

Mike is down in Austin, Texas this week covering 2016's FANTASTIC FEST for Daily Grindhouse. FANTASTIC FEST is the world's largest genre film festival and an all around good time. In this Shooter, Mike is joined by fellow writers and festival attendees to discuss the world premiere of PHANTASM RAVAGER as well as their favorite films of the festival

#DoM Shooters #5-2016 48 Hour Film Project Postmortem

Dan sits this one out as Mike & Pat look back at the past four years of participating in the Chicago 48 Hour Film Project as well as delve into the making of this years film, the rock 'n' roll horror musical BLOODSPRAY!

Crystal Pepsi & Vodka

The Strike Team is back again for the first time! Dan, Mike, and Pat tell us how they spent their summer vacations, their favorite movies of the summer, and how much they hated TERMINATOR: GENISYS. On the cocktail menu is a little '90s nostalgia as the boys suck down Crystal Pepsi with an assortment of terrible vodkas that Dan just want out of his house.

Drinks On Monday: The Beginning

Now available for the first time on iTunes! The very first episode of Drinks On Monday! We've come a long way since August 4th, 2014...but really, its pretty much the same show. The guys drink too much Chivas Regal and discuss GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and some of their favorite summer releases. Just three strokes in a kitchen with shitty microphones.

Airplane Bottle Roulette

The Strike Team plays airplane bottle roulette while talking about their plans for the show, gun control, Material Issue, and O.J. Simpson.  The Strike Team WILL return in August in "One More Drink For The Driver."

Truly Spiked & Sparkling

The Strike Team are joined by friends of the show Amy and Carrie (a Second City alum) to discuss the going on dates in Andersonville, the south side versus the north side, and how contacting new friends online has changed in the past fifteen years.

Just The Two Of Us (And Redd's Apple Ale)

The kitchen is a little less crowded without Dan this week, but Mike and Pat's egos more than fill some space. The two long-time friends run a gamut of issues and offer their hot takes on the HALLOWEEN reboot, CIVL WAR, Nazi Captain America, HUSH, ShudderLabs, and their favorite subjects...themselves!

White Lighting!

The Strike Team gets back to their roots when the trio of Dan, Pat, and Mike settle in around the kitchen table to compare and contrast moonshine from Orland Park, Illinois and Ft. Wayne, Indiana. The guys also delve into the works of Burt Reynolds.

The DoM Interview #4: Jay Goeppner

This week on the Drinks On Monday Interview Mike chats with Chicago musician Jay Goepnner. Jay gained notoriety in the ‘80s around Chicago playing with Phil Angotti as the Beatle Brothers, Jay also fronted the   John Lennon tribute Instant Karma, The New Invaders, and most recently can be seen out and about Chicagoland playing with Backdated. Jay and Phil will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Beatle Brothers Saturday May 14th at Fitzgerald’s in beautiful downtown Berwyn. Jay shar...

Jim Sikora And The Array Of Scotches

Chicago filmmaker Jim Sikora stops by the kitchen to sample anarray of scotches with The Strike Team, from Cutty Sark to JohnnieWalker Platinum and everything in between. Sikora has been around the Chicago scene for sometime havingdirected music videos for Tar, members of Husker Dü, and PurpleApple. In the '80s and '90s, Jim wrote, directed, and edited twofeature lengths (WALLS IN THE CITY & BULLET ON A WIRE)featuring David Yow of Jesus Lizard as well as plenty of Chicagobarrooms familiar t...