bourbon

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There’s even a tiny pop/rock subgenre of songs based on Anne Rice’s vampire novels: Sting’s “Moon Over Bourbon Street,” Annie Lennox’s “Love Song for a Vampire,” and Concrete Blonde’s “Bloodletting.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Even more remarkably, Will’s thought processes have resembled the French statesman Talleyrand’s description of the Bourbon kings: “They forgot nothing and they learned nothing.”

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Gaffigan called this special “niche,” but the truth is, when he’s the symposiarch, “The Bourbon Set” is an oak barrel of straight-up laughs for the masses.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Bourbon production rose, too, filling a record 3.2 million barrels of bourbon in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

I wasn’t far behind him when Mrs. De Bourbon called me back.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman