John, A martini sounds good to me with couple of pickled mushrooms and olives. My wife and I do Perfect brandy manhattans on alternate days. We just like to keep the brandy and gin bottles so they are even.
Speaking of 8-tracks I have a great Pioneer on my surround system. When I get fired up I get a couple of old 8-tracks out and some aren't all that bad, especially my American Graffiti with Wolfman Jack as the MC.