Manic Party Hour before last call?

Drink Boston tallies up all the weird drink things going on these days, from egg-based drinks to whiskey brands hiring women to hand out shoe polish, to the fact that bars seem to be doing booming business these days and wonders what's going on in this crazy mixed-up economy of ours:

... It warms my heart (and my liver) that good bars are doing good business. But I can't help but wonder sometimes: Is this the Manic Party Hour before last call?

Ah, never mind. Have a whiskey-and-egg drink.