Eff this, man. I’ve been drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon for half a goddamn decade already. Inspired by my uncle and father-in-law, I started drinking it because it’s cheap, the can looks neat, Dennis Hopper drank it in Blue Velvet, and as far as cheap beers go, it tastes really good. (Jesus God, it’s so much better than Coors Light, just for example.) Long have I complained that it’s so hard to find on Long Island–in the years I’ve looked for it out here I’ve only found it once. If this idiotic retro-chic reported-on-in-square-publications trend makes it easier for me to buy PBR, great, but that doesn’t make this trend any less obnoxious. Pabst Blue Ribbon deserves better than hipsters.
