The Audience For Improv

There was a large, good-looking and youngish crowd at the Improv Shop, although I was be no means the oldest there. (I was in the competition, though.) There was a bar, of course, serving tall cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon - PBR, the hipster beer of choice. It used to be really cheap, but now that it's cool it isn't anymore. People keep buying it for its déclassé chic. 

Other people were more interested in their phone menu than the one at the bar. Nevertheless, MC Pete Papavlasopopulous says it's all A-OK.

DWI Lawyer?

This person got my attention at Grovefest. Was he promoting a lawyer who does drunk driving cases? The sweatshirt was hard to parse. But look closely and notice the walkie talkie clipped to the back of his jeans. The white stripe near the bottom is a label - I can read it when I zoom in - that says that he's a very plain clothes security guard.

His disguise might be more credible if he cracked open the can in the second picture.                       

An American Pastime

There are actually people in this country who  think this is a great way to enjoy a day. I find that scary. What shall we perforate, the beer cans or the people?

The idea is sometimes fueled by the product in the second picture. PBR, as we often call it, used to be just another cheap beer. It was adopted by hipsters as a bit of an ironic gesture. Now so many hipsters suck it up that the brand has raised its prices. Note that the inflatable model can says "established in Milwaukee." The company is now based in Los Angeles. 

        

PBR

We need a little more filler before the next series starts on Sunday so a bit more from Chicago. Pabst Blue Ribbon, often called just PBR, used to be a very popular beer in this country. Sales plummeted by 90% in the 80s and 90s. They revived when the brand became popular with urban hipsters. These days it's always cheap and consumed straight from the can, drunk with a who cares attitude.

The scene here is a north side dive bar.