Pabst Blue Ribbon

Here's Where Five Jazz Legends Are Buried in L.A.

Everyone's always saying that jazz is dead -- at least since the fuzz shut down New Orleans' Storyville in 1917 -- but jazz will never die. Musicians on the other hand can, do and have. And quite a few jazz legends are buried in L.A. In fact, it's pretty surprising how many pivotal stars have thei ... More >>

Are Hipsters Behind the Price Increase of PBR?

It sounds like a bit from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, but apparently hipsters might be the reason for the markup of Pabst Blue Ribbon and other mass market beer. According to Nation's Restaurant News, the price of an average drink out -- spirits, wine and beer -- has risen between October 2012 ... More >>

Happy Hour: Hyperion Public in Silver Lake Happy Wings!

Place: Hyperion Public, 2538 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles; (323) 761-6440. Hours: Monday to Thursday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Deals: There is a range of drinks at this Silver Lake gastropub, including three beer-and-shot combos from $8 to $10. Tall glasses of Pabst Blue Ribbon at ... More >>

Twinkies May be Back as Early as This Summer

The report of the demise of that golden sponge cake with the creamy filling may have been premature. Twinkies and their Hostess snack brethren could be back by as soon as this summer. Two private equity firms have bought the iconic brands for $410 million, CNN reports. There were no other qualifie ... More >>

How a Star Wars Art Show Came to Be

See also: *Boba Fett as a Girl *The Creation of That Super Bowl Ad With the Imperial March Sung by Dogs The star of L.A.-based artist Lekit's Opheleia looks like she's had a brutal day. Her cheeks are sunken, her eyes dazed. Her dress falls off her shoulders, revealing an impressive tattoo collect ... More >>

PBR To Buy Twinkies?

Bloomberg news is reporting that C. Dean Metropoulos & Co., the company that also owns Pabst Blue Ribbon, is actively engaged in trying to buy the cakes business of bankrupt Hostess. Which means, if you look at it another way, that PBR will own Twinkies. From the Bloomberg story: "We continue to be ... More >>

I Go Out With the Group Substance Abuse and a Rapper Who Tries To Convince Me to Ho

[Editor's note: Soon-to-be-award-winning gonzo music journalist Danielle Bacher prowls the late late night scene for West Coast Sound. For this installment, she hit the town with MCs Subz and Eso Tre from Substance Abuse, who are known for their well-regarded 2006 album Overproof and their just-rele ... More >>

Hipsters Rejoice: More Americans Drinking Canned Beer

"We want to change the way people buy craft beer in L.A. County," Golden Road Brewing's president and co-founder Meg Gill told us upon the release of the brewery's canned beer earlier this year. As it turns out, they may not have too much trouble convincing people to make that change: According to ... More >>

Ken McRoyal, Idaho Football Player, Fatally Shot at Brewery Lofts Party

"A momma lost her son today," University of Idaho football coach Robb Akey said on Mother's Day. He was referring to returning senior Ken McRoyal, a Carson High School graduate who was gunned down outside a party at The Brewery Artist Lofts northeast of downtown yesterday. According to reports McR ... More >>

Barbara's at the Brewery 13th Anniversary Party

Jessica SandovalTap Handles at Barbara's​At a time when the average L.A. beer bar seems to be about 13 weeks old, Barbara's at the Brewery turns 13 years old. So GM Erik Huig, aka son of Barbara, is unleashing the best beer list you will find anywhere in Los Angeles tomorrow night, Saturday, ... More >>

Pabst Blue Ribbon Celebrates Tagger Who Writes 'Pabst' All Over Los Angeles

What a dream come true, for a major corporation trying to market its product to the cool kids: A prolific Los Angeles tagger, apparently from the SPV graffiti crew, has chosen "Pabst" as his (or her) moniker. Yay for hipster vandals! "The Pabst tagger is our No. 1 most wanted," tweeted the officia ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 1/23-1/27

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "I'm not sure that what you're looking for exists." Bouillabaisse: Meant for the Poor, Now for the Rich. "And so, he borrowed the three-inch rock from an 'American collector' and tossed it in a barrel full of Cabernet Sauvign ... More >>

China Debuts $44 Bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon

Maybe we've watched Blue Velvet too many times, but to us there's something uniquely American about Pabst Blue Ribbon. Sure, it's been widely acknowledged from Williamsburg to Echo Park as the beer du jour of the hipster masses, but really, who doesn't appreciate a blue-collar beer once in a while, ... More >>

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Alkaline Trio at the Troubadour 7/21/11

Ian Joulain​Review by Ian Joulain WHO: Alkaline Trio WHERE: Troubadour WHEN: 7/21/11 Better than... a kick in the teeth. At 10:06 P.M. the house lights went down,but the hooting and hollering had been fairly consistent for the last 10 minutes. As the smoke slowly rose to the ceiling the sta ... More >>

Belgian Beer Festival At The Libary Alehouse Starts Tonight

Flickr user EaganjLindsay Lohan May Be Wearing One Of These Next Week​You can pop just about anything, any time, any place, and call it a beer festival these days. Then there's a Belgian beer festival. And this one is local, at the Library Alehouse -- if Santa Monica still counts as local in L ... More >>

RSVP ASAP!: Fantastic Hollywood Bowl Poster Art Opening @ the Arclight Tonight

If you attended any of the fantastic shows the Hollywood Bowl programmed this past summer, you probably noticed the very large crowds gathered at the gift shop afterwards practically getting in fisticuffs over the limited number of concert posters available. The reason? The Bowl commissioned some ou ... More >>

Get Back on Track with Brats and Beer at Rush Street

Barbara HansenBrats and Fries at Rush Street​Paying the price of too much partying? Then head to Rush Street in Culver City for a "morning after" restorative brunch. And if it's just too hard to drag out of bed, don't worry. You have plenty of time. Brunch on Saturday and Sunday starts at 9 a. ... More >>

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Interview: Cowpunk Outlaw Hank Williams III is Damn Right Rebel Proud

Hank III in Devore, California for Side X Side Action Magazine's Battle of the Builders 2008, where he test drove the Kawasaki Teryx. Photo by Aimee Candelaria. Click image for entire slideshow. When audiences first met Hank Williams III in 1999 he was a Risin' Outlaw. Then he was Lovesick, Broke ... More >>

Vice Magazine's Tales of Colt 45 at King King

Photos and text by Guelda Voien While Vice magazine represents many things, most prominent is the value on stupid, constant debauchery. Crystal Antlers do their thing In terms of pointless excess, their unlimited beer-fueled event Monday evening, "Tales of Colt 45," met the requisite expectat ... More >>

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