While its been discussed in every comment thread here for the past 48 hours, we’re going to discuss the drugs that fell out of Neil Young’s ass.

This is my review of Komes Imperial Amber Ale:

On the off chance somebody here has less time to devote to this site than I do or lives under a rock.  The run down:

  • Joe Rogan is once again, a media pariah over his views on the COVID vaccine.  Its sparked debate over censorship from the usual places but he actually has defenders from places you might otherwise be surprised.
  • Notable aging hippie, Neil Young, then issued an ultimatum to Spotify, the exclusive platform for Rogan’s podcast, to either remove Rogan or remove Young’s music from Spotify.  He has an extensive career and is on a lot of playlists.***
  • Turns out Rogan is a bigger cash cow so they removed Young.  Its not a big deal, because he sold the rights to a lot of his music so not only is he filthy rich he has no say what they do with his music either.  It also means this costs Young little to nothing.

What is truly ironic about this is Neil Young made a career out of protesting authority during his heyday, enriching himself and arguably American culture through his right to free speech. Had the culture moved to such a place in his day, Old Neil might be telling Young Neil to shut the hell up and get a real job.  After all there was a war to win, and a bunch of hippies protesting involvement in Vietnam was detrimental to the war effort.

I keep on crampin on the terlut!

I find this to be encouraging news.  While it is fashionable these days to detest the Baby Boomer generation, their influence on this country’s institutions is finally showing evidence of waning.  Its only a matter of time before these shriveled raisins shelve their CAPS LOCK key, retire to their 1100 sqft homes worth $1.5 million, and leave their executive level positions within the petty fiefdoms they built for themselves within corporate America.  No, you didn’t sell out when you completely forgot about saving for retirement when you stuck around working for an additional 15 years past the point where you were worth a damn at all.  Its cool, because you gave us all Medicare?  No, you gave yourselves Medicare and left me with the bag.  So desperate to accumulate enough to fund a high yield, monthly dividend investment fund to your broker’s minimum amount, you are in the waiting room with a guy nearly a half your age for the interview for a mid-career position.  “Hey where do you find the voting buttons on the email thingy?”  Its next to the entrance at Wal-Mart asshole, no I don’t need any hand sanitizer right this minute.  Its my time to fuck over future generations!

Sorry about that.

Once again, the good folks from Poland find ways to make Americans look pathetic.  Komes did what Eastern Europeans do best:  pick something out of American culture from a decade prior and make it an over the top caricature of itself.  Its a 10% abv amber ale!  Where was this in my 20’s?  Plus its imported from an emerging market so its comparatively cheap as hell. This kicks so much ass. Komes Imperial Amber Ale: 4.3/5

***ETA:  Peter Frampton and Barry cocksucking Manilow also asked Spotify to remove their music in protest.  Not that the average Spotify user has any idea who the hell any of these guys are.

****ETA:  While I do not take back my slur, Barry Manilow denied this.