Chris Robinson

Italians have Zambuca.

The Greeks have ouzo, arat in Lebanese people, and there's all sorts of them.

In the south of France, they drink one that's a little more sophisticated, a lot more herbs and things in it.

And they say you always know in France someone from Marseille because they always have a pastis in their hands.

It's a high alcohol level, a lot of sugar, but it's delicious.

You put it in ice and dilute it with water, and it makes it all this kind of milky color.

It's genius.

embracing a certain

a middle classness or even lower middle, you know what I mean?

Like the working, you know what I mean?

Even in a blue collar way, I think, you know what I'm saying?

Whereas here it seems that's been stripped away from something to be proud of unless it's kind of in a way distortedly proud, you know?

Distortion of what that could be.

Right.

I know what you're saying.

Well, if you look at like media, like sitcoms from the 70s, whether it's Archie Bunker or whatever, like they're just people with jobs.

Mm-hmm.

Even Taxi or Barney Miller or whatever.

You know what I mean?

And then it turns into Full House where somehow all these people and these kids live in this amazing house and everyone has clean clothes.