tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600002420445223762024-03-13T17:05:33.755-07:00BLAMO! Art Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074676976723107693noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360000242044522376.post-39238286494004754212014-04-22T07:53:00.000-07:002014-04-22T07:53:31.560-07:00THE SONIC YOUTH<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX193855117" style="font-size: 8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">When I arrived I walked </span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">half a mile through the woods with a</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">giant image of a pink stuffed bunny on my oversized shirt, because when I found my</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">self among the future elite I became an elitist upon</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> myself. </span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">An animal who only gnaws at itself. Not a soldier in an</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> army, but a soldier among field hands concealed in </span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">his grim</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">y</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> glory.</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> The back of the shirt reads, "G</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">racias", as if to give thanks to the </span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">field hands and landlords who</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> pointed</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> at my</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> back having fully appreciated the</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> pink bunny costume. </span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">I have politely arrived in style.</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="EOP SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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Let the elite run their course. I am not completely alone!</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> A</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">t least not banished to the Demon P</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">agod</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">a, or this</span><span class="TextRun SCX193855117" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> pimple of a hill, fragile and frozen. 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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074676976723107693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360000242044522376.post-15313494565366201532014-03-10T18:14:00.001-07:002014-03-10T18:14:51.105-07:00BEGINNING <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX198397187" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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I remember vividly at the age of 8</span><span class="TextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> developing</span><span class="TextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> a strong bond with a skateboard, which led to delving through</span><span class="TextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> magazines like Thrasher and </span><span class="SpellingError SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Transworld</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. 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This was </span><span class="TextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">fresh stewing </span><span class="TextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">counter-culture. </span><span class="TextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Artists like </span><span class="SpellingError SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pushead</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> and Raymond </span><span class="SpellingError SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pettibon</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">The Black Flag logos, Cramps logos, Metallica and Misfits</span><span class="TextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> t-shirts, buttons, patches, and stickers</span><span class="TextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">. 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Suffering at it's finest. </span><span class="TextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Even the text had fury. This culture exculpated my weakness and brought me great joy. </span><span class="TextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">This was before the archetypal image of a skull was plastered all over department stores. Before the days of the internet these images, and bands, presented a sort of mystery to an 8 year old boy. Just like any religion shrouded in mysticism</span><span class="TextRun SCX198397187" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">, emotion, rebellion, value, art and culture, these images burned into my mind and made life somehow more meaningful... purposeful. 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