Jul 21, 2009
The Rampler #343 (7/21/09)
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“URCHIN” - 46:12 / 42.5 MB - Frank in NJ and NYC in the morning. Standing at the bus stop in the heavy rain, portable toilet truck, shoes, on the bus, traffic jams, WFMU shows, Moon hoax talk on “The View”, HBO shows, Weeds girl, Esquire Magazine with e-ink cover, idiotic escalator messages, mystery of adulthood, Fabric 30: Rub-N-Tug, Tortoise, Stereolab, Times Square Shuttle, youth, Mother’s Little Helper, messed up, Dadamoments.com by Chad Bowers, Grand Central, muggy, the cloud picture, indulgence within reason, bagel confusion, escalator, sea urchin and saffron spread, have a little Bulleit Bourbon at night, little electric vehicle, whistling, haircuts, Meadowlands Racetrack, Brendan Byrne Arena, alligator shirts, pari-mutuel betting system, and false hope.
Frank,
I was glad i didn’t offend you with the comments about flat earth iconoclastic etc, after rereading what I had written I was worried about it, context, etc such a problem with communicating with text, especially since you are not party to my imaginary conversations. Anyway I was convinced it was all fake (moon) during the early 90’s but now believe it was real, I feel strangely personal about the moon landings, growing up, i honestly believed that I had been with my family as a child, it was an elaborate joke played by them, we were also very encouraged to question everything and accept nothing. That is how we were raised.
I had a good laugh about the Theodore Adorno comments regarding the Beatles, you should read some Adorno, I think you would really like his stuff, similar in theme to the work of Roland Barthes. Really good stuff, a friend in high school had a bumber sticker on her car, I Heart Adorno. Clever girl, she was. A volvo naturally. Thanks for knowing I meant well.
bests,
chad