i stilL can't believe that Clyve
& the management are finally going to play out live at PA's
as part of the Horrible Elephant series under the auspices of
Leah Callahan + the boys ::: >>>
::: this is a fantastic! :::
i've known front-man gHollenz now for years : met him at the Café
Algiers in Harvard Square so, so many years ago > & back
then it was alL just a bunch of folksy song he composed on a little
casio keyboard in his garagespace in Allston ::: but now, i had
the pleasure of hearing the practice tapes live, i can say for a
fact that this is a magnificent ensemble w/ some strong materials
::: the songs are alL so catchy & they really reflect the time
period on which we alL live ::: >>>
& this concepts ::: the superStore America Tour ::: it's a
fantastic as well! ::: i love those ::: you know? he told
me on the casual conversation recently that his idea is that the
USA has become a giant superStore, a shoppingmall no? : it's
all about something different than the ideal of democracy &
freedom & liberty & justice for alL : it's more about marketing
& consumption & globalization & economics & :::
welL, this is me w/ the paraphrasings no? ::: i think gHollenz
said something like 'It's a bit disappointing Sinus, you know? Here
I am trying to promote these ideals of democracy & creativity
and the government goes & ruins things all the time w/ their
wanton capitalist consumeristic hidden agendas. We all know right
now it's about the oil & whose balls are bigger than whose (
or rather, whose bombs are bigger than whose, right? ). I think
Dr. Seuss hit it right on w/ the Cat in the Hat deal there. It's
sort of like a premonition, a sort of Nostradamianistic view into
the politics practives by the Bush tribes. Thing 1 & Thing 2
are like George Bush & then young Dubya. Their out of the box,
man. & they just keep futzin' around w/ crazy blinders on, not
really thinking about the future of the world, but instead just
sniffin' out what's best for them, eh? & sooner or later my
friend whose gonna have to go in & clean it all up? That's
right! The Cat & the Hat & the children of America! Fr!kken
A Right Sinus! Makes me goddam sick! & so, who's the Cat in
the Hat, metaphorically speaking that is?'
i look blankly at my crotch & run my fingers silently around
the lip of my cappucino. Long silence.
g then yells, 'I think it's Bill Clinton! That's right! Or maybe
someone else ... someone like Richard
Meninges!'
i order a hot cider from the lebanese coffee waitress & think
of ways to escape this conversation ... but not, first, without
some hummus or something to satisfy my capitalist, consumeristic
cravings eh?
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