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9/14/2004
Strange winds blowing
Clouds moving backwards across the sky
Hurricane somewhere, down south, offshore
My car is back in the shop
Internal bleeding
Red transmission fluid seeping into the radiator
Clogging up the works.
Rolling down the rails of mass transit
In a car full of people but nobody there
Everyone is somewhere else
Distant looks on the faces
Heads bopping to a silent beat piped in through headphones
Or talking to the air with a tiny wire trailing from the ear
All listening to distant voices
A woman barges through the doors between cars
“SOMEONE GOT CHANGE FOR ME
TO GET A BITE TO EAT AT CHURCHES CHICKEN?!?”
Nobody answers
Awkward silence until the train comes to a stop
She storms out the door onto the platform
Yelling incoherently, something about the station
Hikes her dress
Tugs a bloody tissue from between her legs and tosses it aside
Still ranting about the station
Something incoherent
Over and over
Lets loose with a torrential stream of piss,
Still ranting.
The train doors close
The machinery hums
And takes the rest of us away
Into a beautiful sunset.
The poplars are turning yellow
My head is clogged
Ragweed, goldenrod, something
Fall is coming
You only get sunsets like that in the fall.
The next morning it’s back to mass transit
Piss lady is in the station
Lounging on a bench
Eating eggs with her hand from a Styrofoam container
Somehow I’ve arrived just as my train is leaving
Yet again
I expect the same when I reach the bus stop
Life works this way sometimes
Especially in the fall
When the hurricane hovers off shore
Pulling the clouds backwards into itself
With those strange winds.
EAR PLUGS
Last episode generated a few responses:
Holy shit those photos of the Drive In rock show - why do I always miss the
killer rock shows? DAMN IT.
Degenerate B
Editor’s response: What the hell do I have to do to get you to heed the
prophets? Crap, we spend hundreds of dollars a month researching this stuff.
Every single event we list is there because we wish we could be there. We don’t
just open up the Loaf and pick shit at random! And if we wish we could be there
what the hell you got better to do?!? Crap, the only reason we’re not at every
show on this list is because we can’t afford it, we got straight jobs to go to
in the mornings, and you can only be so many places at once. But when we go on
and on about a show for months in advance you can damn well bet it’s the best
fuckin’ show in town! So like I said last episode, “Shit, you should’a BEEN
there.”
Yet again, nice job. Didn't really get a chance to speak to you last weekend
since we both seemed to be more into the music. Still, really enjoyed reading
your account of the weekend. You deserve credit for your chronicling of various
snapshots of our particular corner of the Atlanta "scene" over the past few
years. I don't know how you've kept it up so long since I'm sure it's probably
not a profitable venture but glad you do. No, I don't always agree with your
point of view and I gotta admit I do sometimes groan at a few comments but
always glad your Our Man In Atlanta. ( And well, pictures of half-naked chicks
always help ).
Just wanted you too know your efforts are appreciated...
degenerate jm
sorry i didnt mean it to seem like y'all thought WE we're posers. I totally know
what you meant as far as the "posing" thing goes. lord have mercy, no hard
feelings y'all. My comment was in good fun. I just said "this goes out to
degenerate press, cause they don't like posing". no harm. just havin fun. Thanks
for the pics and for promoting the scene!
dave
artimus pyledriver
Editor’s response:
No hard feelings taken. Crap, I expect to get blunt response to our blunt
commentary and thanks for the shout out, in whatever spirit it was meant.
There’s no such thing as bad publicity.
And I don’t feel like my “efforts” at “promoting” the scene need any thanks. I’m
just a glorified hanger-on.
“I'm a well-wisher, in that I don't wish you any specific harm." Moe Syzlak,
from The Simpsons
Seriously, if you guys weren’t performing the audience would look pretty silly
standing around an empty club or drive in parking lot. Sure, art needs an
audience, but don’t go thanking me for just showing up, then posting a few
pictures and some unfair and imbalanced reporting.
FILM FLAM
We got this from degenerate LS:
Fox News probably wishes Outfoxed would just go away. In a short time, the movie
has blown Fox's cover, exposing the network's Republican bias.
Instead, Outfoxed has been so popular that it's now at a theater near you. You
can help make the movie a box-office success by coming to see the movie anytime
this weekend -- and bringing a friend! If "Outfoxed" does well in theaters, more
people than ever will learn how Fox turns Republican talking points into news
headlines.
Outfoxed is playing this week at:
UA Tara Cinemas
2345 Cheshire Bridge Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30329
Showtimes: (404) 634-5661
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