pre·scientˈpreSH(ē)ənt/ adjective
(35) Sentences on Conceptual Art
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The following is a transcript of text message conversation (Sept 19, 2014)
New Times: Hello, calling from New Times to see if you have a few minutes to talk about new Un-named Cocaine tv show set in Miami.
Billy Corben : Can't talk right now. Hopefully soon!
Thanks yo, congrats, respec....any possibility today? Editor would like to run somethin for the morning.
I just can't say much about it yet.
Yes, very cool. My questions are: Who's shooting it, who's starring, where's it shooting, will this be the new Miami Vice , where'd you make the deal, what will your role be, will the public get to see it, when will it start shooting, and what's the storyline?
(Laughs)
Street-side, Viejo San Juan (Dec 8, 2014)
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Jan Galligan
75Grand/Sur
Santa Olaya, PR
Dear Ann Landers, (1)
I am in Albuquerque. The person next to me at the bar just referred to me as "an aging hipster."
Lost in Albuquerque
Should I explain him that aging is in the eye of the beholder?
Dear Lost:
First a little history on the name. (2) The Alburquerque family name dates from pre-12th century Iberia (Spain and Portugal) and is habitational in nature (de Alburquerque means from Alburquerque). Albuquerque in New Mexico employs the spelling of the Portuguese family name, with only one 'r', though the Spanish spelling was formerly used (and variants such as "Alburquerqui" and "Alburquerq" are documented). Historians generally agree that the name changed because people had trouble pronouncing the extra consonant. The name is Latin (Roman) in origin, from alba quercusor "white oak" (the wood of the cork oak is white after the bark has been removed). The seal of the Spanish village of Alburquerque is a white oak tree, framed by a shield, and topped by a crown.
Western folklore offers a different explanation, tracing the name Alburquerque to the Arabic 'Al-Barquq', meaning "the plum", and the derivative Galician word 'albaricoque', the "apricot". The apricot was brought to New Mexico by Spanish settlers, possibly as early as 1743. As the story goes, the settlement of La Ciudad de Albaricoque was established near an apricot tree. As early American frontiersmen were unable to correctly pronounce the Spanish (Galician) word, they pronounced it as "Albuquerque."
Regardless of the pronunciation the question remains, why would any self respecting aging hipster go there in the first place? Didn't you listen closely to Weird Al when he sang ...
ALBUQUERQUE by WEIRD AL (3)
And, by the way, if one day you happen to wake up
And find yourself in Albuquerque
Full of loathing and self-doubt
And wracked with the pain and isolation of your pitiful meaningless existence
At least you can take a small bit of comfort in knowing that
Somewhere out there in this crazy mixed-up universe of ours
There's still a little place called
Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Albuquerque, Albuquerque
Albuquerque, Albuquerque
Albuquerque, Albuquerque
Albuquerque, Albuquerque
I said "A" (A)
"L" (L)
"B" (B)
"U" (U)
"querque" (querque)
Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque
Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque
Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque
Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, Albuquerque
Albuquerque, don't go there if you don't have to,
As for aging as a hipster, (4) An exact timeline for the decline of the hipster is hard to define. Some already start to lose their grip around 25, while others hold themselves in top form long after the 40-year mark. However, here are ten clear indicators that the ball is rolling off the table:
1. Your biggest musical influences all hobble around on embarrassing reunion tours.
2. You wear long-sleeved shirts to cover your tattoo.
3. You can't relate to any character on "HBO's Girls."
4. You have a great snapback hat collection.
5. You are scared of teenagers and worry about your well-being when around large groups of them.
6. You have a gym membership and use it.
7. You wear ear plugs at concerts.
8. You go to bed before midnight six nights a week.
9. You traded in your Saab 900 and now drive a Lexus.
10. You use Facebook to keep in touch with family.
However, you just have to project your actual age instead of pretending that you're still part of a younger generation. In other words, stop dressing like you're 52 immediately. Be sure to keep yourself in decent shape. Avoid overly daring, eye-catching outfits. You don’t want to look like a lighthouse designed by Salvador Dali. Hair style plays a big role. Mohawks, ponytails and messy layers get the ax. Short and well groomed are key concepts. Most important is your de facto relationship to popular culture and art. If you acknowledge what you’re up against, you can be an aging hipster as long as you live and breathe. Encouraging, isn't it?
Ann
(1) Tip of the hat for the letter to the Codger formerly known as ProfDaddy (not this one)
(3) Albuquerque, by Weird Al Yankovic
(4) The Aging Hipster: TPost magazine (buy the shirt)
We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity.
Pleasure to me is wonder -- the unexplored, the unexpected.
Both quotes: HP Lovecraft, published in Weird Tales, 1928.
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SEPT 9, 2014 TO APRIL 6, 2012 -- photo by Betty Kaplan
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MAN WITH WOODEN SHOES: ALBANY NY - FIRST DUTCH SETTLEMENT IN NEW WORLD, SETTLED 1609
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"Cuando
Colon baje el dedo" translates
“When Columbus puts his finger down,” in reference to the
sculpture of Christopher Columbus in Plaza Colon in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico which shows Columbus pointing towards the sky.
The
expression is used to signify that something will never happen.
Example.
“When are you marrying that woman?…Cuando Colon baje el dedo!”
Actually, the expression is “Cuando
Ponce de León baje el dedo,”
a reference to the statue of Ponce de León in front of the Church of San José in Old San Juan. The statue of Columbus at Plaza de Colón does
not point at anything!
Cristobal Colon, Viejo San Juan, PR
Ponce de Leon, San Juan, PR
photos: via google image
RAILROAD CROSSING, RENSSELAER COUNTY, UPSTATE NY.
When I took a country drive yesterday, I had to wait five minutes for the
Acela train to pass by. You'll only need to wait five seconds ...
Jan Galligan
@75Grand
Albany, NY
http://JANGuarte.posthaven.com [art blog]http://cinefestsanjuan.posthaven.com [cine blog] http://about.me/JanGalligan [about me]
“And for just a moment I had reached the point of ecstasy that I always wanted to reach, which was the complete step across chronological time into timeless shadows, and wonderment in the bleakness of the mortal realm, and the sensation of death kicking at my heels to move on, with a phantom dogging its own heels, and myself hurrying to a plank where all the angels dove off and flew into the holy void of uncreated emptiness, the potent and inconceivable radiancies shining in bright Mind Essence, innumerable lotuslands falling open in the magic mothswarm of heaven. I could hear an indescribable seething roar which wasn't in my ear but everywhere and had nothing to do with sounds. I realized that I had died and been reborn numberless times but just didn't remember especially because the transitions from life to death and back to life are so ghostly easy, a magical action for naught, like falling asleep and waking up again a million times, the utter casualness and deep ignorance of it. I realized it was only because of the stability of the intrinsic Mind that these ripples of birth and death took place, like the action of the wind on a sheet of pure, serene, mirror-like water. I felt sweet, swinging bliss, like a big shot of heroin in the mainline vein; like a gulp of wine late in the afternoon and it makes you shudder; my feet tingled. I thought I was going to die the very next moment. But I didn't...”
LINKS TO OLDER BLOG POSTS
Jan Galligan
@75Grand
Albany, NY
http://JANGuarte.posthaven.com [art blog]http://cinefestsanjuan.posthaven.com [cine blog] http://about.me/JanGalligan [about me]
RAILROAD CROSSING, RENSSELAER COUNTY, UPSTATE NY.
When I took a country drive yesterday, I had to wait five minutes for the
Acela train to pass by. You'll only need to wait five seconds ...
Jan Galligan
@75Grand
Albany, NY
http://JANGuarte.posthaven.com [art blog]http://cinefestsanjuan.posthaven.com [cine blog] http://about.me/JanGalligan [about me]