|
philadelphia
1. it is a car city. too many cars. too many stupid people driving those cars. too many stupid people who talk on the cellphones while driving those cars. this from a cyclist viewpoint, of course.
2. it is too close to jersey. the problem must be in the water there. old city, which is never very interesting, is turned into hell on earth every weekend by an invasion of the jerseypeople.
3. spotty music and art scenes. lots of interesting musicians and artists in the city, most of whom only get to perform/show their work in decent venues once they have made a name for themselves outside of the city. no coherent structure for encouraging local artists in any form to move beyond showing/performing for their friends.
good things about philly
1. west philadelphia
2. that there are many interesting musicians/artists in the city
3. that the red sox are in the world series. it makes philadelphia a better place for me.
__________________
a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
|