tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post7041688387567784665..comments2023-08-12T03:31:24.561-07:00Comments on postpostochlophobist: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-82498979621998734682012-10-02T19:07:15.971-07:002012-10-02T19:07:15.971-07:00You know a lot more about his music than me, I jus...You know a lot more about his music than me, I just remembered that refrain and youtubed it.<br /><br />Cool though, glad if I can make you crack a smile then ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-9256226072405086232012-10-02T16:40:49.229-07:002012-10-02T16:40:49.229-07:00Hoss, are you a crooner or a mooner? I'd imagi...Hoss, are you a crooner or a mooner? I'd imagine that highschoolers ovulated to that theme thirty years ago, but it doesn't move my dial one way or the other. Rather, it's a typical specimen of Sting's largely forgettable output. Heck, the man wails like his pecker's envying his stiff upper lip.<br /><br />Why? Let's just say that I'm a cozy little homebody who's affirming a nesting instinct in the aether. Visibiliumhttp://www.visibilium.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-48810679035219896102012-10-01T18:24:27.100-07:002012-10-01T18:24:27.100-07:00I just read your blog, or at least all I can witho...I just read your blog, or at least all I can without delving into the archives. I am left with one question, and then a song in response.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />and<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNIZofPB8ZM<br /><br />Hezekiah GarrettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-338225256807042242012-10-01T17:51:56.475-07:002012-10-01T17:51:56.475-07:00During my last visit, I motored through Orange Mou...During my last visit, I motored through Orange Mound along Park on my way to the ancient grease at Dyer's. Even the slums in Memphis have a suburban feel, and I encountered some quaint liberationist garb. It made 40-something history come to life.<br /><br />Och, I'm delighted that you're back in the saddle, and I'm doubly delighted that Hez is commenting.Visibiliumhttp://www.visibilium.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-31633100967083144452012-10-01T13:32:51.195-07:002012-10-01T13:32:51.195-07:00I heard Ben Webster in an elevator in a department...I heard Ben Webster in an elevator in a department store in Tokyo. <br /><br />Ellington once said there's two types of music, good music and the other kind. LLoyd's in the first type considering the sidemen/women he's brought to attention. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-44665918643900244792012-10-01T12:04:18.872-07:002012-10-01T12:04:18.872-07:00Until tomorrow probably...
This http://www.palloo...Until tomorrow probably...<br /><br />This http://www.pallookaville.com/ was the best roach coach in Atlanta.<br /><br />This big old redheaded GIANT hand dips his corndogs and other stuff too. Its just a rolling coronary, but he is kind of a center for "roach coach culture" in Atlanta.<br /><br />Did you know Italians call them "Lurido"? Get it? Lurid!!! Dirty!!! Like the Awffle House, kinda. Thought you might like that, since you seem to like langauge.<br /><br />See, I did so contribute something useful!!!<br /><br />I'm gonna go to bed now. I was working till 4am. Saw 2 women die, and a man who probably won't ever walk again. My work seems like such a fucking waste sometimes.<br /><br />You take care, and don't take no wooden nickels. But if a pretty girl offers you a yankee dime, snap it up tout suite!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-90126047547341351802012-10-01T11:44:43.073-07:002012-10-01T11:44:43.073-07:00I said I've never been to Memphis, but thats n...I said I've never been to Memphis, but thats not precisely true. I had a BBQ sandwich at 1am in Orange Mound once in 1993, coming back with my stepdad (5'5" peckerwood who used to be comm operator for an A team) from dropping his girls off at their mama's in Cadiz. Only place open, we were starving. 4 HUGE black dudes in the place.<br /><br />They ACTUALLY let him go in the back to watch them make our sandwiches because, as he told them "I like sweet sauce, not spit."<br /><br />That man still scares me.<br /><br />I have spent some time in Bessemer though, and it may as well be the same place from what I hear.<br /><br />Hezekiah GarrettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-66036568978931013322012-10-01T11:35:54.213-07:002012-10-01T11:35:54.213-07:00I just realised what you did there...
Red Owen th...I just realised what you did there...<br /><br />Red Owen thinking: "How can I get rid of this annoying fucker?"<br /><br />Red Owen to Hez: "Look over there!!! A roach coach!!! Go get him boy!!!"<br /><br />(I'm more pre-modern, but post-modern works for me. Whatever it takes to get past Modernism, and all its attendent retardation.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-88915498147589764362012-10-01T11:28:06.385-07:002012-10-01T11:28:06.385-07:00Fair enough. I really am sorry for cluttering up ...Fair enough. I really am sorry for cluttering up your comments. You seem like a guy who likes things nice and neat and maybe is in denial about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-52417189198712252692012-10-01T11:22:22.261-07:002012-10-01T11:22:22.261-07:00No, seriously, I am departing this discussion for ...No, seriously, I am departing this discussion for now to go find that truck!!!<br /><br />And I'm gonna get Mr Turner's opinion on "soul food". Is it food, or something else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-34448501901388815362012-10-01T11:20:35.310-07:002012-10-01T11:20:35.310-07:00HezG, you feel free to write all you want here. A...HezG, you feel free to write all you want here. And in the spirit of moderation, have a decent day. Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-64068333899951098102012-10-01T11:18:25.511-07:002012-10-01T11:18:25.511-07:00Damn, I may have to take me a trip. That sounds l...Damn, I may have to take me a trip. That sounds like good eats!<br /><br />And ding ding ding we have a winner!!! (Its not called bipolar in my medical tradition, but that's what the fever is called in white medicine, the Manic phase of cyclothymia. Bipolar disorder requires more of a break from reality than I have ever experienced. But my birth mom is Bipolar II, so fair enough. <br /><br />I hope you have a great day. I meant all I wrote, but I don't mean anything personal.<br /><br />'Cept where I do. ;-)<br /><br />Hezekiah GarrettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-62714723386368513932012-10-01T11:05:30.701-07:002012-10-01T11:05:30.701-07:00See, the "cultural entrenchment" (who ta...See, the "cultural entrenchment" (who talks like this? Can you publish a glossary for me? Do your co-workers out on the loading dock ever want to bash your skull in just for... let me consult Mssrs. Rand and McNally again... obfuscating?) is the problem, especially where food is concerned.<br /><br />We have SO MANY OTHER THINGS worth digging trenchs and facing off over. Food used to be the one thing we had in common, even if my grandfather would take his plate out on the porch at his coworkers houses so he wouldn't have to share a table with white folks. The plates were the same regardless. Everybodies shit stinks, but ours all used to smell the same at least.<br /><br />Now white folks eat, what? Burgers? Pizza? Fettucini Alfredo?<br /><br />(I have a lot of Eye-talian friends as a result of my involvement in a Catholic cult back in the day. I never tired of hearing them rant "Cazzo, who is this Alfredo, and why have you let him ruin pasta? Porqo Diaz!!!")<br /><br />That's one sure sign you have a real Culture, and not a mishmash of intellectual abstract bullshit. You're willing to cut a man from his jewels to his adams apple over food. Not from hunger, but because he has the wrong attitude about it.<br /><br />Hezekiah Garrett<br /><br />Hezekiah GarrettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-14035427321763541892012-10-01T11:04:26.309-07:002012-10-01T11:04:26.309-07:00Oh, and as for paternalism, if I ever win the lott...Oh, and as for paternalism, if I ever win the lottery, I am going to pay this guy to park his truck in my driveway, and I am going to eat his food three meals a day: http://www.blaxicanfood.com/#!home/mainPage Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-24432862222504504222012-10-01T10:54:46.197-07:002012-10-01T10:54:46.197-07:00Are you a troll, or are you on the manic side of b...Are you a troll, or are you on the manic side of bipolar? Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-83480817602593090652012-10-01T10:53:50.392-07:002012-10-01T10:53:50.392-07:00I have absolutely no interest in postmodernism. I have absolutely no interest in postmodernism. Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-23682747166069502352012-10-01T10:51:47.020-07:002012-10-01T10:51:47.020-07:00Paternalism, thy name is Owen.
Hezekiah GarrettPaternalism, thy name is Owen.<br /><br />Hezekiah GarrettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-79199963167156041752012-10-01T10:45:38.549-07:002012-10-01T10:45:38.549-07:00And the great thing about that list is its mostly ...And the great thing about that list is its mostly Indian food, except the rice and okra and a few other things which came over from Africa, and the Almighty Hog, the only clean, decent, and intelligent thing that came over on all your damned boats.<br /><br />Hezekiah GarrettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-78802797156597772042012-10-01T10:41:53.663-07:002012-10-01T10:41:53.663-07:00Work? If eating is work, you're too damn lazy...Work? If eating is work, you're too damn lazy to draw breath, son.<br /><br />So you agree it is a neologism (Praise God for Rand-McNally or you and I wouldn't have a common language), and one forced in from outside? My only point.<br /><br />Poke salat, collards, turnips greens and pot likker, oxtails, hoppin john, cracklins, pigs feet (smoked or pickled) okra (boiled or fried) 150 kinds of tomatoes, 40 kinds of green beans, october beans, purple hulls, crowders, yeller squash, mac and cheese, gravy and biscuits, country ham, hominy, grits, cornpone and on and on I could go.<br /><br />That's just food. Until America comes along and decides it can't be food, 'cuz coloreds eat it. "What do you call these disgusting dishes?" "Why, that's soul food, man. it cures what ails ya."<br /><br />Yeah, my point stands. And I'm thankful for it too. I bet that thing hasn't been washed properly in ages.<br /><br />Hezekiah Garrett<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-15617219025040615092012-10-01T10:26:28.799-07:002012-10-01T10:26:28.799-07:00No, I'm not going to do that work. You come t...No, I'm not going to do that work. You come to Memphis and find me one black person over the age of 60 who does not use the expression "soul food" as a common idiom. So what if it is a neologism? It is a term that is now culturally entrenched. <br /><br />And Memphis is the center of the soul food universe - we have the highest % of african americans of any city over 200k in the South, we are a gothic, depressed formerly industrial town, with the highest rate of food insecurity of any city in the U.S. (yes, this is related to soul foodedness), right next to the largest okra and rice producing state, we have more native black Mississippians living here than in any city in Mississippi, etc., etc., etc. I can walk from my house to three restaurants that have "soul food" on their signs out front, two of them spray painted, and don't live in the soul food epicenter of Memphis. Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-4743991265864001342012-10-01T10:20:32.451-07:002012-10-01T10:20:32.451-07:00I admit this is one of my sorest points, because o...I admit this is one of my sorest points, because of a question I hear often: "Whats Indian food?"<br /><br />Um, corn, beans, tomatoes, squash and government cheese, I guess. I've never found a better answer, mostly because I don't want to see done to grape dumplings what was done to oxtails.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-18161010707311202332012-10-01T10:17:38.078-07:002012-10-01T10:17:38.078-07:00There are some Lloyd songs I do like well enough, ...There are some Lloyd songs I do like well enough, but a lot of his stuff, especially along the fusion end, I lump together with that movement which turned jazz from serious, sophisticated, intelligent music into elevator music. Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-50203325770838178282012-10-01T10:17:05.602-07:002012-10-01T10:17:05.602-07:00Never been to Memphis, but you name one "Soul...Never been to Memphis, but you name one "Soul Food" that's not just "food" to the older generations of folks, regardless of color, and I'll ride out there just to kiss your hairy white ass.<br /><br />Hezekiah GarrettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-81292185729895479702012-10-01T10:14:41.403-07:002012-10-01T10:14:41.403-07:00" It is a joy that makes no sense, and it cer..." It is a joy that makes no sense, and it certainly isn't a joy that makes everything OK or worth it. It is a completely useless, gratuitous joy, the existence of which makes one wonder at the absurdity and beauty of human beings."<br /><br />It's a joy you can't partake in. How do you know what makes life worth it for another man? How dare anyone call another man's life raft useless? You sound more like the Jebbie Volunteer Corps there, man, and less like a Catholic Worker, to me anyway. I admit I've only observed those two from the outside, but the differences were almost palpable.<br /><br />Hezekiah GarrettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519837413200053629.post-34919450571334678552012-10-01T10:12:12.340-07:002012-10-01T10:12:12.340-07:00With regard to food and Memphis, you have absolute...With regard to food and Memphis, you have absolutely no fucking idea what you are talking about. Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.com