10/02/24 > saw ^n apartment on 116^th + Freddy D... yep, baↄk in the hunt (n0t that vve vvere active|y l👀kin9, R frend sent iT 2 us), n0pe, n0t this 1 tho, 2 muↄh in the thiↄk of iT + doucheba9 nu construxion + th se||in9 a9ent acted ≈ Annette Bening in Amerikin Beauty > 8 across the st @ Harlem tavern after

10/04 > vvalked vp pa5t the GWB 2 see ^n apartment on Cabrini blvd, nice a4dable place, gr8 river views, 6ut felt insti2tional ≈ ol' folks home + pertty far from N-E-thin9, eXcept 4t Tryon + Inwood Hi|| parks > vvalked baↄk alon9 L rio, stoppin9 @ ROKC 4 Ramen, Oysters + coCK-tales, 13 miles

fuↄk off vu from the Cabrini place

10/05 > vvalked 2 Bk|yn, pa5t Paul Simon + Eddie Brickell holdin9 h&s in Central Park, (then cheated + took the Q thrv the 50s, 40s + 30s 2 avoid midtown 5hitshow), ^cross M^nhattan bridge (~11 miles) 2 meat L + M 2 eat @ Oma Grassa (puntarelle!) + see Jesus + Mary Chain + Psychedelic Furs @ Bk|yn Paramount > ^ fro9 has taken vp residence in the baↄk of mii throat ∴ ii vvore ^ mask justin case > JAMC had ^ bedder atti2de than vvhen vve savv them ^ deckaid a9o in DC, but 5ti|| feel theyre jvst 9oin9 thrv the motions 4 1 buck > think mayB ii've seen Psych Furs 1x B4 @ US festivaㄥ or sum multi-b& affair in ^ 5tadium ∴ dozent rea||y count, n0? 6ut they vvere avvesum, Richard Butler sti|| gots iT, beltin9 'em out @ a9e 68, amazin9 his voice has held out con5iderin9 that 5trained affect8ion thin9 he doez > vvas thinkin9 (vvearin9 ^ mask the hole time 2 self-contain mii possib|y parasitic ce||s) hovv vveird iT is the5e a9in9 mvsicians have B-come caricatured parodies of themselves, tyin9 in2 vvhat ii vvas sane 2 po5ts a9o a6out the ship of theseus ... a|| of Richard Butler's ce||s have bin 5wapped out over the deckaids sew fizzica||y he == diffrent bean al2gether, 6ut he sti|| carries the torↄh of the artist he = 20/30/40 yrs B4, contro||ed bi these mvsical memes that urge hymn 2 keep propaG8in9 'em in order 2 achieve (or prolon9) immortality

> ii halve ^ vveird association w/ Psych Furs b/c vvhen mii dad died in '82 + the 15-yr old version of ii trave||ed aㄥone (w/o parental consent, so uu can bet ii was hassled by la migra who ii had 2 slip a propina) from GDL 2 PDX w/ ^n overni9ht layover in LAX ware ii slept on the floor + ii on|y had ^ few ca55ettes + lis-10-ed 2 Talk Talk Talk nonstop on mii Walkman ... «She is Mine» = si||y pop son9 6ut dam if iT dont 5ti|| 6rin9 tears 2 my ii's, n0t in ^ sad wei9h 6ut ^ weird|y nostali9ic 1 > they didn°t play «Dumb Waiters» neither, mayB b/c saxophone is sew inte9raㄥ 2 these 2ns + the sax player (Mars William) died last year + he's irreplacea6le

> come 2 think of iT, th other ca55ette ii had on mii person was Romeo Void's Benefactor (or was iT the Nvr Say Nvr EP?) + the sax on son9s like «Present Tense» crushes meme evry time, very few b&s B-sides Pysch Furs + Romeo Void halve used the sax 2 such affect

10/06 > 5peakin9 of ㄥosin9 yr voice, vvoke vp sovndin9 ㄥike ^ hybrid B-tween Richard Butler + Debra Winger, the fro9 has tvrned in2 fool-blown laryngitis, 6ut ii sti|| cant cou9h or svva||ovv vvhatever iT ==

> 4 the rest of this post Q vp More Songs About Buildings + Food

> vvalked vp Riverside to 157^th st, 2 that stretↄh after the 9raveyard ware iT starts 2 cvrve in ^ 6it, u know the place, this must B?

     Home is where I want to be
     But I guess I'm already there

2 quote from Speakin9 in Ton9ues > vve vvalk/rvn thi5 5tretch a ㄥot, d8ing baↄk 2 vvhen vve lived @ 560 Riverside + there's 1 bldg in particvlar always ketches R i, «The Riviera» @ 790 Riverside

> ends vp there's ^ top flr coroner apartment availa6le! top-Ri9ht in th above pic > weave bin a5kin9 2 see iT 4 like 1 vveek now 6ut they vvouldnt show iT b/c of the hi9h holeydaze + then the sa66ath 6ut 2day vve fina||y got 2 > we wore ma5ks + X-planed ii had ^ sore throat 6ut B4 they even opened the door they vvere st&-offish + already masked vp > th apartment was az amazin9 az the pics on 5treet EZ 6ut 5uper 5tuffy + felt clavstrophic w/ vvindovvs closed + cats dartin9 vnder 6eds + then they said iT already = vnder contract + vve a5ked Y R uu shovvin9 iT then + they said the po-10-tial 6uyer came in vnder askin9, like hint, hint, if uu come in w/ ca$h @ askin9 or a6ove w/ whatever b.s. conti9encies, they'd entertain th offer, 6ut in ^ very dismi55ive + 9raceless vvay ∴ vve 9ot the hint + took ^ quik l👀k ^round + split b/c iT == o6vious they didn't like the l👀ks of us 5cruffy punks (ii say «they» b/c alon9 w/ the a9ent th oner wuz there @ 1^st, vvho l👀ked us up + dovvn w/ ^ disdained sneer + din't say hi 6aↄk vvhen vve 9reeted em)

> vvile vve vvere up nere Sugarhill fi9ured vveed hit up Cocina Consuelo ... if uu ㄥive in NYC uu've ㄥike|y herd the hype abt thi5 joint, critica||y darLin9 cupple that opend their doors dvrin9 the p&emic dishin9 out food (from his abuelita's Puebloan recipes) 2 fami|ia + frends, etc. + then it cot on ∴ they opened a sma|| hole in the vva|| pop-up 5hop that has bin feetsured in NY Post, Eater, New Yorker, etc. > vve hvstled over + 9ot there rite after they opened @ 5 + there vvas ^ 6unch of ppl vvaitin9 ovtside n0t b/c they vvere booked 6ut b/c there vvas photo9raphers in5ide takin9 fotos ... vvhatever, vve can w8, vve thou9ht @ 1^st, jvst feliz weed 9et ^ ta6le > chatted w/ Lalo + the dotter + other eager ppl ovtside wile the photo9raphers took 100s of foto9raphs, sta9in9 the comida in every ima9inable lite, so ridículo, no? they vvere E-there from New York Magazine or The New Yorker, vvhoever they vvere they vvere cabrones, complete disregard 4 real ppl, n0 concept that this = actual restraunt w/ actval ppl w8in9 2 eat real food, a|| that mattered wuz their story a6out iT + Karina + Lalo vvere 2 glammed + polite 2 kiↄk 'em ovt, 2 nu @ this 2 know how 2 h&le suↄh hype > after 45 minutos vve vvere seated 6ut the foto9raphers vvere sti|| makin9 iT difícil 4 the 5taff 2 do muↄh > eventva||y we orderd mar9aritas, witch ii norma||y dont do 6ut these din°t halve cointreau ∴ ≠ 2 sweet + the rim ㄥined w/ tajin (un4tante|y n0t from gusano) > the fotographers ㄥin9ered ㄥon9 after w/ their shit everyvvhere + they vvere eatin9 the food they took fotos of actin9 como L mundo revolved arovnd them + 2 her credit Karina ≠ dotin9 or encoura9in9 them 6ut @ the same time nvr encoura9ed them 2 leave, they were just pendejo paparazzi actin9 az if a|| that mattered = their STORY a6out the place, n0t the PLACE itself + the FOOD, svper ^nnoyin9 + lame that Karina + Lalo (who = complete|y MiA for the 1^st hr) suↄked up 2 that 5hit @ the eXpense of their diners (n0t even offerin9 us ^ free drink 4 w8ing 4 over 1 hora 4 this fotoshoot circus) they need 2 prioritize customers over the media, the table B-hind us said they came a|| the way from San Francisco! eventua||y vve got sum Guac (ok, bL& + cold, pre-made + 5cooped out of ^ plastic tub (for $21) + aguachile (OK, also ^ bit bL&, the roe ^ nice touↄh) + the duck mole = nada 2 rite home about (+ ^ tiny portion con5iderin9 the precio), 6ut OK, the birria bone marrow era bien sabroso (+ the bone marrow muↄh needed medicina 4 the fro9 in mii throat, alon9 w/ sum Pressed oran9e/lemon/cayenne + aloe/turmeric/black pepper concoctions sum 1 gifted us (thx B!))

birria bone marrow

> ii vvanted 2 take them bones home 2 make broth 6ut they told us they donut a||ovv ppl 2 take food home (?!), witch = loco con5iderin9 there vvas stax of take-avvay containers clutterin9 the bar + table tops 4 the paparazzi if/whenever they'd fuckin9 leave ... ii get iT, take-avvay containers = wastefool + take up 5pace, 6ut throvvin9 ovt them bones + n0t boilin9 them down = even more wastefool, criminal 2 chuck!

> ca||ed R Venezuelan a9ent baↄk despues ... she wuz tockin9 2 the other a9ent + apparent|y iT came out jj = 10-ured Columbia professor + their 2n chan9ed + they 9ot a|| chipper + nice + now want us 2 su6mit ^n offer, 6ut we don°t no, kinda 5hitty, rite? iT's already under contract + the other party has left a deposit + everythin9 6ut if vve bid ^ tad bit hire they'|| break iT, vvhat does that say a6out these ppl? who's 2 say they wont turn around + do this 2 us? vvhat's ron9 w/ hum^nity? vve no this is just bizness, how uu pㄥay the 9ame, 'specia||y in NYC, 6ut hovv cd vve ㄥive in thi5 apartmento w/ such (g)hosts? B-sides, iT aint the markit 4 biddin9 wars + most ㄥike|y they jvst wand us 2 jump thru a|| these hoops so they can levera9e R offer 2 9et th other party 2 counter-offer a6ove askin9, motiv8ed 6y pure greed > got 2 stiↄk w/ R gut instinkt + 5tay kaput til after the eLection 2 see iF the US goes 2 he|| in ^ h&-basket after Drumpf 9ets seLected (witch seams certain), so vve can vve can B footlose + fancy free, able 2 react on a dime + flee the COUP if need B ... ca|| meme paranoid 6ut seams this = the calm B4 the storm, less than 1 moonth tiㄥ a|| bets R off ... hope ii'mm ron9, 6ut thi5 next mes cd B unpresidented, more fuↄked than 1/6/2021

10/07 > ^n apartment = more than jvst ^n arↄhitexturaㄥ constrvct, iT contains the (g)hosts of a|| those that ㄥived they're B4 > the cooㄥ thin9 a6out R Swann St place in DC (on|y ^ few miㄥes from vvhere a6ove-m_ntioned in5urrection took pㄥace) is that vve knevv the oners B4 + the ppl vvho then bot iT from us + keep in touↄh w/ them, in fact yesterday they sent fotos of the 9arden + is gna send us pome9ranates from ^ tree vvee planted that vvee nvr had ㄥon9 enou9h 2 bear fruita > thi5 humun connection carries over 2 Ↄalamari ^Rↄhive ... even tho ii eNcoura9e anon/pseudonymous b∞ks, more + more ii vvant 2 no the peephole ii'mm pu6lishin9 > there = ^n in5tance 1 year or 2 ago of sum 1 vvantin9 us 2 put out ^n album of their's vnder ^ psevdonym 6ut wdn°t te||us vvho they = or n0thin9 a6out themselves ∴ ii thawt, even tho the mvsic of theirs = cool, Y wd ii vvant 2 svpport sum 1 ii knew jaↄk 5hit a6out + L8er fined out they'R sum sorta maga racist type? thi5 can happen re9ardless of weather uu no the person or n0t (+ has happened 2 Ↄalamari in recent yrs, hence Y ii'mm more carefool than ii used 2 B) + 4 the 3^rd weak str8, just vvhen ii said ii needed 2 stop takin9 on nu projex til ii clear the 6ackㄥo99ed Q, ^nother sub comes across mii desk ii can°t say n0 2! this 1 = pseudonymous + ii donut know their trve iDenti-T 6ut after ^n eXↄhan9e or 2 feel com4table 9oin9 FWD w/ iT blind|y (tho havent offica||y accepted yet ... perhaps the 1^st sub accepted via blo9post?) + underst& + respect the reason 4 anonyminity (the b∞k was born from the likes of 4chan 4ums + in itself is a6out doxxxin9 + femoids, etc.), ^ departvre 4 Ↄalamari 6ut perhaps Ↄalamari needs 2 evolve w/ the times + make up 4 2 decades of most|y old Lishian white moids (the last 3 avthors accepted = 20-sumthin9 yr-old ♀ BiPOCs, in fact, of the 12 resent + upcomin9 Ↄalamari b∞ks (since Sept 24), on|y 1 = white ♂, 7 = ♀ / 5 = ♂, 9 = BiPOC), n0t b/c Ↄalamar ii planned iT that wei9h (tho, ok, mayB ii wuz Xtra harsh on white moids w/ MFAs) or compromized the Ↄalamari aesthetic but just cuz iT ended up that wei9h + if uu di9 baↄk in2 the 100+ b∞k arↄhive, this year is jvst ^ drop in the 6ucket 2 even the 5core

10/08 > b∞ks red the pa5t week or 2:

• Foucault, in Winter, in the Linnaeus Garden 6y Michael Joyce——1 of the Starcherone b∞ks that ii actua||y jvst ran ovt so 9ettin9 re-upped from Joyce himself, who had a 6ox in a «never-visited» stora9e unit (ii'mm pitcherin9 Silence of the Lambs)
• The Pale King 6y DFW——didn°t finish iT (found it in a boox), 6ut realistica||y nvr vvill + need 2 make more room in R 2-read Q ... also nvr finished Infinite Jest b/c ii wuz ½-way thru iT vvhen he hun9 himself ∴ felt cheated (+ mayB ii'm ㄥayZ + halve ㄥimited 6rain capacity)
• Transverse by 최 Lindsay——nice medit8ion on landgauge + space + matrices

+ Movies [▶]ed the pa5t vveek or 2:

• 12 Angry Men——OK, 6ut dont underst& Y there wuz n0 wom^n on the jury? pro6a6ility = 1 in 4096 = 0.0244%, fat chants
• almost through The Old Man series season 2——1^st season = OK, but this season is 9ettin9 worse + vvorse, Michael Cera's freakled love intrest/cousin (Maeby Fünke) from Arrested Development is cool looking 6ut terri6le actor + a lot hinges on her
• Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird——good docum_ntary on comic weed nvr herd of, @ least 6y name + he's since died, R.i.P.

> happy 10-tacle 2s-day:

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