November 2009
7 posts
“September 11 was important because America’s borders became less porous, which meant that some of the creative folk who might have settled there from abroad chose other countries and cities instead …. Among artists and writers there is a general sense of loss. Jeremiah Moss, who runs a blog called Vanishing New York, believes that the city has become not only sanitised but a sort of parody of what it once was. ‘I think the idea that New York is an edgy place has vanished almost entirely,’ he says. ‘It used to be immune to the tastes and sensibilities of middle brow America. Now that has taken over completely. It’s a nice town — safe and clean — for tourists and investment bankers. You used to come to New York to get away from Middle America, but now you show up here and there it is.’”
—Stefanie Marsh, from The Times’ recent query, “Has New York Lost Its Edge?” (via ryanedwardmiller)
“That’s the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
—Charles Bukowski, Women (1978). (via ryanedwardmiller)
