The madness of the suburbs: who knows it but you?
April 30, 2014 10:30 PM Subscribe
Seconded. That was really great. Some of my favorites:
Day falls upon day. Day lies down upon day.
Nothing happens. But this nothing-is-happening gains thickness. Consistency.
The depths of the suburbs: the depths of a million days just like this one.
And
Members of a sleeper cell, who have forgotten their orders, and forgotten that they ever had orders.
Deserters, who have forgotten their desertion, and have forgotten that they ever served.
My father, a blunter man, often says:
"The city, yes. The country, maybe. The suburbs, never."
posted by BinGregory at 6:58 AM on May 1, 2014 [4 favorites]
Day falls upon day. Day lies down upon day.
Nothing happens. But this nothing-is-happening gains thickness. Consistency.
The depths of the suburbs: the depths of a million days just like this one.
And
Members of a sleeper cell, who have forgotten their orders, and forgotten that they ever had orders.
Deserters, who have forgotten their desertion, and have forgotten that they ever served.
My father, a blunter man, often says:
"The city, yes. The country, maybe. The suburbs, never."
posted by BinGregory at 6:58 AM on May 1, 2014 [4 favorites]
Fantastic.
The suburbs are flat circles.
posted by So You're Saying These Are Pants? at 8:31 AM on May 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
The suburbs are flat circles.
posted by So You're Saying These Are Pants? at 8:31 AM on May 1, 2014 [1 favorite]
Can someone explain the Nietzsche connection? I've not read any so I don't get it. Is it a take on Thus Spoke Zarathustra?
posted by spicynuts at 8:42 AM on May 1, 2014
posted by spicynuts at 8:42 AM on May 1, 2014
I just moved to Orange County after 7 years of San Francisco. This. This. This. This. Oh my god, this.
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 11:32 AM on May 1, 2014
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 11:32 AM on May 1, 2014
spicynuts, it's a take off on Nietzsche's aphoristic writing style, but not Zarathustra specifically. It probably wouldn't make sense if you haven't read him.
posted by homunculus at 1:01 PM on May 1, 2014
posted by homunculus at 1:01 PM on May 1, 2014
You have to back into some leafy corner of the burbs, where every day is different because the plants grow.
Doesn't come across Nietzschean to me, too many simple verb-poor sentences, not enough gusto.
posted by koebelin at 5:56 AM on May 2, 2014 [1 favorite]
Doesn't come across Nietzschean to me, too many simple verb-poor sentences, not enough gusto.
posted by koebelin at 5:56 AM on May 2, 2014 [1 favorite]
In Order To Breathe: An interview with the writer and philosopher Lars Iyer
posted by homunculus at 10:45 PM on May 29, 2014
posted by homunculus at 10:45 PM on May 29, 2014
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