Friday, March 26, 2010

Let's Talk About Ladue

Yes, let's...

I grew up in Ladue, I went to school there from kindergarden through high school. I know some great people that live/ed in Ladue. But... I have every confidence that the vast majority of the people who live there harbor some kind of racial predjudice. Whether that be the overt, unadulterated bigotry or the (in some ways) more dangerous and subversive "some of my best friends are black" sort. Want proof? Here it is:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/laworder/story/08F7C532AC567F43862576F20013EAA9?OpenDocument

It may not be hard and fast evidence but it's still pretty damning. The scary part is that these people are very, very wealthy and powerful. What can we do? Well, unfortunately, not a whole lot but shine a big-ass spotlight on these assholes and expose them for what they are.

I will reiterate though: This is not a representation of all the people that live in Ladue. Some of them just have money and want to take advantage of the awesome schools there. And they are awesome, I mean, let's give credit where credit's due.

So send this link to everyone you know that lives in the St. Louis area. Or shit, send it to everyone, so that forward-thinking people everywhere don't make the mistake of passing through, moving to or supporting any business in that god-forsaken place (I could think of no more colorful description. Nothing seemed insulting enough). Let those dickheads and their fucktarded, bat-shit insane, lunatic mayor of theirs waste away in their gated neighborhoods and country clubs while the rest of the world passes them by.

Short one today. Thoughts?

Bye

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

What do you think?

It's been a little while, I know. But I'm still not done bitching about this horrible place.

I have recently been lulled into a sense that this place isn't so bad. I know, I know. That's my bad. I did what every other lazy asshole here has done and thought that I was doing my part and things are coming along just fine. It's easy to do when you go through any sort of period of staying in. I even played a show that went really well and it was encouraging. Sure there weren't a lot of people there but, eh, it was a week night and I was essentially asking them to accept some pretty noisy stuff and they ate it up. So really I haven't had a whole lot to complain about.

Frankly I had all but forgotten about it until one day last week I ran into a friend of mine who is one of the people that actively nurture the culture in St. Louis and found that even he was starting to get worn out here. This was one of a very small number of people that I still look to as a beacon of hope that the wretched place will turn around.

I get it. We are stagnant. Anyone who actually succeeds in bringing some culture to this town finds very quickly that the ceiling is pretty fucking low. You climb just a little way before you reach the top and the view isn't that great.

Then another friend, a co-worker asked if I was going to post anything soon. I told him I hadn't much time lately, which I hadn't. But he sort of jokingly suggested I get contributors. I actually thought this was a great idea. So this time I want to hear from you. What pisses you off about this place? Have you had to deal with some nonsensical bureaucracy that you shouldn't have (specific to our city please)? Why did you leave, for those of you that are no longer here? What drove you away?

Leave a comment below or if you would like to write a piece say so and and maybe we'll start to see some other writers here.

K,

Bye.

P.S. I'll start posting some pictures to liven things up soon.