1971: A Forgotten Story

DRUMZ #175,

don`t provoke me...or else.....

khamkhwa #176
Hey whatever floats your boat..

ali1;

``Thanks for your vigilance and protecting decent chowk.com readers from vulgar postings written by hate filled individuals like Zico. Please rest assured that I have not intention of responding to such cheap personal attacks``

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Ha! Did I hurt you ali1? Good, because that was the intention. Because your consistently abusive racist posts are offensive to me. You talk sense when you want to, so why the abuse?

And unlike you dropping daisy cutters on the entire Hindu people, my abuse is precision guided to only you, in response to your putrid ``jokes`` about Hindu Gods, Sai Babas penis, I didnt respond with similar obscenities about Mohammed or Allahs whatever...get the message? I am perfectly prepared not to drop acid bombs in your face if you want to be mature, but if not, I will continue to get down to your level, and worse.

Call a truce.

Drumz

Mumia Abu Jamal`s case is sadly, moving forward incrementally; slightly good news, but don`t know if it will mean anything...I used to be able to hear his radio essays from lockdown on my proggie Pacifica station, but internal politics on my station have made that impossible for the last 7 months...same with Leonard Peltier...

soundmeister

ABCD:

All Believing, Charing and Doing

:)

Rsax

True dat...one of my greatest moments on the #9 downtown was listening to an older African American woman with flowers in her hair, singing and selling wilted, browning orchards. It was late afternoon and she, thin, nearing her jones, was crooning while slowly walking around passing around flowers...damned if she didn`t sound like Lady Day...we all listened in amazement and knew we were honored to be in her presence...

If this was a DRUMZ roll, scout would begin counting backwardz from 10 million (get to the damn point already). Its like watching a ventriliquist with a sock puppet try to psyche up her audience.

The man iz unphazable, untouchable and definately unfukwidable. And U can ask that annoying hero of urs (Who iz absolutely terrified of me) for an endorsement. I swear, if he ever found the courage, I`d take it to the next level on him. He`d either join witness protection or change his name (I have my money on dumporal). The myth is greatly exaggerated and I can prove it... But alas, he`s hiding/ducking/running/sweating...

Sadna,

I also totally don`t get the black clothes in NYC thing...its so counter-counter culture now...plus goatees and berets-a look I love on college kids, but on adults of a Certain Age-your art work better be phenomenal...poetry rule of thumb at Open Mikes-berets, black, dyed hair, dark shades, multiple piecings makes us (my crew) set the bar higher-in other words, we are harder on those who look artsy but don`t deliver the motts...we are a pissy lot, aren`t we? Give me the working Joe who works a grueling nine to five with a poem rolling in his/her head and doesn`t have time to change before a reading and has his/her poem folded up in her/his back pocket any day. But I digress...

regards

saminashah #182
Hey, I`m sorry if loyal(and perhaps homesick like RSaxena) NY-ers found my remarks a little strong, it was not intended that way. I myself have a desi-ish soft spot for its unique bustle and wonderful variety(paradoxically!), though not for its traffic. Though even that can have its advantages, I have seen a guy in a open RED convertible sitting in traffic flossing his teeth :).

Yes, the black thing gets me. By itself its as good a color as any, but in such quantities, it reminds me of those old pictures of Maoist China or Soviet Russia when every man and woman was under duress to wear only regulation colors of black or blue.

And its very insidious. Go to a desi gathering like a wedding for example, and instead of enjoying the glorious and varied colors of the festive occasion, you see so many choosing to wearing black instead:(. Hope its not because noone wants to take a chance with anything else( come to think of it, that would be a lot like Maoist China and .. :))

re: scout # 172

Scout, we love you.

Sadna,

A man in a red convertible flossing his teeth-you lucky, lucky young woman! My favorite NYork kvetch is the non-line at the bus stop...wait patiently at the bus stop for an hour, at the front of the line, and there will inevitably be someone who cuts you in front of you...its all you can do to smile and say ``The line`s behind me...``, because there is no line! There will never be a line! This is what I hate the most...plus people who throw trash on the subway or street, dog walkers who refuse to pooper-scoop, cell phone yappers, the broken car alarm that sounds off every 5 minutes at 2 a.m. and will the owner get it fixed? Nooooo....Your comments were characteristically good humored-no offense taken at all...come live in New York and people doubletake and point fingers if you say ``excuse me`` or ``sorry``...by all means, lets make fun of NY!

Reply # 179 Zico

[Ha! Did I hurt you ali1?]

No. Buttnozzles like you can`t hurt me.

[Because your consistently abusive racist posts are offensive to me.]

Good. That was the intention.

[You talk sense when you want to, so why the abuse?]

My abuse makes perfect sense. You will see the light some day.



[Call a truce.]

I was never at war with you, so lighten up.

scout: did you try the YSL pdrfume that i recommended?

sadna # 169

[I can never aspire to the enlightening R-rated variety which are your speciality.]

Actually, its X-rated but R-rated versions are available for insecure, mentally underdeveloped folks.

You have been so sweet lately... whats up?

ali1 #188
`` Actually, its X-rated but R-rated versions are available for insecure, mentally underdeveloped folks. ``

You must really try to get out more and spend less time on social service.

`` You have been so sweet lately... whats up?``

I can think of at least two reasons, its either something in your food or perhaps you need professional help.

Man, there are times when I miss someone like Gowardhan.

But then, I would rather have a person like Bilal Ahmed back. Wonder how he is doing...

Prem #184,

traitor

re: saminashah/sadna

{{Hey, I`m sorry if loyal(and perhaps homesick like RSaxena) NY-ers found my remarks a little strong, it was not intended that way. I myself have a desi-ish soft spot for its unique bustle and wonderful variety(paradoxically!), though not for its traffic. Though even that can have its advantages, I have seen a guy in a open RED convertible sitting in traffic flossing his teeth :).}}

most NY-ers are that way...as soon as the leave the sacred land, they get homesick very quickly...traffic?...come on, you have to know how to navigate...use the roads no one knows about...know when/where to use the subway...

as for that uncouth guy flossing his teeth on the road, he must be a visitor from new jersey...no new yorker worth his/her black turtleneck would ever drive a red convertible...how juvenile...how southern...how californian...how midwestern..anyway, most NY-ers don`t even own cars...

{{Yes, the black thing gets me. By itself its as good a color as any, but in such quantities, it reminds me of those old pictures of Maoist China or Soviet Russia when every man and woman }}

black is so 2001...that whole new-yorker-in-black thing is a myth created by confused visitors, rednecks, and NY-er wannabes...the clowns you see on the streets are the visitors, with their greasy noses pressed up against the Saks windows...