http://blogging.la/2009/07/15/restroom-art-of-los-angeles-johnies-coffee-shop/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogging.la/2009/07/15/restroom-art-of-los-angeles-johnies-coffee-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-56916 Lucinda Michele Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:53:40 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=31086#comment-56916 I feel the same way--that whole LCD Soundsystem song could apply to this city of late. I feel the same way–that whole LCD Soundsystem song could apply to this city of late.

]]> http://blogging.la/2009/07/15/restroom-art-of-los-angeles-johnies-coffee-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-56915 workablekitchen Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:15:26 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=31086#comment-56915 Two things: "all" of the streets of Los Angeles were NOT shut down by Jacko-related hoo-hah. In fact, the traffic situation was much less congested than everyone anticipated. There ARE public spaces of the kind you desire in the city, but they aren't occupied by people of your race and class. The auto-industry argument obscures other facets of ghettoization and stratification in the city. As you've pointed out at other times, the history of the LAPD has as much to do with how communities are organized and experienced as patterns of immigration, the myths and tricks of the entertainment industry, wars over water rights, pressure from the auto industry, sprawl and freeways. Two things: “all” of the streets of Los Angeles were NOT shut down by Jacko-related hoo-hah. In fact, the traffic situation was much less congested than everyone anticipated. There ARE public spaces of the kind you desire in the city, but they aren’t occupied by people of your race and class. The auto-industry argument obscures other facets of ghettoization and stratification in the city. As you’ve pointed out at other times, the history of the LAPD has as much to do with how communities are organized and experienced as patterns of immigration, the myths and tricks of the entertainment industry, wars over water rights, pressure from the auto industry, sprawl and freeways.

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