[AGL] alienation and sense of impending doom while living in Xanadu and pursuing ennui in gay Paree

[michelemason]

Paris—Sounds lovely.  mm

On Oct 6, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:

> Michele,
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> Maryann Price wrote about going to Paris, not me.
>
> I'm hoping to go to Russia with Ala and will stop off
> on the way back in Ireland or Scotland to visit with
> you and Coltrane.
>
> Or if it is available, everybody could rent Gilbert and
> Lara's rent appartment on blvd.Voltaire for a half a
> month and hang with Gilbert and his crewe.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "michelemason" <coltrane at ev1.net>
> To: "Maryann Price PriMARY Productions" <reddrum at realtime.net>; 
> "survivors'
> reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
> Cc: "michelemason" <coltrane at ev1.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 10:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [AGL] alienation and sense of impending doom while living
> inXanadu
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> Well! Mike! Thanks for leaving me out! I reared 3 sons, 2 xtra sons, 1
> adopted out son found me to our joy. I would love to do Paris with
> Gilbert and you and Frances as well—alas—not forget Maryann.  mm
>
> On Oct 6, 2006, at 4:37 AM, Maryann Price PriMARY Productions wrote:
>
>> Hey Gilbert!
>> If and when I come to France again, can I get in touch w/you?  Tary
>> and I truly enjoyed your tour with us back in 1997.
>> Maryann Price, Tary's widow
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "gilbert shelton" <shelton at noos.fr>
>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 10:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AGL] alienation and sense of impending doom while living
>> inXanadu
>>
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> Don't despair.  I would describe my own attitude in Paris as angry
>> despair punctuated by periods of enjoyable times, such as when my old
>> friends come to visit and I can go touristing with them.  Out in the
>> country where I spend most of my time I get the feeling that the
>> neighbors actually like me, even if it's obvious that I would rather 
>> be
>> left alone.  It's not Xanadu of course, but it really is 73° often.
>> Hard to discern if my personal life is "keeping up" with what is
>> available.  Tell Madelon I'm sorry I didn't get over to Orleans to
>> visit
>> while she was there.  That sounded like an interesting project but 
>> it's
>> some distance from here.
>>
>> Gilbert
>>
>>
>> Michael Eisenstadt wrote:
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>>> according to literature, the average man/woman lives a life
>>> of silent dispair.
>>>
>>> many in real life opiate themselves with their living descendants,
>>> many (most?) of us here at Austin ghetto are childless. about
>>> half and half married and living alone. Connie is in Houston,
>>> Karen (childless) is in Austin, so is Fontaine. Ewie in Hawaii,
>>> Byron (childless) in Indonesia, Gilbert (childless) in France,
>>> Jon Ford in Palo Alto, Wayne (childless) in semi-rural Virginia,
>>> Gerry near Silver Springs, NM
>>>
>>> in flights of fancy we long for Xanadu. Xanadu is out in the
>>> country, friendly locals, easy grocery shopping, and the
>>> weather. Oh dear! the weather in Xanadu is 73 Fahrenheit
>>> all the time. a great place to be when dealing with our
>>> poisonal devils.
>>>
>>> it is very dangerous to live in Xanadu if your poisonal life
>>> is not keeping up with what is available out there.
>>>
>>> not easy to live in NYC or Paris without a better than
>>> average despair coefficient. imagine the alienation of
>>> being alone in such a place.
>>>
>>> still and all one could be living in the ninth arrondissement
>>> surrounded by minorities and dog shit but go down the
>>> street and stand on a blvd and look towards the west
>>> and see the architecture receding into the haze and feel
>>> oneself lifted up by its majesty out of one's poisonal funk
>>> for a moment into pure transcendance of self .
>>>
>>> that can also be managed in the country with a natural
>>> landscape which will lift you up likewise. trouble with
>>> the country lifting, it soon reduces itself to the inanity
>>> of rural life, to use Marx's phrase and you're back in
>>> your poisonal funk maybe even worse than in the city.
>>>
>>> Mike (childless)
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