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July 15, 2005
cum on and jus shake it gurl
Today's blog entry is brought to you by the letters A., D. and D.
RE: BORF (clever urban grafitti "artist" in DC)
Chrisafer: "NEWS FLASH: BORF is from the suburbs."
Miss In Shaw: "Get a rope."
The Sean Show: "Duuude."
Jimbo: All street cred went out the window when I heard he is 18, and lives with mommie and daddy in Great Falls, Virginia, just outside DC proper. I'm avoiding calling him a "Punk-Ass Bitch" since calling him 'punk' would be a misnomer. Instead, the term 'poseur' comes to mind.
But his stuff was clever. But like Miss In Shaw, I resent any person who enters The District to come here just to defecate in one way or another, be it a drug dealer from Maryland bringing his hos to 6th and T or a kid coming in to deface property. I took a picture a few years ago of some stencil art on some vacant property near my old place...is this BORF?
I have to wonder, where did the money come from that financed his spray paint and playbill poster equipment? Mommie and daddy I would guess. I think I need to take a trip to Great Falls and tag some homes in order to express my rage and angst against ageism, conspiciuous consumption and suburban poseur kids. News Flash to BORF from GenX: we do not care about your art or your angst. We never care about anything. Never did.
Next most important News Flash: Guy Ritchie is kind of woofy. Latest Madonna pics from the August issue of Vogue from JustJared.
A sparrow, trying to drink from my outdoor pond, fell in and could not get out, drowning in the process. Happened during the day while I was at work. I'll have to provide a means of escape lest my backyard become an urban La Brea Tar Pits.
Do any of you really think anyone is going to be accounted and punished for this Plume/Rove thing? No one in the current administration has yet to apologize or take responsibility for anything negative that has happened during this administration.
Whenever Missy Elliot's video for Lose Control is on, I cannot avert my eyes. I am totally fixated by that video. Genius play on Super Mario Brothers at the end. Who's that leather dude at the end of the video?
Also excited about Sufjan Stevens. Free song about the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker by Sufjan here on NPR. Props to Josh for the tip.
I am giving up on umbrellas. I lose them like a snake sheds skin. No crime in getting wet.
Tonight is the season premiere of Battlestar Galactica. Can't. Wait.
Read on another blog: "Bears have jumped the shark." I couldn't agree more. Just be yourself! Pick your very own mammal to emulate, preferrably one without pack mentality.
I have nothing to wear for my NYC trip. I also have nowhere to stay! Requirements: a firm, hard mattress. Spine-splitting hide-a-ways will not do. My back is still in recovery.
I am going to stop reading evil blogs that make me feel ill and reveal to me just how messed up people really are. I mean it this time.
Posted by jimbo at July 15, 2005 9:42 AM
Comments
That's not BORF. That's actually the Andre the Giant OBEY art done by Shepard Fairey, see http://www.obeygiant.com/ for more about him.
Posted by: chrisafer at July 15, 2005 10:55 AM
INRE: Borf
I say all of this with nothing less than love, Jimbo.
Your statement is age- and class-baiting. That a kid (who until very recently was a minor) born into suburban privilege elects to move past that and be conscious of struggles outside of his immediate worldview should be celebrated, not dismissed.
Discounting somebody's art because they don't have possess enough of an intangible commodity like 'credibility' is bullshit.
I almost didn't even want to address this, because, like the Washington Post, I think you're missing the point. Borf's art wasn't about Borf himself. He's said in every interview that his identity is less important than the message. Putting the art in the forefront, conspicuously avoiding the limelight and profit--that's hardly the mark of a 'poseur'.
Posted by: Sean. Spelled the Right Way at July 15, 2005 11:23 AM
Er, I think you sort of look like Guy.
Posted by: j4r3d at July 15, 2005 11:38 AM
Oh Jimbo, I promise I'll never say bad things on my blog about elves, D & D, anal fissures, and one legged circus clowns ever again!
Posted by: homer at July 15, 2005 11:49 AM
I totally agree with you about Borf. He reminded me of those World Bank/IMF protesters: coming into the city, shitting all over it, draining taxpayer dollars, all to "express" some intangible angst at who-knows-what. And if you reject materialism and commercialism so much, cut off the dole from mommy and daddy.
In NYC, there's a great B&B in Chelsea called Colonial Inn I stayed at once. If you elect for the shared bathroom on the floor, it's under $100/nt. It's literally across the avenue (5th? 6th? I forget) from Barracuda, so 23d? 24th? I am so bad with addresses.
Posted by: Dennis! at July 15, 2005 6:20 PM
I'd just like to invite everyone to go out and buy "Illinois," the new Sufjan Stevens album. He really is a first-class musician, able to tie together non-standard folk-arrangements with deep undercurrents of traditional American life.
It sounds haughty, but listen to track 9, "Chicago," and you'll see what I mean.
Posted by: Josh at July 15, 2005 6:55 PM
I still think Borf is actually Worf's unknown brother.
Posted by: Lee at July 16, 2005 4:23 AM