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Crochety Old Bastard (Artemis)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Artemis
Post Number: 940
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 8:21 am: |   |
"Welcome aboard. We do expect an uneventful evening at the Chat Noir's flight 69 ... "
Very good. Puts me in mind of Annabella Lwin, somehow.
"He is an unapologetic, crochety old bastard who will peddle any fibs that will make him a buck, or put him on a pedestal." |
ENORMUS DICK (Louched_liver)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Louched_liver
Post Number: 2150
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 10:06 pm: | |
That's why I take the dog out into the 'hood looking to accost people socially.
Overheard at Louche Fest 2003-
"Everyone that goes by, he says 'Hi!'".
Goddam right!
Hi, what're ya havin'? |
ENORMUS DICK (Louched_liver)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Louched_liver
Post Number: 2149
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 10:04 pm: | |
Wolf sez:
The Internet misses the real human interaction.
With the internet we are all alone together...
A-fuckin'-men!
Hi, what're ya havin'? |
pierre verte (Petermarc)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Petermarc
Post Number: 506
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 5:40 pm: | |
that postcard appears to be from the 1920's to me... |
The Levitating Grin Salesman (Rimbaud)
le Duc
Username: Rimbaud
Post Number: 359
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 12:29 pm: | |
They give out little bags of sugar cubes instead of peanuts.
"Please pardon our appearance while we are levitating..." |
Dr. O (Dr_ordinaire)
Elitist Bastard
Username: Dr_ordinaire
Post Number: 481
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 12:04 pm: | |
"Welcome aboard. We do expect an uneventful evening at the Chat Noir's flight 69. However, in case of a sudden drop of your blood alcohol, absinthe bottles will drop from the overhead bins. Make sure to pour first for your underage companion before..." |
The Levitating Grin Salesman (Rimbaud)
le Duc
Username: Rimbaud
Post Number: 358
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 11:14 am: | |
An interesting pic I found in my archives...
"Please pardon our appearance while we are levitating..." |
pierre verte (Petermarc)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Petermarc
Post Number: 505
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 19, 2003 - 4:29 am: | |
how true |
Moonman's friend (Wolfgang)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Wolfgang
Post Number: 1019
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 10:48 pm: | |
The Internet misses the real human interaction.
With the internet we are all alone together... |
Crochety Old Bastard (Artemis)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Artemis
Post Number: 934
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 2:45 pm: | |
"You could always view the internet as the modern cafe."
Somehow the BYOB aspect makes it not the same, though ...
"He is an unapologetic, crochety old bastard who will peddle any fibs that will make him a buck, or put him on a pedestal." |
Crochety Old Bastard (Artemis)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Artemis
Post Number: 933
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 2:42 pm: | |
Oxy says:
" ... it is, as far as I know, the most detailed contemporary English-language eyewitness account of Parisian cafe life (and the absinthe-drinking boulevardiers) of the era."
I immediately thought, moreso than the article you brought to our attention some time back? (a year or more, I think) ... now I realize it's the same article. FWIW, Oxy was kind enough to xerox the thing and send it to those who wanted it on that occasion. It's a remarkable and unique piece of journalism, for sure.
"He is an unapologetic, crochety old bastard who will peddle any fibs that will make him a buck, or put him on a pedestal." |
Bob (I_b_puffin)
le Duc
Username: I_b_puffin
Post Number: 226
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 11:51 am: | |
You could always view the internet as the modern cafe. |
Raschied Britannica (Raschied)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Raschied
Post Number: 375
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 8:51 pm: | |
Good times were had in my twenties going to a little cafe' in Midtown Sacto called Weatherstone. We used to sit out on the patio and play Go until 11 at night drinking the house Kona Mochas.
Now it's a fucking Starbucks.
Anyway, Great article!!
Ya gotta love species
That fling their own feces!
GO! SKAT! THROW!! |
ENORMUS DICK (Louched_liver)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Louched_liver
Post Number: 2146
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 8:05 pm: | |
If they had fast food, tvs and computers, they wouldn't have had cafes.
Still too bad most of America doesn't.
Hi, what're ya havin'? |
Donnie Darko (Besançon)
le Vicomte
Username: Besançon
Post Number: 63
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 9:36 pm: | |
Funny how today in America we just grab some fast food on the way home from work and then lethargically sit on our fat asses in front of the TV or the computer.
What's a cafe? Well thanks to Oxy I now actually know!
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Gretchen--"Donnie Darko, sounds like some kind of superhero or something"
Donnie--"What makes you think I'm not?" |
ENORMUS DICK (Louched_liver)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Louched_liver
Post Number: 2144
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 8:34 pm: | |
Looks like a breakfast I'd like to attend.
And ya gotta love a joint w/a stuffed dogfish hangin' from the ceiling.
Hi, what're ya havin'? |
ENORMUS DICK (Louched_liver)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Louched_liver
Post Number: 2143
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 8:20 pm: | |
Shit!
Thanks OxyGenie.
Hi, what're ya havin'? |
Z (Zman7)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Zman7
Post Number: 365
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 5:19 pm: | |
Interesting and wonderful stuff to read. Thank you sir.
Z
Imperial Order of Absinthe |
Oxygenee (Oxygenee)
Absinthe Mafia
Username: Oxygenee
Post Number: 161
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 4:34 pm: | |
This lengthy article by Theodore Child first appeared in the April 1889 issue of Harpers Magazine. Its significant not just because it included a beautiful and often reproduced engraving by Renouard showing three elderly absintheurs, but because it is, as far as I know, the most detailed contemporary English-language eyewitness account of Parisian cafe life (and the absinthe-drinking boulevardiers) of the era.
I've added a page to my website with some of the engravings, including the Renouard. More importantly, there are links to download and view the full text (both with and without illustrations) in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
http://www.oxygenee.com/absintheBOOKS4.html |
