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What cities do you Barbelonians live in?

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21:40 / 23.04.03

Yay! You will have a fine time in Edinburgh, gingerbop. I too went there to University and liked it so much I stayed on for more than twenty years.

21:57 / 23.04.03

Foust: I have to say, that although I find London, Ontario slightly disturbing, it does have the City Lights bookshop, which is the best used bookstore I've ever seen.

EE

22:01 / 23.04.03

Foust: Give London, Kentucky a try. Visit the Waffle House near the I-75 off-ramp. It's got great ambience, and no police will fuck with you. A waitress there once really helped me out with some badly needed weed. Good folk!

22:35 / 23.04.03

Has anyone else noticed that the water in south London toilets flushes the wrong way?

22:38 / 23.04.03

I mean, the direction of the swirl, not the overall direction of the water. Still, it wouldn't surprise me ...

02:38 / 24.04.03

I live in Perth, Australia. The most isolated city in the world. Heath Ledger described it as the biggest retirement village in the world, but he's a boring twat.

On the surface, its dull, but the underground music scene is huge. Plus, per capita, we are the largest drum n bass city in the world. Which suits me just fine.

Why is there so few Australians?

and isn't the City Lights bookstore in San Francisco?

02:51 / 24.04.03

The original, yeah. This one just has lots of cheap used books, I got a nice pile of Jerry Cornelius books for a few dollars some years back...

A

03:19 / 24.04.03

I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. I like it.

03:49 / 24.04.03

Windsor, Ontario during school, Hamilton, Ont. when I'm not at school. Windsor's not too bad if you don't mind living in one of the most polluted cities in Canada. You get used to not being able to breathe.

03:52 / 24.04.03

I'm part of Barbelith's Southampton posse. That is Southampton, (Olde) Hampshire, UK, from which the Titanic sailed along with a thousand (previous) pugnacious fleets from time immemorial. It was once quite beautiful but got bombed into eensy-weensy bits during the Second World War and is now nothing but an ugly, low-lying, concrete-grey centre of capitalist enterprise. There is little to do here but shop or drink.

That said it's not particularly dangerous, it has a reasonable art gallery, an extensive student population, a few decent clubs, the underground music scene is blossoming and, hey, there's actually a gay bar on the main High Street (rather than hidden away). If there would be one word I would choose to describe it would be, um, pedestrian. Most of the people I know came here to go to college and, well, never achieved escape velocity subsequently. It's close enough to London for regular outings and far enough away to avoid the crud. And it's a damn sight better than where I grew up.

Best of all are the people: We have a disproportionate number of 'lithers and let's face it - Southampton 'lithers are damn sexy.

04:23 / 24.04.03

I live in Clarksville Tennessee. It's supposedly the "gateway to the new south" or some silly thing like that. It's an oddly appropriate title considering most of the time people just drive through on their way to Nashville, the country music capital of something or other. The only people who really live here are soldiers from Fort Campbell or people who have retired from the military and settled down (my parents fall in the latter category). It's basically devoid of anything and everything. Want to go to a club? You're better off in Nashville. Shopping? Better off in Nashville. There's really no reason for this place to exist other than it's proximity to some major waterways.

05:51 / 24.04.03

Most of the people I know came here to go to college and, well, never achieved escape velocity subsequently

Except those who have gone on to pursue certain careers that certain other people looked like they were also pursuing...

06:13 / 24.04.03

East London. Just to confuse the north/south argument, I only feel at home in West or East London - both North and South are foreign worlds to me.

06:20 / 24.04.03

Don't fucking start. I'm still (for a good week, now) in a collossally aggravated mood brought on by Leapworld (over in the Breeding Exam thread). I've written over four thousand words for that thread alone and have posted a mere fraction (and as I'm sure your're aware this is the norm for my less-than-prolific output). Self-editing... self-something... Thank fuck for Haus over there.

Aaaa-anyway, how is the book going? Any luck in publishing the last one yet?

06:23 / 24.04.03

Obviously that was aimed at Tezcatlipoca, not you Ariadne. Although I would also love to know how you're doing as well...

06:25 / 24.04.03

*bewildered*

I read it thinking 'um... is this for me? No, it must be for Tez. I think....'

I'm doing just fine, thanks, and all the better now I've worked out who you are. Hello! Good to see you about.

06:25 / 24.04.03

And it might help if I spelt colossally correctly. Perhaps I should get some sleep (rather than spamming the board with inane drivel)...

06:28 / 24.04.03

Hi Ariadne, ya wee bundle of fun'n'stuff. Did it take you a while to pierce my cunning disguise, then?

06:31 / 24.04.03

It did indeed. Seems obvious now, of course. You realise we're ruining this lovely thread?

06:37 / 24.04.03

Ah, you're quite right... Perhaps you should say something about Scotland? I could say something about Birmingham (with a good run up and a few deep breaths)...

Jack Rock-a-Pops

08:51 / 24.04.03

I'm much more a reader than a poster but I had to post here and up the foreign contingency, too many from the Coalition Of The Willing countries.

I live in Nanjing, formerly the capital of The People's Republic of China, but I call Wellington, New Zealand home. Nanjing's a fine enough city but China isn't too cool to be around nowadays, particularly since Monday, when China suddenly realised it had sARSE. But I just bought 30 DVDs yesterday for oooh 20-odd Euros?

Anyone from Africa?

13:45 / 24.04.03

Miss Lenore: My goal in life until I was 18 was to escape from Hamilton! I thought Hamilton was the most polluted city...does that make Windsor pretty bad?

Hamilton: The Pittsburgh of Canada. Steel mills and a decaying downtown. Some nice bits in the suburbs, fields and conservation areas. But these are being eaten up by suburban development. The south end of the city is on top of an escarpment that everyone calls 'the mountain.' It's not that bad really. The Sonic Unyon record label is there so Frank Black stops by, there's some good pubs and music, but I grew up there which resulted in my deep loathing of the place.

17:26 / 24.04.03

I think part of the reason why Windsor is so polluted is more because it's right beside Detroit, Michigan. But it's just full of factories as well. I guess it could be compared to downtown Hamilton really. I actually don't live in Hamilton, but in Caledonia, which is about fifteen minutes away but no one ever knows where it is so I just say Hamilton. Because Caledonia is a suburb, and I hate suburbs, I always rather liked Hamilton.
I had a friend who worked for Sonic Unyon. She used to meet all kinds of recording artists which I found really cool.

Ninjas make great pets

17:34 / 24.04.03

I live in Dublin. which leaves me with an odd mix of being bored out of my tree because i know it so well and being close to everything cos, let face it, Dubs a wee wee city. Just a shame it shuts down by 2.30am. If you are tired of pubs and cinema at night your pretty much screwed for things to do.
ive taking up a part time hobby in stalking, seems to be going well. keeps me out of trouble and in shadows. its a little known fact, shadows work wonders on the complection.
If anyone else is round and knows of things ahappenin' PLEASE tell me!

17:36 / 24.04.03

EE-which suburb of detroit, which?? i'm from livonia!!
as i said earlier, i still have much love for detroit. i love chicago more, since i choose to live here (the big thing is public transit for me), but i don't even really care if people hate on chicago. i'll defend it but that's it. now, if people hate on detroit, that's a different story. i'm like, "would you kick a man when he's down? WOULD YOU?" as you said, we *know* it's a shithole. but it's so gritty, and so real. great music. and, when yr 19 you can just hop over the border and drink in canada. i remember those days.

17:38 / 24.04.03

I live in Nanjing, formerly the capital of The People's Republic of China, but I call Wellington, New Zealand home.

Hey! I'll be going to China probably around the end of the year!
I've been in Southeast Asia before, but never anywhere too Chinese (short of Singapore, and a couple hours in the Taiwan Airport for refueling).

Got any traveling advice?

Anyone from Africa?

There used to be a couple South Africans around... one (her name slips right now) was around the Magick quite a bit. ShadowRain, I think.

21:50 / 24.04.03

Miss Lenore:I actually don't live in Hamilton, but in Caledonia, which is about fifteen minutes away but no one ever knows where it is so I just say Hamilton

I always say Hamilton too, but I'm from Dundas. (Hamilton's snotty little sidekick) Yech. I never want to live anywhere ever again where the buses stop at 12am.

The Return Of Rothkoid

23:34 / 24.04.03

Why is there so few Australians?

Because I make enough noise for everyone. Fact.

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

07:02 / 25.04.03

now, if people hate on detroit, that's a different story. i'm like, "would you kick a man when he's down? WOULD YOU?"

Hah! I'm going to steal that. Sorry...

and, when yr 19 you can just hop over the border and drink in canada.

Detroit: if your scene is good music, burnt out buildings, and watching the general breakdown of society, well then, come on up! And if you're bored, run off for a wild weekend in the country known globaly as a crazy place to party!

Audience: Ibiza?

No, stupid! Canada!

00:42 / 28.04.03

I'm in Melbourne, Australia and am often drowned out by Rothkoid.

06:11 / 28.04.03

Praying Mantis said that Chicago was the most segregated city in the US, but that's not true, it's #2, Boston is #1 in that category. I live in Blue Island, which is directly south of Chicago. It's a weird town, filled with Mexican cowboys, hardcore Italian Catholics, hardcore Polish Catholics, plus a whole bunch of other wierd types that just can't seem to leave the town to save their lives. Public Transportation runs through it so I can still get to anywhere in Chicago.
Blue Island, as far as I've ever been able to tell, also has the lowest punk-ass ratio in comparison to all the other southside Chicago suburbs. And all the punk-asses from other suburbs are afraid of Blue Island for some reason, despite the fact that it's not dangerous at all. I think it's because there's a lot of Mexicans and African Americans living there. We also have more bars per capita than anywhere else in the midwest.

06:20 / 28.04.03

I helped my old boss do an anime show in Chicago last year, and what very little I saw was great. The public transportation system is leaps and bounds above ours, and I believe runs 24 hrs (we were out pretty late and people were still riding). We found a great bar with the best jukebox of all times, and a cool little record store. And this homeless man sold me a really cool Sammy Sosa shirt for a great price. I'll probably be helping him out with the show again mid May. I'll try to drink less and absorb more of the city this time.

14:13 / 28.04.03

Anyone from Africa?

I was born in the 'city' of Lobatse, Botswana.

Then I moved to Carnoustie, a town just outside Dundee (Scotland.) Then went to Edinburgh University for two years, hated it, and moved to Dundee. I'm currently back in Carnoustie, and am planning to, likely, move to Glasgow at some point.

07:57 / 29.04.03

Rural Oregon. To be specific, a tiny town called Elmira (not to be confused with the one in New York). Identifying features of my area are, well, hippies: the somewhat famous Oregon Country Fair is in the neighboring small town of Veneta, and I've been told or read somewhere that Grateful Dead concerts caused the city of Eugene (the nearby college town and closest thing to a real city in the area) to swell to twice its size.

I was a New Yorker for nine years and really that feels like home now.

And I wish I'd known there were folks in Sydney and Melbourne when I was there...

uncle retrospective

08:24 / 29.04.03

Like thumbninja (great name) I'm living in Dublin. And as said it's a small city will nothing much to do apart from drink or go to the cinema. If your really bored you can get involved in the huge rise of drink related violence that seem to have kicked off in the last 9 months.

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