tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post2175020699526682338..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: A 1980s 'Night Walk' in downtown NYCUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-29342596288615180352020-08-20T10:51:30.653-04:002020-08-20T10:51:30.653-04:00Hey.. they reject it now also..too many rich wanna...Hey.. they reject it now also..too many rich wanna be 'bohemian' ...given that everyone's a critic.. and nothing is ever perfect..as an artist living in tbe east villsge in the 80's ..i would take those days back in a second... Madame Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11070021016785652157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48344940838940263582014-12-28T15:25:54.766-05:002014-12-28T15:25:54.766-05:00Maybe people glamorize it because many artists tol...Maybe people glamorize it because many artists tolerate chaos and dysfunction easily. The new norm of the east village seems to be that the chaos and dysfunctional quickly become the prey of the entrepreneur looking to make a quick buck. Rent-seeking is the new scourge of the village now. Given that the city is now firmly behind (or run by) the plutocrats rather than the upstart artist this is what I see as a new trend. I can sympathize with those that would pave over the potholes of the 70s-80s village. I wish I had seen the art and performance scene at its chaotic apex.<br /><br />Personally I view the often touted dichotomy between the rampant louche seen in past decades with the current gentrification as false.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-70448134519678463002014-12-28T10:04:18.686-05:002014-12-28T10:04:18.686-05:00Lest we forget, half the artist population in the ...Lest we forget, half the artist population in the EV in the 1980s died from AIDSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com