tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post8038812955452310676..comments2024-03-28T16:06:42.424-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: On the Bowery: "What the hell is this?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-41694000006561365472009-07-03T00:45:56.017-04:002009-07-03T00:45:56.017-04:00You're right, Goggla. Good for you.You're right, Goggla. Good for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-23962729171863051412009-07-02T12:28:43.419-04:002009-07-02T12:28:43.419-04:00Thanks for sharing, Goggla.Thanks for sharing, Goggla.EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-73812637004920137142009-07-02T11:08:10.776-04:002009-07-02T11:08:10.776-04:00Powerful stuff...even moreso as you've sprinkl...Powerful stuff...even moreso as you've sprinkled photos of the current scene throughout the narrative.<br /><br />My first night in NYC was on the Bowery. I was kicked out of the White House for not having ID. When you're alone and homeless on the Bowery, where do you go from there? <br /><br />Up.<br /><br />And so I did, but I keep one foot in the gutter as a reminder of how many people struggled to make it here and how easy it is to lose everything.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-34497941135046368332009-07-02T01:06:46.342-04:002009-07-02T01:06:46.342-04:00Another comment for Anon: You don't love depr...Another comment for Anon: You don't love depravity? How very sad.Barbara L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691245293493324747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36871735719818270432009-07-02T00:41:43.082-04:002009-07-02T00:41:43.082-04:00Oh, I shed many a tear for depravity, deprivation,...Oh, I shed many a tear for depravity, deprivation, and dereliction. Were you actually here, anon? It was one hell of a great time.Barbara L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691245293493324747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-61283888575661564122009-07-01T22:15:10.582-04:002009-07-01T22:15:10.582-04:00Amen, Anonynmous.
It's interesting to log the...Amen, Anonynmous.<br /><br />It's interesting to log the changes over time, and EV has done a very good job of logging these changes in an artful way.<br /><br />But I shed no tear for a depraved, deprived and derelict time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-63252197852296453282009-07-01T13:50:59.200-04:002009-07-01T13:50:59.200-04:00You know, call me crazy, but romanticizing a time ...You know, call me crazy, but romanticizing a time when bums lay by the dozens in the gutter and people got hit by cars and received no help for days seems a bit ass-backward to me. Sure, the Bowery and the LES have become more sterile and gentrified, and it sucks. But the bad old days were no picnic, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-18774661136815605272009-07-01T11:41:27.651-04:002009-07-01T11:41:27.651-04:00I'm heading to the Bowery right now to rouse t...I'm heading to the Bowery right now to rouse that last homeless guy from his sleep. Trendy folk need that bench.Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35757572194425877952009-07-01T11:06:44.124-04:002009-07-01T11:06:44.124-04:00That's some brilliant blogging, EV.That's some brilliant blogging, EV.Karen Lillishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04624398526912042847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-20557032452549540912009-07-01T10:30:39.305-04:002009-07-01T10:30:39.305-04:00It was interesting to follow his 'unknown'...It was interesting to follow his 'unknown' flight from NYC after he killed that waiter, seems he was spotted on a bus and they picked him up in New Orleans. Where else can a killer disappear to? Or so he thought...Mykola Dementiukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267125930152870083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-31905035118544677242009-07-01T09:43:51.214-04:002009-07-01T09:43:51.214-04:00Damn, that made me yearn for home. Home being the...Damn, that made me yearn for home. Home being the LES in the 1980s, not the goddamn drunken cupcakeland I live in now.Barbara L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691245293493324747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69118318190285426172009-07-01T09:21:52.302-04:002009-07-01T09:21:52.302-04:00great juxtaposition of the current scene with the ...great juxtaposition of the current scene with the stories of the past. polar opposites.Bowery Boogiehttp://www.boweryboogie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-65007528957507219702009-07-01T07:48:17.721-04:002009-07-01T07:48:17.721-04:00Thanks, NYCD.... Many noted writers in this colle...Thanks, NYCD.... Many noted writers in this collection — Grace Paley, Hubert Selby and David Wojnarowicz, among many others both known and unknown.EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36670621442851748552009-07-01T07:37:39.515-04:002009-07-01T07:37:39.515-04:00Thanks for the story, Grieve - never heard about t...Thanks for the story, Grieve - never heard about that one before - I'm gonna get a copy of that "Low Rent" book ASAP - sounds like a great read.NYCDreaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10820396317001769970noreply@blogger.com