FUCK YOU

I Wish 2pac and Biggie Would Pour Colt 45 on My Nipples

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

David MacDowell is a KILLER PAINTER and if you were in LA today, you could go to thinkspace gallery to see more of his epicness.  Tragically this piece was already sold, likely for much, much more than $2 out the door.

“As a kid, I always loved “To Kill A Mockingbird”, and wished Atticus Finch was my dad. To be guided by such ethical wisdom would have made me a better person, I imagine. But nobody’s perfect, and our imperfections dictate the core of this new series, working on both superficial and deeper levels. On the surface is a colorful, humorous romp where we poke fun at celebrity culture and media. Yet the undercurrent is all about how society is bent on correcting wrongs by repressing everyone. It’s always fun to explore how we’re repressed by our parents, “The Man” and the method’s used to repress ourselves.”

(via You Might Find Yourself, via someone else, via someone else)

LET'S GO GAWK AT POVERTY!

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

The New York Times busted out a piece Sunday about tourism in the Tenderloin:

“We can bring people into an SRO and show them where people are living now,” Mr. Shaw said, referring to the single-room occupancy dwellings, or residential hotels, in the area. “And that’s a real plus.”

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The district’s drug trade is so widespread, and so wide open, that the police recently asked for special powers to disperse crowds on certain streets. Deranged residents are a constant presence, and after dark the neighborhood can seem downright sinister, with drunken people collapsed on streets and others furtively smoking pipes in doorways. (link)

Really?  Bring them into an SRO so some obese fuck from Oklahoma with a $10,000 camera can gawk?  You know, not everything has to be tourist friendly.

UPDATE: Broke-Ass Stuart has a list of things one may see on the tour.

Previously on Uptown Almanac: