The Underground
OK, altho I try hard not to be like other bloggers, I'll tell you what I'm listening to: Rembetika: Greek Underground--Songs & Musicians, 1925-1947. (To listen to some songs, click here and scroll down.)
What I really like is the liner note defining "mangas (or Rembetis): One who scorns straight society and its conventions. A Mangas operates on the fringes of society. He doesn't get married, never walks hand in hand with his girlfriend, doesn't wear a tie or collar, never carries an umbrella. He hates the police, helps the weak and shuns work."
That's a program I could sign up for, except, of course, for the part about the umbrella.
What I really like is the liner note defining "mangas (or Rembetis): One who scorns straight society and its conventions. A Mangas operates on the fringes of society. He doesn't get married, never walks hand in hand with his girlfriend, doesn't wear a tie or collar, never carries an umbrella. He hates the police, helps the weak and shuns work."
That's a program I could sign up for, except, of course, for the part about the umbrella.
posted by Howard Junker at 7:24 AM
1 Comments:
I'm down with the umbrella thing. I'd rather have a hat.
Often on rainy days I risk being blinded by umbrellas as I go down the Civic Center station escalator.
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