Comments on: For The Reverend Martin Luther King… http://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/ philly's longest-standing cityblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jammiehttp://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Jammie Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:30:56 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/#comment-1018 I’m sorry, but this is ridiculous. If you want to compile a list of freaks, that’s fine, but it kind of feels like a stretch to qualify it with King Day reflections. When I think back on MLK, I think about our American struggle to overcome racial and economic prejudice. I think about school desegregation or battling Jim Crow laws. Some of the people on your list (say, Allen Ginsberg) are people who live authentically‚Äîand I think that‚Äôs a beautiful thing to recognize. But I‚Äôve got to question people like Edie Sedgwick (a richie-rich socialite darling whose life spun out of control on drugs) or the Soy Bomb guy. Mumia‚Äîis it freaky now to shoot people? Seems a little contrary to Martin Luther King‚Äôs commitment to nonviolence to me‚Ķ.

]]> By: magdalenushttp://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 magdalenus Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:05:17 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/#comment-1017 "Normal" is in the eye of the beholder, says I. “Normal” is in the eye of the beholder, says I.

]]> By: Phidgethttp://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Phidget Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:28:18 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/#comment-1016 RIGHT ON!!! Let your freak flag fly.And I just learned today that this holiday for the good Dr. is meant to be a day of community service for Americans. Shame on me for not knowing and not doing. Shame on all the others like me out there. Next year, I'll do better in respect of the Dr's message. RIGHT ON!!! Let your freak flag fly.

And I just learned today that this holiday for the good Dr. is meant to be a day of community service for Americans. Shame on me for not knowing and not doing. Shame on all the others like me out there. Next year, I’ll do better in respect of the Dr’s message.

]]> By: conorcorcoranhttp://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 conorcorcoran Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:04:18 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/#comment-1015 Bukowski on Philadelphia and the bar he drank at in Fairmount:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1791729205805184447&q=The+Bukowski+Tapes&hl=en Bukowski on Philadelphia and the bar he drank at in Fairmount:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1791729205805184447&q=The+Bukowski+Tapes&hl=en

]]> By: ashyhttp://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 ashy Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:15:19 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/#comment-1014 "Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted."-MLK “Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.”-MLK

]]> By: Mezzaninehttp://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 Mezzanine Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:03:31 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/#comment-1013 Ernie Kovacs Ernie Kovacs

]]> By: lord_whimsyhttp://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/comment-page-1/#comment-1012 lord_whimsy Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:04:32 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/#comment-1012 An admirable post, but I wonder if some of the people on this list are really freaks in the true sense of the word--seems to me they're just being artists. In other words, they have an existing category to reside in. Freaks usually don't have that luxury.True "varsity" freaks are regarded as such long after their deaths: Lord Timothy Dexter, Emperor Jones, Lord Cornbury, The Shakers, Emerson, Dickinson, Houdini, Hellcat Maggie, Joseph Cornell, Anton LaVey, Truman Capote, Eugene Walter, Warhol, Peter Lamborn Wilson, MacDermott & McGough, Patrick McDonald, etc.The most glorious freaks I know make many of the people on this list seem rather conventional and bien pensant; they live in places where a hipster's sneaker has never trod, they hate rock culture, wear outlandish clothes of their own design, have catamites, and the windows of their bizarre museum-homes never let in natural light. There are freaks aplenty, but you will never find them at Johnny Brendas. An admirable post, but I wonder if some of the people on this list are really freaks in the true sense of the word–seems to me they’re just being artists. In other words, they have an existing category to reside in. Freaks usually don’t have that luxury.

True “varsity” freaks are regarded as such long after their deaths: Lord Timothy Dexter, Emperor Jones, Lord Cornbury, The Shakers, Emerson, Dickinson, Houdini, Hellcat Maggie, Joseph Cornell, Anton LaVey, Truman Capote, Eugene Walter, Warhol, Peter Lamborn Wilson, MacDermott & McGough, Patrick McDonald, etc.

The most glorious freaks I know make many of the people on this list seem rather conventional and bien pensant; they live in places where a hipster’s sneaker has never trod, they hate rock culture, wear outlandish clothes of their own design, have catamites, and the windows of their bizarre museum-homes never let in natural light. There are freaks aplenty, but you will never find them at Johnny Brendas.

]]> By: abbey306http://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 abbey306 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:13:29 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/#comment-1011 i say AMEN! i think everyone has become one mass of striped shirts, leggings, and ironic facial hair. we need more freaks. bring on the freaks. please. i say AMEN!
i think everyone has become one mass of striped shirts, leggings, and ironic facial hair. we need more freaks.
bring on the freaks. please.

]]> By: C. The Impalerhttp://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 C. The Impaler Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:03:00 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/#comment-1010 That was so ... MySpace. The work put into the slut list must've warped you. That was so … MySpace. The work put into the slut list must’ve warped you.

]]> By: conorcorcoranhttp://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/comment-page-1/#comment-1009 conorcorcoran Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:22:24 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/2007/01/15/50fabulousamericanfreaks/#comment-1009 I don't know what's worse - the anxiety of not knowing whether or not that is the forbidden Tracy Lords tape, or the fact that it ends just as the gettin's good. I don’t know what’s worse – the anxiety of not knowing whether or not that is the forbidden Tracy Lords tape, or the fact that it ends just as the gettin’s good.

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