Found a cool place in San Francisco after placing an extremely descriptive ad as to what I was looking for. The ad (which got nominated for "best of craigslist") appears as follows:
'This is a call to all out-of-de-closet lunatics who want to form a Mutant House and live amongst others who have left consensus reality. Subvert the subversives, reinvent the fringe, 23 23 23, new world disorder, the next step, music, madness, mayhem, etc. etc. etc.
No restrictions, no limits, no petty conflicts, extreme free thought, random absurdist blue fairy metaphor puns with underlying social satire, ("word!") zero government, paradigm shifting, 2012, world domination, stream-of-consciousness, etc. etc. etc.
The stuff you think about but are afraid to talk about in public? The stuff you only talk about with a few friends who are "on your wavelength?" Let's live in a place where we can freely discuss intergalactic time travel. Let's live in a house that has liberated itself from "reality." No more hiding!
I get monthly checks from the government because I'm "insane," so paying rent would be pretty simple. While I'm a lover/enforcer of chaos, I do like to keep things neat. Most of the time I'm out instigating/exploring/partying/creating. I'm a great roommate because of the fact that I rock. Got a Mutant House with an extra room? Up for starting one? '
I got several responses, one of them from a guy that lived in a kickass warehouse party pad called 5lowershop. Lots of free tekno ethic there, not to mention bizarro art and pure unmediated chaos. Very comfortable I did feel. Reminds me of The Ecstasy Club by Douglas Rushkoff. Hope I can move in.
The thing that's bothering me is that there are a bunch of places like this in Portland, and that I was unable to find any of them. I was cramped up in the NW, away from anything remotely cool. Didn't even get to check out any abandonded warehouses, let alone go snowboarding. Where did I go wrong? What is it about Portland, the most hahahappening city in the United States, that simply didn't work for me? Why wasn't I able to find any roommates? Why wasn't I able to find my nitch? Not enough crazies there, of course, (are there ever?) but in 20 years I know I'll look back on the millenium and think of the factors the defined the wonderground, stating Portland in the top 10. What a shame I couldn't make it.
Now I know where I went wrong. Now it makes sense! I didn't *know the right people* in PDX. It's hard to meet people in a town where everyone already knows each other. What an established piece of asscrap. Who was I to think I could start a band in such an established piece of asscrap? I want to help *create* a city. Fuck *joining* one.
Must I resort to San Francisco, where the counter is the mainstream to the point of typical tittletot? At least it's easy to meet people here. Sure, it doesn't *feel* like The Edge, but that's simply because it's The Eye of it.
Maybe so, cause I really liked the 5lowershop.
'This is a call to all out-of-de-closet lunatics who want to form a Mutant House and live amongst others who have left consensus reality. Subvert the subversives, reinvent the fringe, 23 23 23, new world disorder, the next step, music, madness, mayhem, etc. etc. etc.
No restrictions, no limits, no petty conflicts, extreme free thought, random absurdist blue fairy metaphor puns with underlying social satire, ("word!") zero government, paradigm shifting, 2012, world domination, stream-of-consciousness, etc. etc. etc.
The stuff you think about but are afraid to talk about in public? The stuff you only talk about with a few friends who are "on your wavelength?" Let's live in a place where we can freely discuss intergalactic time travel. Let's live in a house that has liberated itself from "reality." No more hiding!
I get monthly checks from the government because I'm "insane," so paying rent would be pretty simple. While I'm a lover/enforcer of chaos, I do like to keep things neat. Most of the time I'm out instigating/exploring/partying/creating. I'm a great roommate because of the fact that I rock. Got a Mutant House with an extra room? Up for starting one? '
I got several responses, one of them from a guy that lived in a kickass warehouse party pad called 5lowershop. Lots of free tekno ethic there, not to mention bizarro art and pure unmediated chaos. Very comfortable I did feel. Reminds me of The Ecstasy Club by Douglas Rushkoff. Hope I can move in.
The thing that's bothering me is that there are a bunch of places like this in Portland, and that I was unable to find any of them. I was cramped up in the NW, away from anything remotely cool. Didn't even get to check out any abandonded warehouses, let alone go snowboarding. Where did I go wrong? What is it about Portland, the most hahahappening city in the United States, that simply didn't work for me? Why wasn't I able to find any roommates? Why wasn't I able to find my nitch? Not enough crazies there, of course, (are there ever?) but in 20 years I know I'll look back on the millenium and think of the factors the defined the wonderground, stating Portland in the top 10. What a shame I couldn't make it.
Now I know where I went wrong. Now it makes sense! I didn't *know the right people* in PDX. It's hard to meet people in a town where everyone already knows each other. What an established piece of asscrap. Who was I to think I could start a band in such an established piece of asscrap? I want to help *create* a city. Fuck *joining* one.
Must I resort to San Francisco, where the counter is the mainstream to the point of typical tittletot? At least it's easy to meet people here. Sure, it doesn't *feel* like The Edge, but that's simply because it's The Eye of it.
Maybe so, cause I really liked the 5lowershop.
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that having been said - you're where you need to be. hope the 5lowershop thing works out. i'll get ganesh fingerpuppet on it.
unrelated: recently i had a dream i lived in santa cruz.