With my oil freshly changed (by the
nicest guy on the planet pretty much. My New Englandite inner-self is
made a touch uncomfortable by Southern hospitality. I can't figure
out what their angle is. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? Uh anyway.) I
headed off towards Chapel Hill. Halfway down I passed a sign for the
Pocahontas State Park. Obviously I had to stop and see what load of
horribleness was there. I crossed the Jefferson Davis Highway because
of course I did. (someone should probably tell them that having a
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd doesn't cancel out the Jefferson Davis
Highway...). This is Pen Pen paying
homage to America's founding principles of just sort of being
problematic all the time.
It turns out that despite the
potentially problematic name, the Pocahontas State Park was a
Civilian Conservation Corps project from the 30s and the whole thing
exists as an homage to the WPA. So my dreams of being that Northern
knowitall judgy person were crushed by my reverence for the WPA. Well
played, FDR. Well played indeed... This is Pen Pen paying homage to
America's also founding principles of commonwealth, public
infrastructure, and guaranteeing a standard of living, you know,
socialism.
I got to the venue a little late. Internationalist Books is this radical bookstore that my dear friend Greg McKillop put me in touch with. I really love this network of DIY artists and artspaces and radical meeting places that I'm finding my way through. I've never met so many people who work so hard to help each other for no reason than because they can. I'm realizing more and more that wherever you go, there will always be a handful of positive sincere DIY-minded folks. You just have to look for them. I found them! After the show I headed off to Emma's place for some much needed grilled cheese and catching up. This is Pen Pen changing the world one zine at a time.
This is a song I wrote one time. Actually I didn't write it. I just thought it would be funny to cover. And it was. You should download it and share with your friends.
I got to the venue a little late. Internationalist Books is this radical bookstore that my dear friend Greg McKillop put me in touch with. I really love this network of DIY artists and artspaces and radical meeting places that I'm finding my way through. I've never met so many people who work so hard to help each other for no reason than because they can. I'm realizing more and more that wherever you go, there will always be a handful of positive sincere DIY-minded folks. You just have to look for them. I found them! After the show I headed off to Emma's place for some much needed grilled cheese and catching up. This is Pen Pen changing the world one zine at a time.
This is a song I wrote one time. Actually I didn't write it. I just thought it would be funny to cover. And it was. You should download it and share with your friends.
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