[AGL] alienation and sense of impending doom while living in Xanadu and pursuing ennui in gay Paree

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Michele,

Maryann Price wrote about going to Paris, not me.

I'm hoping to go to Russia with Ala and will stop off
on the way back in Ireland or Scotland to visit with
you and Coltrane.

Or if it is available, everybody could rent Gilbert and
Lara's rent appartment on blvd.Voltaire for a half a
month and hang with Gilbert and his crewe.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michelemason" <coltrane at ev1.net>
To: "Maryann Price PriMARY Productions" <reddrum at realtime.net>; "survivors' 
reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s" 
<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Cc: "michelemason" <coltrane at ev1.net>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [AGL] alienation and sense of impending doom while living 
inXanadu


Well! Mike! Thanks for leaving me out! I reared 3 sons, 2 xtra sons, 1
adopted out son found me to our joy. I would love to do Paris with
Gilbert and you and Frances as well—alas—not forget Maryann.  mm

On Oct 6, 2006, at 4:37 AM, Maryann Price PriMARY Productions wrote:

> Hey Gilbert!
> If and when I come to France again, can I get in touch w/you?  Tary
> and I truly enjoyed your tour with us back in 1997.
> Maryann Price, Tary's widow
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "gilbert shelton" <shelton at noos.fr>
> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 10:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [AGL] alienation and sense of impending doom while living
> inXanadu
>
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> Don't despair.  I would describe my own attitude in Paris as angry
> despair punctuated by periods of enjoyable times, such as when my old
> friends come to visit and I can go touristing with them.  Out in the
> country where I spend most of my time I get the feeling that the
> neighbors actually like me, even if it's obvious that I would rather be
> left alone.  It's not Xanadu of course, but it really is 73° often.
> Hard to discern if my personal life is "keeping up" with what is
> available.  Tell Madelon I'm sorry I didn't get over to Orleans to
> visit
> while she was there.  That sounded like an interesting project but it's
> some distance from here.
>
> Gilbert
>
>
> Michael Eisenstadt wrote:
>
>> according to literature, the average man/woman lives a life
>> of silent dispair.
>>
>> many in real life opiate themselves with their living descendants,
>> many (most?) of us here at Austin ghetto are childless. about
>> half and half married and living alone. Connie is in Houston,
>> Karen (childless) is in Austin, so is Fontaine. Ewie in Hawaii,
>> Byron (childless) in Indonesia, Gilbert (childless) in France,
>> Jon Ford in Palo Alto, Wayne (childless) in semi-rural Virginia,
>> Gerry near Silver Springs, NM
>>
>> in flights of fancy we long for Xanadu. Xanadu is out in the
>> country, friendly locals, easy grocery shopping, and the
>> weather. Oh dear! the weather in Xanadu is 73 Fahrenheit
>> all the time. a great place to be when dealing with our
>> poisonal devils.
>>
>> it is very dangerous to live in Xanadu if your poisonal life
>> is not keeping up with what is available out there.
>>
>> not easy to live in NYC or Paris without a better than
>> average despair coefficient. imagine the alienation of
>> being alone in such a place.
>>
>> still and all one could be living in the ninth arrondissement
>> surrounded by minorities and dog shit but go down the
>> street and stand on a blvd and look towards the west
>> and see the architecture receding into the haze and feel
>> oneself lifted up by its majesty out of one's poisonal funk
>> for a moment into pure transcendance of self .
>>
>> that can also be managed in the country with a natural
>> landscape which will lift you up likewise. trouble with
>> the country lifting, it soon reduces itself to the inanity
>> of rural life, to use Marx's phrase and you're back in
>> your poisonal funk maybe even worse than in the city.
>>
>> Mike (childless)
>
>
>