tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994301334173470273.post8517681491516411811..comments2024-01-09T11:47:14.170-05:00Comments on Bart Boehlert's Beautiful Things: A Trip to the Brooklyn FleaBart Boehlerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12615567093206057490noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994301334173470273.post-703843332011004042015-02-19T07:16:02.217-05:002015-02-19T07:16:02.217-05:00LOVE this post Bart!! Inspired to make a trip ther...LOVE this post Bart!! Inspired to make a trip there myself.Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01306297453357212822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994301334173470273.post-82489495669845863992012-05-31T12:37:49.238-04:002012-05-31T12:37:49.238-04:00Terrific post and agree about why these events eve...Terrific post and agree about why these events ever gain in popularity....the creative drive of the individual is ultimately unstoppable. But it can find little solace in the current corporate offerings...and is, therefore, moving beyond them . <br /><br />In the past when the corporate world ran out of juice, something new was allowed in to rejuvenate the whole ...I'm thinking specifically of the mid- late 60's and then the punk area ('78-80) years later. <br /><br />Each time mainstream culture had reached a kind of crisis. Then something new happened or more to the point, was allowed in , and the whole was renewed....but no more. <br /><br />They have everything so totally tied down now , not realizing , or perhaps not even caring,that in doing so they are tying off thier own life line... Suits are no longer interested in learning what people want...the attitude seems to be : They will tell us what we will have. <br /><br />In the end it's a good thing as people are increasingly looking to themselves and among themselves.<br /> Thanks for the blog!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033117202223821117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994301334173470273.post-27777531740479649642011-05-31T15:36:18.039-04:002011-05-31T15:36:18.039-04:00I agree with you Gail. This blog is my way of cele...I agree with you Gail. This blog is my way of celebrating the creative spirit of the individual – <br />BBBart Boehlerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12615567093206057490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994301334173470273.post-69052386566036557122011-05-29T11:43:49.371-04:002011-05-29T11:43:49.371-04:00I couldn't agree with you more about the homog...I couldn't agree with you more about the homogenization of this country. Huge corporations and large developers have already changed the landscapes of Small Town, USA. I defy anyone to differentiate between one town and the next when they all contain WalMarts, Targets, Home Depots, Costcos, IKEAs, etc.Gail, northern Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606476543639979603noreply@blogger.com