Monday, October 20, 2025

I Went Down To The Demonstration ...

The corner of Olympic & La Cienega in 1983, from Vintage Los Angeles.
And 18 October 2025. Two blocks north of the action. Faster to walk than wait for the bus.
Abandoned sign.
Flip side.
Other big rigs blew their horns, including three cement mixers that were down the street which drove by & honked after unloading, & an L.A.F.D. ambulance.
Asked the signolder if he'd censored himself; he said he'd just made a mistake. It is easy to get "facism".
Never forget who really runs things.
More protest from the car.
Die-hards.
New use for newsracks.
Small world: The Shell station there had rec'd. no biznis at all during the event & I was thirsty & existentially exhausted, so I went in to get some iced cawffee; guy asks me if I want cigarettes, which confused me until I realized he used to work at a Shell station on Western where I used to buy butts regularly, maybe five yrs. ago, & recognized me. Frightening, really.

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