From: "Charles Gavette" <chaosmosis-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: flaneurism:anti-auqualung
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:05:54 PDT


Jethro Tull's dribbling beastiality setting on a park bench fails to 
disclose the real techne of the flaneur. In the actual world, techniques 
exist to counter a system gone berserk. They include foremost, the 
victory over resentement. This old theme is in Li Po, and has a parallel 
to Kerouac:..."Why should I put myself in competition with idiots?", Li 
Po wails. Yet Li Po was still drawn by his own ambitions and 
resentements, for he regularly drank himself into a stupor. "I swore I 
would not set foot in the capital until summoned by the emporer 
himself."....this attests to the eternal difficulty for the intellectual 
to break from the dazzling yet illusory pull of position and power. 
Kerouac ends up at Big Mama's
house, Li Po succumbs to Imperial favor, amusing the emporer with 
passionate recitations, like Jaba's little pet. A "Deleuzian" reading of 
Pinch my cahones, coming out of Kentucky somewhere fails in its 
cloistered cynicism, the fruit-loop jumping through the window once a 
year, then chicken-shitting his way back to the crib, is opposed by the 
false pretender flaneur, armed. For the well equipped flaneur of today 
and tomorrow, there are some basic weapon-tools that certainly come in 
handy during operations: a good sleeping
bag is paramount to restful sleep during which the organism re-forms.
An army mummy allows for breathing, yet protects heat loss from the 
head, as well as is a deterrent to wandering critters in the night. 
Don't be stupid. Never carry your bag around. It only invites 
projections from the ignorant, and as history sadly proves, Americans 
are experts at projection. The flaneur must locate his/her sleeping bag 
in a safe place. What is most important is to always go undetected when 
retrieving this most cherished of weapons. When she/he walks away from 
it at the beginning of the work day, it should be protected in plastic 
and out of sight. Camo plastic is best, and the purist may wish to adopt 
the color scheme to the season. This type of plastic is also invaluable 
in protecting the flaneur against cold, wet rain. Varying routes and 
changing locations from time to time helps one to stay aware of their 
surroundings and not fall victim to the cancerous "knodding out at the 
traffic light" syndrome, seen in couples who, in their quiet 
desperation, project an uneasy silence in restaurants. Look for 
evergreens in any derelict space. They are precious, and many times 
their branches morph low to the ground, affording seclusion, yea, even 
within 10 feet from a sidewalk. This has been documented, as has also 
the ability to subsist on as little as $60 from Summer Solstice to mid 
October! Other delvings into today's flaneurism that has already passed 
through the Pillars of Pompey-ousity, Columns of Curculio Beetle-juice 
at another time. Just an introduction....

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