Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Intimidation Is Not A Substitute For Scholarship

From the Brighton years at Lincoln, a half-way house overlooking the surfing beach which supplied a crew of now displaced boardwalk legends. There was the asian lady who sung mysterious avant-Ono songs, a man who panhandled 'Money for coffee?' and the gentleman below, whose inquery, 'Change of a dollar or 35 cents?' was most absurdist brilliant.  Proto-mental in the shorey styles...

4 comments:

  1. Never a truer testimony to the history of the worlds most famous surf spot!

    Thanks for putting a smile on my face this morning.

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  2. The Susie Come-Lately surfers of the world have no idea of the absurdist beauty of the Brighton years at Lincoln. For them, its all about the bottom line.

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  3. Epic! I miss those days.
    Moneyforcoffee Mick has video footage from when he snuck in there and went undercover.

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