Comments on: Highland Park Gentrification http://chanfles.com/blog/?p=779 EL CHAVO! - Mouthing Off Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:33:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Natster http://chanfles.com/blog/?p=779&cpage=1#comment-37741 Natster Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:44:27 +0000 http://chanfles.com/blog/?p=779#comment-37741 Yes, always so sad when you can't live next door to 15 year olds who like to kill each other. Decent Highland Parkers ought to be ESTATIC that we are moving into their neighborhood..... Yes, always so sad when you can’t live next door to 15 year olds who like to kill each other. Decent Highland Parkers ought to be ESTATIC that we are moving into their neighborhood…..

]]> By: Queenspie http://chanfles.com/blog/?p=779&cpage=1#comment-37617 Queenspie Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:11:38 +0000 http://chanfles.com/blog/?p=779#comment-37617 Found this while looking for articles on dog parks and gentrification. Daaagggg yall have such good energy...my neighborhood's been getting gentrified for the last 5 years and it's wack...the yuppies have created their own little high society and the community gets crumbs or nothing. and half the people here i swear think it's good...until they can't afford to live here anymore...wack. Found this while looking for articles on dog parks and gentrification. Daaagggg yall have such good energy…my neighborhood’s been getting gentrified for the last 5 years and it’s wack…the yuppies have created their own little high society and the community gets crumbs or nothing. and half the people here i swear think it’s good…until they can’t afford to live here anymore…wack.

]]> By: Jack http://chanfles.com/blog/?p=779&cpage=1#comment-37564 Jack Mon, 24 May 2010 21:01:18 +0000 http://chanfles.com/blog/?p=779#comment-37564 Wadi - that poem of yours really says so much.... great poem, moving. Wadi – that poem of yours really says so much…. great poem, moving.

]]> By: Wadi L. Nadir (pronounced nay-dear, NOT nader-as in ralph- aka the next burning man http://chanfles.com/blog/?p=779&cpage=1#comment-33121 Wadi L. Nadir (pronounced nay-dear, NOT nader-as in ralph- aka the next burning man Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:36:39 +0000 http://chanfles.com/blog/?p=779#comment-33121 El Chavo del ocho ~ it all makes me wish i were from HP! Great article, glad to see the mention of 8 Bit. Amazing HLP Band. Buy some drinks for all your friends, barfly style. Here are the rest of the lyrics to HLP by 8 Bit: Highland Park's our home and fifty-four's our street Scenesters come to visit and they groove our beat But don't move in, bitch Or you'll catch my glock 'Cause fuck Silver Lake, fuck Eagle Rock When whitey moves in They raise our rent Get out of HLP Before there's an accident Finish your smoke And slam your booze And don't forget the fuckin' cops From the avenues Let us bust our rhymes And let us smoke our crack Go the fuck home And give your little brother's shirt back Don't make me beat your ass Til you're curlin' up fetal Just because you think You're the fifth Beetle You know you work at St. Vincent de Paul Keep your stupid ass shopping at the mall Kickin' out teensters Like they was the clap Get the fuck out before I gotta bust a cap H-I-G-H- L-A-N-D P-A-R-K That's where LeFrost be Puttin' our city On the fuckin' map Come through our hood And your bound to get a bitchslap Well, rent's goin' up As the scenesters move in We're gonna grab you By your emo rock pin Gonna through your ass back To your little fuckin' cave And blow that shit up And put you in your place Go to the bar To get a fuckin' beer The shit's four dollar I think, "What's the fuckin' deal?" Order orange juice Say I'm the designated driver Go to the can And make a screwdriver You want a cheap meal It's at a taco truck You want a beer at a bar You're shit out of luck Get your ass back to Pasadena Or out to Dena Or Rowena Or wherever the fuck your ass from The sun sets in L.A. And out they crawl Coming soon to your neighborhood Hole in the wall Either dressed to kill Or trying to look dirt poor Some wear between Beck And Thirst No More Sippin' on a gin and tonic Lookin' frail and weak You want see them drinking beer That's so last week On the internet Drinkin' your coffee Pickin' your nose While you're jerkin' off to me El Chavo del ocho ~ it all makes me wish i were from HP! Great article, glad to see the mention of 8 Bit. Amazing HLP Band.
Buy some drinks for all your friends, barfly style.
Here are the rest of the lyrics to HLP by 8 Bit:

Highland Park’s our home and fifty-four’s our street
Scenesters come to visit and they groove our beat
But don’t move in, bitch
Or you’ll catch my glock
‘Cause fuck Silver Lake, fuck Eagle Rock
When whitey moves in
They raise our rent
Get out of HLP
Before there’s an accident
Finish your smoke
And slam your booze
And don’t forget the fuckin’ cops
From the avenues

Let us bust our rhymes
And let us smoke our crack
Go the fuck home
And give your little brother’s shirt back
Don’t make me beat your ass
Til you’re curlin’ up fetal
Just because you think
You’re the fifth Beetle
You know you work at St. Vincent de Paul
Keep your stupid ass shopping at the mall
Kickin’ out teensters
Like they was the clap
Get the fuck out before I gotta bust a cap

H-I-G-H-
L-A-N-D
P-A-R-K
That’s where LeFrost be
Puttin’ our city
On the fuckin’ map
Come through our hood
And your bound to get a bitchslap
Well, rent’s goin’ up
As the scenesters move in
We’re gonna grab you
By your emo rock pin
Gonna through your ass back
To your little fuckin’ cave
And blow that shit up
And put you in your place

Go to the bar
To get a fuckin’ beer
The shit’s four dollar
I think, "What’s the fuckin’ deal?"
Order orange juice
Say I’m the designated driver
Go to the can
And make a screwdriver
You want a cheap meal
It’s at a taco truck
You want a beer at a bar
You’re shit out of luck
Get your ass back to Pasadena
Or out to Dena
Or Rowena
Or wherever the fuck your ass from

The sun sets in L.A.
And out they crawl
Coming soon to your neighborhood
Hole in the wall
Either dressed to kill
Or trying to look dirt poor
Some wear between Beck
And Thirst No More
Sippin’ on a gin and tonic
Lookin’ frail and weak
You want see them drinking beer
That’s so last week
On the internet
Drinkin’ your coffee
Pickin’ your nose
While you’re jerkin’ off to me

]]> By: jasper crane http://chanfles.com/blog/?p=779&cpage=1#comment-32249 jasper crane Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:08:38 +0000 http://chanfles.com/blog/?p=779#comment-32249 If the people bringing in the gentrification wave acted with as much unbased discrimination towards you as you do towards them, then our town would have a serious issue going on. Yeah yeah, its all good to do the chest-thumping 'This is my land' routine, but lets be honest, an influx of wealth (and lets be honest, hipsters are generally quite skint for cash) is a positive thing for the neighborhood. The well-run business (i.e, el arco iris) will still be around. What I think is important to note is that there are two aspects of gentrification entering the area. One is the lower-income, largely caucasian youth (yeah, the bikes, ironic 80's tunes, art galleries, noise-rock bands) and the other, much more troublesome one is corporate interests (starbucks, homogenous strip malls). The latter is the major issue and threat to our autonomy and way of life. The two do not come hand in hand. If the people bringing in the gentrification wave acted with as much unbased discrimination towards you as you do towards them, then our town would have a serious issue going on. Yeah yeah, its all good to do the chest-thumping ‘This is my land’ routine, but lets be honest, an influx of wealth (and lets be honest, hipsters are generally quite skint for cash) is a positive thing for the neighborhood. The well-run business (i.e, el arco iris) will still be around.

What I think is important to note is that there are two aspects of gentrification entering the area. One is the lower-income, largely caucasian youth (yeah, the bikes, ironic 80′s tunes, art galleries, noise-rock bands) and the other, much more troublesome one is corporate interests (starbucks, homogenous strip malls). The latter is the major issue and threat to our autonomy and way of life. The two do not come hand in hand.

]]> By: ave 26 and daly http://chanfles.com/blog/?p=779&cpage=1#comment-24460 ave 26 and daly Fri, 09 May 2008 21:48:02 +0000 http://chanfles.com/blog/?p=779#comment-24460 Last night I had a nightmare about gentrification. The 99 cent store on North Broadway had been turned into an art gallery (using the objects already in the store as art and a DJ referring old customers to the new 99 cent location behind a warehouse ). The street was swarming with drunk hipsters on bikes, singing cheesy ironic 80's songs and sending text messages to random people. It was awful! Last night I had a nightmare about gentrification. The 99 cent store on North Broadway had been turned into an art gallery (using the objects already in the store as art and a DJ referring old customers to the new 99 cent location behind a warehouse ). The street was swarming with drunk hipsters on bikes, singing cheesy ironic 80′s songs and sending text messages to random people. It was awful!

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