AUTISTIC INERTIA - Ellen Willis, The Velvet Underground, 5 Situations (2014) [originally in Greil Marcus, Stranded (1979)]

A change of fantasy: I have just won the first annual Keith Moon Memorial Essay Contest. (This year’s subject was “Is Ecstasy Dead?”) The prize is a fallout shelter in the bowels of Manhattan,...

AUTISTIC INERTIA - Ellen Willis, The Velvet Underground, 5 Situations (2014) [originally in Greil Marcus, Stranded (1979)] AUTISTIC INERTIA RSS Archive whenever I hear the word culture I reach for my revolver Ask me questions Submit a post March 26, 2017 Ellen Willis, The Velvet Underground, 5 Situations (2014) [originally in Greil Marcus, Stranded (1979)] A change of fantasy: I have just won the first annual Keith Moon Memorial Essay Contest. (This year's subject was "Is Ecstasy Dead?") The prize is a fallout shelter in the bowels of Manhattan, reachable only through a secret entrance in CBGB

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