Barrytowners in Mao III or what was on the tube or in the morning papers (315)

[rich]

that song makes me wonder who is the target for such satire--the
hipster or the reactionary
pbly both

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Michael Bailey
<michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> didn't know that - thanks!
>
> - Mike, from Michigan, Florida, Kansas and Florida, far from hip in any
> of its manifestations
>
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 7:39 PM, alice wellintown
> <alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Barrytown "I can see by what you carry / That you come from Barrytown"
>> Song: Barrytown    Album: Pretzel Logic
>>
>> A town in upstate New York, close to Annandale-on-Hudson and Bard
>> College (Becker & Fagen's alma mater). Its biggest claim to fame would
>> be as the headquarters of The Unification Church, a.k.a. "The
>> Moonies", a religious cult who gained notoriety in the 70s from
>> reports of its mass weddings & alleged brainwashing of members. As a
>> fundraising measure, followers would often stand at street corners,
>> carrying small bouquets of flowers for sale (hence the lyric).
>>
>
>
>
> --
> - "Souvenirs out of a childhood Doc had never felt he wanted much to
> escape from"- IV, p 125
>