Buenos Aires is LOUD
NOTE: The following blog entry is available via audio (read by me, lucky you) at
http://www.drycellar.net/podcast/19-04-2006.mp3, and additionally via podcast at http://www.drycellar.net/podcast/rss.xml. Please understand that these are quite experimental, beta, or whatever at this stage and neither the writing nor the reading is that great. If you want to laugh read http://partyinpangrati.blogspot.com. I should mention that I was able to mix in a song on the end of the last one (4/19) which I am pretty freaking proud of and think is pretty funny (that's one of us). So enjoy, or if you don't, sorry, you get what you pay for.
You might not guess it, but in Buenos Aires, 80s music is a pretty big deal. I, being a big fan myself, have no problem with this, but there's something a little skewed in an anachronistic kind of way when you see people dressed in very modern clothes but the soundtrack is always 80s.
I guess it helps a little that some 70s fashions, maybe even late 70s or early 80s, appeared to have reemerged (everywhere, not only Argentina) as well. I´m talking about Puma sneakers, and pants and jeans that aren't necessarily bell bottoms but definitely make references to bell bottoms.
So I'm all for the 80s music. But one thing that I'm not into is the level of noise generated by traffic, buses primarily. Maybe because the streets are more narrow, like in Europe, and the buses and cars are so close to the curb and me when I'm walking on the sidewalk. But MAN, those things are freaking loud. Are mufflers really that expensive? It seemed like the double-sized tandem buses in NYC were always much quieter, although I do seem to remember that they're pretty loud if you sit in the back seat. And maybe everything in NY is already loud so you don't notice a bus so much, but I don't think this is true.
I've noticed sort of a general trend in South America, first in Brazil and now here. There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of concern about people's "right to peace and quiet" like we have in the States. Maybe I'm spoiled, but peopole here and elsewhere on the continent seem to have the nerve to, say, start jackhammering pavement right outside my window at 3am, whereas in the States that kind of thing is generally frowned upon, at least in my experience.
It could also be that I have no job now an have time to notice things and get annoyed at them, which is sort of a natural progression for me. I seem to remember that when I worked I felt quite comfortable knocking complainers for having "too much free time to worry about anything important."
http://www.drycellar.net/podcast/19-04-2006.mp3, and additionally via podcast at http://www.drycellar.net/podcast/rss.xml. Please understand that these are quite experimental, beta, or whatever at this stage and neither the writing nor the reading is that great. If you want to laugh read http://partyinpangrati.blogspot.com. I should mention that I was able to mix in a song on the end of the last one (4/19) which I am pretty freaking proud of and think is pretty funny (that's one of us). So enjoy, or if you don't, sorry, you get what you pay for.
You might not guess it, but in Buenos Aires, 80s music is a pretty big deal. I, being a big fan myself, have no problem with this, but there's something a little skewed in an anachronistic kind of way when you see people dressed in very modern clothes but the soundtrack is always 80s.
I guess it helps a little that some 70s fashions, maybe even late 70s or early 80s, appeared to have reemerged (everywhere, not only Argentina) as well. I´m talking about Puma sneakers, and pants and jeans that aren't necessarily bell bottoms but definitely make references to bell bottoms.
So I'm all for the 80s music. But one thing that I'm not into is the level of noise generated by traffic, buses primarily. Maybe because the streets are more narrow, like in Europe, and the buses and cars are so close to the curb and me when I'm walking on the sidewalk. But MAN, those things are freaking loud. Are mufflers really that expensive? It seemed like the double-sized tandem buses in NYC were always much quieter, although I do seem to remember that they're pretty loud if you sit in the back seat. And maybe everything in NY is already loud so you don't notice a bus so much, but I don't think this is true.
I've noticed sort of a general trend in South America, first in Brazil and now here. There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of concern about people's "right to peace and quiet" like we have in the States. Maybe I'm spoiled, but peopole here and elsewhere on the continent seem to have the nerve to, say, start jackhammering pavement right outside my window at 3am, whereas in the States that kind of thing is generally frowned upon, at least in my experience.
It could also be that I have no job now an have time to notice things and get annoyed at them, which is sort of a natural progression for me. I seem to remember that when I worked I felt quite comfortable knocking complainers for having "too much free time to worry about anything important."
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