just heard that the Department of Safety is closing. no details yet.
there have been so many dreams wrapped around that place. the magic there has always reminded of what is possible, what we can work for and achieve. like Kevin says, "the radical potential of incubating DIY cultural resistance in small communities." the DOS looked, to me, a lot like twee utopia for awhile.
I don't wanna say "rest in peace," because that energy has to go somewhere. it's hard to convince people to move into a big cold concrete building in a small isolated coast town in the middle of Washington winter, and I'm sure that probably has a lot to do with it.
but oh, for a bit, it looked like living the dream- ride your bikes down Commercial, hang out at the Business, late-night donuts, records and cake upstairs, lake swimming at Cranberry, Gus, puppies, the weird Calvin mural, Fontee Fount, the signs everywhere. Heck Fest.
there have been so many dreams wrapped around that place. the magic there has always reminded of what is possible, what we can work for and achieve. like Kevin says, "the radical potential of incubating DIY cultural resistance in small communities." the DOS looked, to me, a lot like twee utopia for awhile.
I don't wanna say "rest in peace," because that energy has to go somewhere. it's hard to convince people to move into a big cold concrete building in a small isolated coast town in the middle of Washington winter, and I'm sure that probably has a lot to do with it.
but oh, for a bit, it looked like living the dream- ride your bikes down Commercial, hang out at the Business, late-night donuts, records and cake upstairs, lake swimming at Cranberry, Gus, puppies, the weird Calvin mural, Fontee Fount, the signs everywhere. Heck Fest.
(photo/Alex)
that summer was the best summer.
that summer was the best summer.
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