Comments on: Jimmy Smith Park

Jimmy Smith Park

xorry — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:26:05 -0800

Jimmy Smith Park. Breadcrumbs so you can find your way back: Jimmy Smith Park -> About -> Rivers Park -> Dreams about Drunks -> The evolution of previously.

By: Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese

Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:44:28 -0800

I clicked on every link and still have no idea what's going on here. Anyway, here's Jimmy Smith Organ.

By: pmbuko

pmbuko — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:42:55 -0800

[This is ~~the~~ shit.]

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:07:14 -0800

xorry, I don't get this. The first link is cute, but it's also the second link and later MLK Jr. is forced to channel Kanye West and then it's on to Winston Churchill and the kind of humor only obviously fake moustaches can provide, which is not the best sort of humor, really, don't you think?

By: smoothvirus

smoothvirus — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:18:07 -0800

whiskey tango foxtrot

By: Rhomboid

Rhomboid — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:09:27 -0800

I don't see what's so mysterious about it. Some small town city council had a crappy little 20 foot strip of land flanked by a highway and some nasty looking drainage creek that they otherwise couldn't use for anything, and somebody had the bright idea that if they stuck a park bench and a plaque there they could call it a park. That these young kids decided to call them on their bullshit in such a hilarious manner is all the better.

By: Rhomboid

Rhomboid — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:19:58 -0800

And let me also add that as a kid growing up in North Carolina, making fun of the strange and arbitrary (and sometimes inappropriate) nature of the local historical landmarks/plaques (e.g.) was a common thing.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:12:56 -0800

I thought it was all great, from the well-scrubbed, Sesame Street-style singing students, to the Kanye-channeling Martin. Like Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese though, I was expecting a park where a Cat could Walk on the Wild Side. Someone needs to name a park after the maestro of the Hammond Organ.

By: christhelongtimelurker

christhelongtimelurker — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:26:17 -0800

Thanks for exposing me to Michael Gregory.

By: xorry

xorry — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:47:54 -0800

That's pretty awesome petermcdermott. Hell, someone should just go around dropping off weather resistant hammonds at random parks. Instant rockout!

By: mike3k

mike3k — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:55:44 -0800

We have Jaco Pastorius Park here.

By: 3.2.3

3.2.3 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:38:44 -0800

From the same people who brought you previously.