July 19th, 2009
Photo du Jour : Sunday Ritual
By Alanah Heffez // 14 Comments
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Ugh? "Get off my lawn, you kids!"
I can do entirely without drums in public parks, on sunday or any other day.
Public parks should be oceans of serenity and tranquility... not places that sound like a pep rally for a war between hipster tribes.
Bunch of shrews! Come on!
Tams are great.
Haha, what a fun-hating man you must be Sid! I feel sorry for you. Not all parks have to be "oceans of serenity and tranquility" all the time. If one doesn't like the drums, there are hundreds of other parks in the city where one can enjoy peace and quiet. Hell, it's a big park, you could even go to the other end of the park or to Parc Jeanne-Mance and hardly hear it. Lighten up!
Yes, I feel sorry for Sid as well, and I'm in my 50s, not a "kid" or a hipster. I enjoy the tamtams.
The major parks of cities are spaces for all kinds of interaction, from "serenity and tranquilily" to all kinds of spectacles, celebrations and excitement!
I have never once stopped to 'watch' the tam-tams, but I love hearing the music wafting through the air near the parc. They were still going tonight towards 10:00 pm as I rode by on my bixi. Pure pleasure!
And Jérome & Sid, at the next Tam I go to I'll bring my dholak (Hindustani drum, my loudest, keeps up with the djembes) and think of you!
obligatory fun! repressive desublimation!
I'm not sure how Sid could really expect that "Public parks should be oceans of serenity and tranquility" (quick, ban the children!), but I can easily imagine similar responses from F1 fans to critics of their noisy "fun."
will second Jérome's ugh, and add a blah and a shmeh. Moving away from the McG ghetto in 2003 I had the horrible impression of it following me first to Petit Portugal then to GreekTown when my Sunday noon-hour hangover would invariably turn migraine to the 'beats' of the students' 'drums.' It got so bad I had to give up drinking almost altogether. Ambivalence at best.
I hung out a bit at the Tam Tam's in the early 80s, when they were just begining, and then in the 90s when I'd bring my kid. Then, as now, it's a cool scene - if a little pretentious and precious. As for oceans of serentiy, you take that with you where ever you go, Sid. Drugs not required.
God damn hippies!
Look at that drum circle!! They need to be exterminated like rats !!
:)
Happily, the park is big enough that most of it is quite quiet. Furthermore, it only takes place on Sunday. Move to Vancouver if you want quiet and see how much fun that city is having. They'd be giving all those drummers tickets for by-law violations within 5 minutes. Freedom and culture can be a little noisy. You should be grateful.
Ugh.
Comment by Jérome
July 19, 2009 | 6:16 am