Music Apr 5, 2018 at 4:17 pm

"What I do was always a strange fit here, and even more so now that Seattle is such a rich person’s city."

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogeyman…

‘The word bogey is believed to be derived from the Middle English bogge / bugge ("hobgoblin") and is generally thought to be a cognate of the German bögge, böggel-mann.’

‘In Southeast Asia, the term is popularly supposed to refer to Bugis... However, etymologists disagree with this, because words relating to bogeyman were in common use centuries before European colonization of Southeast Asia.‘
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Thanks for that extra research. I was skeptical of the Bugis etymology for "bogeyman" exactly because of the time differential of when the term came into use in the West.

Aside from that, it's a great article. I'm happy to be turned on to Filastine and wish them the best in their, er, new home!
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I miss ¡TchKung!
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These folks are not 'artists priced out of the city'. They are people who cannot afford to live in the city like so many others whose job does not pay them adequately (or in this case, not at all).
Declaring yourself an 'artist' does give you a special & protected economic designation. Do you know why? Because anyone who declares themselves an artist IS AN ARTIST. Hayseeds sticking gum on the wall in Post Alley are artists.

It is great to be an artist! I'm one too! When your art generates no appreciable income for you, you are not "an artist priced out of the city", you are a hobbyist who needs to generate more personal survival resources.

Every "artist" out there believes wealth should shower on them when their college-era genius work goes on display. Only trust-fund kids waste resources kicking their artist genius can around like that.

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