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Absurdistan?
Dec. 30th, 2007 09:05 pmYesterday morning I noticed a pair of trainers standing on the metro. They said Tokio Hotel on the sides. I was just wondering what kind of brand Tokio Hotel was again, because I couldn't quite place it in the correct drawer in my head, when I noticed some extra lettering. "RetteMich" both shoes yelled in big yellow lettering. "Shit," I thought, "It's a band* with shoes**." Most bands have simple t-shirts, but like a teenage version of K3, Tokio Hotel has shoes. I bet they even do rucksacks, pens, folders, and other school supplies. The wet dream of every businessman who's into music.
Spotting the shoes I make up a complete profile of the person attached to them. The trousers don't fit, neither does the shirt. What I see, is a 30-something black male yapping on his mobile phone in French. He probably has never heard of Tokio Hotel, and doesn't speak a word German. I can't help to think in another stereotype: "Maybe these are fakes?"
Or maybe the whole absurd situation was a prologue for the end of things as we knew them. The city is overrun by cops. Whereas they usualy operate in pairs, wearing tiny caps and short sleaves in Summer, cruising through Brussels on their white bikes, the ones walking through town right now are of the federal variety. They come in threes and wear the whole shebang: boots, bulletproof vest, gun, matrac. I know there usualy aren't that many cops in town, unless there have been some bombings somewhere, we have the president of the U.S.A. over for a visit, or we are under attack.
There seems to be good reason to believe terrorists are planning an attack. Hence the hightened security. Hence the suspension of our fireworks. Fireworks attract crowds. Crowds attract terrorists. Terrorist only think "Kill! Kill! Kill!" At least that's what I understand. As always the reasons they give are rather vague and lack actual proof of a terror threat. It feels more like they're trying to prevent people from rioting. Maybe the kids will do just that tomorrow night instead of going to the fireworks. At least we'll have tons of police officers on the street to take away their weapons and/or illegaly bought fireworks. They might even have a tiny place in the van for illegaly bought shoes from Tokio Hotel.
*Not linking. Google, and yeh shall find.
**Imagine a pair of Converses with "Pulp" written on the side and then in giant lettering "Common Person"! Shit, that might even be great. Did you know Jarvis Cocker has a customised pair of Kickers that says "Cockers" on the side? This might be an urban legend, though...
Spotting the shoes I make up a complete profile of the person attached to them. The trousers don't fit, neither does the shirt. What I see, is a 30-something black male yapping on his mobile phone in French. He probably has never heard of Tokio Hotel, and doesn't speak a word German. I can't help to think in another stereotype: "Maybe these are fakes?"
Or maybe the whole absurd situation was a prologue for the end of things as we knew them. The city is overrun by cops. Whereas they usualy operate in pairs, wearing tiny caps and short sleaves in Summer, cruising through Brussels on their white bikes, the ones walking through town right now are of the federal variety. They come in threes and wear the whole shebang: boots, bulletproof vest, gun, matrac. I know there usualy aren't that many cops in town, unless there have been some bombings somewhere, we have the president of the U.S.A. over for a visit, or we are under attack.
There seems to be good reason to believe terrorists are planning an attack. Hence the hightened security. Hence the suspension of our fireworks. Fireworks attract crowds. Crowds attract terrorists. Terrorist only think "Kill! Kill! Kill!" At least that's what I understand. As always the reasons they give are rather vague and lack actual proof of a terror threat. It feels more like they're trying to prevent people from rioting. Maybe the kids will do just that tomorrow night instead of going to the fireworks. At least we'll have tons of police officers on the street to take away their weapons and/or illegaly bought fireworks. They might even have a tiny place in the van for illegaly bought shoes from Tokio Hotel.
*Not linking. Google, and yeh shall find.
**Imagine a pair of Converses with "Pulp" written on the side and then in giant lettering "Common Person"! Shit, that might even be great. Did you know Jarvis Cocker has a customised pair of Kickers that says "Cockers" on the side? This might be an urban legend, though...
