Talkin’ about this generation

Posted on August 7, 2005 by Gene

As I stood this afternoon at the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets in San Francisco, a Motorola RAZR mobile plastered to my ear, speaking over the Cingular network, wearing a black t-shirt and jeans from Old Navy, having driven there in my electric hybrid car, a quick glance around me revealed a Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop (owned by Unilever) and a Gap, both being frequented by similarly-clad young professionals and more than a few twenty-something punks wearing only black with multiple piercings in their faces, almost like a uniform, I realized that the world no longer has any individuality, and the kind of hippie vibe that once existed here now is the domain of corporations, a marketing device only, a carefully cultivated and designed facade, a Disneyland of sorts.

That’s a little bit of run-on, beat poetry for ya.