Bento notes that nothing brings a community together like a poster of a grumpy council worker. Just part of the service for the relentlessly crappy dead heart of Bayswater on King William Street. Where you can use the free wifi to track down some large print Dick Francis books in the library. Which won’t be there.
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The Asia Beat
The Worst of Perth 
Surely that lamp pole represents the fin de siecle of the golden age of local government. After gazing upon an erection of that quality, how can the Emperor’s faceless monoliths capture the spirit of a locality and its people, then preserve it through the unifying medium of street furniture?
Dark days indeed. Only the promise of the dawn of the Sneakers era brings hope anew.
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Must just be me …
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It might be a bit crappy, but I much prefer King William St to the relentless wankery of Beaufort St. Mt Lawley has morphed from a suburb of yuppies to a hipster tumour over the past 5 years or so.
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I saw a hipster beard on 8th Avenue Maylands a few days ago, and he wasn’t even trying to get into Mrs S or Swallow Bar. Shouldn’t there be some sort of containment law to stop them spilling out of Beaufort Street Mt Lawley?
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Ghetto?
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i hate to break it to you, but eighth ave has been hipster haven for a very long time. the line is well and truly broken.
they will be on king william street very very soon.
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There’s not really anything for them to go to on King William. Bespoke bikes and a cheese shop are not enough.
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They have the shop to buy the fixies, but nowhere to ride them to on KW.
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it is the beginning …
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Hipsters are starting to colonise Vic Park now, albeit very slowly. I guess they’re better than the bogans, but only slightly.
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The farmers market is fucking crawling with them. As is to be expected I suppose
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Farmers market? You might as well stand on a street corner giving away John Butler Trio CDs and complain about the swampies.
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Hipsters v bogans? Well, if it came down to a choice of listening to (say) Kurt Vile or Nickelback….
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I confess I really don’t understand the hipster hatred. It seems to me they bring nice restaurants and bars, some interesting shops, a bit of activity, and, okay, rockabilly barbers and fixie racks. Are you really saying you prefer Bayswater’s laptop repair shop, settlement agents, and Oxfam HQ, with nowhere to buy a coffee or a decent meal, and in fact nothing to do at all?
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It is mainly just that they are young people and I want them to get off my lawn.
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I put it down to beard envy.
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Too right. Do they think you registered it for fun ?
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Very difficult to argue with you on that front Bento, so I won’t. Fair call etc.
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Coffin Cheaters have already established a high beard baseline in the KW precinct.
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I agree. Or would people prefer the mumbling cunts that are found at The Civic? The beards are revolting, yes. But all in all they are an improvement on what is there.
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More beard envy.
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That is exactly what we are saying
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Viros out ! Is there any there there in Bayswater.
http://www.amazon.com/Dick-Francis/e/B000AP9M36
Kindle editions less than $10.
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Pay for Dick? NEVER! btw, if Baysie Library low on Dick, you can always try the Gerry Leeuwangh library in Morley.
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Best dogging library in Perth ?
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(Remember me wordpress.) Advertise for a graffitti removal company Jeeeeeez no
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